AMERICA'S WAR OUTPUT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 213, 28 May 1918, Page 5

AMERICA'S WAR OUTPUT

SOME BIG FIGURES.

Tho following statement of things dons by America in the .production of munitions is from- tho Now York "Globo" of April 15:— " , „ , "Colonel M'Roborts, of tho Ordnance Department, lifted tho screen off a tiieorotio secrecy on Saturday, and revealed that 1,050,000 rifles have been delivered to tho Government; that the present production is 11,500 a day, which is larger than tho output of either Great Britain or France. Judged by comparative standards, such production is rather "ood in a year. Democratic civilisation will not. perish through lack of tho manufacture of rifles in America. _ ur machine-guns, 75,000 havo already. Dcen delivered, and from July on 16,000 maohiuc-guns a month will como from tho factories. This exceeds tho production of Germany, France, and Great Britain together. Again good for industry which did not exist a year ago. No lack of machino-guns will trouble American troons as tlioy proceed with their great business. ' . "Tho ammunition figures are so stupen. dous as to be almost beyond popular appreciation. More cartridges are now comine out thon either France or (Jrpat Britain makes. . Explosives to .tho amount of 650,000,000 pounds aro in process of manufacture. Think of it! No less' than 105 pounds to bo oxploded at each German soldier if ho escapes the contact of tho 1000 bullets tho rifles shoot at him.'- , "But guiis and ammunition aro not ot nso except carrying ships are provided. Senator Harding, of Ohio, who has roared loudly in criticism, and is not disposed to exaggerate, achievement says that production is, now at thei rate> of 150,000 tons of steel; shiM, and iS,OUU ions of wooden ships per nYonth. By .November 350,000 tons of steal ships will como from the yards, making with tho wooden., ships, to say nothing of tho experiment with concrolo vessels, 425,000 tons per mouth. In 1919, if tho war lasts through it, it will be feasible to urn out 7,000,000 to 8710,000 tons. Nothing liko it was ever before known. Despite the wastes of time, American cnorgv has been functioning, flus country mav truly say as did Paul Jones dtf the Bon Honimo Richard: We havo not begun to fight,' We have he sower in ourselves to whip Germany alone. All that is needed is to do it as well, during tho' next twclvWnonths as during tho last twelve months."