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Business and the War - Alexander Hamilton Institute
BUSINESS AND THE WAR
An investigation of the ability of America’s industries to serve the Government and care for the needs of private consumers during the war.
by Alexander Hamilton Institute
New digital edition of:
BUSINESS AND THE WAR
© 1917 by Alexander Hamilton Institute
Copyright © 2021 - Edizioni Savine
All Rights Reserved
CONTENTS
I. CONDITIONS AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR
1. Domestic Industry and Trade
2. The Situation Abroad
II. THE WAR BEFORE THE UNITED STATES ENTERED
1. Effect of the War in the United States—Industrial Paralysis
2. Revival of Trade and Industry
3. Beginning of War Orders
4. Rapid Growth of Foreign Trade
5. Foreign Loans and Gold Importations
6. New Capital Issues
7. Reduction in Foreign Demands
III. AMERICA’S ENTRANCE INTO THE WAR
1. Immediate Effects
2. The War Budget of the United States
3. The Building of Ships
4. The Aerial Fleet
5. Cantonments
IV. ABILITY OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIES TO TAKE CARE OF WAR ORDERS
1. Transportation
2. Iron and Steel
3. Coal
4. Boot, Shoe and Leather Industries
5. Lumber
6. Motor Propulsion
7. Petroleum
8. Food Products—Milling
9. Meat Products
10. Dried Fruit and Canning
11. Munitions
12. Copper
13. Textiles
14. Governmental Control of Business
15. Development of Managerial Ability and Productive Efficiency
V. INDUSTRY AFTER THE WAR
VI. EFFECT OF THE WAR UPON BUSINESS IN CANADA
Enlistment and Conscription
Labor
Canadian War Orders
Expansion of Foreign Trade
Cost of the War
Borrowing and Taxes
Crops and the Food Supply
Lumber
Munitions
Transportation and Shipping
Coal
Business After the War
APPENDIX B
BUSINESS AND THE WAR
I. CONDITIONS AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR
1. Domestic Industry and Trade
The outlook during the first seven months of the year 1914 preceding the outbreak of the European War was as dismal in the United States as it was abroad. Trade and industry gradually was going from bad to worse. Enterprise was at a low ebb and all the principal branches of business were depressed. The railroads, with their earnings slumping and their credit impaired, were face to face with a desperate situation. Uncertainty and unrest were everywhere and various adjustments had to be made because
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