APPENDIX G 



EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS ON 



THE MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS IN CANADA AS A 

 PERMANENT ASSET TO CANADIAN INDUSTRY* 



BY 



COLONEL DAVID CARNEGIE 

 Member and Ordnance Adviser, Imperial Munitions Board 



THE STANDARDIZATION OF PRODUCT 



No component part of munitions, however insignificant, has been 

 made or accepted on the old principle of "good enough." Every 

 part has been supplied to drawing and specification, with rigid ex- 

 amination, analysis and test before acceptance. 



I think I am safe in saying that there is no industry in Canada 

 which has been occupied in the manufacture of munitions but has 

 passed through a process of refinement, which will leave it in a better 

 condition when it returns to domestic pursuits after the war. If you 

 review the great industries of Canada it will be difficult to find one 

 which has not been actively contributing to the output of munitions. 



Industries such as the iron and steel; the metals and metal pro- 

 ducts; refractory materials and fuels; lumber and timber; leather; 

 textiles; paper; chemicals and other minor industries, have" called 

 into being processes and plant which could be adapted for munitions, 

 and have also added new processes, new equipment and new skill 

 where these were required. 



In addition to the employment and adaptation of existing indus- 

 tries for munitions manufacture, entirely new industries have been 

 brought into activity. The manufacture of munitions has given an 

 abiding impetus to the mining and subsequent operations in the pro- 

 duction of coal, iron, copper, nickel, zinc, molybdenum, antimony, 

 aluminum and other metals. 



The chemical industries have been accelerated by utilizing the 

 waste products of the coke ovens for the manufacture of high explo- 

 sives. These waste products, after the war, will be turned, by ingen- 

 uity and skill, into valuable domestic products. 



The electro-chemical industries, such as the refining of copper, 

 zinc and lead, have been initiated and will remain ,as a commercial 

 asset. The electro-thermic processes for the production of ferro 

 alloys, such as ferro-silicon, ferro-manganese, ferro-molybdenum, 



*Extract from an address delivered by Col. Carnegie before the Ottawa Branch 

 of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. 



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