Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-10

cecding loses sight of the fact that all
Of those expenditures go TO our own
people and not dollar practically Is
sent abroad TO benefit another govern
mcnt."
according to this lucid exposition,
the moro men our country could turn
from Tho productive Industries ana
occupations Of farming, manufactm-
ing mining, rauroadiug, merchandise"
ing etc. into the unproductivc occupa-
ton OF the soldier the richer the ma
ton would be! The problem Of ma
tional wealth. ON this theory, Is very
simple one; al that is necessary Is TO-
change tile creators OF wealth into its
destroyers, the producers into CONSUME
ors. IN a word the artisans into sol
diers. and the thing is Accomplished
the nation IS entichedl Says the cor
onel;
No nation IN the world understands
ard appreciates this fact more than
Germany or. more particularly, Prus.
slu, unless 1t be Japan. who has copied
ln eyery essential detail the methods
of Germany IN the upbuilding and ma
mentlng with an enormous debt and a
prohibition directed toward the estan~
lshment or maintenance OF "A large
standing army SO arranged her army
that every able bodied man WAS
obliged To become a part and parcel OF
II and TO serve a certain fixed period
with the purpose Of securing an effec-
two means Of national defense and to
reduce tho cost OF maintenance To a
minimum
strange that he did not cite also Rus
sia Austria, and Turkey each OF
which maintains large armies. but fails
90 grow wealthy thereby Japan. now
on the verge of national bankruptcy
with many of her provinces in condi
ton Of actual want aud famine. even
FOR the bare necessities Of the meaEer
standard OF living that prevails among
the masses Of her peoples the con-
dition Of the pcope in that country
To be the future inspiration and mr.
uncnt FOR the maintenance Of large
armies. and the consequent standard
OF living In woll-fed. well-clothed, aa1
prosperous America OF today? Is the
ten, ccuts per day earned by the com
mon labor of Japan to be cited for
imitation by the labor interests OF this
country?
Or is the pay of the German street
laborer, % cents per day, according
to the Carpenter letters in this paper,
to be held UP as a sign OF the prosper
ity due to the maintenance of large
military forces?
British wages are twice and Amer
lean wages four times higher
The idea that the expenses of main
tanning large armies directly aided in
the extinction Of the national debt Of
Prussia, needs little reputation; for
ally necessary FOR the national safety.
as II may be in Prussia, the army may
be indirectly a guarantee Of peace; and
peace permits the producers of wealth
to pursue their course. But the mill
oaiy man strengthens his argument by
saying Of Germany:
Not only did she become the great
est commercial power In continental
Europe by this policy but she has be-
come a close rival Of England In this
respect. and has reconquered all of the
territory originally lost and become so
wealthy as to threaten her existence
more on that account than any other.
She has taught by this simple means
every one of her citizens true APP
probation of his obligations to The
government for national defense, and
has added five years OF usefulness to
the lives Of all OF her citizens who have
passed through her army requirement"
IL the Colonel would only stop a mo
ment to think of the patient industry.
the sobriety the long hours of work,
and the spare living, of the working
classes, the scientific spirit of the nu-
mcrous technical schools, the scholar
ship of the German upper classes. ana
the proverbial frugality OF the race, he
would probably feel that other fac
tors than the large standing army have
been the cause Of the Industrial and
commercial Development of Germany.
And 1t Is precisely this German in
dustrial rivalry that principally wor-
rlcs the Brtons. who seem 10 have lit
lie fear of invasion by the large Ger
man army: yet the two countries are
so near together that the army is at
their Very doors in comparison with the
Atlantic which rolls between us and
any formidable foe
The handicap OF maintaining large
armies is just what retards the pro-
gIess Of any nation. The Illusion that
armies enrich any people ls likely to
disappear after a little reflection.