Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23
GOOD TIMES FOR
THIS COUNTRY AS
RESULT OF WAR
Circular Letter Sent Out by
Influential Business Men
Gives Reasons for Expect
ed Business Boom.


the nation are expecting good times
to come quickly as result of the for
tunate situation of this country in re-
lation to the European war
A meeting of influential business men
was recently held at which the matters
were thoroughly discussed and it was
the unanimous opinion that prospects
were never better, and could not well
be better for resumption of immense
business activity throughout the ma
ton, and general circular boosting
letter giving the reasons which forced
this conviction upon those business
men, was sent out. The letter is as
| follows:
| AT a meeting of numerous very in
| fiuential business men of this section.
there was discussed today the Euro
pean war now in progress and it's eff
feet on business throughout the Unit
| ed States.
1T is we'll to consider such things
and prepare for the results, whether
they be good or Ill; and it was with
the object of better understanding and
proper preparations for the future that
these men discussed these matters
| we believe that the conclusion ar
rived at by these men will be intensely
interesting to you, therefore we are
transmitting in this letter the facts,
which are as follows:
| First: Nations representing half the
total population of the earth have with
drawn many of their people from the
activities of commerce and production.
and those men are now engaged in
war.
War or conflict destroys what has
been produced, 1t produces nothing use
full.
| Second: Such nation or nations as
are not engaged in war will therefore
be called upon to produce, not only
their usual quota of the worlds needs.
but to take upon themselves the bur-
den of producing what the other ma
tions have, through necessity, neglect
ed.
Third: Not only have come of these
nations now at war interfered with
their present commerce, but some of
them have permanently injured their
| trade. The vast millions of people en-
gagged in this conflict have now and
will have still more an intense feeling
of hatred toward each other, and will
| therefore not purchase goods from op-
ponents who are actually and literally
seeking to take their lives. For gem
erations the feeling of Ill will, no doubt,
will exist between them.
Fourth: The only large neutral ma
tion, large in geographical, commercial
and manufacturing sense, Is the Unit
ed States. 1t therefore will devolve
upon the United States to take care.
to considerable degree of the worlds
needs; which will give this country
more to do than 1t has ever had before
in all Of its history. The people of for
eign nations will be compelled to buy
of us or starve. While they are engag-
ed in wreclSing lives, It Is our oppor-
tunity, privilege and duty to preserve
life. We must not look upon this OPP
portunity merely for money making.
but recognize the large service we are
called upon to render humanity at
large.
This means intense activity In busi-
ness.
Fifth: Just at the present time the
mind of the average man is obsessed
with the idea of an enormous war. AS
soon as the American public begins to
think, they will discover that they have
ed to certainty. money will be releas-
ed, manufacturing go ahead as never
before. Every dollar, every square
foot of ground, every brain, every
hand. every wheel every ship and ev-
cry railroad will find that it has not
only all 1t can do, but more than II
can do, to take care of what is in
reality right now knocking at our
door.
Sixth: Washington is working
with intensity on the development of
the merchant marine. Lake steamers
that are big enough to traverse the
ocean will, with some slight changes
of equipment. be put into a condition
to make foreign trips. The smaller
steamers that have been more or less
idle during the recent slow period will
be busy with their lake work. Even
when we, the American people, do our
best we will find that we have not taxi
en- care of the demand that is upon us.
These times are making a new
epoch in history for there will be the
quickest reaction after a slow period
to times of intense activity that the
world has ever seen.
Seventh: 1t seems almost that
Mother Nature, recognizing in advance
the great need that there would be for
food stuffs, left us with such bumper
crops as We have never had before
knowing that it would be up to us
Americans to feed and clothe, to shell
ter, to build and to transport. while
others are worse than wasting their
time in destructive activities.
Eighth: Prices will no doubt rise,
every manufacturers product will
show an increased value. Stock in
stores will be worth more than one {
hundred cents on the dollar. <
I'VE suggest that you call all your /
ueoule together and discuss with then, ,