The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-21
THE BUSINESS END OF WAR

rich on its spoils.
Der of horses, mules and wagons and
their equipment are required.
The armies in the fieiC must be fed
and clothed, and the consumption of
food and clothing of those engaged in
war is greater than these engaged in
peaceful employments.
1t requires an enormous amount OF
clothing to equip an army where mil
lions of men are engaged. Each sol
der must be provided with an uni
form, which includes his under as
we'll as his outer garments, his hat
and his shoes, haversack, canteen
blanket, oil cloth, etc.
Then cooking utensils must be pro
vided.
The cavalry horses must be provid
ed with saddles, saddle-blankets and
brides: then, too, the horses must be
shod. The wagon teams must have
their equipment also, which, given in
detail, means a great deal, and the
horses that die or are killed in bat
tie must be replaced with others.
Hospitals and hospital stores must
| be provided for in order TO care for
the sick and wounded, and physicians
and nurses must be engaged.
Army contractors grow rich be
cause army supplies are compulsory
| regardless OF cost.
If the war lasts for any length OF
time the drain becomes greater, and
clothing and foodstuffs of every de
scription advance in price.
To buy all these vast supplies the
governments must provide the where
withal and to do so it's printing press
es must be kept busy printing money.
and when money becomes abundant
and enters into all the arteries OF
trade there comes a boom in values,
and it is this feature that makes wars
popular.
In our civil war all sorts of things
advanced in price with great rapidity,
and in the north especially where the
result of the war gave value to the
billions of new currency land values
more than doubled, as we'll as all 9TH
er kinds of values, and the country
was flooded with many "get-rich-
quick" millionaires.
In the south, of course, we did not
fare SO well, because our slaves were
manumitted without compensation,
and our stocks and bonds and moneys
and securities of all descriptions were
repudiated.
To speak of Frances big indemnity
of a billion dollars which she was
compelled to pay to Germany was as
nothing in comparison to what the
south had to sacrifice if not to pay
but that's wandering from the sub
ject.
So many of those in Europe who
were engaged in gainful employments
in field, factory and foundry, have
been forced to join the ranks that it
will be impossible for those countries
engaged in this vast struggle to sup
ply their armies with food and cloth
ing, and they will be compelled to
look elsewhere for their supplies, and
the United States will profit by Eu-
ropes misfortune.
We expect to see the demand for
horses and mules, for fOodstuffs of all
descriptions and manufactured goods
of all kinds, become very active, and
prices for the same will soar so high
as to become a reminder of our civil
war times.
The American farmer and the
American manufacturer will, we be-
lieve, reap rich rewards, and the
south will come in for a full share,
for she is a market for horses and
mules. and her cotton will become a
necessity.
And then, too, when the war is
over as many as can will flock to this
country, and the south will get her
! quota.
The war will, of course, be hurtfuI
at first, but in the end, from a money
point of view, it will be most helpful,
to us.
There will be advances in prices
all along the line This Will make
money more abundant, and wher
money is plentiful the wheels of com
merce move easily, and prosperity fol
lows.