The Ocala banner., 1914-08-28
WAR MEANS A PERIOD OF pros.
PERiTY

Inc sober second thought is taking
mold of the people of the Trnitod
states and the first tremor occasion.
gu oy the war in, Europe has passed
ana there is now calmer view of
the matter in its true aspect. The
magazines have taken the subject
up and with that deliberation which
comes from time to view a nerve
elhgilng subject in all its bearings
they see a period of great material
prosperity ahead for this country
while deploring the cause of it and
the depression that must come to the
industries of other countries.
Golfers has a broad and inspirine
editorial on the subject, voicing the
oelief that this is Armageddon but
pointing out alongside the prophetic
fulfilment of biblical lore the exports
and the attractions for investment
IN this country, being the only great
nation undisturbed by war, for seek
AIS anu 1HSlSI6nC capital.
Printers Ink, an advertising maya.
zine, makes no refrence to Armaged-
don, but gets right down to business
in the belief that a great opportuni-
ty for the United States is opening
which has never been here before.
There will be considerable read
justment in some important indus
tries occasioned by the temporary
loss of part of the European market
and a slowness on the part of other
industries to take advantage of the
new opening abroad, says this maya
zine, but the curtailment of imports
to the United States is just like hand
ing over TO our manufacturers more
than billion dollars worth of busi-
nes a year. And the foreign trade
Europe has kicked into our lap must
amount to two or three times as
much more. 1t is pity that it has
had to come through blood and tears,
through breakdown of the Old
World civilization, and we know that
in the long run we shall have to
shoulder our share of the cost, but
whatever the reason, or whatever the
remote future, the trade is coming to
us now, and it must be taken care Of.
Look at the list of commodities,
heretofore imported, our own manu-
facturers emust supply: chemicals,
drugs, now coming from Germany, but
possible to provide or substitute in
large part here in America; copper
and manufactures; cotton goods;
and glassware ; malt liquors; spirits;
wines; silk manufactures; fruit and
nuts; gloves, embroidery, hats bon
nets, ETC., steel and iron manufac-
lures; toys, etc.
Many well-known foreign brands
will go out for time or forever. The
demand created for them will have to
be transferred to other brands. There
is a splendid opportunity for many
solicitors to complete at once the edu-
cation of many prospects they have
been nursing along for years, manu-
facturers with stanch, growing little
businesses who up to this time have
felt the competition of foreign-made
goods, or even home competition, too
strongly to dare to lay out anything
from their hardly earned surplus in
advertising investment. Now is the
time to prepare them to take advant-
age of the situation and not only en-
10y unprecedented profit for three,
four, five years or more, but en-
trench themselves against import
competition, when it shall be renewed.
Solicitors should strike before the
stimulation of heavy buying is felt
all along the line and the manufac-
turers will listen now and weigh the
arguments. BY and by many of them
will be straining every resource to
take care of the business coming IN
and they will feel like letting well
enough alone. The time to bgin
making them ambitious is now.-'Or'
lando Reporter-Star.
The Labor Day edition OF the Pen