The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-13
Wn Ar PEAgEI|l MAY

Twenty millions Of men under arma ln Europe Ai 0f theia hnge boo iwithdravn from productive induatly Nest o .hem orc enkase0 in me le' clructlon of lie ani property Ne matter how great ihs suppi.es ol sA2 Nations which tnoy fepreseat stocks lura decreasing. md 30 on 10 many of inc lines, there must be exhaustion.
 We have considerably more than 20000.000 men engaged in laWinl plr- quits Our warehouses axe siuttea with ,heir products Wo have ooaith. energy peace. We have govern ment that ls responsive to the public WILL We are the only grent produc- ing Nation Of the world thet is not at war.
 Although tue sudden appearance os hOstllltes disArranged our finances and interrupted out commerce, it We8 piain from the first that the trouble need be only temporary. Our own in. geuuity, no legs than tho nsceasitie8 oI the whole world, made that much certain. Vhe pressing needs ol the beliiBerents were not alone to be con, sidered Rich markets in every climo had been abandoned to us.
 Toward the solution of the problems rising out ot this situation the Ad- miistration at Washington has con. tributed sagacity and confidence. Ut has refused to be stampeded. it has co.operated powerfully with men of courage and patriotism. It has been patient under tho clamor Of those who hope to thrive in business and politics on calamity and panic.
 Time has been needed to clear up the cotton situation but how well 1t has been done is now seen in Great Brltain's agreement that this staple In neutral ships whether consigned to beliggerants or not shall not be con traband. Am undertaking 50 formid. able as the establishment of new banking and currency system cannot be carried to success iu day but al. ready in all parts of the country, confidence and credit are responding to the promise Of strong financial leadership.
 Meantime. while 9 chorus of detroc- ton and despair proceeds from tho croakers and partisans, there are rec ord exports at New York; there are sales Of foodstufis at Chicago mount ing into the tens of millions; there are orders in various places running into Ike sums for clothing, blankets and shoes; there are prodigious de- mands for motors and other yehlclesi there are day and night shifts ct D great many factories. and there Is not a mine or an oil well in the coun. try that is not preparing to respond to a world in need.
 Practically everything that we grow or make or possess is wanted abroad. Every month that devastation is pro longed wili increase the urgency of purchasers. A protracted war in Bur ope will mean occupation for every American worker and every American dollar We must feed and clotbe and perhaps in time supply with munitions most of the peoples now in conflict. The markets they have deserted look to us with the same eagerness.
 These arc tho fortunes of war. The United States has suffered greatly from 9 conflict in which 1t has no part Like all the rest of the civilized world, 1t is yet to feel keenly no doubt, tho consequences of this col ossal struggle. But there aro DOT tunes of peace as well as of war. and nothing but timidity and folly can pre- vent us from making tho best of @ bad sitnahon.-(New York World.)
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