Bisbee daily review., 1914-04-29

Ia Inc matter Of economic effect of possible armed net veniion In the Wretthed Mesican imbroeilo
 uness too long protracted, war commonly breeds . sort of hectic propperi,y acts hc an a,Iacia stmu iant upon nations material energies. especially those of the assured victor Aside from the hurrah phase of stimulation there is the very obvious effect Of chan nes outlets of consumpton-t matters not how eco. nomically foolish in destructivenessat the time that capacities of production if anything lessened And the overhead costs-war debts. taxes. etc.-are largely thrown forward into the future. Wartime has always been the heyday purveyors and contractors of one kind another
 Certain of the railroads and steamship lines ob. vious benencaries through special charters of trains and ships To the former. the movement of troops and supplies is assuredy unwelcome. There may be equally welcome hllp the depressed coal and oil industries. The packers of foods, animal vege. table in durable containers. assured of handsome extra market and hence also the makers of tin cans.
 good deal of woolen cloth leather goods powder and copper in cartridge may be abstracted from the visible supply if marines. regulars and militia should become professionally active for while These rami- ncations might be much further extended.
 On other ledger there the withdrawal from productive enterprise of human working units. Even though occurring season when labor is overabundant this certain dslocation How ever. neither this the consumption of rela. lively few commodities will have than sporadic ef country yearly turning manufactured goods alone worth twenty-five billion.
 There is. the other hand, also further prob able dislocaton of our old with the enemy In decade prior 1912. imports from Mexico had risen from s4O.OooOOO to s66 oOOO exports thither from 900 s5SOO0OOO Blockades might mean temporary shutdown all customary move of goods and of cattle hides rubber copperin of the latter augmentng the statis tical effect of cartridge consumption.
 The financial effects are immediate than the mer cantile In these days of easy money and reformed currency system the money market would feel no ap preciable direct effects The obvious probability, in of deterioratng Treasury position Is an issue Of war bonds using up of surplus Canal credit Minus the circulation privilege to banks, 1t is likely enough that, even with the popular welcome to war loan Notation of such bonds would have to be on as high as l21s basis War costs every country more than it did A decade since.
 But the bigger effects are all indirect and intangible Some are psychological There is the element of dis traction; the aggregate vast deal of time and atten ton would be diverted from productive intensity the ma ton over On the other hand various politicians might l. also sidertaoked from less mischievous em ploy Certain inaeunces of worry depression might also scare the community less.
 Then there are the indirect postponed costs or benefs-f any Interest and pensions will finger long hence in posterys bills. also there may be future costly budgets for guardian administration Perhaps
 likewise may to this and other nations the economic Of the tranquil development of trans formed Mexico.
 Counting in dollars in lives. the immediate enecu would be and simple; the indirect many and large