The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-22
.A BRIGHTER
COMPLEX|ONQN
EUROPE s WAR
POLITICAL SCIENTISTS SAY THE
STRICKEN CONTINENT WILL
SOON RECOVER - LOOK FOR
GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

tne dismal representations concern
ing the tremendous destruction of
capital and property as a result of
the European war which We're voiced
in many quarters soon after the
outbreak of the struggle, new
school of economists and political
scientists has arisen in Washington,
the scholars of which place roster
complexion upon world affairs.
Instead of years and possibly de-
cades OF hard labor to recover what
has been lost ON account of the war,
Europe will progress more rapidly
than ever, is their claim. They
have no sympathy with those who
mourn for what is lost but are look
ing forward II newer day in which
greater things will be accomplished
than the world yet knows.
This is the way they figure it out:
| Take ten men who constitute Civ
en- community and who know their
! livelihood depends solely upon what
/ they produce. The work is appor-
| toned among them each bearing a
portion, some perhaps less and some
more. Each one has discovered that
by working eight hours a day the
community Is adequately served.
Then remove by death or disability,
one of this group of ten. The re-
| manning nine. aware of the removal
of the tenth one of their number,
Immediately become solicitous for
the general welfare, fearing that the
loss of the mans work will menace
seriously the well-being of the com
munity. Each one has been working
eight hours day-comparatively
easy task. Realizing that all must
work harder to make up for the.
man who is gone, each one adds
two hours to his working day. This
means that each of the remaining
nine men works ten hours day or
total of ninety hours a day. The
ten men when all were working eight
hours a day totaled in hours of
work only eighty hours day there
fore. the death of the one man has
caused an increase in output.
Now, these economists take one of
the European nations at war, Ger
many for instance, and work out
this problem. Germany has a popu-
lation of 6j,000,000. Her force now
under arms aggregates about 1000.
600, tremendous army, in compar-
!son TO population, yet only one
sixteenth of the total population of
the state Should Germany lose
100000 men in the war, that would
remove but one thirty second of the
population. Women work in Ger
many as in almost every other Eu-
ropean country, in the fields, in the
mills and at nearly all other kinds
of labor.
Figuring on this basis, at least
half of the German population Is
engaged in productive economic ef-
fort This would bring the war loss
back 20 one sixteenth of the work
ing population. The workers, appall-
ed at the loss of 100000 men in the
war. would add to their output by
the equivalent of at least two hours
a day and many would double theiI
output. Working eight hours a day,
the working population would put In
a total of 260,0O0,O0O hours daily.
With the 100000 fallen warriors
removed, and with the remaining
working population working ten
hours each day total of 3l5,000,OOO
hours would be put in. This would
be a gain of $1,000 OOO working hours
daily. The increased production
which this would bring about would
Immediately wipe out all traces o.
economic loss incident to the war
This school OF economists buttre9s-
es its theory with examples. Take
Indiana. they say. Indiana SEM one
man out of every ten adults n the
state to the American Civil var In
spite of this. the agricultural output I
of Indiana during the struggle was
nearly doubled and the ratio con-
tinued so long as the stress brought
about by the feeling OF necessity en-
dured.
This is just one of many typical
examples given. The new school OF
economists points out the increases
in production following every great
war in the history OF the world and /
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