Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-09-22
BY Carl synder in Golfers.

BY Carl Synder in Golfers.
III then neither unmatched prepared
ness as in the case of the Germans.
nor colossal numbers. as in the case of
the Russians, nor the command of the
sea, nor fighting qualities, nor capital re-
quirelnents. nor any of the usual tosh
and ;waddie of the war experts" seems
to offer, either singly or taken alto
getfer, a decisive clue as to the out
come of this imbec!le struggle, what. 1t
may be asked, will be the determining
factor? The answer here, as In prob
ably every great war, is the Industrial
strength OF the nations. Napoleon de-
scribed the source of his own victories
when he said that God was OF the side
OF the biggest battalions. In his time
France was the best equipped nation in
dustrially in continental Europe.
In our own day this must be changed
a little to say that God is on the side of
the biggest factories. In our civil war
the north Won not because it's soldiers
were better fighters. They were not
fighting for their homes, and in many
ways the southern troops We're superior.
1T was not a mere question OF numbers.
The north won because 1T had the mills
and mines and could keep its industrial
life going at an undiminished and. In
point of fact. highly accelerated pace. 1t
IL the industrial strength OF
which old the allies at bay. and that
strength, 1t is evident. America, and
probably Europe. has woefully mispr.zed.
Taken together, Germany and Austria
represent today industrial supremacy in
Europe. They have the biggest iron
mines, the biggest coal mines. the great
est output of iron and steel, and of all
the manufactures allied with these. save
perhaps ship building. Within the last
40 years there has come this amazing
change.
Germany's Resources Untouched.
When the Fr~anco-Prussian war was
fought, England was producing more
iron ore and manufactures Of steel and
probably more coal han France and Ger
many put together. Today Germany is
producing more pig iron and steel than
England, France. Russia and Italy put
together. And Germany is now In pos
session of all the coal and iron of Bel
GUM and perhaps two-thirds Of the total
product of France. The result is that in
terms Of a command of iron the position
OF the Teutons to that of the allies is
about three to two. This cannot mean
for Germany a shortage OF guns or shells.
And it means that, save for the exac-
tons of war, this basic industry may run
on practically normal lines. What is
true of the iron trade of almost every
other industry. h next most import
ant division of manufactures Is now
the electrical industry, and here 40 years
ago practically all the nations stood on
an equal footing.
For the first 20 years England with her
superior organization a a long lead.
Germany normally imports n manu-
features half again as much copper as
Great Britain, and her electrical machin
cry has steadily displaced that of Eng
land wherever the two nave come in
competition.
The same story is told in the prodigi-
-.. 1000 -H -
Forty years G the exports of Britain
were nearly three times those of Ger
many. The year preceding the war saw
the exports of Germany surpass those of
England. Where Germany's trade abroad
had increased nearly four times. that of