The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-10-28

and efficiency of Germany il
the great war. A countr,
smaller in area than our own state o.
Texas, which so years ago consisted
Of score of states kept asunder by
jealousies and differences in tempera
ment and economic interest, which hac
poor soil, few natural resources anc
no great natural harbors; has reared
upon such unpromising foundations
within the space of a generation one
of the most prosperous and powerful
nations the world has ever known
These is nothing in ancient nor mod
ern times to compare with the pro-
gress of the last generation in Ger
many.
The world is asking for the secret
of it. 1t is seeking the reason and
asking: How this has been achieved
By what craftsmanship has an agri-
cultural state, only emerging from
18th century feudalism half century
ago, been raised to a position COM
manding industrial, commercial and
agricultural Importance? How has
the face of the nation been changed,
its traditional policies and activities
reversed, and an industrial empire
erected in few short years? How
could Germany have achieved this un-
der a system of universal military
Consumption, which takes every able
bodied man from wealth production
for from two to three years of his
most active life? How would Ger
many have progressed so under heavy
and increasing tax burdens for naval
and military preparation, for she was
for war for % years?
1t was accomplished by colossal ex-
penditure for the building of the most
cities of the modern world,
the construction of great railway sys-
.ems, of thousands of miles of canals
and navigable waterways, of docks
md harbors, as we'll as millions spent |
n unproductive enterprises and activ-
ties for the health and well being of |
Ter people. How did Germany do it?
How explain the devotion and patriot
SIN of the German people in the pres
mt war, the willingness of all per-
IONS of every class to even die for the
7atherland? And what is to be the
uture of Germany after peace
zones?
To answer all these questions and
many more is the purpose of Freder-
ok C. Howe, United States commits
iioner of the port of New York, law
,er, former member of the Ohio sem
tie, and student of cities and nations,
n his last book, "Socialized Ger
many" which has just been issued by
Charles Scribner's Sons.
"Had not the war INTERVIEWED" he
writes, "the next generation would
ave seen Germany's competitors in
trade and commerce out
istanced at an accelerated speed that
would have soon left them far and
,ossibly permanently in the rear"
nd he goes on to say that after the
var is over the pace for industrial su-
remacy will be fierce and rapid. "The
ace for recovery will be to the strong
nd we'll equipped" he says, land
here is no doubt that even now Ger
,any is getting ready to turn from
var to peace with much of the pre- !
aredness that she turned from peace
, war. Her state owned railways
nd waterways, her mines and mineral
esources, her shipping and other
agencies, with the highly /
aimed men at her command, will re-
pond to an electric button when the +
.eaties of peace are agreed upon, and
err mills, factories and workshops, I
err financial resources and credit
gencies will respond to the imperial l
i'll Just as did the armies which were
It IN motion by the mopillZdlioh VI I
ers in the summer of 1914. And just q
) France and England found them v
lives unprepared on the battle line, b
, they, and possibly America, will S
nd themselves equally unprepared g
" the new struggle when the war Fl
over"
In other words, owing to her G
ghly organized industrial and edu- a
.tional systems Germany is going {
1T to capture the bulk of the trade r
! the world and hold it. a
"If this is to be averted," says Mr.. n
owe, "new ideas of the obligations n
! the state must animate our legis- c