The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-10-22

! TINS territory we have not only the
plants, but the trained population, the
trained leaders and organizers. If
we permit ourselves to imagine that
this group of states were organized
under one efficient corporation which
had the control of every citizen for
the purpose of carrying on war, we
should have in America something
like the situation in Germany today
We would we'll reject the idea that
was in the least superior to the Can
adian or the Texan, but that would
not alter the fact that the superior
| ity of our group of states in the pro-
duction of munitions, the transporta-
ton of supplies, the organization of
effective effort, and its ability to
strike quickly, would be very great
indeed. If this group of states should
make as it's final move the occupa-
ton Of West Virginia and Missouri,
it would add to it's preponderance
much as the Germans have added to
theirs by the occupation of Belgium
and Poland"
To show, however, that the mere
possession of resources is of little
avail without their organization, he
goes on thus:
''The idea is abroad that Germany
may be conquered by the Allies if the
latter viii buy enough copper and 9TH
er munitions The reality is that the
buying of supplies is comparatively
insignificant part of the problem. To
take an industrial comparison, let us
suppose that the plants of the United
States Steel Corporation were sup
piled, complete, to Russia, without the
organization as it's exists today. What
use could Russia make of them?
II do not mean to imply that the in
dividual Russian is necessarily infer
iOr as a workman, or as a man. to
the individual American. That is one
Of the difficulties in understanding
this present situation. Each Of the
great nations and races of mankind is
able to furnish human material that
can compete on even terms with that
of any other nation. But think you
will recognize quickly that it would
take the Russians many years to make
any adequate use of the plants of the
United States Steel Corporation.
ut is hardly worth while to go in
to details. The operation of those
plants, including mines, steamships,
railroads, rolling mills, factories of all
kinds, requires the development of a
vast amount of specialized labor; it
also requires a great deal more than
that, namely, slowly developed and
highly organized control. The plans
and execution Of them must be tested
| by competition with rivals The or
1 ganization must know the fields in
which the products, when made, can
be sold and utilized.
1T would be easy to dwell on this
subject long time, but think you
will soon conclude that the plants of
the United States Steel Corporation
would never reach anything like the
effectiveness in Russia which they
| have in this country, until the Rus
sian nation is developed industrially
to such an extent that it can meet
such an organization on even terms.
In other words, other industries-all
of the industries in the country in
fact--would have to be developed in a
substantially equivalent manner. This
| certainly can not be accomplished
overnight, nor during the probable
| continuance of any war. 1t is a mat
| ter that requires nothing short Of
the industrial organization and de-
velopment of the nation. A genera
| ton. or even two generations, is a