West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-09-09
Edison Talks

Iuison lNlkS
CHARLES NJ SChwah was exceeding
" conservative when hC declared thi
week that the present activity I'm IN,
iron aLd steel trades would continu,
Tor year aud u half. or until artc,
the advent ot 1872. saws tho Cincin
matt Enquirer.
Thomas a. Edison was far moro cor
rect In his timo limit whom he fore
casted seven years OF plenty and bus
tncss activity I'm the United states. an,
he expressed the true situation whc,
he remarked that thoro would be nor
mancnt large business hereafter In,
hectic flush" of the war orders I'm,
disappeared
Mr.. Edison was 80 clear I'm his cx
position of conditions. present ant
future, that we give his words: "En.
tiroly leaving out the question of wal
activities. activities which are "A hec-
tic flush and do not give "A complexion
| which indicates the healthy advance
or commercial enterprises I'm the Uni
ted States, | am satisfied this country
| mas embarked upon seven years
cruise of prosperity - - Tho war
will likely continue another year and
at It's close undoubtedly many survi-
vors will come here To escape the tor
riblc taxes certain to bc levied upon
them. But there remains plenty of
land uncultivatcd I'm this country. and
these people. accustomed To intensive
farming. will assist To increase our
crops"
Here is our most successful invcn-
tor, one of the worlds grcatcst practi.
cal scientists, recognizing the true
basis of all permanent and secure
prosperity the development of our ag-
ricultmal resources. the dosirability
of great yields upon the farms. the
providing of food for our own people
and the worlds people. so that all 9th
er activities may he carried ON.
Asia's great population has been
upon short rations for generations.
Atrica's scores of millions of people
are In the most primitive stages of ex-
istence, the vast majority depending
upon the activities of nature. rather
than upon the results of their own
work
Not one nation in Europe today holds
provisions to supply their own popula-
tions fully for even six months. while
4O,00O,000 of their people are without
homes.
Mexico Is desert waste. with i5.-
100000 of human beings seeking food
and clothing.
our own granarios. storohouscs and
elevators are full of wheat and the
fields OF yellow corn are growing and
maturing with every day that passes:
farm products In the United States
are at maximum in tonnages and
also In monetary value, and the con
tinents Of the world are ready custo-
mers for every surplus pound OF food
that our nation can spare to their peo-
pie.
Today every European nation IA
placing war orders. out today every
European nation needs our farm pro-
ducts as urgently as II does arms and
ammunition.
The war orders will cease; we hope
they will come and murder depart
from stricken Europe. Africa and Asia,
but the orders for food, many years,
and the orders for materials to rebuild
the homes. the villages. the towns and
cities of Europe take years TO fiji and
Will maintain and sustain industrial
work throughout the United States.
The home business of 100 900, 900 OF
the most wide-awake, energetic and
progressive people of the world I'm IT,
self constitutes an immense CONNER
cial asset, and added to that the de-
mands that now come, and will con
tinue to come, from the billion and a
half OF the people on other continents.
1t would seem clear that Mr.. Edison is
well within the lines Of conservatism
when he predicts seven years of plen-
ty and Of business activity in the Uni
ted States