The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-05-09


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WvYE are least prepared - the
SAl very thing IL which 5, sb0BAd
" be most natural for Qs % te
prepared for war We are
one OF the great manufacturing Ia
lions Of the world No people SUI /
masses Us f. mechanical genius. aosp- 1
ability or industrial organize ton Ep- +
rope regularly sends representatives d /
It's own Industrial plants 70 study TIE 1
methods of ours. Though We pay more .
for our ID Dor than European countries, I
thanks 70 our standardization aid our 4
sbtlity 70 make machinery Do the WORK |
Of Haen. We eypprt automobiles and 1
many other Manufactured products 70
European countries We % not take
lessons ia Industrial organization; we !
gfye them. Yet Il We were indus
txtaIly organized for defense we should
have gone a long way toward victory
10 case u war.
w Al &c ~ sJ44ENs AV~E~~ '~---
guns, rifles and money alone. Money
OF itself will not buy either trained
men or industrial plants Every re-
source. every ounce ~ energy behind
the armies must count
Germany. the most thoroughly Or
aanized country IN Europe 81 g9Y-
eynmeutsl sense. not only preDa red her
guns ard soldiers, but hhe prepared 70
back them up with her national re-
sources. She had Der industrial as
well a. her military organization
ready. We have some soldiers ana
some guns. but II has not yet occurred
10 ug az nation 10 coordinate our In
dugtrisl resources ~ that they would
be ready n resist any invasion.
British Had Reserve Of Supplies.
The British admiralty had more in
mind than having all types 81 ships,
from desstroyers 70 dreadnaughts, pre-
pared 10 strike al an hours notice. IT
: had foreseen how national resources
were 10 lie used to back up the navy.
! A years supply " coal WIS In reserve
Nh0n the outbreak Of the war. Ready,
too, were all other kinds Of supplies
which were the product Of industrial
organization, and the admiralty knew
/, where TO turn for more. In the i'm.
mense merchant marine. In numerous
shipbuilding plants, the British navy
had resources at command 70 carry gu,
a naval program ia time Of war. il
did not wait until war came 10 know
what resources II had. They were linec
up before the war.
Every alton in Europe fully realizes
our powerful Industrial resources. An.
one that considers attacking the Unit
ed States will first ask whether IT !
co-ordinated for war These European
powers, not 10 mention any great orr
entail power, do not make war unles
they think they are going 10 win.
Everything Ia the way Of prepared
ness that we can do which does no
take q single man out Of civil life, bu
merely puts him into system OF In
dustrisi preparedness, means the sax
ing Of 30 much money. We make mf
chinery take the place Of men In gu
factories, and therefore we should 9
war. The lesson Of this war IL ID
value OF machinery. Success has bee
with the armies which have had th
most efficiently organized machiner
at the rear no less than at the front
Organize Before War.
Before the war the great KruI
works In Germany and the Crues
works In France as well as the Arr
strongs in England kept up their plan
partly by immense orders from 10
elgn nations Germany enc0urag
the Krupps. This Is hardly In keepiI
with our principle The American pc
pie have a strong objection as poop
in spite of what individuals may d
to going into the business OF suppl
ing arms for the killing OF human
ings. But we are preparing for al
eventuality every day with our
creasing output OF arms and shells
sale TO Europe. AT the close OF I
war we shall have the plants to ma
both rifles and shells. but they will
private enterprises, not under govel
ment control In any scheme or p
paredness they should be our first
set. However, most OF them are
Gated In q section Of our country M
likely to suffer from an invasion.
taken by the enemy their prod
would be turned against us.
Prepared already with immei
forces OF artillery. with immense I
milton plants. In anticipation OF W
with an industrial organization uni
government direction so complete q
the capacity OF every plant and aim
every workman was known. It wa
matter OF using card index syst
for Germany TO have national org
izatIon Immediately ready. Engli
lost months before she could organ
the industrialism of peace for the I
pose OF war.
Most of this organization could ID
been done before the war with ain
no expense. and the nation at la
would have been perfectly unconsci
of this preparation which was seer
going on.
But our army stan IL allowed no
authority. II is insufficient to UNI
take any such work. The first ste
to increase Its number and to CIV
authority.