Evening journal., 1916-10-09
PROSPERITY IS DUE
TO WAR ABROAD
II Articles Entering Into
Munitions Comprise 64.7
Per Cent. of Exports
ROOSEVELT MAKES
RE LY TO LANE
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-Nothing more
effectively demonstrates the fact that
the present prosperity Of the United
States is due to the European war and
/ must terminate with its end. unless
! new policies are adopted. than the
lures showing the extent and charac.
ter of the export trade. because the
I hgures are official, are compiled by
the Democratic administration. and
about them, therefore. there can be
/ no controversy. Seventeen articles
entering into the manufacture of ac-
/ tual munitions, foodstufs and ,arious
| supplies for the great armies of Eu-
/ rope, have constituted this year 647
/ per cent. Of the total exports Of this
nation. During 1914 these articles con-
stituted 3l7 per cent of the total OK
ports. During the fiscal year 1914.
when normal conditions prevailed. the
exports of these seventeen articles
amounted TO S7S1.173.390. During the
| FISCAL year ending June 80 1916. with
the war in full blast, the exports of
these seventeen articles amounted to
| $2.732, 203,247. The gain in the eXpor-
:
alone amounted to 81 1851 .029.S5I That
gain would pay the wages of over a
million and three-Quarter men for a
year at $3.50 day for each working
day. So much for the export trade
in war munitions and supplies But
the other side OF the slate is equally
important. While there has been this
| tremendous gain in supplies for the
armies, there has been serious falling
of in other lines. The loss in ordinary
eXports-as distinguished from war
exports-for the fiscal year OF 1916
amounted to $2O8,316.1OS Should the
sudden ending of the war result in the
return of war exports to the normal.
therefore. the total loss would reach
the startling amount of $2,70O, 600. The
number of men which such a loss of
export trade would throw out of en-
I ployment is appalling
| Mr. Roots Speech.
One Of the greatest contributions to
the national campaign, as well as to
the history of this nation, is the classic
speech delivered by Elihu Root. for
mer Secretary Of State at Carnegie
Hall New York. With compelling
logic. lucid illustration and unim-
passioned Oratory, Mr. Root analysed
the record Of this administration,
showed the estimate in which. as a
result of the Wilson foreign policy,
the United States has come TO be held
by foreign powers and the danger
which that estimate involves. I'VE
are told that Mr.. Wilson has kept the
country out Of war" he said al one
point 80 has every President for
seventy years. except Lincoln and Nc
Kinley. Never since Columbus sight
ed San Salvador. has there been a
time when II was so easy for America
to keep out OF war by doing nothing
as 10 has been during the great con
hct now raging in the old world. All
the great powers Of the world. except
ourselves. have had their hands full
with existing enemies. They have
been straining every resource to the
utmost to avoid being conquered by
the the enemies in arms against them.
Our danger is not now. while the
great war is raging. but later. when
peace has been made and the great
armies are free and rulers and gov
ernments look about for ways to re-
pair their losses and the great spaces
Of ill-defended wealth Of the new
world loom large on the horizon OF
their desires" Without bitterness,
but with telling force Mr. Root trac-