The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-03
Year Presents Record
of Progress in Spite
of Wars Destruction
Sanitary Problems Conquered, Surgery Advanced, Sci
ence of Aeronautics Developed, Temperance Move
ment Spread, Heavy Gains in Church Membership.


The yea Just closed-the first full year of the greatest wal in history
In spite od it unparalleled destruction. presents a record Of progress and
achievement In ia fields Of activity. 1t las also added much to he ~ Of
the worlds knowledge.
Over III subjoined record Of h years lessons n achievements in man
branches Of human activity the shadow Of the great conflict appears plainly.
Indeed here Is scarcely to be found a field IF human labor in which the war
to some degree mas not entered as a factor. But it h vars constructive rather
than It's destructive side which is revealed here for the mostp part
rAraiyzing a. the "a has been to mann activities IT has had the effect Of
stimulating men to mighttr labors to Offset IT. awful wastage. In this coun-
Try particularly it has acted ~ a spur to invention and research. has led to
greater EFFORTS in the neld Of philanthropy has aroused II anything a deeper
rshs1ous feeling and brought a tremendous increase in our natonal wealth.
n real las written a brilliant page in HI history of medicine and sur
gey. Sanitary problems heretofore believed insurnountate have been met
and conquered. the health of millions of soldiers subjected to the most dreadful
kind Of exposure known has been lot only conserved but eve improved yer
almost eradhated and the mortality from septicemia reduced 10y anusepto sur
sey and antitoxins to a g low as 3 per cent. Wonderful fats OF surgery
discoveries respecting the spread Of typhus fever cholera M typhoid which
srs likely to be Of inestimab value o the human acc.
Enormou. Increase in National Wealth.
Increase 1t brought 10 tn national wealth. Due % the a gold poured into
the United States in a n unendng stream. until, the end OF yea found US
onore IN tn worlds history. 1t saw the nation pass fom a debtor to one
holding tn whole world in its debt, with u trade balance in its favor ~ more
than a billion and a half A vast increase in the amount IF money in cir
cmatton and in tn deposits and total resources Of national banks was another
feature Of IN year
In the grea field of electrical science notable acmeN ements were recorded
sue a the linking Of he two oceans by telephone. and "a the close O. the year
TAR west as Honolulu n across HI Atlantic to the Eiml Tower in Paris
The wal CAV added impetus 'ot the new science Of aoronauucs. Not only
did the year see aeropianes standardized and turned u in great numbers like
automobiles but it saw lew and bigger types evolved, types eye before
thought practical enabling tremendous loads o be carried through the air at
wonderful speed. And 1t saw an Americans invention the spTry eyroscope
stabrnzer applied % these machines in such a way as to remove most of the
a result Of val orders stepped nto hrstp place as a producer IF aeroplane und
their parts.
The war. too. made its IMPRESS upon some of the great social movements
Of the times The temperance movement plainly has received help from the
demonstration of greater efficiency that has followed the cmttlmeut Of all
are that the cause Oft temperance is moving on toward greater Victories. with
no less han eighteen States in this country ~ prohibiting the sale of liquor