The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-11-22
GREAT
QUESTION
? a.,
PART I.

PART L
What 10 my duty; what Is the
most sensible and profitable course
Tor M to follow in my private and
business AFFAIRS during the continu,
lnce OF tie war?
This 10 the great question cor.
fronting every American citizen.
Here 10 q commen-ssase reply:
Before We can settle the matter IA.
lctaii. we must grasp nose element
my pripciplss which cover national
Affairs.
This dess not involve great learn.
Ing or research. for economic knowL
pdge 10 little else than conmon.sense
applied to big subjects.
The war will be won by the Ma.
Hon which can place the greatest
sumbsr Of men. the greatest noun
of material in the feid. and produce
The greatest amount of foodstuffs to
supply Its military and civilian
forces. This fact 10 so generally,
recognised that It h not necessary
10 bring forward elaborate argu.'
nents to prove II.
We are q wealthy Nation. and the
question arises as to whether or not
Va can win the war by throwing our
surplus wealth into the struggle.
We cannot.
Why7 Because our savings. as Q
Nation, amounted to about s Billion
Dollars annually before we entered
the war. and our war estimates for
the nrst years operations call for
an expenditure Of about Eighteen
Billion Dollars, or owe 3h times 90
much as W have saved evsr before
In one year.
Now, there are three courses open
70 US. We can endeavor to produce
~ times as much wealth this year
~ y Q we did before. We can en-
deavor to save az times as much
money as ever we did before. We
can lie down on the whole PROPOSE.
eon. and let Germany win.
Having described this article
as q common.senss reply to q great
question. we will eliminate tho last
mentioned possibility.
We cannot produce 3h times 40
much wealth this year as ever be-
fore. 1t will take several years to
adjust our Affairs so a. to produce
such results.
To save 3h times a. much as
ever We have before 10 quite posi-.
Bile. but would mean actual hard.
ship for millions OF our people.
The most sensible solution OF tho
problem 10 to aim at q combination
Of production and %seif.denial which
Will find US at the end OF a yea.
at least az times weslthier as y
nation. than ever before.
The method Indicated has been fol.
lowed by u Allies with results that
have astonished the world. After
~ years Of physical and financial
strain. England raised recently q
ban OF s Billion Dollars, equivalent
TO Ten Billion Dollars in this Coun-
try. owing to the fact that we have
about double the population. Eng
and has spseded up her production
OF wealth. denied herself so much,
that despite the TACT that millions ID
her dnes specimens Of human ma
tsr'si are hghting, despite the fact
mat she had raised previously about
a like mount Of s Billion Dollars In
oans, and is paying 2h Billion Dol,
airs yearly in taxes. she was able
TIL to produce this enormous moun
In q 80 day campaign.
Germany 10 speeding up her pro,
suction along the most scientific
lines. and Is starving herself. That
IS the sole reason Germany exists
today.
Are we super-men hat va can do
things differently to others?
Let US forget this talk Of Uncle
BAN soon cleaning up the Germans
when he gets there" The Germans
VIII not be cleaned up" by talk, or
even by bravery alone. They must
Do fought with their own weapons.
nard and slf.denial-the
things that win wars.
Again. the man who cries. "a,
the rioh man pay" has not grasped
the elementary facts Of the situation.
inc rich man Is paying, and WILL
pay. for the Government already Is
calling for as much as 500 OF his
pronts In the shape Of Income ana
War Pront Taxes.
II 10 true that the Government IA
not taking away the rich mans can.
itai' but neither IL II ASKING the lass
wealthy producer TO part with his
capital. AN alike must retain their
capital In order TO run factories.
farm the land. build ships, eouip
armies. and provide wages.
1t would be an entirely mistaken
policy to attempt TO use the capital
wealth Of the Country 20 6nancs ,hs