The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-29
THINGS THAT WIN WARS.

VIVA, is my duty. what Is the mos
sensible and profitable course for M
to follow In my private and business
affairs durlEe the continuance u the
war;
This Is the great question confront
ing cvers American citizen.
Here j. a comm0a-seEso reply:
Before We can settle the matter IL
detail. Ne must grnsp those elemen
tary principles which govern natlono
affairs.
This does not inyoive grea; learning
or research. for economic knewIedgs
Is little else than common-sense ap,
piled to bis subjects.
The war VIII be won by the nation
which can place the greatest number
Of men, The greatest amount Of ma
teriai. IN the iieid. AMI produce the
greatest amount OF food-stuff TO sup.
ply It's military n civilian forces.
This fact - 50 generally recognized
that Il j. NOT necessary to bring for
ward elaborate arguments to prove Il.
We are . wealthy nation. aud the
question arises AZ 10 whether or no,
We can win the war By throwing our
surplus wealth into the struggle.
We cannot.
Why Because our savings. as a
nation. have equailed about 3 binior
dollars annually. before va entered
'he war, n cur war estimates for the
first years operations calls FOR an
expenditure Of about eighteen bIiioa
dollars. or ovcr sM times as much az
we have ever saved before In one year
Now. there are three courses oper
Go us. We can endeavor 20 produce
az times al much wealth this year n.
ever we did before. We can lie dowT
on the whole proposition and let Ger.
many win.
Having described this little treats,
os a common-sense reply 10 a srca'
question. We will eliminate the las
mentioned possibility.
We cannot produce az times a
much wealth this year as ever before
IT win take several years 20 adjus
our affairs SO as 20 produce such re
suits.
To save So times as much as eve
we have before Is quite possible. bn
would mean actual hardship for mil
lions OF our people.
The most sensible solution OF tn
problem Is TO aim at a combination o
production and ~seif-deniai which vii
find US at the end OF a year at leas
81 times Weather as a nation. thai
ever before.
The metnod indicated has been FOL
lowed by our allies with results tina
have os;onished the world. After 81
wears OF physical and financial dralr
Great Britain raised recently a loan q
: billion dollars, equivalent 10 10 bi
lion dollars IN this country. owing I
the fact tina we have about doubl
the population. England has speede
up her production Of wealth denic
hcrreif 81 much. that despite the IA
millions ~ her finest specimens {
human material are fighting, despi'
the fact that she raised recently aho.
a like Of : billion dollars
loans. and Is paying ~ billion Do
lars yearly IN Xes. she was sin ab
50 produce this enormous amo~ni
n thirty day campaign.
Germany is speeding up her produ
ton along the ,3ost scientific line
and Is starving herself That BE- ~
sole reason Germany exists.
Are We spber-mcn that We can
things. differently 20 Others
Let M forgst this talk Of 'lno
sam soon cleaning up the German
when he gets over there" Tn" Ge'
mans will Aot be cleaned az" ~ tai
or oven by bravery alone They ma
be fought with their own weapon
hard woff and ~self-denial u
things that win vars.