The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-27
THE GREAT
QUESTION
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PART I.

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nat is my duty; WHIST 10 th'
lssust sensible and profitable COURSE
TOR me 70 follow in my private sna
Apsiness affairs during the continu
lance OF the war?
This IL the great question con
fronting every Am~seAn citizen.
Here is a commoasense reply;
Before We ON settle the matter In
ostsil. we mast grzsV thoso eieneo<
sry principles which govern national
affairs.
This does not iAvolve great learn
ing or research, for economic kbowi
edge 10 little else than Soumsn-ssns'
applied to big subjects.
The war will be won by the Ma
ton which can place the greatest
number OF men. the greatest amount
Of material In the field, and produce
the greatest amount OF foodssxns u
supply It's military and civilian
forces. This fact 10 so generally
recognized that 1t Is not necessary
TO bring forward elaborate argu
ments to prove II.
We are a wealthy Nation, and the
question arises as to whether or moi
we can win the war by throwing oul
surplus wealth into the struggle.
We cannot.
; Why. Because our savings, az
Nasloa, amounted to about Billion
Dollars annually before We entered
the wsS, snd our war estimates fol
the frst years operations esn ~
An Expenditure Of about nishesst
BfifSsn DoiaaYs, or over "a times ..
n1ueh as we have ssved eref 6sesrv
In Sne ys1.
~, there are thPss eouIves o1sa
tor, w csn entshrvr b yrs Sc'
~ ssnes as much weaith this ynl
as. spev we did beeere. We con On
deaSor to save 3h times al mpel
money as ever We did before. Va
can Ne down on the whole proposi
uoa, and lot Germany WIN.
Havtns described this arsscal
~ . common-sense ropH % . ssee
question, we WIN eliminate the lss
mentioned possibility.
We cannot produce 3h times d
much wealth this yeFr as ever be
fore. 1t will take several years t
adjust our affairs % 40 10 produc
such results.
To save 3k times as much .
ever we have before fs quite poss
BILE, but would mean actual hart
ship for millions OF our people.
The most sensible solution of tn,
problem is to aim at combination
of production and self-denial whicl
Will find us at the end of a yea
at least 3a times weather. as
nation, than ever before.
The method Indicated has been TO
lowed by our Allies with results tina
have astonished the world. Afte
IN years OF physical and financts
strain, England raised recently
loan Of Billion Dollars, eQuivalen
to Ten Billion Dollars In this Cour
try, owing to the fact that We hav
about double the population. Eni
land has speeded up her productio
of wealth, denied herself 80 muel
that despite the fact that millions G
her finest specimens OF human mi
terial are fighting, despite the fac
that she had raised previously abou
q like amount Of Billion Dollars
loans, and is paying 2h Billion Do
hrs yearly in taxes, she was abl
still to produce this enormous amour
in 4 80 day campaign.
Germany is speeding up her pr,
duction along the most scientif
lines. and is starving herself. Ths
Is the sole reason Germany exis,
today.
Are we super-men that we can d
things differently to others?
Let us forget this talk Of "Uncl
Sam soon cleaning up the German
when he gets there" The German
will not be cleaned up" by talk, {
sven by bravery alone. They mu,
be fought with their own weapon
hard work and self-denial-tt
things that win wars.
Again. the man who cries, IL,
the rich man pay" has not graspe
the elementary facts of the s1tuatio
The rich man is paying, and WILL
pay. for the Government already
calling for as much as 500 Of h
profits in the shape Of Income ar
War Profit Taxes.
1t is true that the Government
not taking away the rich mans ca
ltal. but neither is 1t asking the LEI
wealthy producer to part with h
capital. All alike must retain the
capital in order to run factorie
farm the land. build ships, equ
armies, and provide wages.
II would be an entirely mistake