Arizona republican., 1917-07-29
COPPER AND PROSPERITY
w. M. laxenby)


 It must be an obvious fact, to the man or woman who thinks, and who keeps in close touch with the financial and industrial conditions of the world, that today the United States is stand ing on the threshold of an era ot prosperitv the like of which the most optimistic dreamer never thought pos sible This true. despite the present international situation and the fact that while this is being written. thou- sands of young men throughout the country are signfying their Wiling ness to fight for the democracy of the world, by registering at the presi- dents call.
 True, we are at war, and certainly we shah enter into this great strug- gle for the peace and freedom of the peoples of the world, with the same spirit in which Americans have al- ways entered into anything, be it love, war or business-with the spirit that can mean but one ultimate result success. Every loyal American knows in his heart today that the entrance of this country into the European conflict will bring it to close more quickly, and more quickly redirect into their natural course of construc- ton, the powerful energies that are now centered on a course of destruc- tion.
 While we are at war, we are at the same time virtually bankers for the world. We are even more than that we are practically acting as a huge commisary and supply station for the world, or at least a greater part or it. F'rome the United States, from our boundless natural resources, our He. mn come a greater portion of the raw materials and the manufactured pro ducts which must feed, clothe and equip, not only the warning armies of the allied countries. but to a great extent their civilian population as well.
 Business, at any and all times, is based on the simple facts of supply and demand. With the demand, even now, much greater than we can sup ply in relation to practically every industry of this country, can it near anything but great prosperity, ever with war on our shoulders? The Unit ed States today occupies a position unparalleled in the history, in connec- tion with the enormous demand fol our products, and @ moments thought must show you that this will be ever greater, when llie WOllu IS dSdlii d peace and the inevitable period of re- construction begins.
 Billions of dollars must pour into this country, after the war from practically every world power, for ma terials and supplies with which to re- habilitate the great wastes of country that have been devastated by the mil lions of fighting men. Thousands anC thousands of homes must be rebuilt thousands of enormous buildings an' institutions of various kinds that hav' been destroyed must be replaced Whole cities must be rebuilt-grea industries that have been deStrOyet or dismantled must be reconstructed.
 To meet the strenous demand tha those days will certainly bring, Amer ica must expand every business ever resource and even with expansion the demands made upon us then wi in all probability be greater than W can possibly supply. Not through lac of resources, but through the timidit of the investing public during wa times-because people with none hesitate to put it into active use fo the developing of our resource: