The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-04-13
HOW WE STACK UP


Thrice he whose just quoted speaker at the
High meeting Thursday night and quoted wrongly There
was nothing with the sentiment however And makes
all difference world Makes for example, the reason why
Belgium not be conquered and Germany can not win
But your quarrel right and your just not ev
eythng America has that and more too Says Wash
ington dispatch:
Actual and potential which, all told, prob
ably never been equaed by any other nation in the
history of the world brought into the great under
the American flag.
Into the balance against Germany thrown navy in
strength and efficiency among the foremost aoat; army
comparatively small but highly efficient backed by citz
enry of upward of 200o00oo capable of military duty in
dustria ncomparaby the greatest in the world
already modified for public service and the moral force
1O000O0OO Americans awakened to their
y's peril and united behind their President with patriotic
ervOr rencarnatng the spirit of Is.
There syllable of eggeraton in that statement in ali
brought by confirmation We have the
Of Capt Pesus German expert whose Judgment III such matter
stands high that the American stands today practically equal
that of Germany and tho have corresponding foreign es
of army there of question that it is ontempb
adopt the Kasers for the British only in numbers, and
numbers England has shown have astonishing ability to null
tiply themselves where there is will and way.
The odds against the Central Powers desperate before BY
into the they have become overwhelming Germany
may make light of if she choose The German people, better
quanted with this country than with any other will Still less
will the people of Ausrangary who likewise have exceptionally
intimate and frsthand relations with No nation Indifferent c
the logic of such facts that for example, oneha the human
arrayed against them that they face times their number
strength Not counting the native of India and with the
United States their latest recruit the Entente Powers have Ou
times the population of those who aligned with the
Kaiser
1t u.s. however, economic strength that the dsproporton is
outstanding and here it important bear mind that debts
have be taken into well The per capita
2atOna debt Of Germany is than twenty times heavy
that of the United States That at first but when the
time consider that naddtion the actual burden the
higher interest makes the annual charge thirty times heavy
evident that will have its effect Here few other factors
Subtract all the wealth of all the German fund from
the wealth of the United States and there still
than fifty billions.
American farms grow more than all the farms of Ger
many, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey combined.
The United States alone make steel and all
the products of steel than this whole Germanc league
Our mines yield ten times Is much gold far more silver
entire group of Central Powers.
And the comparison could be indefinitely extended Germany
efficiency organized preparedness
for and looks after the smallest deas Well
to tell the truth not certain about it, For sheer per-
Torrance quite willing place the Panama Canal by the side
Of the Kiel Canal and let it go a that.