The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-22


back npcnncss to now ideas ana nc"
methods. and II will hr we'll worth tn'
exchange Tho problem Of depopnia'"h
Is an industrial one. France VII! har"
a larger population when her economic
methods mako II easier 10 support Il
larger popuintoin In the long run !.
ull comes back to The modernization %
industry and OF agriculture.
In the session OF tho chamber alreanF
referred to, Monsieur L"ucheur Sa'i
In this crisis "" must max" not oh'S
IN ctrorit hut an immense effort To SOCK
In our soil all thar II holds. AFTER tue
war We shall have a deficit ot VI leaSl
, twenty million tons of coal. EvcryWner%
that It ls i"rss!bl" we must seek COZ.
and minerals. metals. Ms nave SAF'
before. IN Speaking Of wutcr-pow"r as :,
sulsiitutc for coal. the production Of
coal in FRANCE hrtwcen 1?co and l"l
Inrroosod - pcr cent: that nf Germany
IS per cent.
Before wc Went In.
Toward tho development OF resources
after tho war one element that Of capt.
tai. ought In be supplied In no sinh'I
part by the United States. One OF IN"
widely known French economists. frnI'
Glide, published last spring n booklet
called 'Conmcrrial Policy After inc
War" in which h. says: There VIII
be flne times for ncutrals after IHc war
csrcciallv for IN" greatest Of ncutroiS
the United States. They will have their
resources intact and on Il working bass
TO take up business They Will glTr
back for goods The gold they have stored
up and which cmbarraSSeS thcm' "",
thcy will retain tho capital rrrr"s'H'"''
by the obligations or all IN" hriliE':"3'
countries In addition In their own S"!ir-
tiles which hnr" boon turned "Hch J."
them nv foreign holders. '"rhnrS they
may even So" nm thrush ~: foreign capt.
talIsts, running away frCm killing taxa.
lion The intcrurr!n" war 'hat WEI
hovr torn to rlcccr the old world VIII
bovo tbe result of doubling the new
world in resources and In population.
Tho fotcd march of the sons Of Adam TO-
ward the west will have seen anoth"r
stage. 1t will no longer bc through
London hut through New York. that Inc
economic meridian Will IaS". II ~ ny
this world uphraval rGth"r than by
changes I'm tho inup Of Europe that I'M;
war will in history "unlinN" I" u" III"
Trc.u War" The entrance "i tn" hi'"l
States into lhr war. just after f'r"t' ''"li
wrote. hardly changes essentially ms
view OF our lEttrH. hlti ''i'''''''' -
our economic ohigatlnne.
British Control.
Tho british control Of. mining. us ~
other branches nf national power gers
stronger al the time. ANA frltah ~
likely To end ia" war wiih me pr"nI'ih
Of national control much NOR" nearly
snt;lcd than France IS. or course NOT
NIL tho 1ninc-nwn""S arc SATISFIED D! 'he
Increasing hold Of tho government but
,hr majority have boon nHtri"tiH. I"
the last ciGht on the subject IN Far'i"-
mcui. In November. there w"rc p.onty
If sxDrcssinns familiar I" Americans. IN
MI r,,r own crnir0v"rsI"s over govern
mental control Of business IL was sa.a
,hu1 production would hc discouraged;
thai business men were undulE inter-
rrrcd with; and that the latest bill was
- fraud really intended /" naiinnaIiZh
,h. Industry" Another member called
,1,,. hin mnw before til" House "f Com
mons tho most s"claliSiir mraSur" ever
: Lr..urhr before the House" and mad"
similar attack on In" governments CON
troll If sh!pnuE. Singing out IaTti"u-
,,r iu,rrrStS' for special C"ntrui' ana
limitation If profit WAS another fhInil-
!! lar rhi"riiun. but tn" government h"a
! tn" thorough support 81 Ill" ti"HS" ana
! rh,:rr - no reason Ia doubt Tho eventual
, n, Ssar. 0r thu hill tn" British govern
IurnI ns | described in Il former article.
: irr,.i charge of ihr C"al mines httc
over u year ago. TIL" c"ntr"! rN""|iS"d
: has hsru bt!rd nm III" defense -! mo
! rral,n act, and therefor" necessarily
! lnsrs it's authority when tn" var ends.
! A, rim, time Their, will l." Il SHARP cor
. r1i,, between continuance" Of government
control! stimulation, and EutHa"'" ana
return IL III" fu!! a".trin" "f private"
! uprration ownership and direction.
'vfl,, nation will h. III i p"Hlti"n I" run
: the industry smoothly If l. chooses It"
,ukri over The %l"n which las led 1"
Tho last debate included levy on ~"
'mnFr prosperous r"r! owners Tor m"
benefit Of the less prosperous. Tn"
governments answer to all objections
was .hni lhc working arrangement to-
/ tween il and the mine owners hsSocia-
Hon satisfied the principal min" own
rrs, that labor disputes hHd decreased
that production had Increased. that the
CONSUMER had hc"n projected. ma that
in such i crises theoretical and long
distance ScarrE were unworthy or atten-
ton: H. position that evidently satisfied
I 'hr british mind.
In Germany.
In Germany. whore a" many things
Az. obscure IL UH. !; ~ entirely clear
,ha, ;hr usr of the principal natural
! resources Will hr controlled by the gov
cr,:ncnt ono who reads with an open
mind NIL the expressions Of German
i.piniun. that ARE nvailahln vii! believe
much moro than tho average citizen In
,hr "ntruta countries lin this drift or
: Germany towards democracy in tho ro-
! liliral sense. hut there Is no drift what