The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-05-04
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SAals Come Greetings ecnsis-
tent perussI 81 n,any Texas news
rsper., enarsting from ~ quarters
~ our deariy beloved stste, ~ veil
of III personal maii convinces State
press That quits ! lot of people "A
grand old Tsxas are permitting then-
selves to view fhese war times Mfth
! faulty perspective, This country
Il engaged Ii conflict with Germany.
III ahont 70 ~ engaged. and sach
topf1it. will Be Ia some measure
What var always sbad for one or
me 0tbsr on both parties. But IN
any gsevent, under any conceivabie
circumstances, the war will affect
This country not ~ wars 81 invasion
|aAd conquest a. III would Do but
rather = wars Of the sea, wars vi
sankfment, wars Of craftsmanship,
VARS al economic pressure. Many
|cf Us take our ideas of Whist war ts
|by the things We naye heard from
the lips of orr parents and friends
who. il the South, experienced un-
Ger the C0nfederacy the pains and
penalties OF defeat and invasion,
with their attributes 81 deprivation,
wounds, broken spirits. poverty and
depression. In comparatively small
areas Of Europe that sort Of thing,
though much worse. II In effect to-
day. But bloody. ferocions. pitilsss
as tie European war is. only q frac-
tion 81 Europe il under actual ply
steal punishment. For this country
there can be nothing Of actual war
oppression. The few soldiers We may
ultimately send to Europe viii be
hardly more than the tourist crowd
that went annually before the war.
Our main business. despite all the
alarmists. all the foreboders. all the
pessimisters. will be 10 supply es-
sentiaf raw materials TO those Eu-
ropeans who are at grips with the
common enemy. But even though We
should send a total OF a million men
within the next two years. which Is
altogether unlikely. the effect upon
the total of our population would
be barely pereeivable, except to the
friends and kindred or each expedi-
fionary soldier. This republic Is SO
sncom parably rich In resources Of
money, materials and men that ii
could go on always. self-eontained
nation. even though the whole world
we're leaguered against il. These
are worthy OF recapit
alatiun at this time because of the
obvious fact that many of our people
are thinking abnormally and acting
the same way. They have taken
fright over the supposed food short
age and are boarding groceries.
They are foreboding a return Of such
conditions as they have been told
the ola South went through al the
breakup OF the Confederacy. Now,
dear folks. ali that sort OF thing is
ronsense. The simple facts are that
the primary resources of wealth in
America-the farms never before
in the history OF the world were so
we'll prepared. SO enterprising. SO
competent to enrich their tiliers as
they are today. With billions OF new
dollars being expended in this eoun-.
try for war materials, every scrap
OF agricultural produce is command
ing and will command astonishing
prices. Right there, then, we nave
the foundation stone OF such a ma
tfonai prosperity as never was dream
ed of before. With the farmers
ricn. every line of business will
thrive as never business thrived
since the world began. This Is not
an overdrawn picture. 1t Is con-
statement OF positive con-
Gitions. State Press In Dallas News