Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-20
ALL BUSINESS
TO INCREASE
Now Is the Time of All Times
WGen Great Activity Should
Maintain.
STRAIN EVERY RESOURCE
Fear Of War Causing Poor
Business Is Contrary to
the Facts.
STRAIN EVERY RESOURCE

However fearful may be the burden
of responsibility which rests upon
every heart in this country, however
great may be the sorrows which many
are facing and which all must face
as we enter upon the most fearful
war in all human history, looked at
from the viewpoint Of business ac-
tivity this country has before it an
era Of such unprecedented activity ms
to make all periods of the past look
like periods of dullness.
We are preparing to throw into the
channels of trade, rs rapidly as the
money can be expended, about S9,-
OOO. 600, 200 or S1O,O0O,O00,00 a sum
so staggering as to be incomprehensi-
BILE. \ billion dollars is going into
he building of naval vessels; a much
larger amount will be expended on the
ships under construction and for
which contracts are being let We are
preparing to finance the allies that
their vast expenditures, exceeding
even those of the last two years, shall
be made in this country for munitions
and foodstuffs, for locomotives and
cars and rails and every other line
of work which enters into the carry
ing on of the war and the mainte-
nance of the countries back of the
war.
Every Acre Needed.
This situation means that to the
utmost limit of human power the ag-
ricultural interests Of the country VIII
be crowded Every acre of land that
can possibly be titled with the labor
and the agricultural implements ayail-
able will be put under cultivation,
with the certainty that prices for the
next few years, whether war contln-
ues or not during that period, will be
maintained at high levels. This means
an agricultural output far beyond
anything in the past 1t ought to
mean, If we measure up to the OPP
portunity, an increase of at least 80
per cent in the volume and value OF
our farm crops.
Connected with this will be a de-
mand for fertilizers and for lime for
agricultural purposes beyond the
limit Of all existing plants crowding
to their utmost capacity every facility
in the country for producing fertil-
izers and lime.
Shipbuiding activity, such as the
world never dreamed of, will be under
way in the near future. To the billion
dollars of naval work and the billion
ready under construction or under
contract will be added the building Of
thousands of wooden and steel ships
by the government for the purpose of
meeting the supreme question of feed
ing and munitioning the allies. Into
this shipbuilding activity Will be
turned the concentrated energy of the
nation. This means "A vast expansion
in lumber production and the putting
into active operation every plant in
the country that can by any possi-
blity produce iron and steel and wood
for shipbuilding.
Iron and Steel Demand.
The iron and steel plants of the
country, taxed to the utmost limit of
their capacity, are not nearly equal to
the demand which will be thrown
upon them New plants must be built.
If the great capitalists and iron and
steel companies now in existence do
not Immediately plan for "a very large