Evening journal., 1917-05-12

ates additional tax-paying ratables, to
the large benefit of the community.
The increased revenues from this
source alone viii usually carry the
pier investment costs times over; and
the moneys paid in wages to the OPP
eratives of new factories is, of course.
mainly expended in paying their liv-
ing expenses in the community, and
so gets Immediately into circulation.
The money derived from the increase
in value of a single shipload of raw
materials which are made into finished
products in the citys workshops,
may amount to hundreds of thousands
or even millions. of dollars, largely in
wages. Other incidental benefits Of
minor importance, but all going to
swell the grand total, are too many
TO mention in detail tonight
Wilmington, the richest city per
capita in the United States; with a
pulation-includn suburbs - Of
nearly 125000; In the midst OF an eX-
traordinarily rich and prosperous
manufac .uring section; now occupies,
in the public mind Of the country.
the anomalous position of an inland
town located on one of the finest deep
water channels in the continent,
thirtY-five miles nearer the sea than it's
immediate neighbOr, the second port
in the United States How many
enterprising cities in the interior Of
this nation there are who would give
tens of millions Of dollars for Will
mington's carelessly neglected oppor-
tunties for greatness on the sea!
shall this condition be permitted
to continue. OF are the objects out
lined tonight worth while striving
for? The answer to this leave to
YOU men of Wilmington"
Prosperity After War.
In the early part Of his speech Mr.
Meigs spoke as follows:
"There has, perhaps, never been 9
time in the history Of the American
people when the need for doors
workers, producers OF useful things
was greater than it is at the present
time. and as It will continue increas
ingly to be for the duration of the
present great world war. and for
long years thereafter. The modern
army is the most destructive agent
ever created by man. and the raw
ages of the combined armies of the
civilized world-beth in the legitb
mate consumption of materials OF
every kind incidental to the practice
Of the, at no time gentle, art of kill
ing, and the further wanton destruc
ton of cities. dwellings, factories
mines, and the very forests them
selves, by vandal invading forces
is bringing about a deficit in the liv
ing equipment OF the world that II
will require many decades to restore
and make good.
"The energies Of the worlds work
ers which are now devoted mainly L
the production OF the ammunition o.
war will. of course. make necessary
the temporary neglect Of the norma
needs Of the peoples of the world
for peace equipment, and will necessi
tate the continued intense exertioI
OF the workshops Of all Of the ma
tions for long years, until a condi
ton OF fairly stable equilibrium be
tween supply and demand. production
and consumption, is again reached.
"The S7.OOO.OOO 900 which our coun
try is now engaged in the raising OF
as its first money contribution to tn,
preservation of the standards of lib
erty and freedom, is not a mer'
banking operation of transferring S,
much money from one place and put
ting It i'm another. but IL must be act
ually spent in the production Of food
of clothing, of means of transport
wagons. automobiles, sh'ps--of arma
ment OF ammunition, and the thousanl