Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-01-11
GREAT
QUESTION
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most sensible and profitable courst
for mo to follow In my private anc
business affairs during the continu
ance OF the war;
TINS Is the great question con
fronting every American citizen.
Here is a reply;
Before We can settle the matter IN
detail We must grasp those element
ary principles which govern national
affairs.
This does not involve great learn
ing or research. for economic knowl
edge rs little g q then oommon.sens
applied to biz subjects.
The war WI be won by the Ma
tion which can place the greatest
number OF men, the greatest amount
OF material In the field. and produce
the greatest amount OF foodstuns to
supply It's military and civilian
forces. This fact IA so generally
recognized that Il Is not necessary
20 bring forward elaborate argu.
mcnts TO prove IL.
We are a wealthy Nation, and the
question arises as to whether or not
we can win the war by throwing our
surplus wealth into the struggle.
We cannot.
Why? because our savings. M a
Nation, amounted 10 about 5 Billion
Dollars annually before we entered
the war, aud our war estimates for
the first years operations call for
an expenditure of about Eighteen
Billion Dollars, or over 3tk times as
much az we have saved ever before
In one year.
Now, there are three courses open
to as, We can e%ndeayor to produce
5a times as much wealth this year
es ever we did before. W. can en-.
deavor TO save 3is times us much
money as ever we did before. We
can lie down on the whole PROPOSE
Ton, and let Germany win
Having described this article
as "a common sense reply 10 a great
question, we win eliminate the last
mentioned possibility
We cannot produce ga times as
much wealth this year as ever be.
tore. II win take several years to
pdiust our affairs 80 as to produce
such results.
TO save 3is times Ms much as
ever we have before Is quite Isossi.
ble, 1ut would mean actual hard.
ship for millions OF our people.
The most sensible solution OF the
problem is TO aim at a combination
VI production and self.denial which
viii find us at the end OF q year
AZ least Sk times Weather 3 a
hation, than ever before.
The method indicated has been fol.
lowed by our Allies with results that
nave aetonished the world. After
R15 years OF physical and financial
strain, England raised recently q
laau of o billion Dollars, equivalent
10 Ten Billion Dollars In this Coun
Try, owing to the act that wa have
about double the population. Eng.
mnd mas speeded up her production
bt wealth, denied herself so much.
hat despite the fact that millions OF
der finest specimens OF human ma.
Ierial are fighting, despite the fact
That she had raised previously about
> like amount OF 6 billion Dollars in
loans, and IS paying PA Billion Dol
l'rs yearly IN taxes. She was able
ttil to produce this enormous amount
In a 30 day campaign.
Germany is speeding up her pro.
suction along the most scientific
ines and is starving horselt THAT
b the sole reason Germany exists
today.
are we supormen that we can do
things differently To others
Let MS forget this talk Of Uncle
SAM soon cleaning up the Germans
Nhen he gets there" The Germans
VIII NOT Doe cleaned up" by talk. or
sven by bravery alone. They must
be fought with their own weapons.
aa'd work and selfdenial-the
lhings that win wars
Again the man who cries. Lot
me rich man pay has not grasped
'he elementary facts of the situation.
iho rich man rs paying. and WILL.
pay for me Cef ernment already "a
ialling for as much as 5OG OF hia
profits IN tAe shape OF Income and
War Profit Taxes.
Il is true that the Government IA
not taking away the rich mans cap.