New Britain herald., 1918-01-18

birthplace, or parentage, who pos sesses 8 spark of honor, who recog- nizes principle, who lays claim to pa- triotism and who professes loyalty, will name this obligation gladly, with out hesitancy, and without a murmer of dissent.
 Such citizens will try hard, he will strain every fibre within him to i've up to this obligation, even to the point of sacrifice. He who does not, cannot lay claim to either honor or principle, to either patriotism or loy- atty.
 He rightful1y deserves to be brand- ed by his fellowmen as one who IS willing to reap without sowing, who shirks duty, who lacks principle, and who does not honor his flag. He IS in plain words, traitor to his coun- try, native or adopted-and that goes '"The basis of success of any busl- ness is organization-syste The greater the volume of the business, the larger the scope, the field of It's operation, the greater the need or ln- tensified organization, of thorough systemization. What this will do IS possibly best and most drastlcally demonstrated by our present enemy.
 Germany vs. Allies. "Comparing his facilities, his re- sources, etc, with ours and that Of the Allies, the following statistics ap- ply: Actively engaged in the war, or with diplomatic relations severed, there are on the side of the Entente Allies, thirty countries, on the side of the Central Powers, four. Neutral, | however, affected by the war, there are four countries, neutral, but with friendly leaning towards the Allies, seven countries, strictly neutral, thir- teen.
 "The population of the world is estimated in round figures at 1,650, 100000 souls, 50,00O,000 are fighting on the side of the Central Powers, 1,455, 5,O00,000 on the side of the Allies. 'The national wealth of the re- spective countries figured in dollars and cents shows the following com parison: On the side of the allies $553, 900, 100000; on the side of the Central Powers $143, O,0O0, or S0.5 per cent. on the side of the AL lies as against 1915 per cent. on the side of the Central Powers. s'The tabulation of the fighting l strength of the respective countries shows the following: Original man. power from the ages of IS to 45 on l the side of the Allies, 76.3 per cent; 1 on the side of the Central Powers, 23.7 l per cent. Present man-pOwer on the l side of the Allies, 7S.5 per cent; on the side of the Central Powers, 21.5 per cent. Present army and navy strength estimated, 66 per cent. on the side of the Allies, and 34 per cent. on the side of the Central Powers. "Out-numbered by countries, al- most to 1; out-numbered as to na- | tional wealth over 4 to 1; out-num- 1 bered as to present man-power over 1 to 1, and out-numbered as to pres 1 ent army and navy strength 2 to 1 i; l the Central Powers so far have not l only been able to resist all offensives | against them, but are occupying over | two hundred thousand square miles of territory of the countries against which they fight. No greater mistake can be made than to und estimate their strength, and it would be crim- | ina1 folly to believe that they are at ! the end of their string as to food, fuel,
 or any of the other essentials neces- sary to conduct war. And why? l l ask you why?
 | Surely this is not because their
 fighting man-power recruits itself out
 of physically better fit units, so much l better equipped armies and navies, or l because their fighters are more cour- l ageous For I believe and I defy
 contradiction, that you cannot show | me more fit, better equipped, or | braver soldiers, sailors, or aviators
 than the French, the English, the
 Italians, and last and by no means
 least, our American boys. Now then, | what is it?
 1T will tell you what it is. Organi- | zation, system, and then little more l organization, and a little more system | and then organization and system car
 ried on and out almost to the point
 of perfection. And that is what we | have got to get to here in our own
 country.
 ''The sooner we realize it, the sooner
 we do it, the better it will be- That
 much sooner victory will crown ou1
 efforts; that much sooner the terri
 ble slaughter and shedding of blood
 of the flower of mankind of the
 world will cease; that much sooner
 suffering, sorrow and destruction vii
 end, that much sooner that peace vii
 be established for which we all long
 for which we all strive to be ever
 lasting and forever more.
 we've got to get down to the prac-
 tice of economy and thrift, not in 2
 haphazard, go-Iucky. now
 and then sort of manner, but this
 practice has got to be established, ant
 mind you I say got to be, nationall. . and along thoroughly. organized, sys
 tematized lines, and that applies to al
 things and to everyone within thi!
 land.
 , Can it be done you bet. Is there room for it in addition to it's peremp
 tory needs?-you bet. Let me take mp the latter first and illustrate it witf
 a simile. All of you, no doubt have at one time or another seen a bunch ) of youngsters happily assembled il 3 play All of a sudden one youngstel