The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-02-14
Moses Folsom in Times-Union)

from time TO time changed from one
city and country to another Three
thousand years ago, at the time Of
David and Solomon, Tyre was the f.
nancial and commercial capital Of the
known earth. Tyre was in Syria. old
! Phoenicia, on a parallel of north
Florida. The ships Of the bold Phoe.
nicians went to all parts Of the Med
iteTranean-their world. the scene Of
much ancient history. The Changing
bell Of tine called down the curtain
and al mat IS left Of the once flour
ishing metropolis is the little town
Of E-sur or Tyrus. The shifting sand
has filed the once spacious narbor
The crown of Tyre passed 10 Car.
thage. In Spain. iong distance 10
the eastward. IL the days q slow
moving ships, propelled by oars o.
sails. Then supremacy went 10 Ven.
ice in Italy nex1 to Hamburg ana me
leagued Teu10nic cities Of the Baltic;
next Portugal became the great sea.
faripg country. in turn Spain. me
discovers; q America, and SPAN was
d grear power. then control passed
tor time 10 Holland. and then I'D
TO 1873 70 Great Britain
Now the eighth counrry-An.e~.ca
lis in leadership Previous 10 1919
England waS The richest world nation
and we owed i % much money mat
the annual interest was $200.oGo 900
Before the war We owed tour billion
dollars abroad.
But the situation is reversed. Eu-
rope owes the United States-the
government End private investors
over ten billions, on which the annual
interest Is & half billion dollars. am.
erica is the richest nation and the f.
nancial center We possess one-third
Of the total wealth Of me world
Before the great war English ships
dominated the sea and England built
more ships each year than any other
country When our shipbuildine pro
gram ends in 1920 we Will have twice
as many ships as England a war baby
in every way worth while
The world is in need of raw mate
rial While We have but : per cent
Of the population Of the world. and
have about : per cent Of the landed
area Of the world, we have the raw
amterial Get that big fact into your
nina II
We produce 70 per cent Of the
worlds copper: IS per cent of the pa
troleum. e per cent Of the corn; so ,
per cent Of the cotton 80 per cent Of ,
the coal; 40 per cent Of the IRON and i
steel; s. per cent Of the silver %
per cent Of the gold; 30 per cent Of
the lead: > per cent of the wheat: j
So per cent Of the automobiles; :
per cent Of the phosphates but 10
call CT the full list Of materials We
produce would be to name nearly al
the natural resources Of the earth.
We have more miles q railroad,
more schools. more newspapers. and
more banks than any other country
We have invented the steamship. the
reaper and mower. the sewing No
chine. anaesthetics, the telegraph
the typewriter. rubber clothing, The
electric light, the bicycle. the SUR
marine. sleeping and dining cars, the
automobile. the telephone the motion
picture machine. the sand blast, the
type setting machine. the ice machine
calculating machines, many kinds OF
shoe. clothing. metal and WOOD work
ing machines cold storage the can
ming Of meats. fruits and vegetables. (
condensed milk and multitude OF
by-products and utilities that are now
absolutely essential To a tolerable ex-
istence.
To science. art. medicine, Iitera-
ture. craftsmanship. education and
philanthropy, our country has provid-
ed wonderful achievements and con
tributions fo- the progress Of man
kind
Sail on. 0 Union strong and
great"
Since Solomon built MS temple thir-
" centuries ago, II 2 city now after
hundreds Of years IN Christian hands
the Torch of Leadership has been
seized by one country after another
in Europe until now it has been 10
ken by the central country Of the
new world a country inhabited by
The best fed. best clothed, best housed
and best educated people in the