The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-04

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have constantly increasing supplies
Of planes from overseas factories
out Of reach Of destruction BY their
enemy.
The economic front IL a. vital
IN this war ss In the last war. In
foodstaffs Germany starts the war
on bread cards Nobody can store
very much food for long. Germany
can obtain some breadslnffs and
some meat from Poland. Russia
and central European countries.
czechoslovakiA and Austria add TO
her food problems rather than
diminish them.
Germany produces only about
half her necessary fats. The block
ade viii greatly reduce the fat sup
ply. and win cut off most OF her
tea. coffee. cocoa. etc. The Ger
mans can. no doubt. meagerly sus-
tain public health, but at q long
distance from the comfortable food
standards Of the allied countries.
Allies nave Resources
The French are practically self
supporting in food. The British
empire has enormously increased
its food production since the great
war. That enables England TO OBJ
tain most of her supplies from
within her own dominions.
Germany, except for coal. pot
ash and nitrates, does not possess
a full supply of any essential raw
material for war.
The allies. on the other hand,
produce, in their own empires. 90
per cent of the needed steel, all
their coal, and all the oil, copper.
lead, zinc, tin. nickel and alloys
that they need. And besides the
seven seas are open to them for
everything else.
Morale is important. The allied
peoples are convinced they are
fighting on moral foundations and
for national existence. Their peo-
pie will be comfortably fed. They
will have staying power.
Sights u. s. Danger
THE Germans realize their ex-
IRENE danger from a long war.
They may try quick, overwhelm-
ing attack. 1t may mean bad days
for the allies. But there Is little
reason to believe 1t can succeed.
And then the slow strangle OF sea
power will have its effect.
From all this, have no fears
the allies will be defeated. OF
course, people can build up specu-
lative hypothesis with combina-
tions and fears not based on resli-
ties, and then get powerfully ex-
cited.
I'VE need to keep cool. After all
we must keep out of this war. We
would be yielding the last stand OF
offset to the allied advantage on
sea and land ?" he was asked.
democracy if we go in, win or lose.
We would have to yield to dicta-
torship during the war, and In a
quarter OF a century of impoverish-
ment afterwards we would not get
out Of dictatorship. We would be
destroying the possibility of being
of aid In reconstruction Of a de-
n,orslized world after IL was all