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What is my duty, what is the most sensible and profitable course
for me to follow in my private and business affairs during the continuance
of the war?
This is the great question confronting every American citizen.
Here is a common-sense reply:
Before we can settle the matter in detail, we must grasp those
elementary principles which govern national affairs.
This does not involve great learning or research, for economic
knowledge is little else than common sense applied to big subjects.
The war will be won by the nation which can place the greatest
number of men, the greatest amount of material in the field, and produce
the greatest amount of foodstuffs to supply its military and
civilian forces. This fact is so generally recognized that it is not
necessary to bring forward elaborate arguments to prove it.
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. 13 p.