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mmmmmmmBFvrmm , i , ,i . ui THE DAY BOOK nTlenhnnPQ Editorial. Monroe 3Xt 1 eiepnones circulation. Monroe SblQ N. D. COCHRAN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. BOO S. PEORIA SY. CHICAGO, ILT.. 'Subscription By Carrier in Chicago, 50 cents a month. By Mail, United States and Can ada, 50 cents a Month. Entered as second-clas matter April 21. 1914, at the postofflce at Chicago. ill., unaer me aci or .narcn 3, 1379 FOR FRIGHTENED .FOLKS. In limes of emergency some .folks seem to think it their first duty i become frightened and so, toda - have people worrying over an attack by Japan, an invasion by a Mex-Gennan army, bank distress, famine and" other ghosts calculated to terrify. The first thing scared folks usually do is to drawftheir savings out of the bank and hide them in some sort of a "stocking." If they happen to live near the border or near some spot where a Jap might get ashore, they df ten move and utterly break up their life plans. The usual exodus of tour ists back to their eastern homes has even now been magnified into a flight of fearful people from the Mexican border a'nd the foreigners whowould raid our Pacific toast. And nothing could be more foolish than this man ufactured terror of what might hap 'pen. This nation, in every .part, was never better prepared to combat threatened calamity, notwithstand ing all that has been published about weakness of its navy and Inferiority of Its army, and one great reason for it is that no other nation is willing and at all prepared to pitch into us. Japan is not only an ally of our ally, Great Britain, but she is oiline f up prosperity as never before in her , history. The number of new fac tories being built in Japan's bigger cities is simply astonishing. Reduc ed to poverty by wars with China and Russia, the masses of Japan suddenly find themselves up to their eye-brows in big profits, and they like it. They see in their phenomenal industrial progress a thousand times more na tional advantage than, they could possibly hope" for in an invasion of America, or active werfare with any body. They are a people who have been down, and now they taste- mo ney. Our war with Germany simply means more prosperity for Japan. The Mexican government, such as it Is, is undoubtedly favorable to Ger many. Very many of Mexico's banks and larger manufactories have been controlled by Germans for years, and Mexico may summon up courage enough to become very ugly toward us, but that's an entirely different matter than invading and taklngthe U. S. territory with which Mr. Zim merman baited his book. It is not at all possible for Mexico to equip a Mex-German force that our border states could not easily beat off, and Mexico knows this" well. As to financial fright, the trem bling ones should remember that our banking system is now organized with special regard to meeting pa nicky times. The banks are not'only crammed with resources but they are inter-dependent, amalgamated. The possible weakness of one is the con cern of all, with the whole nation as guardian angel. War is undoubtedly a deterrent to the undertaking of new enterprises by private individ uals and cost of living must rise. But the government will engage in some tremendous new enterprises, bigger army and navy mean more jobs for civilians; and the whole nation has been living too high, too fast and it will be fine training, for many folks if they have to cut out the waste and luxuries. There id no valid reason for fright.. U--, w --. Bm