The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-12-15
PROSPERITY
IS NOT To END
With THE WAR.
5BB Useful Articles For Christmas Presents
AT an End Declares President
WilIys of the WilIys-0
land Company.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 15-''I am not
Of those who believe that our pros
perity Will end with the wars end Z"
>Faid John n. WHY'S. of Toledo, o.,
Company. at the second days session
OF the tenth annual convention of
the Association OF Life Insurance
Presidents.
II think we are just getting start
ed, said MIR. WHY'S. We have long
had natural resources. The war has
awakened us 10 their more etlcient
DEVELOPMENT. Europe must be rebuilt
after this war ends. We will have
the. trained men as never before. 1t.
will be our work. The profits will
be ours. There is warrant only for
optimism. But if we are to realize
our commercial ultimate there must
be a minimum curbing Of individual
Rggressiveness. The amazing adj
vance OF the motor car Industry
proves what American men can do
If left free hand.
Great Growth
In 1905 there We're in the United
States only 100000 automobiles. De
cember L. 1915, saw 3.352,O00 cars,
representing an appropriated cash
value OF two billion dollars. Think
of the growth from 100000 to s.
$500 cars IN one decade The
founders Of the Industry had optim
ism. Optimism has Teaped it's re-
wards. Look at the changes the mo-
tor cars hs wrought IN our daily life.
Il has bettered it IN every factor. #ur-
ban and rural, social and commercial.
There Is no greater error in our
national life than failure justly to.
hppraise tho patriotism OF the Ameri-
can merchant, manufacturer and
TIM nj 7 h1t
the hope Of our country lies in the
efficiency that we have developed in
so-called big business, and in the
patriotic willingness of the men who
control this efficiency to devote its
full power to the safeguarding of the.
nation. Industrial efficiency in this
country goes far beyond government
al efficiency. This can be said with
out any lack Of patriotism. The very
nature of our institutions, the work
ing out Of our democracy, precludes.
in government methods that perma
nency so essential to utmost eff
fciency.
There are those who concede this
superior commercial efficiency. but
who condemn it as being applied to-
purely personal ends. Theg argue
that the Industrial chieftain has an
eye only for the dollar, that he is
blind to larger considerations of abb
stract patriotism Gentlemen. this is
an injustice that cannot too ardently
be refuted. Our history disproves IT..
unselfsh devotion of contem-
orary big men is further Tebuttal.
The big-yfsioned business man rises
with his obligations. He has motives
Of highest patriotic impulse. He is
eager to coordinate his activities with
those of other great industrial con-
Germs and with government experts to
do what is best for the. advancement
OF the country IN time Of peace and
for its protection in time OF war.
How Auto Makers Rank.
ttI want to be specific. want to
deal with my own industry which Of
fers an especially valuable demon
stration OF how private enterprises
NAV become public benefactions. The
makers Of motor cars rank equally
with producers OF ammunition in
their potential possibilities OF mill
tary services to the country
Motor vehicles IN the present war
have twice saved France from exteT-
animation. When the peril was great
est, when the onrush Of the Germans
in September had brought them al
most within sight of Paris, General
Ga1lteni, then military governor of
Paris, rushed troops In motor We
hicles by the thousands to the aid OF
General Foch. They turned the tide
and made possible the victory we
know as the battle Of the Marine. Mo-
tor trucks saved Verdun.
Let Americans take hope IN the
immense motor car facilities we have
here. Millions OF cars, hundreds Of
thousands of trucks. are available.
Men to drive them are plenty The
automobile plants could produce as
many more cars as possibly could be
needed.
Legislation should be scientific.
It becomes aggression the instant It
attempts more than legitimate pro-
lection to the public.
Set us have full scope to develop
that initiative which is the main
sprtng of our progress
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