Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1916-05-04

Blowing Orators and er;sNess Law
ysrs and Place AZ the Head u the
Biggest Corporation In the World an
Experienced Man.
rATHY can't We have u business
WV inan In the Presidential
chair next time. Is the que
~ Of a prominent New
York new sraper.
Government Is a BUSINESS. and n
BIG BUSINESS.
SeaSoins and overland commerce,
In xation, tariffs. rate regulation. mo
uupoly regulation. the mails and par
GELS posts, conservation OF ~sour'e
development and maintenance Of wa
terways. the huge payrulss Of Govern
ment employees, the courts Ut JNsl''e'
the national collectors aud ~"
lice, the army and navy what Are All
these but pure business problems, de
handing the sain Il trained and capable
business executive direction that hhy
great business concern demands:
What board Of directors would thillk
Of hiring Il professor OF Sanskrit I" 1T
president OF IL great railroadt
What huge shipbnild!ns or engineer
ing concern would select IA perlpatetic
stump orator or a lycenm lecturer to
direct It's activities?
Biz Business Men Needed.
Big business concerns seek big bust
ues. men with big business brains IL
lie executive chiefs.
Now. here Is this big business cor
poration III which ever! Ii OF liz. his
and little. is II stockholder-the United
States Of America.
1t is the BIGGEST BuSlNESSt
Germ the world ever saw.
and what do We do every four years
by way Of selecting "A head for this
wonderful. gigantic business concern!
Why, We always select II man vie
has never shown enough business abli
ity "a run Il orle-horSe draytng concern.
In the nifty years that have elapsed
since Abraham Lincoln died not one
of the eleven chief Executives of us
colossal business corporation called tile
United States has had the SLIGHT
EST BUSINESS TRAINING or any
acduaiutance with the compIe&. varied,
ramirying and differentiated problems or
rnance. production. transportation and
world exchange upon which depend The
welfare and prosperity Of the whole
people aud ut each individual citizen.
hindranes Of Prosperity.
Is II any wonder that our national
business Is one long erial story OF
stupid HlNDKANCE OF PROSPER
ITY, stupid depression OF m
and trade, stupid opposition to tile for
ward impulses Of business cooperation
aud consolidation and Of wastcfnl and
criminallv eXtravagant expenditure or
the peoples money to the tune of thou.
ands OF milliouSt
Is It any wonder that we WASTE
ract. year an amuunt Of money that
would fortify our coasts, stock our
uagazines with ammunition. equip our
navy properly and SECURE BEYOND
ANY POSSIBLE DANGER the safety
of our country:
SUPPOSE that Just once, hv way OF
experiment. We gently. but firmly and
positively. set the whole lot Of profes-
siohal politicians, horn,hlowtng ora
tors, briefess lawyers, pretty phrase
makers. theoretical schOOimastcr- and
all that sort on Il shelf In the back
Woodshed and put II BIG, BRAlSf.
CAPABLE, EXPERIENCED BISl-
NESS MAN, who Ia. done big things
well all his life. IN the chair Of The
President Of the United States
What do yni think about this, citi-
zeLs!
For an Idea, Not an Individual.
The views expressed IN the ahoge
editorial are exactly the views held by
THOUSANDS OF INFLUENTIAL
BUSINESS MEN throughout the cOun
try. As an outgrowth OF this sentiment
there has been formed an organization
called the Business Mems Presidential
League. which has for Its object the
exploitation Of an idea instead Of III
individual. What II seeks to bring
about IL the nomination Of a candidate
for president WHO CAN BE ELECT
ED, also TO prevent action next Jun
at Chicago that wOnId be party sui
eide.
An All Round Business Man.
~ win next November the kepub
lican party must DESERVE TO WIN,
That means We must have a candidate
who first Of all merits and cOmmands
the confidence Of the business men VI
the nation. Among the prominent men
mentioned as candidates who would
meet this demand Is General Coleman
On POnt, Of Delaware. Dn Poht Ii
distinctly II business man. He has
be+-n ever! thing, from Il miner. ~hik-
ing with n pick and shovel. u tbs d.
rector Of one OF our greatest Industrial
corporations. He has built and man
AGED railroads and Il a banker and A
farmer. In every line his activities
have been SIG%ALl.Y SUCCESSFUL.
and no man has had II more varied eS-
perience to equip him FOR the Pr"si
dehcy. He IL the Kind NJ man VII"
could save 10 the taxpayers of thlE
country the three hundred million dol
lar, that the late Senator AldFfCh said
were wasted annually in running The