Arizona republican., 1917-06-24

they have offered their plants to the needful; one of them, a large railroad, is about to reduce its number of pass enger trains to make more freight transportation possible as a help in this crisis; those who make supplies for the army are going to do it at cost plus only moderate profit, and some of them will even waive all profit: engine, transmission and truck manu- lecturers, regardless of possible dis advantage to themselves individually. are arranging to use interchangeable engines and transmissions in military trucks, to more quickly supply them to the government and minimize subse- | quent loss of their use; and so we might go on and mention the large companies that have promised to en- i ployeS part of all of their wages during their absence if they enlist for | military duty or as agricultural help- CTS in harvest time, as well as the firms that have purchased bonds for l thelr employees, to be paid back on the installment plent.
 There is pessimism of another kind that should receive it's ouietus bv , demonstrations of the fealty in time of stress of those the muckrakers have l been pleased to call creatures or predatory wealth. If the response
 from the people as a whole measures up to that of the much-maligned
 moneyed class the nation will have
 nothing to fear in the outcome of the war.
 It may well be one of the fortunate consequences of our being drawn into the European conflict, that the masses may get a truer perspective of the ciasses and vice versa, and thus avert what was imminent in few years. had the old conditions continued-a social revolution
 Cynics Rebuked
 A feDuke to the cynics has been the co-oIeratlon of the leaders of the vari- ous industries, most of them renre sehtatives of the soulless CD corpora- uons. who are giving their time with no compensation, and in many cases even at personal expense for offices | correspondence, etc. that inc povero : i ment may have the benefit of their priceless experience It is very safa ] 10 say that were the government f. he paying these men salaries, commen- sufate with the incomes they wouJd receive Tn their regular business con Fnectiohs It would represent a. stagger- tls sum. IL IS not this fact, however that IS so gratifying, as the spirit he, hind It which prompts these men to give thelr services in this patriotic i way. Second only is it to the natriot : ism displayed by those who have an | listed for actual service at the front TOT Greater love hath no man thar thls, that he lay down his life"
 we cannot all go to the trenches
 many of us can contribute very little individually to the financial aid of tbe i government by purchasing bonds. but we can all, from the greatest to inc least, forbear the utterance of gIoor,, , oI even dubious comments relative to the business future Better if we
 tiiilik such thoughts, to inform our- serves and see how groundless tba,. a,,, ana then spread the knowledce ya nave nave salned to help suppress all man
 lestations of pessimism.
 we must not only think ontiuist,- ! cdhy' but we must talk and five tha+
 way also If we say we believe tbot
 prosperity will continue, and hoard our money we are hypocrites and as i pau as traitors. Our being at va,
 onouiu not be made the eycuse fo, ! withholding any contemplated av 1 Peiiulture but the more reasor fo, 1 making it, for when we spend we stn',
 Ooiiiiuehce In continued prosperity.