Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-20
National Defense Expert Says Ill-Advised Curtailing Of Normal Pursuits Is Worse Than Waste.
INDUSTRIES WHEELS
 MUST KEEP CHURNING
Business Now Must Increase and Country Proper, If We Are To Hold Our Place After War, He Says.
(By Review Leased Wire)

the people is given by Howard E. Cof- fin of the advisory commission of the Council of National Defense in s'ate- ment made public tonight as the first enterprise Of the governments ner committee on public information.
 Don't Close Factories
 Just returned from a trip through several middle western states. Mir. Cof- fin deplored the fact that conditions of employment and closed factories should arise as a result Of indiscrim- mate efforts. public and private, ro- ward war time economies.
 After nearly three years of refusa. to take the European war ana its les son seriously" Mir Coffin says, we suddenly launched forth in a most fey erish activity to save the country over night. Patriotic organizations almoSt without number are milling around noisily and while Intentions are ScO2 the results are often far from prac- tical
 Poor Economies
 Because of an impending and pos sible shortage of foodstuffs We have hysterical demands for economy in every line of human endeavor. Waste is bad but an indiscriminating ecOnO my is worse.
 CIVIL WORK MUST GO ON
 Some states and municipaii
 ties are stopping road building
 and other public work. General
 business IS being slowed down be-
 cause of the emotional response
 of the trading public to these mis-
 guided congregations ~or economy,
 savings are being withdrawn from
 the banks, reports show some peo-
 pie have begun to hoard food sup
 plies, and thousands of workers
 are being thrown needlessly out of
 employment. All this is wrong.
 Prosperity Vital Now
 We need prosperity in war time even more than when we are at peace. Business depressions are always bad but doubly So when we have a fight on our hands. The declaration of war can have TO real evil effect on busi ness. What bad effects are apparent are purely phychologic and largely oi our own foolish making. For our markets are the same in April that they were in March. We need more business, not less. There is real dan ger of hysteria. Indiscriminate econ omy will be ruinOus. Now is the time to open the throttle.
 Every day the advisory commission of the council of national defense re- ceives offers of service from business firms and individuals with requests for immediate information as to how this service may best be rendered. This spirit is most encouraging trib- ute ro American patriotism. But we must remember that in the great struggle in which we have now be- come a part there is much to consider besides munitions, troops and battle ships.
 Tn this country Of vast resources We already have a tremendous equip ment for munitions making. built up on foreign orders and now immediately available through expiration of these orders. Except in limited cases there is little need for the development Of new sources of supply. The dictates of common business sense require the utilization. as far as possible. of exist ing machinery.
 Our Three Tasks
 Tt seems. therefore that plain statement of general policy is most desirable
 "Upon the industrial side of the war three great tasks confront us;
 "First and foremost, we must facilitate the flow of raw mater ials and finished products to our allies, we must provide the means of rail and water transpor- tation therefore.
 "Second. we must meet our great military and naval building schedules.
 Third, we must plan to do all
 this with the least possible dis arrangement to our vast conner eial and industrial machinery.
 Through it all we must keep 9 close eye upon the possible conditions of peace following inc present war We must indure the business success and the general prosperity ol the cOun-