The Nevada County picayune., 1917-07-19
PRESIDENT HITS
 DOLLAR PATRIOTS
Asks Business Interests to Put Aside SeIfishness and Give
 Aid to Nation.
SHIPOWNERS ARE CONDEMNED
There Must Be but One Price for Gov ernment and for Public, Says WiIson-Justice Is Keynote
 of Appeal.

ernment and for Public, Says
 WIson-Justice Is Keynote
 of Appeal. hington.-President Wilson ap- pealed to the country's business in- terests Wednesday to put aside every selfish consideration and to give their aid to the nation as freely as those who go to offer their lives on the bat tlefield.
 The presidents statement follows
 "fhe government is about to attempt to determine the prices at which it will ask you heneeforth to furnish va rious supplies which are necessary for the prosecution of the war. and vari- ous materials which will be needed in the industries by which the war must be sustained. We shall. of course, try | to determine them justly and to the | best advantage of the nation as d whole but justice is easier to speak of than to arrive at, and there are some considerations which l hope we shall keep steadily in mind while this particular problem of justice Is being worked out
 Promises Just Price. "Therefore 1 take the liberty of stating very candidly my own view of the situation and of the principles which should guide both the govern ment and the mine owners and man ufacturers of the country in this diff l ficut matter
 "A just price must. of course be paid for everything the government buys. By just price l mean price which will sustain the industries con- cerned in a high state of efficiency. provide a living for those who con duct them, enable them to pay good wages, and make possible the eX | pansions of their enterprises which will from time to time become neces- sary as the stupendous undertakings of this great war develop.
 Must Face the Facts.
 "We could not wisely or reasonably do less than pay such prices. They are necessary for the maintenance and development of industry. and the maintenance and development of in- we have in hand
 'But I trust that we shall not sur rourd the matter with mist of sen time1t. Facts are our masters now. We ought not to put the acceptance of such prices on the ground of patri- >tism."
 "Patriotism has nothing to do with profits <n case like this. Patriotism and profits ought never in the present circumstances be mentioned together.
 ''It is perfectly proper to discuss profits ,S a matter of business, with view to maintaining the integrity of capital and the efficiency of labor in 1 these tragical months. when the lib- erty of free men everywhere and of l industry itself trembles in the bal ance; but 1t would be absurd to dis cuss theN as motive for helping to serve and save our country.
 "PatriPSsm leaves profits out of the question. In these days of our SUI preme trial when we are sending hun dreds of thousands of our young men across the seas to serve great cause. no true man who stays behind to work fur them and sustain them by his labor will ask himself what he Is l personally going to make out of that labor.
 "No true patriot will permit himself to take toll of their heroism in money or seek To grow rich by the shedding of their blood. He will give as freely and with as unstinted self sacrifice as they. When they are giving their lives will he not at least give his ruoney9
 Assaiis Bribery"
 "I hear it insisted that more than a just price, more than a price that will sustain our industries. must be paid that It Is necessary to pay very liberal and unusual profits in order to 1 stimulate production; that nothing | but pecuniary rewards will do-re- wards paid in money, not fin the mere 1 liberation of the world.
 "I take it for granted that those who argue thus do not stop to think what that means.
 Do they mean that you must be 1 paid, must be bribed. to make your contribution a contribution that costs you neither q drop of blood nor a tear when the whole world Is in travail and men everywhere depend upon and call to you to bring them out of bondage and make the world a fit place to live in again, amidst peace and justice?
 Appeals to Honor.
 Do they mean that you will exact a price, drive bargain, with the men