The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-07-19

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amidst the lurking dangers =, eshehes
. or with the bereaved women we sea
\ full children, before you w,ll o ouu pt
J ward to do your duty and glv v"e fof
part Of your life, In easv eve Soma
fashion, for the things we peaeeial
7 ing for, the things we have = lsht
our fortunes, our lives, our sacr p'suga
or to vindicate and defend \, noo
and justice and fair dealing o5 .oefp
peace of nations? "Hu 'as
"Of course you win NOT :.
conceivable. Your patriotism IL L y o.
same self-denying stuff as ~ " 'he
triotism of the men dead or raa,. "a
on the fields of France, or e,a I'i ,
not patriotism at all. 'e Il Is
Full Dollars Worth
Let us never speak, then, NJ 49,.
and of patriotism in the SAM p'Oqs
tence, but face facts and oon. sen
Let us do sound business bnt n ulell
the midst of mist. O' 10
"Many grievous burden .,
ton will be laid on this nation 81 % ~
generation and in the next to NO. '4S
this war; let us see to If tho: ~
every dollar that is taken from ~
peoples pockets it shall be possihl, l'
obtain a dollars worth of tbe saSIg
stuff they need. 'Ouu4
Let me turn for a moment ;.
ship owners of the United States ~,
the other ocean carriers whose - y
ample they have followed, and a..
them if they realize what obstoor.'
what almost insuperable ohstod.
they have been putting in the wor :,
the successful prosecution of tbie v'.
by the ocean freight rates thew bsv,
been exacting.
Making War a Failure.
"They are doing everything r..
high freight charges can do to moga
the war failure, to make IT Imno.
sible.
Il do not say that they realize tbi,
or intend it. The thing has hannena,
naturally enough because the comma
cial processes which we are content IA
see operate in ordinary times bavs
without sufficient thought been cm.
tinued into a period where they have
no proper place.
Il am not questioning motives
am merely stating fact, and stating
{ in order that attention may be fixed
upon it.
"The fact is that those who hsv
fixed war freight rates have taken tbs
most effective means in their power 70
defeat the armies engaged against Ger.
many. When they realize this we NAV
l take it for granted, count upon them
to reconsider the whole matter. Its
high time. Their extra hazards are
covered by war risk insurance
Warning Is Sounded.
Il know, and you know, what re-
Spouse to this great challenge of duy
and of opportunity the nation will ez-
pect of you; and 1 know what re-
sponse you will make.
Those who do not respond who
do not respond in the spirit of those
who have gone to give their lives for
us on bloody fields far away, may
safely be left to be dealt with by
opinion and the law-for the law mus.
If course, command those things.
Il am dealing with the matter thus
publicly and frankly, not because Ihars
my doubt or fear as to the result but
,nly in order that in all our thinking !.
md in all our dealings with one an
'ther we may move in perfectly clear
ir of mutual understanding.
Must Have Same Prices.
"And there is something more that
re must add to our thinking The
ubllc is now as much a part of the
overnment as are the army and navy
themselves; the whole people in all
heir activities are now modified and
/ service for the accomplishment Of !.
ne nations task in this war; ii Is
such circumstances impossible just
: to distinguish between industrial
lrchases made by the government
nd industrial purchases made by the
anagers of industries, and it is just
; much our duty to sustain the indus
tals of the country with all the ID
lstries that contribute to its life as
is to sustain our forces in the field
I'd on the sea.
Think Not of Self.
I'VE must make prices to the pub
the same as the prices to the gov
nment. Prices mean the same thing
erywhere now They mean the en-
ency or the inefficiency of the na'
N, whether it is the government thai
Us them or not. They mean Victory
defeat. They mean that Amen~
II win her place once for all among
? foremost free nations of the worn
that she will sink to defeat ana OV
ne second-rate power alike ID
ought and in action. This is ua'
her reckoning and every man aTnouS
must personally face that reckoning
ng with her.
The case needs no arguing. "
ne that l am only expressing you
n thOughts-what must be IN lF
nd of every true man when he face
tragedy and the solemn glory u
present war, for the emancipallOD
l summon you to a great duty
at privilege, shining dignity anu
-inction. I shall expect every man
D is not a Stacker to be at my sue
Oughout this great enterprise ~
o man can win honor who thinks "
self"
patent has been issued for per