The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-07-20

| WhF on lle DultltneiuHt III lHe titHCncF
amidst the lurking dangers of the sea
or with the bereaved women and pitt
full children, before you win come for
ward TO do your duty and give som'
part of your life In easy, peaceful
fashion, for the things we are fight
ing for, the things we have pledged
our fortunes, our lives, our sacred hon
or 20 vIndicate and defend-hberty
and justice and fair dealing and the
peace Of natiOns2
"Of course you will not. II is In
conceivable. Your patriotism Is OF the
same self-denylng stun as the pa
trlOtlsm OF the men dead or MANNED
on the fields Of France, or else II is
not patriotism at all.
Full Dollars Worth.
Let us never speak, then, OF profits
and Of patriotism In the same sen,
tence, but face facts and meet them
Let us do sound business, but not In
the midst of mist.
MANY a grlevous burden Of taxa
tlon will be laid on this nation, in this
generation and In the next, to pay for
this war; let us see TO IL that for
every dollar that Is taken from the
peoples pockets II shall be possible to
obtain n dollars worth OF the sound
stun they need.
Let me turn for n moment to the
ship owners of the United States and
the other ocean carriers whose ex-
ample they have followed. and ask
them II they realize what obstacles,
what almost lnsuperable obstacles,
they have been putting In the way Of
the successful prosecution of this war
by the ocean freight rates they have
been eXactiHg.
Making War a Failure.
''They are doing everything that
high freight charges can do to make
the war failure, TO make II lmpos-
sible.
II do not say that they realize this
or intend 1t. The thing has happened
naturally enough because the CONNER
cial processes which we are content to
see operate in ordinary times have
without sufficient thought been con-
tlnued into n period where they have
no proper place.
81 am not questioning motives. I
am merely stating n fact, and stating
II in order that attention may be fixed
upon It,
"The fact is that those who have
fixed war freight rates have taken the
most effective means in their power to
defeat the armies engaged against Ger
many. When they realize this we may
I take IT for granted, count upon them
to reconsider the whole matter. 1t is
high time Their extra hazards are
covered by war risk insurance.
Warning Is Sounded.
81 know, and you know, what re-
sponse to this great challenge of duty
and Of opportunity the nation will ex-
pect of you; and 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 must,
of course, command those things.
Il am dealing with the matter thus
publicly and frankly, not because have
any doubt or fear as TO the result but
only in order that in all our thinking
and in all our dealings with one an
other we may move in a perfectly clear
air of mutual understanding.
Must Have Same Prices.
"And there is something more that
we must add to our thinking. The
public is now as much a part of the
government as are the army and navy
themselves; the whole people in all |
their activities are now mObilized and
In service for the accomplishment of
the nations task in this war; 1t is
IN such circumstances impossible just
" to distinguish between Industrial
purchases made by the government .
md industrial purchases made by the
of industries, and it is Just
as much our duty to sustain the indus
,rials of the country with all the in
lustries that contribute to its life as
t is to sustain our forces in the field
md on the sea.
Think Not of Self.
1--WE must make prices to the pub.
ic the same as the prices to the gov
Prices mean the same thing
now. They mean the eff.
'iency or the inefficiency of the ma
ion, whether it is the government that
'ays them or not. They mean victory
n defeat. They mean that America
will win her place once for all among
he foremost free nations of the world
r that she will sink to defeat and be-
ONE a secOnd-rate power alike in
hought and in action. This Is q day
t her reckoning and every man among
S must personally face that reckoning
long with her.
'"The case needs no arguing. / as.
ume that l am only expressing your
wn thoughts-what must be In the
lind of every true man when he faces
he tragedy and the solemn glory Of
he present war, for the emancipation
{ mankind.
II summon you to a great duty, a
reat privilege, shining dignity and
istinction. shall expect every man
'ho is not n Stacker to be at my side
this great enterprise. In
no man can win honor who thinks Of
Imself."
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