The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-12

y eur sacred honor 20 vindicate ard de-
/ 3end---,iberty and justice and fair
Dealing and the peace OF nations" OF
& course you will not.
1t Is Truly lnconcci, able.
1T Is inconceivaele Your patriot
/ Ism II OF the same self-denying stuff
! as the patriotism OF the men dead
Or MANNED on the fields o. France. or
else It IN not patriotism at ali. Let as
4 never speak. then, OF profts and OF
patriotism III the same sentence, but
face facts and meet them, Let as DO
~ under business, but not in the midst
Of . mist. Many a grevious burden
Of taxation will be laid on this ma
I Zion, In this generation and III the
next, to pay for this war; let us see 10
Il that for every dollar that Ia taken
from the peoples pockets 1t shall be
pos1ible to obtain q dollars worth OF
the sound stuffs they need
Points TO Ship Owners.
Let me turn for mon en- to the
ship owners OF the United States ana
the other ocean carriers whose eN-
ample they have followed and ask
them IL they realire what obstacles,
what almost insunerahle obstacles.
they have been putting IN the waN
Of the successful prosecution oI this
war by the ocean freight rares they
have been eAactlng They fah 40
everything that high freight charges
ran dc 10 q make the wa l.l-l-+-so,
70 MAKO Il i'm possible I do "ot deny
tina. they realize this or intend y.
The tains has happened ust4ra.. "
enough. because III, comtnel e]al Pre-
cess which We atc CoHtP0' - sc -
crate III ordinary times have with
out sufffcient though been continued
into q period where they have no
proper place. am not questioning
motives ] am merely stating fact
and stating It in order that attention
may he HAed UPON IL The fact IS.
that those who Rave Gxcd war freiE1'
rates have taken tho most effect1t"
means III their pnw~f 70 dtteat tna
armies engaged against Germany
When they realize his We may, ! take
Il for granted. tount upon them 10,
recons!der tho whole matter. II is'
high time 'rhtir extra hazards are
covered ny war risk insurance.
A Challenge of Duty.
II know. ana YOU know what re-
sponse 10 this great challenge ~ duty
and Of opportunity the nau9p VII
expect Of you= ana ! know what re-
Spouse you will make .Eo<r who
In the spirit Of those who have gone
TO give their lives fer US ot bloody
fields far away. may safely ht left
TO be dsalt with by opinion and the
law---for the Law must Of course COM
Easnd these 'hings / am dealing vstf
the ma tter thus publicly and franki"-
not because have auv douht or fcst
as TO The result but only il order
that in all our thinking and IN all
our dealings with one another We
may move In q perfectly free alr of
mutual understanding
And there j. something moro
that we must add to our thinking
The public is now as much "a part
OF the government, as arc The
army and navy themselves; the
whole people in their activities
are now mohihzcd ana i'll service
for tho accomplishments OF the
nations task in this war: II 10
I'm such circumstances impossible
Justly to distinguish between IN
dusfrial pure bases mode by the
government and Industrial pur-
chases MADE nv the managers of
individual industries; and 1t Is
jusf - urh our dut9 10 sustain
the industries OF the country. all
tho industries that contribute TO
Its life. as IL is IT, snstatn our
forces T., tho field and ON tn" sea.
We must make INC prices ~ III"
public the same a tho prices 10
the government Prices mean
the Same thing everywhere now;
they mean the efficiency on the
iTcffiVfenr1 of the milton, whether
n Is government that pays them
" not They mean victor, or de-
feat Ti.cy mean that America
Will win her place once for all
among The foremost free nations
elf the world. or thai re will sink
tn defeat and become second
rate power alike in thought and
In action This is day of her
reckoning and every man amongst
ns must personally face that rcck-
r. ming along With faer.
The case needs no arguing.
assume that I am only expressing
YOUR own tf,oughts--what must
be In the mind OF every true man
when he faces the tragedy and
the solemn elor, Of the present
war for the emancipation Of man.
kind. I summon you to great
duty. = great privilege. n shining
dignity and distinction. i shall
expect every man who il not
Stacker to be at m, side through
out this great enterprise. In IL
no man cru win honor who thinks
oS himself"