The state herald., 1917-07-20

tuke " lOr granted that those
who argue thus do not stop to think
what that means.
DO they mean that you must be
paid, must be bribed, to make your
contribution. contribution that costs
you neither drop of blood nor 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 fit place to live
In again. amidst peace and Justice?
Appeals to Honor.
DO they mean that you will exact
a price. drive a bargain, with the men
who are enduring the agony of this
war on the battlefields, In the trenches.
amidst the lurking dangers Of the sea,
or with the bereaved women and pitt
ful children, before you will come for
ward to do your duty and give some
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 to vindicate and defend--liberty
and justice and fair dealing md the
| peace of nRtionsf
"Of course you will not. 1t is In
conceivable. Your patriotism is of the
same self-denying stun us the pa
triotism Of the men dead or maImed
on the fields of France, or else II Is
not patriotism Mt 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 n mist.
MANY n grievous burden Of taxa
tion will he laid on this nation, in this
generation and In the next. to pay for
this war; let us see to II that for
every dollar that Is taken from the
peoples pockets It shall be possible to
obtain n dollars worth Of the sound
stun they need.
Let me turn for 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 insuperable obstacles.
they have been putting In the way Of
the successful prosecution Of this war
by the ocean freight rates they have
been exacting.
Making War Q Failure.
They are doing everything that
high freight charges can do to make
the war failure, to make II impos-
sible.
II do not say that they realize this
or intend 1t. The thing has happened
naturally enough because the CONNER
cinl processes which we are content to
see operate In ordinary times have
without sufficient thought been con-
tinued into a period where they have
no proper place.
II am not questioning motives. I
am merely stating fact. and stating
II In order that attention may be fixed
upon II.
THE fact is that those who have
fixed wnr freight rates have taken the
most effective means in their power to
defeat the armies engaged against Ger
many. When they reallze this we may,
! take II for granted. count upon them
to reconsider the whole matter. II In
high time. Their extra hazards are
covered by war risk insurance.
Warning 10 Sounded.
Il know. and you know. what re-
sponse to this great challenge Of duty
md 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 fnr away, may
safely be left to be dealt with by
opinion and the law-for the law must.
Of course. command those things.
II am dealing with the matter thus
nnblicly and frankly. not because have
any doubt or fear ns to the result but
only In order that In all our thinking
ind In all our dealings with one an
other we may move in perfectly clear
air Of mutual understanding.
Must Have Same prless.
And there Is something more that
we must add to our thinking. The
puphc ~ now as much pnrt OF the
government as are the army and navy
themselves: the whole people In all
their activities are now modified and
In service for the accomplishment of
the nations tnsk In this war; II In
In such circumstances impossible Just.
~ TO distinguish between industrial
purchases made by the government
and Industrial purchases made BY the
managers Of Industries. and II In Just
NJ much our duty TO sustnin the indus.
trials Of the country with oil the In.
dustries that contribute to Its life as
II IL to sustain our forces In the field
and oo the sea.
Think Not Of Cell.
I'VE must make prices 10 the pub
lie the same as the prices TO the gov.
crnnent. Prices mean the same thing
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