The Dermott news., 1917-07-19
PRESIDENT HITS
 DOLLAR PATRIOTS
Asks Business Interests to Put Aside SelfishneSS 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.

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 Washington.-Presi Wilson ap- pealed to the couutry's business in terests Wednesday to put aside every selfish consideration and to give their aid to the nation as freely us those who go to offer their lives on the bat tlefeld
 The presidents statement follows: "The government Is about to attempt to determine the prices ut which 1t will ask you heneeforth to furnish va rious supplies which are necessary for the prosecution of the war. and yari- 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 whole: but justice is easier to speak Of than to arrive at, and there are some considerations which 1 hope we shall keep steadily in mind while this particular problem of justice Is being worked out.
 Promises Just Price.
 Therefore I 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 hcult matter.
 "A just price must. of course. be paid for everything the government buys. By just price I mean price which will sustain the industries con cerned in 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.
 I've 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- dustry are necessary for the great task we have In hand
 But I trust that we shall not sur round the matter with mist of sen timent. Facts are our masters now. We ought not to put the acceptance of such prices on the ground of patri- otfsm."
 Patriotism has nothing to do with profits in case like this Patriotism land profits ought never In the present Circumstances be mentioned together. Mt Is perfectly proper to discuss profits as a matter of business, with view to maintaining the integrity of capital\and the efficiency of labor in these tragical months. when the lib- erty of free men everywhere and of industry Itself trembles In the bal ance but it would be absurd to dis cuss them as a motive for helping to serve and save our country
 Patriotism leaves profits out of the question In these days of our SUI preme trial. when we are sending hun tireds of thousands of our young men across the seas to serve great cause, no true man who stays behind to work for them and sustain them by his labor will ask himself what he is personally going to make out of that 5abor
 *'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-Sacritice as they. When they are giving their lives, will he not at least give his money?
 Assails Bribery"
 "r hear it insisted that more than just price, more than price that will sustain our industries, must be paid; that 1t Is necessary to pay very liberal and unusual profits in order to stimulate production that nothing but pecuniary rewards will do-re- wards paid in money, not In the mere 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 paid. must be bribed, to make your contribution. a 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 bargain. with the men