The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-12
WAR PROFIT
DENOUNCED
BY WILSON
Says Private G a i n S
Must Be Sacrificed
To Nation
L. S. READY TO PAY
AT JUST PRICES
Business Must Show
Same Patriotism
AS Soldiers

statement addressed 10 mine opera.
tors aqd manufacturers. President
Wilson last might urged the bust
ness men OF the country 20 put
aside all thought OF war profits and
periodically serve me nation.
He pledged the government 10 the
establishment OF Just and fair prices
but declared that large PROFITS must
be subordinated TO the service OF
The nation
In unmeasured terms ne con.
demned the shipowners OF the coun-
Try for the maintenance OF SEIZED
ule OF ocean freight rates which
has placed almost insuperable oh.
stacles IN the path OF the govern
.ment"
The presidents statement follows
Ny fellow countrymen. The gov
/ eminent - about 70 attempt 20 de-
teru,fne the prices at which 10 viii
ask you hencsforth 20 furnish vari-
Gus supplies which are necessary FOR
tho prosecution % the war and need
- n The Industries BY which the war
must he sustained We shall OF
course. try 80 determine them Justly
and o. the best advantage 81 the ma
tion rs a whole. but Justice Is easier
/ q speak ~ than 20 arrive at and
there are some considerations which
z hope We shall keep steadily IN mind
/ vale fhts particular problem 81 Jus
tire - being worked out l. there
FORE take he liberty 81, stating very
-andidly wy own view ~ the situa-
ton and ~ the principles which
should guide both the government
and NE mine owners and manufac-
turers % the country IN this difficult
matter
A ust p-,c. must % course. b.
! paid for everything the government
| buns Ry 'ust price mean price
which VIII sustain the industries con-
cerued in high state OF efficiency.
provide a living FOR those who con-
duct them. enable them 20 pay good
wages and 20 make possible the ex-
panslons - their enterprises which
VIII from time fo time become neces-
sarr as the stupenduous unAerta kings
I ~ this great war develop
But / trust that We shall not sur
round the matter with mist 81 sen-
t.mfnt Facts are our masters now
We ought not 30 put the acceptance
~ such prices on the ground OF pa
tricflsn Patriotism has nothing TO
ID with the profits IN a case like this
( Patriotism and profits ought never
/ IN Tire present circumstances TO be
/ mentioned together
! question. IN these days 81 our SUI
/ preue trial. when We are sending
: hundreds ~ Thousands 81 our young
I men across the seas 20 serve great
( cause no true man who STAYS behind
% work FOR them and sustain the m
~ his labor VIII ask himself what he
I ls personally going 70 make out ~
/ that labor so true patriot viii per
init himself g. take toll OF their hero
isn In money or seek 10 grow rich
by the shedding - their blood. he
/ will give ar freely and with un-
stirtef seIf-sarrifce as they When
Z they are giving their lives. Will he
/ nor give az least his money,
/ hear ~ insisted that more than q
| Just price more than price that
I VIII sustain our industries. must be
paid that it is necessary % pay very
+ liberal and unusual profits in order
\ 20 "Rtir1ulata' production. that moth
lnE bat pScunlsry rewards VIII do
( rewards paid IN money. not in the
4 mere liberation ~ The world
take 10 for granted that those
! who argue thus d. not stop 10 think
I what that means DO they mean that
( Won must be paid must be bribed. 20
! make your contribution contribu-
= fl0n that costs you neither drop OF
+ blood nor tear. whom the whole
I world is In travail and men every
I where depend upon and call 70 you
\ 30 BRING them out Of bondage and
make The world a ~ place 20 live in
again amidst peace and JUSTICE
40 they mean that you will exact
/ q price drive bargain. with the men
/ who are enduring the agony or this
war ON the battlefield. In tho trench
I 90. amidst the lurking dangers OF the
sea or with the bereaved women. and
+ pitifut children. before you viii com.
I Forward 20 do your duty and give
sornc part ~ your life. IN easy peace
! fIl fashion. for the things for which
~ arc fghtlng. tho things We have
Z pledged our fortunes. our lives. our
sacred honor 10 vlndicste and defend
/ liberty and Justice and fair dealing
and the peace Of nations7
OF course you will not. II II In
! conceivable. Your patriotism 10 OF
the same self-denying stun a. the
patriotism 81 the men dead or MAIN
"a on tho neids % France. or else u
( 81 no patriotism al all. Let us never
! speak. then. % pro6ts and OF patriot
/ lsn Ire tho same sentence. but face
| facts and meet them.
LIT M turn for moment 10 the
| shtpOwners 81 the United sta ties and
Tho other ocean carriers whose ex-
/ annie they have followed and Ask
/ them N they realize what obstacles
they have been putting IN the way OF
tho successful prosecution or this var
1 ~ the occa n freight rates they have
| been cNRciinE.
am merely stating a fact and stating
81 ln order tht attention may be liked
4 upon TO-
Prices mean tho same thing every
| where now. They mean the efficiency
I or the incffcicncy 81 tho nation.
I whether ~ - tho government that
( PAYS them or not. They mean VIC
/ tory or defeat Thev mean that Am
/ erfcn will win her place once for all
among tho foremost free nations ~
tho world. or that shc VIII sink o.
defeat and become a second-rate pow
OF alike Ia thought and In acton
I This ie day % her. reckoning anl
I every man amongAt Us must person
aUy face that reckoning along with
her
aSle case Moods no arguing. ! nT-
enfre that ! am only expressing your
own thoughts. what must he In IT,
I mirF ~ every true man when H.
faces tho tragedy and the solem
glory 81 TIE present war. FOR thr
enamel patton ~ mankind.
summon you 20 great duty. q
Rrrsf privilege. q shining dignity and
distinction J shall expect every man
| who ia NOT n Stacker 90 be ~ my side
/ turnout this great enterprise. In %
no man can win honor who thinkf