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


1uf sacred honor to vindicate and de-
\ 1on6--liherty and Justice and fay
1eAling and the peace Of nations? p
YOU will not,
It Is Truly Inconceiyabie.
1T IL Uncomfortable. Your patriot
tam 10 OF the same self-denying stun
as the patriotism Of the men .desd
or manned on the fields OF France, or
else II is not patriotism at Let las
never speak. then, OF profits and OF
patriotism in the same sentence. but
: face facts and meet them, Let Us do
- under business but not in the midst
OF mist. Many grevioua burden
OF taxation will be laid on this ma
uon.. in this generation and In the
next, 20 pay for this war, let US see 10
II that for every dollar that is taken
from the peoples pockets ii shall be
possible to obtain a dollars worth OF
the sound s;uffs they need
Points to Ship Owners,
Let ME turn for a mon ent to the
ship owners OF the United States and
the other ocean carriers whose ex-
ample they have followed and ask
them IL 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 eAactng They can 90
everything that high freight charges
can do TO to make the war failure,
10 make ii i'm possible. ! do not deny
that they realize this or intend H.
The thing has happened naturally
enough, because tn commercial pro-
cess which we are contcr' to see -
crate IN ordinary times have with
out sufficient thought been continued
into a period where they have no
proper place l am not questioning
motives ! am merely stating fact
and stating x in order that attention
may be fixed upon IL. The fact is
that those VINO have fixed war freight
rates have taken the most effective
means in their power TO defeat the
armies engaged against Germany.
When they realize this we may, | take
IL for granted. count upon them tot
reconsider the whole matter. II is
high time Their extra hazards are
covered by war risk insurance,
\ Challenge of Duty.
Il know and you know. what re-
Spouse 10 this great challenge OF duty
and OF opportunity the nation VIII
expect Of Seas and / knew what re
Spouse you Will make Those who
in the spirit OF those who have gone
to give their lives for rs OF bloody
fields far away. may safely be left
to be dealt with by opinion and the
law--for the law must Of course conf
man6 these things. l am dealing with
the matter thus publicly and fran KY,
not because / have any doubt or fes'
as 10 the result but only ia 9tdsr
that IN all our thinking and III all
Our dealings with one another We
may move In perfectly free air OF
mutual understanding.
And there is something more
that we must add TO our thinking.
The public is now as much a part
of the government a. arc the
army and navy themselves: the
whole people in their activities
are now mobilized and in service
for the accomplishment Of The
nations task In this war: IL Is
: In such circumstances impossible
Justly 10 distinguish between in
dusfrial purchases made by Inc
government and industrial pur-
chaScs made by the managers of
Individual industries; and II is
just - much our duty to sustain
the industries of the country. all
the Industries that contribute 10
Its life, as II IL to sustain our
forces Tn the field and on the sea.
We must make the prices 10 the
public the same as the prices to
the goycrnmcnt Prices mean
the same tliine everywhere now:
they mean the efficiency or the
neft1ctency OF the nation, whether
h IL government that pays them
or not. They mean victory or de-
scat. They mean that America
will win her place once for all
mong the foremost free M ions
" the world, or that she will Ink
70 defeat and become second
wte power alike In thought ana