South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-05
Some American Efficiency

FOLETTE Stones Notwithstanding please
l. aside for the record that has been made by congress since
responding necessities preparation for Amer
ica's part Amageddon
Since that early April day when state of war admitted legislation
anything Europe preparation for
provision men, money munitions implements has
passed only gone machinery splendidly
There an immense amount chewing rag"
of the faults of democracy; least supposed fault
grown weary impatient many
have been thrown way getting things has
generally got slightly trimmed, perhaps got
conscpdon law espionage liberty LOANS administration,
price regulation appropriations The army navy corps
and equipment for ship building more liberty loans war revenue law and
and other tngsapproxmatng week.
have been passed during this by the American which,
the redemng landing
feet
Rather cae this for system of government criticised often even by
benehCiares for being decentralzed and bungesome.
really ,-for demoac-wa and every day
preparations possibilities that
a political system. tu IS a business and social system
ability genius higher
than nOw-beng exercised it is in demOcacyS
while dnned with German
efficiency propaganda that we began to dstrus our own powers
military horougness ingenuity
whether could match
the Germans at the business OF modern vamang with It's mny OF me-
chanical requirements
worship that shrine few short
months preparations Ongnaton and
execution than possessed.
familiar accomplished nearly every
genius people
brilliant individual action but for orderly cooperative effort
point any of which would in ordinary
times attract worldwide attention
story Liberty motor pretty
be desirable that the United States should have powerful efficient plane
the simplicity standardized that the parts could be made
separately assembled anywhere.
little American together Washington hotel
nights produced the the required
bepntS manufacturer and in twenyfom days
complete model Washington running perfectly
Now those engines being turned out the thousand and the whole
airpne industry S revolutonzed
about other remarkable achievements mechanical
standard design similarly worked out for railroad loco
bepnts big manufacturing company and
weeks locomotive finished Now the
company is turning every days
remarkable accomplished the matter of
army andard trucks like everything else the
of simplicity and efficiency construction and repair
little manufacturers and mproviSed motor truck
combining features of the existing trucks
bueprn turned manufacturer with the for
Nothing Then
dispatch department reading about like this:
under power
day eighteen days after receipt the plans The second will tomorrow
The army represent another triumph ninety days there
widely parts country sixteen complete cities
fitted the comfortable and healhu housing population of forty
thousand
That much greater feat than phase the Panama conc
pictures department twooy building big
house company troops built from the ground hours
and ffty-egh minutes
efficiency that than
product the result of willing and intelligent cooperation of free We
superiority democracy industry,
we'll as n the making of laws
his appeal the n