The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-16
Nation Watches Mlddlemen

NAHUM WAkIUN1 "ltuUtSfnSW
This. let mo say 20 tho middle
men OF every sort. whether they
are handling our foodstufss or our
raw materials OF manufacture or
the products OF our mills and fac.
tories: The eyes OF tho country
will be especially upon you. This
IL your opportunity for signal ser.
vice, efficient and dlsintsrestcd.
Tho country expects you. as Il Ell.
poets all others. 10 forcgo unusual
profits. to organize and expedite
shipments OF supplies OF every
sind. but especially Of food. with
an eye 10 the service you are rem.
dering and in the spirit OF those
who enlist in the ranks. for their
people. not for themselves. | shall
confidently expect you to deserve
and win the confidence OF people OF
every sort and station.
To the men who run tho railways
OF the country, whether they be
managers or operative employees,
let mo say that the railways are
tho arteries OF the nations life and
that upon them rests the immense
responsibility OF seeing TO It tina,
those arteries suffer no obstruction
OF any kind. no inefficiency or
slackened power. To tho merchant
let mo suggest the motto. Small
profits and quick service. and %
the shipbuilder the thought that the
life OF the war depends upon him.
Tho food and tho war supplies must
be carried across tho seas, no mat.
ter how many ships are sent 20 tho
bottom. The places OF those that
go down must be supplied and sup
piled Mt once. To tho miner let me
say that he stands where the far.
mer docs: The work OF tho world
waits on him. II he slackcns or
fails. armies and statesmen are
helpless. He also is enlisted in the
great service army. The manufac.
turer does not need 10 be told.
hope, that tho nation looks 10 him
to speed and perfect every process
and want only 20 remind his EN-.
ployes that their service f. abso.
lutely Indispensable and In counted
on by every man who loves the
country and its liberties.
Economy In the Home
Let me suggest. also, that every
one who creates or cultivates n
garden helps and helps greatly 10
solve the problem OF the feeding OF
the nations: and that every house.
wife who PRACTICES strict economy
puts herself In the ranks of those
who serve the nation. This IL the
time for America 10 correct her un.
pardonable fault OF wastefulness
and extrayagance. Let every man
and every woman assume the duty
OF careful, provident use and ex-
penditure as public duty. as a
dictate OF patriotism which no one
can now expect ever 10 be excused
or forgiven for ignoring.
In the hope that this statement
OF the needs OF tho nation and OF
the world In this hour OF supreme
crisis may stimulate those to whom
Il comes and remind all who need
reminder OF the solemn duties or
time such as the world has never
seen before. beg that all editors
and publishers everywhere Will
give as prominent publication and
as wide circulation as possible to
this appeal. venture TO suggest,
also, to all advertising agencies
that they would perhaps render a
very substantial and timely service
10 the country n they would give
It widespread repetition. And |
hope that clergymen will not think
the theme OF Il an unworthy or In
appropriate subject OF comment and
homlly from their pulpits.
The supreme test OF the nation
has come. We must all speak. act
and serve together.
WOODROW WILSON.