Arizona republican., 1918-06-23
Not Bound By Old Aae

still further co acentration upon the es- sentials.
 i1ot Bound By Old Age
 For one thing the Firestone con- pany is young ng-unencumbered by old traditions, old methods and systems and equipment. New and modern in it's mechanisms, young and virile in its man power, it has less to correct than the average organization, yet, by the same token, has the aggressiveness and progressiveness and adaptability to furnish the spur for improvements an dtHe ability to adapt itself to them.
 This spirit of intensified effort no sooner became difiused throughout the factory than it was carried to every branch of the organization in all large cities of America District by district the men were called together and had presented to them by factory officials the new wartime standard of thrift, economy and greater personal effort The appeal of patriotism was used, but it was used in it's most definite, con- crete sence, interpreted in terms of self discipline, sustained effort. hard work Should the men responsible for that service flag work harder than we, in addition to risl<ing their lives?
 There are soft spots, undisciplined tendencies in nearly every man, cer- tainly in every organization. And so every salesman in the field, the branch manager and his office force, all felt the spur of this movement, the inspira- ton of what had been accomplished by l the factory forces, and took a new hold of themselves and their jobs with added grit.
 l of war thrift, Firestone engineers and chemists had produced even a better longer wearing tire than ever, it was the least that every salesman could do to promise to sell them at lower percentage of the cost.
 Always On the Job
 Knowing that MT Firestone and his factory officials were on the job early and late, indifferent to hours or fatigue the branch managers caught the spiri of emulation, frightened their belts, as it were, and have set a pace for wei directed industry that has put eacl branch organization on it's toes.
 In spite of all this, MT. Firestone i! very modest over what has been ac complished. In fact. he has wha artists call "the divine discontent'
 
 we now realize, our leaders in busi
 ness are simply expressing the in
 stincts of the artist in their creation
 of our advanced industrialsm. Blu
 Mir Firestone seems to be unusual,
 sensitive to the significance that tn
 doing of good business has toward al early and decisive victory.
 He sees the business of America no
 as an element in our national life. bu
 as a division of our army. a fightin
 division, directly back of "the cuttin , edge" He pictures his plant and or . ganization in its closeup relation t Pershing and the boys lover there" a in the supporting trenches. And so h . has no thought of sparing himself H
 has thrown his whole being into mak , ing the Firestone organization measur
 up to this emergency-this opportun ity.
 His stand Is that if each man wi do his utmost for the business. the the business will do the utmost fo , the public. And the public. with bet Q ter tires at lower mileage cost, will h , in just that much better position { , close the war soon with a gloriou victory. , Has Patriotic Value s But while all this has a decide D patriotic value now, MT. Firestone pre-
 fers to discuss it as just good busi ness. As a representative of big busI !, ness in America. he is rather hurt ths the shock of war was necessary . show up the weak spots. He too very lightly our congratulations ov, 7, how few weak spots his board of e, aminers" found in his organizatio