The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-12-24

E ed to look ahead and tell the people
:-.6&ASA$kc. of this country what they saw, and
S11$S9& to interpret their vision as it relates to
1 industry capital and labor
From their spoken words j gather
There will be no noI panies hard times vast unem-
p,eyed armies, discomfort revolutions starving i"
There will be. the other hand, disposition to
garner extravagant profits. r. -
There will be strenuous and consistent effort to T.
nail down prosperity so firmly during the coming year
that it will have to stick by US for years to come
An deasm has sprung up within business ~. Take for
example, John D. Rockefeller Jr who brings tins Christ
mas peace message: "..
To-day stand at the threshold Of the period Of recon
and we turn from the the s of to
solving the latter as has been obtained in dealing with the
and The hope Of the
lies in the pepeutation of that spirit and its application
to the great problems which confront us nationally as
american business has to be proud of its part
Of out the the o c
States THAT page has been written ana the pages turned
and fe the book of @ in
and glorious as the record on the that
MY belief that American business will rise clearly
above the sordid and the selfish and the
and will strive to lead the to that high plane where
every and nation will have chance to re,
build his life and his existence under conditions that will
be nearly as possible those ideal conditions
James A. Farrell president Of the U. S. Steel Corpora
the stmulant the gave to American foreign trade
ENTRANCE into foreign trade is no longer matter Of
the significance of the fact that the American industries
representing the most nearly unbroken record of pros
perty and sustained labor employment those which
have been accustomed regularly to market from
10 to IS per cent of their products.
of cost, in amount sufficient to Supply home consump-
ton and furnish material for foreign trade will be the
basis of our future strength and prosperity. 9"
I'm the coming expansion of world wde enterprise the
nation that not only give its own trade on the
and stability but extend to other
tons the benefit Of capital and commercial credits will a
IT,
which can n net spfsssfapal sna
the Fleet Corporation tells How get that
ads i t. of ships
unless We do what Il more dian constructions
q ships and t6at devise the Sand beans for
"a great merchant maine for the. United States j.
Essential for its ultimate success and successful oper
h not for the benefit of man OF class
men or any one branch of business, but good
every ctizenof the United States do not
care whether he is farmer, unberman manufacturer or
merchant great mercantile marine is essential for every
man in the United States. u g. .1>>.f,,
u The United States has under its control between
seven million and eight million tons Of shipping
With the eight million million tons that may add
from shpyards during the next IL months the United
States will possess properly and economically operated
merchant marine that should make industries
and establish the greatest respect this transport period
from to commercial work that, in my opinion car
happen" ,,,,,. r,
Redfied U. S. secretary of "Of this have
doubt" And he points way to the attainment OF
prosperity.
Concentrate thought, purpose and effort" he advises
business, and-"LAY NOT RASH HANDS UPON
WAGES!"
1T was large because Germany made her industries
the operating end Of her that her
fast and powerful in the before the great
Secretary Redeld continued 1T more Germany sci
German that made her competition danger
The responsive power Of wel-paid and contenteo
labor to farsghted leadership industry is the greatest
force in production Not elshnes not the sheer desire
for personal national wealth must CONTROL but
the spirit of profit through service" -
This spirit is defined by Mark Reque, noted copper
railroad and oil magnate of the Pacific coast means
broad humanitarian view of social problems sympathet<
interest the welfare and aspirations Of the con
and intelligent effort to abolish the poverty line BY
helpful suggestion and wise counsel realization thai
the old order passeth that labor entitled to just
rational hours decent working conditions and that CAPT
tai is entitled profit commensurate with the hazard
of particular industry in question: and that both must
work in harmony if either is to survive"
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