The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-27
Neucs and Comment

Mr William Hard who writes high brow
pieces for the New Republic and aids that
n exaSperating magazine TO view the war
| as an interesting metaphysical phenOme-
non, recently permitted himself q high
brow sheer at the regular he-msn type
/ Of business executive.
But at last there is regular he-man
at the helm Of the most important depart
ment, that Of shipbuilding Charles MI.
| Schwab has tackled the job which has
proved stumbling block to FIVE executives
| within year, and unless his admirers are
very much mistaken he is going to turn out
ships instead Of reports and excuses.
\ Naturally they are telling many anec-
i dOtes Of Mr.. Schwab. A man with whom
one OF his companies was dealing once
took an arbitrary position. Efforts were
made to reason with him; the head of the
subsidiary company tried in vain to change
the man: it was an important matter; and
Mr.. Sohwab took it up, with as little sue
cess. Words grew warm, and the steel
master suddenly burst out with: You can
so to helll' Then turning to the head Of
his subsidiary company, he said, as was
his custom in issuing an order: You tend
to, the details that is, the details of the
mans going to hellI
IL is interesting to note that Mr. Sehwab
was bitter opponent of President Wilson
at the last election; that he planned to raise
-, 000, 900 to defeat him; that he is now
building more than One-fifth of the ships
supplied the government; that he is going
to give sill his time to the new Job and take
no pay for il; that he has turned over his
Bethlehem plant to "the boys to run;
that he bases his hope of success on the en-
thusiasm he can arouse in his men.
Mr.. Sehwab recently startled the bust
ness world with q speech in which he de-
clared that the world after the war would
be ruled by 1.-THE workers. Some inter
preted that to mean he had gone over to the
l. W. W. or the BOlsheviki. But here is
his own explanation of it: ''I did not
say that the future after the war would be-
long to the wOrkingmen, but to all who.
work. By that I mean that the aristOc-
racy of the future will not be that of birth
or riches, but of those who render service
to their fellow men."
To which we can add a humble "amen."
If fair treatment to workers, boundless
energy and enthusiasm, and a twelve-cyl-
indered man in charge will turn out the
ships, they viii come.
An interesting sidelight on how Cana
dians look upon the American soldiers, is
contained in a letter from a Canadian of
ficer published in the Manitoba Free Press.
Here Is an excerpt from it:
The other day saw . Canadian battaI-
ion marching along one Of the main roads
with their battalion band leading and max
ing show that would send shiver up ones
spine. They were passing a group OF Am
srtcan soldiers who were standing at atten-
SSsons One Of the PoPeT on s spaa. 9f
recognized the marching men as Canadians
and called out, Why. they're Canadians
and the bunch pulled of their hats and
cheered untn the battalion had passed
I'VE are all little disappointed in the
apparent delay in their taking over a part
OF the line and making their weight felt
in the actual lighting but no one doubts
for moment that they viii be in strong
when they do come in. We run across them
occasionally, small parties here and there
Americans wherever they so. They so
and wearing blouse shirts with the collar
turned up. You can tell them for 'Yanks'
what the Germans think OF them, or what
the French and English think Of them: |
different 10 US. we stick up for them ivth
to us
All right, old top. We were a little |
slow in coming In. We admire You Ca |
nadians and English and French "no end. -
and you won't need to ''stick up for u.s.
much longer.
Whether to recall ones high school or
college French and run the risk of being
thought high brow, or to plunge bold /
~ into good American pronunciation
Of the names of men and places in the /
great battle, is the question.
Whether is it better to say "ah-meens"
'ahm-yan' and be moderately correct, not |
and unpopularH
But for the sake of those who prefer
correct pronunciation whatever the cost, /
we have scissored this list of names from
an enterprising exchange and offer it with l
our blessing for those who care to master
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