Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-02
Reconstruction Days Will Mean Gil
gantic Tasks for People OF
Nations to Perform.
NEW ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM
Manfred Emanuel Declares We
Must Fit Ourselves to Meet Conn
ing Period With Changed Men
tally.
ny. MAyEuED EMANIiE:I.

ma me given 20 the task set US during
p es Gays 81 tTTa ran, from Wat to
have been laid waste. the replacing
of labor; the rc-estabiishment OF trades
ana industries. injured or extermi-
Payment: the reflow OF women to
1 rns proper sphere of activity: the
ss.fes from 11 whcS ,h "'e ne Rlow
cally created TO meet the German
=, These problems are largely the
hmeaven knows. they are great enough,
S 1sn 81 Rddo eaus9s the
is equally menacing. Very few people
nave been able to visualise the war,
,ion plans. the more one realizes that
.he minds are equally few which can
shasi, the vastness OF the problems
ono thing stands clearly-if we at
.e1.PI 70 lace these problems as we
Sid. We shall fan in our task. hone
iiessly and irrcdeenably. o-dayNand
our mental Reconstruction, I'll ourselves
10 ~ meet the new time with new
The whole future centers obviously
around trade and industry-not only
in 5eliiEerent countries, but in neutral
teit the effeei Of val q The ~f fniure ha rye
CURES that We shall adopt new
sss e3ier Is, code; and We could no, do
conveyed BY NJ Henri Hauser, profe 1.
j9s, pub GIsSn iniyerS i, in an article
Franchise" inc Chion
This. he says, was our former code:
10 produce, to save. to buy, 10 sell
In short to enrich onesclf-,hcse
were the essential articles OF the eco
M vhn,S catechism: IT mattered little
acute between those who had need 10
SuE and those who had need to sell!
between the workers and the givers OF
Horh. II was generally admitted that
inns struggle was beneficial and that
u! tne mysterious virtue OF free COM
petition, the most fierce antagonisins
were resolved into divine harmonies
For most economists. it was the con-
met OF interests that was TO create
peace, order and in consequence the
good patriots.
The best article and the
e CT sd ina, is the one TO buy" they
from abroad. in preference to an arr
ticic less good and more expensive, the
citizen eni-ches his country because
ne brings 10 it, al low price. a new
And it was added: From this mutual
eHchanse OF services between peoples.
peace VIII be born; Harmony within.
you VIII then be not only good citi-
zen, but a good citizen OF the world"
Peace was not the result, but war,
Competition'-G r m a could NOT
play the game" j, is surely NOT
neeeSsaFy to e,r recall The story Of Ger
vital links in home industries held ' bs
the Huns. the industries crippled and
hnally exterminatcd.
how did Germany obtain this
strange old? Largely because we did
not understand that there was such
a ming as economic patriotism. which
way Of buying. of selling and even
OF making money, which is OF advan-
'aGs 70 the community"
rms way applies to consumer, pro-
as IS shown by the following brief ex-
tracts from NJ. Hauser's treatise:
s,ai he r sonsnmer-ln war time. the
m force OF things. the chief buyer.
10 huE what is not absolutely neces-
safy Is 10 compete with the State
Peace will for many wear. resemble
war tin the State control OF raw ma
terials. shipping, etcD, and during This
Individual consumer should avoid I"n come tne
sumner. WI
The The p P,roduser-There will be a hler-
III the frst instance manufacture the
essential products-and in large GUAM
''ie val lHeFe was
What prevalent disposition among Ger
laln OIL our producers to produce lit
'e small m Grd n,,,1 TO make large profits on
wicked fathers who restrictede ,bta
: ssd or Their children. we shall
also many products
The trader-He is the man who bnvs
ne has Loyalty served his customer and
when his profit has not exceeded ths
legitimate limit tue
IN f me negative virtues will no longer
'untce. 10 regard competition as
,uGSsie between Frenchmen on the
national market is puerile and dan
!, ,et roInna game anne What YOU gain from
TO the national wealth. For this Stnri,e
be- o'nRei,stGn on the home market must
On nj, the foreign. market.
that Of the money box is the most most
- o Hanitaiist IS who refused to place their
o ,ia;d and who seduced by higher
were preparing death for no" our os soT!
lierS as unconsciously but as surely
IS the manufacturer who used German
Do, Do not think. therefore that money
french state securities bur
way, the capitalist, " when ne asR Rh's
How much do you hiring in?" should !
The employer and the the y Wnr,eor1,
obedience to an Unborn prejudice. the |
worker Of prewar days saw an enemy !
n machinery and n creator Of misery 1
n intensive production. He has learn |
This, in a few; words. is Professor
iauser's new economic creed
w neither you buy or sell. produce
'r save. distribute or earn wages Mt /
every hour when you work and make |
~. your accounts. never forget you are
Icing an act of citizenship: never for
yet that in enrichins yourself. a citi- |
en. you must also enrich the city"
That IL the mentality in which to !
ace the. future. Remember that YOU
thrive unless the State thrivcs |
and that the success of the State |
depends on your patriotism.
Not. only in war. that is simple
'nouGh, but in every sphere OF peace |
ime trade and industry.-Copyright |
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