The Washington herald., 1918-01-10
BIG BUSINESS
now AIDS U. S.
Holland Says Government
Has Found Use for Cap
tains Of Industry.

The great forces in the railway world
and those who are hereafter to be
developed can. it Is believed. best strye
the public by acting in thorough CO.
operation with the government pro-
vfded wise legislation Is adopted and
also provided that the government acts
through q competent administrative
board in thorough cooperation with
the railroads
The experience OF the government
with the railroads since the war be-
gan. and especially since Mr.. McAdoo
became Director General. has shown
that il is OF vital importance that
the government and the railroad man
ayers act in full cooperation. Rail-
way managers say, however, that II
IL Is important In time Of war. re-
iation OF that kind should be fully as
important in time OF peace. especially
as IL is of utmost importance II We
take advantage Of our opportunities,
that railway and water transportation
be relied upon to supplement- the out
put Of the industries Of the United
States. for which there is to be stu
pendous demand after the war.
Britain Nay Change.
Reports come from England that
the government OF Great Britain is
considering the expediency OF
changing its long established policy
with respect to diplomatic appoint
Iuents. That government seems TO
have learned a lesson from the
United States. For II has been the
policy of the United States in re-
cent years to name as Ambassadors
and ministers to foreign courts. men
who have gained well deserved rep
utations for aility in business or
financial life.t
Gov. Myron Herrick, of Ohio, was
named as Ambassador to France.
not because he had been successful
in politics so much as because he
had been eminently successful in
business life. There came abundant
Justification for the appointment of
Gov. Herrick as Ambassador to
France Immediately after the Ger
man armies began their march To-
wards Paris. His business expert
ence and financial ability, his un-
usual executive capacity were OF
inconceivably great service at that
time. Men who gained reputation
In the business world have repre-
sented US recently in Russia and in
England and the British govern
ment has taken heed of the special
qualification Of these American
business men who are said now TO
have surpassed some of the British
diplomats in the success Of their
achievements.
What is true OF our diplomacy, as
reflected by the success Of our busi-
ness men OF great ability who have
served or are now serving as our rep
resentatives abroad, is, according 20
the common view entertained here,
equally true Of the relation of busi-
ness men who have greatly aided the
government at this time Of emer-
gency. More and more the govern
ment is inviting to its service the co.
operation OF men who have been as
ISOLATED with what was called "BIG
BUSINESS" 1t II a cooperation
which many hope will be continued
In spirit. II not in actual detail and
form, after the war Is ended.
Approves Railroad Plan.
One Of the business men of great
achievement has within a few days
stated through a publication of the
organization Of which he is president
that the ideal plan for the railroads
and the government lies somewhere
between, and not far in principle from
the plan now adopted temporarily
which Is identified by the appointment
OF Mr.. McAdoo as director general OF
the railroads. The government should
be q great supervising authority in
the transportation industry but in
that industry an opportunity should
be kept open for Individual initiative
and enterprise. The possibilities OF
Improvement are too great for the In
dustry to be standardized and fixed in
its methods under the deadening in
iuence Of bureaucratic management" 4"