The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-10
MUST NOT ALLOW
GERMANY TO GET RICH
In Order to Prepare for Another War,
Declared Herbert S. Houston, a
New York Publisher, in Ad-
dress at San Francisco.

San Francisco, July l0.-"When this
war for freedom is won," said Herbert s.
Houston, New York publisher, in his ad-
dress yesterday before the war conyen-
ton of the Associated Advertising Clubs
of the World, Germany must not be
allowed to prepare for another war by
growing rich in competition with nations
whose industries she has all but de-
stroyed in this war. That would be per.
hitting the robber to set up business in
the store he has robbed
Mr.. Houston, who is a former presi-
dent Of the Associated clubs, urged the
business men of the allied nations to get
ready to meet the German commercial
drive, which, he declared, would come
after the war.
After the tragedy Of being unpre.
pared for Germany's military fist, de-
spite its menacing iabs and thrusts for
40 years" he said, "let us not be I'M
prepared for the blow of Germany's com
mercisl fist. They are both war. like
fists, right and left arms of Prussia
autocratic and ruthless power.
when this war for freedom is won,
when the great day of reckoning comes,
then will come the day when patriotic
business in all the free nations must
smite the mailed fist. II must be driven
home that German business cannot be
allowed to rise and prosper on the ruined
industries of Belgium, of France, of Italy
yes, and of Russia-industrie ruined
by the mailed fist of Germany. The
monstrous injustice which such a result
would mean for our brave allies must be
made so clear that wayfaring man,
though a pro-German, would understand
and heed.
within a month | have seen an able
and exhaustive plan, prepared by great
German engineer and business man and
recently published in Germany, in which
the most subtle and indirect ways are
outlined for gaining strangle hold on
the business of the world. And bear in
mind that not a German factory has
been injured during the war. Everyone
of them is ready to begin production the
minute the war ends and is prepared 20
push production at top speed in order to
get a running start in the worlds mar
kets against the countries whose fac.
tories have been destroyed by German
guns.
But as business men we must not be
satisfied with the feeling that we want
to strike--instead, we must persistently,
designedly, unitedly prepare to strike
and determine to strike, not merely for
fundamental commercial freedom, but for
the permanenee of the fundamental po.
litical freedom we are going to gain in
the present war. Business must be used
as an international commercial force, just
as our army and the army of each Of
our allies is to-day used as an inter
national military force. The only way
that can be done is through league of
nations that will hold them. Surely no
one can be alive in the free nations to-
day, if his eyes are but half open, who
does not clearly see that if the present
league of nations now fighting for civil
ization should disband, when victory is
won, Germany would defeat them indie
pendently and separately when she had
organized her next war. The only sane,
strong way TO prevent that catastrophe
is to organize the present league of free
nations into a permanent league of ma
tions. Then organized business in the
league of nations could go forward and
rebuild the waste of war and become
mighty agency in preventing future
wars"