The producers news., 1918-07-12
COLLECTIVISM AND
UNCLE SAMUEL,
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(By G. A. Brattland)

l
the blossoming Of the flowers and the
thrilling songs of birds, it is like q
tonic after the long winter of doubt
and depression.
It is IN the air as certainly as YOU
know that the melting of the winters
SHOWS and springing of old Mother
Earth into new life of foliage and
| beauty, tells you that winter is past.
The public mind is in the stage of
change or Spirit and view point. The
old order changeth. We are beginning
to think along the lines of community
efforts and results instead of as indi-
Vlduallst. Now all lines along the
line of collective efforts. We have
found that individual effort without
The sanction and support of the col
lectlVely massed intelligence and eff
Iorts OF the people Will surrey fail.
Credit expansion never before
dreamed of, has not only been init
ated but has been successfully f1oated.
Absorption of foreign loans never be-
Iofe believed possible have not only
been acted on but have been advanced.
governmental handling and operation
OF industries before thought impossi-
Die and sure to fail have not only been
successfully taken over but have been
successfully handled on a vastly larg-
er scale than has ever been handled
by any privately owned corporation
or combination of corporations in the
world. All in a shortness of time
that has amazed the world.
Yet, strangest of all, it has been
accepted as matter of course, log
zeal, necessary and right by all true
Americans. Delays, inconvenience
and suppression of selfish wishes have
there been some, but of necessity
must be, in such multitudinous ac-
tlVlties taken over in so short time:
but which now are being rapidly CO.
ordlnated into one large system.
Where criticism first arose now
praise and expressed satisfaction Is
becoming the rule.
Strange to say, it is wrking. Tt
IS working satisfactorily. 1t is an
improvement. 1t is far more than
an Improvement. It is a revolution
in the handling of commerce and in
dustry on large scale. A system
being gradually worked out which
will coordinate all industries along
efficient lines, eliminating as near
IS may be, friction, loss of time, costs
IF duplication and all such charges, as
made the old system, one of the
costliest experiments that the world
ever tried.
Followingathese changes has been
gradual absorption of all displaced
men, industries and activities in new
lines of use and endeavor that has
still left the whole in a we'll co-ordi-
mated and harmoniously working unit
All while the government is at the
same time raising the largest army
that this country has ever raised,
2quipping it, preparing for still furth-
r eventualities and handling the US
ual civil business of all National,
State and lesser divisions.
Say, you should feel proud of your
Uncle Samuel He always did do
things in the big, if you gave him
the chance. He always did measure
up to the crises. Do you wonder
why it thrilled the Boys Of the Allies
when Uncle Samuel reached his Draw
ny efficient hand over there and gave
them the good hearty and honest
clasp to tell them he would be with
them soon.
Our Uncle Samuel never looked
bigger. as a brother to them than he
did then. They, fighting for their
very lives against the Vaccinations of
a hideous system of militarism, bleed
ing, dying, suffering and strangling
For breath as the hordes, hypnotized,
lied to, driven and crazed by all the
means at the hands Of Prussianism,
teat against their lines eve .are
lighting for Democracy! Come, help!
All right! Ny boys vii be over there
10 help you. In such a cause, the
Stars and Stripes, shall go and we
shall back it with the millions we
have here,
He looks bigger to us, because we
know him better. We trust him.
Dur Uncle Samuel, the symbolic com
posite of the citizenry of the great
United States. When you give him
The chance, he does things in the big
way. He will not only do them greater
,ut better just in that proportion as
We get that larger, broader vision
hat can pave the way for the great