The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-17
INDUSTRIAL WORK
THEME OF SPEAKER
AT Dinner CLUB
James o. Pagan Addresses Local
Manufacturers On Important Sub
ject Saturday Evening In
st. Henry's Hall.

Dividing his speech on american
Industry and the War" into three
main divisions personal service,
publicity and patriotism-James o.
Pagan, representative of the New York
chamber of commerce, delivered a
stirring address that will live long in
the memories of those who attended
the banquet of the Merchants and
Manufacturers association in ST. Hen
rvs hall Saturday evening. Represent
atlves OF various industries to the
number of 1875 attended the affair at
which l.. w. Parks presided. The
banquet was simple, and good hearty
food was served. The table and hall
decorations were entirely of patriot
ic nature.
The Spirit Of Today.
The spirit of T6 is the American
heirloom. Let us now get busy with
the spirit OF today. The spirit of the
American wage earners, of the wage
payer, OF American industry, of AM
erican institutions, of our men and
women and children in their relation
ship to a great human calaclysm-
such is the nature and the range of
my message to you today"
AS matter of fact, then, Presi-
dent Wilson'S very first move in the
war game was personal appeal to
the social and industrial patriotism
or the nation at large. Immediately a
sort OF national miracle took place.
The whole situation seemed to re-
solve itself over night, as it were, not
IN prearranged government system
or campaign OF any kind, but into an
immense personality, with the presi-
dent himself at it's head. With all it's
unpreparedness, such is the glorious
nature of a democracy. From the
White House, l repeat there came a
passionate cry to the people for as
Sistance. 1t was an appeal in the name
OF the nation for private ownership,
private management and private ini-
tlatlve to come to the rescue. Personal
service, personal responsibility, of ey-
cry conceivable description became
the national slogan. Give us men. YES.
men and women, of resource, of tech
meal knowledge, of courage, Of in
sight, of executive ability. Here's 3
]oD for the captains, the corporals.
ana prlVates OF American business life.
Your country needs you-enroll. en-
list, volunteer for service in the in
dustriai army, come forward! To con-
vert 100000 people-long at peace
into war nation, to divert our ma
tlonal energies from first to last into
channels OF war is a gigantic under
taking, but the thing is here and now
to be DONE
Personal Service.
The first and greatest contribu-
tion OF American industry to the pres
ent war situation, then, is and has
peen personal service This wide
spread and wide-spreading personal
service in industry has led directly to
general recognition of the fact that
democracy in America needs leader
snip as we'll as a popular vote. and
mat Tor the future in this country the
quality of our leadership is to be the
measure OF our national well being.
oome time ago, in a speech made
10 class in economics at Harvard
University, DR.. c.. w. Eliot made the
following statement: "A great remedy
the remedy for all troubles
between wage payers and wage earn
ers-ls publicity. Is it not great COM
tort, after all, that publicity is the
great remedy for public wrong-or
private wrong for that matter. WHY is
IL? 1t is simply because the majority
or people in this world-want to do
what is right"
This get-together campaign then.
by the publicity route should be on
every tongue. Here is real live and
patriotic job for the newspapers. New
er before in the history of this coun-
Try mas there been such an opportun-
lty, such an incentive to get together
on common interests in a common
cause After the war the wage earn
ers and the wage payers will be bet
ter acquainted and the whole world
be so much off.
Patriotism.
The third great factor in tho story
OF American industry and the war is
patriotism. In the affairs of a nation
personality is the seed, publicity is the
growing principle, and patriotism is
the harvest. The greatest landmarks
IN the worlds history are it's battles
LOT human freedom and the greatest
national heroes are the bravest inter-
prefers OF human uplift. From Their
mophyies to the pivot of the Marine.
you can follow the patriotic roll call
Oh the centuries, and if you wish to
gather under one head all the patriot
lc glory and achievement of the nast
you nave only to mention the name