Evening journal., 1918-04-09
TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1918.
PROBLEM MUST BE LEFT IN HANDS OF TRAINED
BUSINESS MEN.

BUSINESS MEN.
a FTER one year Of preparation Tor part in the
"A great conflict il becomes quite evident that the one
big important factor in bringing victory VIII be the
genius OF big business organizations IN hapdiing
enceuy and economically the necessary resources Of
the cSuntry.
It is also very evident thai our Government today. in
handling the business Of finds that II Is necessary
IN order properly to coordinate the work, that it must
tlIose things which in ordinary commercial practice
have been declared unlawful
The whole problem Of meeting the demand for any
increased production from the natural Of
country Is dependent. to a very great extent the
amount Of confidence put ia that group Of business
men In Wilmington and elsewhere, who are identified
with great industrial Institutions .
Fortunately, country is apparently awakening to
fho serious effects Of hampering the normal develop
meHt Of our industries by unjusnable criticism and by
restrictive and injurious legislation. We must very
quickly renedy the general lack Of understanding and
appreciation FOR the men who have done things with
their own hands and heads. We must take steps to
counteract the popular acceptance Of theorists and
students in pablo Offices and 10 eliminate unsuccessful
lawyers from politics where they serve as dctaors Of
lawful commeraal practice
Business must not be crippled by legislation that has
Tor It's purpose he popuarizng Of political issues, and
the satisfying Of unreasonable labor demands.
The attitude toward big business in this country,
taught and encouraged by our universities by our men
which presumed 20 be moulders Of public opinion
has been unwarranted and serious handicap In the
development Of industries dominant factors in
the commercial trade Of the world.
recent editorial published under the caption
Nearing should be In Jail" is a public indictment Of
young who taught Of a university, and whose
opinions had their inception and were formed the
result Of the lppant assertions Of the who pre-
suned TO be instructors in business economies The
editorial quoted Professor Scott Nearing as follows
Wrapped 10 the folds OF the nag and uterlng re-
sounding declarations patriotism on April the day
we declared war; the business interests a victory
Of terrible Import TO American democracy. The liberty
loan signal victory for plutoeracy and equal
signal defeat Cor democracy
II Is quite certain that Scott Nearlngs opinions to-
day and hls attitude toward the business Of the
country ar not the result OF any intimate knowledge OF
contact with these men, but rather the result Of his
schooling and his association with the theorists on
business economics. This is made quite plain by the
fact that when his resignation requested practically
the entire faculty Of his school supported him.
It is interesting to read the Of that eminent
iurist Mr. Hughes. his address before the Yorl
Bar Association. on the subject. "a New American
Born Of War" and in which he states:
rs It too much TO expect that shall have a sane
attitude toward business toward the necessary actvi
ties which afford the basis Of progress toward organi
xaton Of industry, Of transportation, Of sbor7 Nov
that we have real fight on our hands, demanding tn
and things not learn TO distinguish the real evil
from the bogies Of the imagnaton9 hope that III
days devoted to the application Of the uncertainties
such statutes the Sherman Act numbered. May
not hope for better appreciation and precls
definition OF wrongs7 What absurdity II is to IN
that the very cooperation which the nation nds nec
sary for its own salvation under the strain
war Is denounced as a crime IN time Of peace"
We hear so much about conservation today that
is amazing We have not realized that the real pioneer
in the conservation movement those men who hay
developed the institutions which make up majC
industries. and whose economical and efficient handllr
Of them In itself the conservation Of
the utmost degree The oil industry and the automobi
Industry typical. but whs. may be said Of conserv
tsn these industries is likewise applicable to thos
other industries which have to do with the handling
resources-the steel industry which takes the
from the ground. and which by efficient handling pu
practically every OF 1t into in some form
practically every channel Of life the telegraph
telephone industry. which has done TO conser'
and economize human effort than possibly any 9TH
medium; the coal industry and The balance OF th