The Washington times., 1918-05-19

viii come home with a grip fun OF
orders, perhaps. But, my friends, you
must not expect to build up ( big
business In South America or any
other country speaking a foreign
tongue upon any such basis as this.
Efficiency is the watehword these
days. care not whether It Is in war
or in business, efficiency, eo-ordina-
tion, cooperation and knowledge Of
the details Of the things In which you
seek to engage are necessary II you
hope to accomplish anything in q
broad way.
You say, What has this ali TO DO
with the Association OF Commeree and
It's efforts to extend its membePBhipG
II has lot to do with II. II Is the as
sociations OF commeree and similar
boiie1 throughout thls ieountry u.At
are making studies Of these things. II
is their business to make studies Of
them. They 90 throughout the, world
and gather information upon these
topics and they disseminate that in
formation to business men. through
out the country.
Can Go Further.
Now, personally, think you can
go a great deal further. I think the
time has come for US to give more
attention to the question Of just what
Is taught our young men in our
SCHOOLS. Let US get down to a prse-
tical plane and meet any country IN
The making Of Efficiency IN the young
men as they are developed and grow
up in this country. Just what you
gentlemen are doing today is a step
lE that direction. You can 90 as far
as you like. You can md activities
and opportunities that VIM tax your
capacity several fold.
The trouble seems to me to be that
In America We have been too busy
working out our own dsstiny-we
have b 4 90 inherently rich. In our
own natural resources and We have
gone ahead developilng our owu
country that We have become prae
ticaiTy obliVious Of the Immense
wealth and great possibilities ID other
sections Of the world. II we want
to get q large part OF the South !
American trade for the United states |
We have got to teach our young men {,
to speak Spanish. Some OF yoc have |
10 make up your minds that your boys |
have TO so down there and live, ane |
fraterniEe with other peonIeL
It Is all right to "resclute" that I
you viii DO this, and you win DO fhet, I
It Is all right for your traEeling MIR 1
TO say that the thing you make ana 1
which he is offeriing for sale there Il I
better than the article they have, but I
they may not know Il, and they are
used to having certain things put up /
In certain ways and they do not want
anything different. You will have to /
commence at the fountain head. 1t is
now being done in q small way. Il
think the Steel Corporation and the
City Bank OF New York Is running a
school along this line. and there are
a good many institutions making a
start in this direction in q very small
way.
Business A Usual
The American people ought to come to
a realizing sense that II this war lasts
any considerable time we cannot have
@buslness as usual" utter this solemn
warning that II this war continues for
two or three years at the present cost we
will have to get down TO bedrock. We
will have to save. II will be good les-
# VIII teach Us for the future
to conserve the strength and resources
OF America.
In passing let US devote ourselves with
fidelity and energy to whatever we un-
dertake. Let US be efficient Let Us CO.
operate and coordinate Let US do moth
Ing lightly or carelessly, but let US make
up our minds 10 do the thing that We
undertake to do as carefully and skill /
fully as We know how. We expect much
Of the Government Let US get much
from ourselves and from and with
others.
Hundreds Of problems face us. can
zee their shadows. They reflect trouble
Just In proportion as we md ourselves
by unpreparedness. We
have the labor question. the high-price
question. the raw material question, and :
a thousand others will cause US restless I
nights IL We do no tsee that our immedi-
ate duty is to prepare for peace We q
have a present duty to end this war. but Z
linked with II is the demand that we pre-
pare 10 help discharge our duty TO man I
kind after the war Is over.
In taking care Of the present and IN I
giving consideration for the future we
must not forget that We have an all
important duty, and that u to support
he Administration and our Government
Is heartily In every possible way TO help ,
hem 70 win this war as quickly as posbi-
Die.
We must coordinate our energies. We '
must coordinate our efforts and we must 6
ave our money. The soldier abroad is ?
helpless unless we at home support him :
% the fullest extent