South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-31
JANUARY 81, 1919.


Assuming that the plans OF a Undertaking. order
that Prest a r. Erskine the studebaker corpora
ton placed before the business of South Bend at
the dinner given by the business
mittee last night this city a responsibility in the
matter be overlooked. And there rea-
assuming plans are not of a materiaz-
order. Enlargement OF the studebaker plant here
the extent contemplated, considerable portion of
which already under way. less
the city than SIr Erskne has outlined and here we
have it without effort part that of
providing the increased population that it will bring
with place live and to live decently.
Hundreds Of other cities throughout the country
them already larger than South Bend,
would give millions to land such an industry We have
it. 1t might be good divert right here from of
the that has been ours, Of ignoring what we
and always grasping for something new. particu
larry when it is to take nothing out of pockets
in this the opportunity for community
velopment the benefits of which are bound to inure
all. Making South Bend bigger city a audable
ambition. We have talked about it much but now the
TIME is coming when must expand to with its
largeness An additional 5000 workingmen within a
year. 5000 another year,
families Of these workngmen added that we will be
city of 100000 population in 1920 provided make
ourselves big enough to hold il.
10 this the additions the Oliver Chilled Pillow
works, that reported contemplated together with
other industrial expansions that reported coming
and South Bend is indeed the fair road toward be-
coming the second city state We must meet the
issue We must begin home building and pursue it on
large scale. We must equip our parks and enlarge
Fairgrounds. We must have a bathing beach. in
educational, social, civic hospital recrea-
other kindred facilities inaugurae track ele
walton. get a union depot, do a number of other
things. including the Improvement our street car
service that when city attained 100
population, better. will be-equal size.
is a monster program that Mr. Erskne outlines
and only the studebaker corporation but
for the municipality. We may disagree him on his
souessness corporations but maybe our
disagreement comes from observations of the
porations of the while he contemplates of
future Corporations have just such souls as their
multipes stockholders and boards directors put
into them, for good for ILL., very closely resembling
the souls men--and some corporation magnates Of
the past have blessed We like the way
Erskine puts anyhow the studebaker corpora
tion is henceforth to recognize its obligations to the
public. well the pubic's obligations it, it has
INDICTED itself into the of service, and will
greatly enhance it's benefactions as well as its benefits
Which is in perfect keeping with the modern spirit
is learning the taught by the Nazerene
thousand years that He that exaIteth him
self shall be humbled. and he that humbleth himself
exalted" likewise he that saveth his life
shall lose IT, and he that loseth his life it.
IN words, unsehsh service first. Community co
operation all phases of industry filling its niche with
the importance Of each other is a very
proper antidote socialism or its extreme bolshe-
vkism. happily business and industry are coming
to see it.
congratulate Erskine and the studebaker
corporation the policy they to have adopted.
tending that direction and we are quite certain
that the South Bend public respond 1t must re-
spond. The exigencies Of the moment will compel it,