The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-16
Increase Production!

The war taught us how to produce Never much
wealth created in the when the strong and skilled
engaged in destruction The aged the nfirm the
women and the children produced enough to feed the guns
and the soldiers and leave less abect poverty Mt home than
had existed at any time during the previous century
This possible because cut out of the waste
and used our strength nteigenty We put the lders az
more hunting for work in America than we had under
employed large numbers who had grown believe that their
possession of wealth excused them from useful work
Waste and friction and duplicate motion were abolished
in all parts of the industrial machine Every of
ducton speeded Better relations between employers
and employees removed vast amount of waste Oing the
wheels of industry with enthusiasm and good VIII multiplied
the product
Our allies doing the things They are
preparing profit by the lessons of The press of Eng
land and France filled with discussions of how to increase
production. They plenty of ways to use the added
wealth. and they demand that land and machines shall
not remain idle while wants unsatsfied Our allies can
understand why the friction and waste that has been
moved with effort should be permitted again to
cumulae.
They propose keep wages high the people prosperous
and civilization progressing and these things demand in
creased production
More women went into industry in Great Britain than
in any other nation But no one considering how to drive
them out and give their jobs The problem which Brit
ish statesmen considering is how best womans
productive industry while securing for her greater
health security and pleasure and bringing greater wealth
to the whole community. They not worrying about
surplus of producers Their attack the social iders
and the unsatisfied wants of growing civilization.
They do fear that wants will decline until there is
"overproduction They doubt the existence of such
animal overproducton unless born of ignorance and
of increasing production fast enough keep up with the
wants. and effective distribution of products.
England is abolishing the Stun by building million
new houses With France and Italy she is planning
and better school system These nations have declared
upon ignorance poverty and preventable disease.
Such calls for much wealth. Ii calls for a con-
tnuance of the organized economical production that de-
feated Prussanism II demands the intelligent drec
ton of industry extensive standardization universal
poyment industrial peace, systematic invention thru sci
entic research and splenddy educated healthy workers
that the against the Hun Our allies think that
Is worth such effort.
WILL WE LEAVE THEM TO FIGHT THAT WAR
ALONE?
Incidentally it is the only that will defeat Boshev-
ism.
We made good beginning at increasing production
during the
We finding to continue and perfect the
process. We planning splendid system of roads We
the best schools the world and have started the egs
1ation them Our department of the interior has
sketched plan to drain irgae the deserts and
plant the mountains with forests.
We ready to join allies in the upon ignor-
ance poverty and disease To win that abolish
waste and increase production.
Aero club tcants to change stockdde Beacon hill
to flying field. Stockdde inmates lciH rote for it