Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-27
INCREASED PRODUCTION THE SOLUTION

The war taught us how to produce. Never was az much wealth
created as in the years when the strong and skilled men were en-
gagged in destruction. The aged, the infrm, the women and the chill
dren produced enough to feed the guns and the soldiers and leave less
abject poverty at home than had existed at any time during the pre-
vious century.
This was possible because we cut out some of the waste and used
our strength inteligently. We put the idlers at work. There were
almost no unemployed. There are usually more men hunting for work
in America than we had under arms. Willingness to serve, and some
times direct pressure, employed large numbers who had grown to be-
leve 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 process of production was
speeded up. Better relations between employers and employees e
thusiasm and good will multiplied the product.
Our allies were doing the same things. They are now preparing
to profit by the lessons of war. The press of England and France is
filed with discussions of how to increase production. They see plenty
of ways to use the added wealth, and they demand that land, men and
machines shall not remain idle while wants go unsatisfed. Our allies
c,nnot understand why the friction and waste that has been removed
with so great effort should be permitted again to accumulate.
They propose to keep wages high, the people prosperous and civ
iization progressing and these things demand increased production
More women went into industry in Great Britain than in any other
nation But no one is considering how to drive them out and give
Is how best to ue womans productive power in industry while Sc
curing for her greater health, security and pleasure and bringing
greater wealth to the whole community. They are not worrying about
a surplus of producers. Their attack is upon the social idlers and the
unsatisfed wants of a growing civilization.
They do not fear that wants will decline until there is 'overpro-
nrodnction unless il Is horn Of ;onorance and ;pcomnetence They
concerned only with the problem of increasing production fast enough
to keep up with the wants, and effective distribution of products.
England is abolishing the slum by building a million new houses.
With France and Italy she is planning a new and better school system.
These nations have declared war upon ignorance, poverty and pre-
Such a war calls for much wealth. 1t calls for a continuance of the
organized economical production that defeated Prussiansm. 1t de-
mands the same intelligent direction of industry, extensive standard
ization, universal employment, industrial peace, systematic invention
through scientific research and splendidly educated healthy workers
that won the war against the Hun. Our allies think that war is worth
such an effort.
Will we leave them to fight that war alonef
incidentally it is the only war that will defeat BolsheviSm.
We made a good beginning at increasing production during the
war.
We ire now finding reasons to continue and perfect the process.
We are planning a splendid system of roads We want the best
schools in the world, and have started the legislation to secure them.
Our Department of the Interior has sketehed a plan TO drain swamps,
irrigate the deserts and plant the mountains with forests.
We are ready TO join our allies in the war upon ignorance, pow
ety and disease. To win that war we must abolish waste and increase
production.