Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-18
GARY I WANTS
AGREEMENT TO
PREVENT : 1 WARS
Declares Limitation Of Ma
vies Would Not Greatly At
feet the Steel Business.

New York. Nov. 1s.-Negotiation of
a treaty which would prevent future
wars was urged, @in conjunction with
an agreement to limit: navies. by FL
bert H. Gary, chairman of the board
of the United States steel corporation
in an address today before the Ameri-
can Iron and Steel institute. OF which
he is president. He also belittled. the
suggestion that armament Limitation
would reduce the manufacture of
Steel saying the thought was un-
worthy of:even q passing notice. Busi.
ness was improving, he said. but
there must be further adjustments.
with ar agreement for the limita,
ton of capitalships.' he said, ''it
would not seem to he practical to stop
with less than n final treaty which
will prevent future wars. In addition
to what is conten plated BY the limita :
tion of armament. there should. with
other things, be an understanding
that if any, international differences
arose. no resort; tc military force
should be permitted until after there
cussion by all nations now participat-
ing in the deliberations at Washing
ton.
Will Seek Agreement
President Harding and the four
selected, able and experienced repre-.
sentatiyes Of this country Will cner'
gctically and persistently strive for ar
! agreement. They realize their con.
stituents are conditionally and fer
vcntly supporting them in their cam
paign for peace and limitation o
armament, and all this is true of cacf
of the other nations"
He asserted that international ar
rangement to be concluded must GOV
err every kind of armament heretofore
or hereafter discovered.
The benefits which would be de
rived by reason of all the nations liv
ing under peaceful conditions, n
compared with military conflicts. ar
beyond calculation he said. II
means for the firm establishment AM
maintenance Of peace can be foun'
and generally assented to, it Wi
mark an epoch of the greatest busi
ness prosperity.Eas we'll as the. larges
measure of happiness that tic-worl
has ever witnessed. .2ss
: .'..We should be. thankful that tn:
conference. has been called,
1 Failure q fnt hjak able
was laSts4 uiitsifabie Il fae e o
come would be intblerahle. and thos
responsible for7it would be repudiate
and everlastinsly condemned.1N IN
4 mo claim for personal or nlnd
vidual advantage not based ons IN
principles Of right and Justice! inAth
opinion of the majority. would be er
tertained.' he added.
He briefly dismissed the suggcstlp
8 that less steel would be manufacture
r as a result of armament limitation.
: In the fiEst place he said. sth
3 amount of decreases. if any, which.
: ubtful. would be small. and .Se
q though they might be. large; no sa'
y and right spirited person would col
slider pecuniary interest as of any in
: portance when discussing national
S international welfare. o. 2.
y Conditions Improving. 5~,2 (
Mr. Gary said it seemed to be ger
$ orally conceded that business cond
3 tions s%throughout the country for tt
: last six months had been steadily,
: slowly, growing better. The ,volun
Of business in the steel industry ha
: more than doubled in the last ninet
: days. he said, though profits had bee
n little or nothing. due to high costs ar
: lower prices OF the country's bus
:. ness outlook, he said:
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