The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-11-18
GARY OUTLINES
PLAN TO MAKE
WAR DIFFICULT
Urges Treaty Binding
Nations Represented
At Conference To Hold
a General Farley Be-
fore Declaring War,
and Letting Nations
Pass On Cause

Pass On Cause
Pittsburg. Nov. Negotiation of
a treaty that would prevent further
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 corpora
ton, in an address today before the
American Iron and Steel Institute, of
which he is president He also be-
Titled the suggestion that armament
limitation would reduce the manufac-
ture of steel, saying the thought was
unworthy of even passing notice. Bus
mess was improving. he said, but
there must be further adjustments
with an agreement for the limita-
ton of capital ships he said, lit
would not seem to be practical to
stop with less than final treaty
which will prevent future wars. In
addition to what is contemplated by
the limitation of armament there
should, with other things, be an un-
derstanding that if any International
developments arose, no resort to mil
itary force should be permitted until
there has been a conference and full
discussion by the nations participat-
ing in the deliberations at Washing
ton.
president Harding ana the four
selected, able and experienced repre-
sentatives of this country, will ener-
getically and persistently strive for
an agreement. They realize their
constituents are conditionally and fer
vently supporting them in their cam
paign for peace and limitation of ar
mament, and all this is true of each
other nation.
He asserted that the International
arrangement to be concluded must
carry every kind of armament here
tofore or hereafter discovered. The
benefits which would be derived by
reason of all the nations living under
peaceful conditions as compared with
military conflicts, are beyond calcu-
lation," he said.
''If means for the firm establish
ment and maintenance of peace can
be found and generally assented to
it will mark an epoch of the greatest
prosperity, as we'll as the largest
measure of happiness that the world
has ever witnessed. We should be
thankful that this conference has been
called"
Failure of the conference, he said
was unthinkable. An adverse outcome
would be intolerable and those re-
sponsible for it would be repudiated
and everlastingly condemned.
mo claim for personal or individ-
ual advantage not based on the prin-
ciples of right and Justice, in the opin-
ion of the majority, would be enter
tained," he added.
He briefly dismissed the suggestion
that less steel would be manufac-
tured as a result of the armament
limitation
In the first place" he said. 'the
amount of decreases, if any, which is
doubtful. would be small and even
though they might be large, no sane
and right spirited personal would con-
slider pecuniary interest as of any I'M
portance when discussing national or
international welfare"
Mr.. Gary said it seemed generally
understood that business conditions
in this country for the last six months
had been steadily, if slowly. grow
ing better. The volume of business
in the steel industry had more than
doubled in the last 80 days, he said.
though profits had been little or
nothing, due to high costs and low
prices.
OF the country's business outlook.
he said: Even though We have now
passed the most critical period IN our
recovery, | still think we would not
be warranted in concluding we have
arrived at the point where we can
with certainty predict the exact time
when there will be a return to a nor
NAL financial, commercial and indus
trial basis, for the worlds economic
structure has been terribly shaken
by adverse winds during the last few
years. There must be further ad-
| justments.
The delay in complete restoration
of sound and satisfactory economic
development and activity in this coun-
try is largely due to high costs
high costs of living; high costs of
| production and transportation and
high costs of owning and earning
money or its equivalent