The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-18
STEEL MAKER
FAvORS MOVE
To END WAR
Gary Urges Negotiation Of
Treaty to Prevent Conflict
Says Peace Will Not Affect
Manufacture.
URGES ADVANCE STEPS

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-Negotiation
ture wars was urged in conjunction
with an agreement to limit navleS by
Ebert H. Gary, chairman of the board
of the United States Steel corpora
tion, 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 a passing notice.
Business was improving, he said, but
there must be further adjustments.
with an agreement for the limita-
ton of capital ships" he said. ''it
would not seem to be practical to
stop with less than a 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
differences arose no result to mill
tary force should be permitted until
after there has been conference and
full discussion by all nations now par
ticipating in the deliberations at
Washington.
Realize Conditions.
president Harding and the four
selected able and experienced repre-
sentatives of this country will en-
ergetically and persistently strive for
an agreement. They realize their
constituents are unconditionally and
fervently supporting them in their
n q IA of
armament, and all this is true of each
| of the other nations"
He asserted that an international
| arrangement to be concluded must
cover every kind of armament hereto
/ fore or hereafter discovered.
! THE benefits which would be de-
rived by reason of all the nations liv-
| ing under peaceful conditions as com
/ pared with military conflicts are be
yond calculation" he said. "If means
| for the firm establishment and main
| tenance of peace can be found and
| generally assented to. it will mark an
epoch of the greatest business pros
/ perity as well as the largest measure
| of happiness that the world has evei
witnessed. We should be thankful
that the conference has been called
Fallufe OF the conference, he SdIu
was unthinkable An adverse out
come would be intollerable and those
responsible for it would be repudiated
and everlastingly condemned.
Not to Hurt Business
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 manufactured
as a result of armament limitation.
''In the first place" he said, ''tht
amount of decreases, if any, which il
doubtful. would be small, and evel
though they might be large, no san'
and right-spirited person would con
slider pecuniary interest as of any i'm
portance when discussing national o
.. international welfare
Mr. Gary said it seemed to be gen
: orally conceded that business condi
tions throughout the country for tn
| last six months had been steadily i
. slowly growing better. The volume O
business in the steel industry ha,
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