TRADE IN LINN COUNTY
Spend A our Dollars VV here Some of Them Will Come Back to You and Your Neighbors
T ak in g the P ro fit
O ut of W ar
By B E R N A R D M . B A R U C H
Reprinted Iron The Atlantic Monthly.
fTfti February issue of the Atlantic for J9U carried a paper by Mr Sisley
Huddleston dealing with the general subject of "taking the profit out of war
which Mr. Huddleston called "An American Plan for Peace.” The first quoted
phrase was put into the language by the War Jnd«jtriei Board toward the
close of the World War through its efforts to eliminate all war profits Mr
Huddleston's article came to the attention of Mr. Bernard M Baruch chair­
man of the War Industries Board and administrator of the non-profit plan
and fas he writes us), since it seemed to indioate a growing interest in thè
idea, induced him to invoke practical means to bring about a full compre­
hension of taking the profit out of war in the various great countries of the
uorld. To this end he responded to a suggestion of Mr. Owen D Toung of
the Page School of International Relations at Johns Hopkins University that
he establish a covrse of lectures there to expound the War Industries Board
plan in detail. Later he will proceed to make similar arrangements at leading
universities in Great Britain, France. Germany. Italy, and Japan. Agreeing
with Mr. Baruch that the subject calls for public knowledge and discussion
it was natural for the Atlantic to turn to him for the following paper—T he
E ditor » or T ub A tlantic M onthly .]
try cnoae, cut aa ma government dl
W ar waa once described as Prus­ rected.
It must he remembered that when
sia's most profitable Industry.
the w ar came there was no adequate
I t needs only a scant exam ination el
preparation. Indeed, It Is deubted by
history to le a n t th a t ether eountrlea
the beet authorities w hether any ef
were open to the same Indictm ent.
form of preparation then
The method! of the Robber Barona fe e tlre
did not pass w ith the end of feudal­ known would have been of much aval!
In view o f the widespread and engulf
ism. A nnexatian by conquest did not
Inc results of the w ar and the lack of
cease. Rut when Am erica entered the
knowledge of the various Instruments
W orld W a r President W ilson fathered
of destruction which were being de
a doctrine th a t shall always govern
vised and which It became necessary
us— th a t never a foot of te rrito ry
to ccnr.bnt.
would be added to our boundaries by
Cnr own A rm y had several divisions
feroe.
competing one w ith another for mate
So. as Am erica has taken the lead
toward making Impossible national rials, transportation, housing, and a<
profit through war, It too
bn forth. On top of that there prevailed
the demands of the Shipping Board
America's privilege to point the way
toward making impossible Individual w ith the slogan th a t ships would win
profit through war. To take the profit j the war, and of the Food Adm lnistra
out of w ar la to take a long step to- tlon, w ith the slogan that food would
ward creating an economic d etesta-! win the war. F u rth er, there was the
Railroad A d m inistration w ith Its need
tlon of war. The experience of the
United States In the W orld W a r af­ fo r m aterial and labor, and finally
there was the feverish quest for labor
fords a basis for the belief that the
and supplies on the p art of the m uni­
plan herein discussed Is practical. In
fact. It Is more than a belief— it Is a tion makers— all competing for labor,
certainty, although not w idely known. mopey, m aterials, transportation, fuel,
powe(, and each Insisting on the
T he world Is such a busy place, and
the radius of human a c tiv ity has been greater Importance of Its activity. All
this while the labor supply was being
to greatly enlarged because of modern
Inventions, that It Is not strange that lessened by the flow of men Into the
there are but few people who are con­ Arm y.
versant w ith what was quietly but
W h ile an endeavor was being mads
effectively taking place In this coun­ to bring order out of chaoa, the great
try In the m obilisation and use of Its undertaking had to go on Men. ships,
m aterial resources In the W orld W a r
munitions, food, m aterial, had te be
■ —a process th a t would have eventual
provided. Old organisations, bureaus
ly elim inated all Im proper profits
and traditions had to be m et and
Strength Is given to the public ad
changed, but not destroyed u ntil the
voeacy of Industrial mobllzatlon made new was sot up. The wonder of It all
by both President H arding and Presl
is. not that there were to many mis­
dent Coolidge— Mr. Coolidge as re
takes, but that so much was accom­
eently as last October In his Omaha plished.
speech to the Am erican Legion— by
A t the tim e we entered the war
the fact that the plan they advocated
prices were at th e ir peak, and tending
e a part of the regular national war higher because of the war's Insatiable
agencies had once been set up and demands. Tba problem was uot alone
successfully operated under the W a r
to secure the m aterials and labor and
Industries Board.
to stop the confusion, bnt to do It In
Preceding the President's recent
such a way that the morale of the peo­
clear exposition of this subject, some ple would be maintained. The prices
degree of public Interest had been en
of some things, like steel and eopper,
gendered by an exchange of letters be­ w ere fixed far below prevailing rates,
tween Owen D. Young (of Dawes plan and the wages of labor In those Indus
fam e). In behalf of the W a lte r Hines tries were standardised.
The more
Page School of Intern atio nal R ela­ highly organised an Industry, the
tions. and the w rite r. The corre­ easier it was te arrangp. u rd e r did
spondence resulted In the establish­ not commence (o appear until the
ment of lectures at the Page School A rm y tunneled Its needs through one
(of Johns Hopkins U n ive rs ity ) on this man sitting w ith a section ef the W ar
theme. Previously the A tlan tic M onth­ Industries Board and until the Navy.
ly printed an article by Sisley Huddle- I Shipping Board, Allies and Railroad
•ton, who pointed out that Europe saw Adm inistration did likewise. Each de­
Treat strides toward peace In the partm ent satisfied Its requirements
Am erican Idea of "taking the profit through a central authoritative body
out of w ar" In a systematic way His T his waa called the W a r Ind ustrie!
basic reference was to the plan of the Board, controlling and directing all
>Var Industries Board.
m aterials and co-ordinating through
The resources of a country m ight Its chairm an the whole system of gov­
be referred to as the five M ’s:
(1) ernm ental and clvlllaa snpply and de­
man power: (2) money; (3) m ain­ mand.
It was created by executive
tenance or food: (4) m aterial re­ order to M arch of the year 1213.
sources
(Including
raw
materials,
Briefly, this board endeavored to
manufacturing facilities, transports- J mobilise the Industries of Am erica so
tlon. fuel aad p ow er); and (5) morale
th a t the fighting forces of the Allied
The Intelligence with which the first and associated nations could draw
lour are directed and co-ordinated as from the U nited States— the last res­
a whole w ill determ ine the fifth, the ervo ir of men, m aterials and money—
the things needed fior the winning of
morale of the community.
in the w ar emergency It early be
the war at the tim e the things were
came evident to those who were peeded and with tba least dislocation
charged w ith the responsibility of of Industry and the least disturbance
mobilising the resources th a t there of the civilian population.
was a Just seatlm eat among the peo­
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ple against profiteering. Profiteering , ' The W a r Industries Board was at-
m ight be w illfu l and profit making
anlsed Ilk« any ether supervisory
m ight be lavolu ntary; but. whatever
irouaKtee. with a ohetrman, rioe
Its form, there was a Just determ ina­
«halimaan, members to charge e f va­
tion it should cease. So it became rious activities, bureau chiefs sad sub­
necessary to fix prices where the sup­ ord in ate workers.
It surveyed sad
ply was lim ited.
bought to arrange the whole Industrial
W herever the government created a w a r field under the plenary powers
shortage by Its demands, prices were
onferred by the President and the
fixed, not only for the Arm y. Navy and
kjngreas. How well It did thia Is a
the AIMee. but for the civilian populn
story for others to telL W h at It dkl
tlon as well. And In addition to price
Is tba beeta of the plan ( am bare
fixing on war essentials (such as nteel. drawing.
weol. eopper. and so fo rth ', the bal
It was com paratively easy to fix
ance, a fter the war progrem l»*d been prices and to distribute m aterials, and
filled, was rationed or distributed ac­ indeed to stabilise the wages of labor |
cording te the p rio rity needs o f the In those Industrie« to which prices
▼arlone civilian demands
In other were fixed
The labor sltuatten. hew
words, where the price of the product ever, became increasingly difficult, i
ef >■ Industry was fixed that Industry
p artlealarly when General Crowder
had te deliver the part which the grv- found N necessary to withdraw men
ernm ent did not seed te the civilian
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T h e M e n ’s S t o r e
Albany
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Your trading in your own home town or
in case of articles not handled in a small
town go to your county seat
Why?
Because :
...lo u r dealer probably can sell you what you
want to buy at as low a price as can the man in
a metropolitan city or the m ailorder house. His
rents and taxe9 are less than theirs and ho asks no
greater profit than they do. He is your neighbor.
Be fair with him.
...Speaking of profits, if your neighbor had the
profits the big city firms make on orders from your
vicinity he would improve his home and business
property, he would pay more taxes and he would
contribute more hi churches, charities, lodges and
like activities and the well-being of the community
in general.
...Even if the purchase cost more, which in moat
cases it wouldn't, you would be the gainer through
sharing in the general prosperity that would result
if no more money were sent out of Linn county
when it could be as advantageously spent at
home.
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w ill be
w ell pleased w ith th e m erchandise at
“ M o ral T u rp itu d e ”
to S u p re m e C o u rt
W ashington. D. C.— T he labor de­
partm ent w ill appeal the decision of
the federal court In New York sustain­
ing the w rit of habeas corpus p erm it­
ting Vara. Countess C athcart, to re ­
m ain In the U nited States.
Assistant Secretary of Labor Hus­
band declared that the recent court
decision adm itting the countess to this
country a fte r the departm ent of labor
had dented her entry, made It appear
th a t for 19 years the Im m igration au­
thorities had “misconstrued that pro­
vision of the law providing for the
exclusion of aliens who adm itted hav­
ing com m itted a felony or other act
Involving moral turpitude."
T he countess was ordered barred by
the Im m igration authorities on tba
■rounds of moral turpitude because of
her elopement to South A fric a w ith
the E a rl of Craven. T h e New York
court held th a t the countess’ act was
not a crim e to South A fric a and sus­
tained the w rit.
U. 3. EXPORTS $397,195.833
this store.
“ V a lu e F irst ” is o u r m otto.
Strictly a Linn County
Store
Albany
Im ports fo r January Amount to |19,-
570,500 More.
W ashington, D. C.— Revised figures
en the foreign trade of the United
States for January, made public by
the oommerce departm ent, showed the
unfavorable trade
balance against
Am erica for the month was 319.670,-
380. P re lim in a ry figures had placed
it at approxim ately 315.000,000.
T h e Im ports for the month were val
ued at 3415,735,413 and exports were
3897,195.833. Europe held firs t place
In the trade, sending here goods val
ued at 3111.330,069 and takin g A m erl
can goods to the amount of 3199,794,-
909.
000,000 a t compered w ith a year ago,
while Imports from Europe had In­
creased more than 38,000,000.
T en M illio ns Asked fo r fihlp Board
W ashington, D. C.— President Cool­
idge sent a special message to con­
gress requesting a supplemented ap­
propriation of 310,000.000 to enable
the shipping board to operate ships
and lines which have been taken back
from private purchases because of
com petition by foreign shipowners.
T he appropriation would be made
available for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1927. Congress already has
passed an original appropriation of
313,900.000 for the snme purpose
League Holds Special Session.
Geneva, S w itzerland — T h e special
session of the le a g u e of Nations as­
sembly was opened with Viscount Is h ll
In the chair
Viscount Ishll said the
special session, the firs t In the hletory
of the league, was of the highest slg
nlflcance to the people of the whole
world. "T h e great nations of (lerra a a y
ask to bn adm itted to the league.”
Dr. Alfonso Da Costs, form er p rem ier
of Portugal, was elected president of
the assem bly ljj^ j m ajority o f 3< v o te»
FLAW SEEN
IN
RAIL BILL
Grange Asks Am endm ent Against Ex­
cessive Wage Awards
W ashington, D. C.— T he National
Orange and Am erican Farm Bureau
federation have Joined to a move to
nave the W at son-Parker railroad labor
hill amended In the senate to give the
interstate commerce commission final
power to protect the public from exces­
sive wage awards which m ight be the
basis for freight rate Increases
Contending th a t the measure as
passed hy the house does not afford
ihe public adequate protection, the
grunge In a statem ent said It was co-
iperating w ith the farm bureau feder­
These figures showed exports to Eu
ation In an appeal to every m em ber of
rope had fallen off approxim ately 370,-
the senate to amend the proposal
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