m os ot IB o.namy preaciiwa tn
told at the pries (lied. Ths country '
wi 10 organised la every district thi v
thcrt could be Immediately report
to Washington th name of any sho-
rataller who did not carry out the ret- )
ulatlons ot the War Industries Hoard I
i to price and quality. ThrouKh rs-
atrlctlona on hla labor, money, raw
xnaterlda and transportation no man
ufacturer would have burn permitted
to sell to any dealer vlolattns tha re
alatlons. Th Annuities atopped ths
execution of thla plan.
Another plan of thla nature: The
manufacturer of tnen'a and women'!
wearing apparel had In 1913 been cull
ed to Waahlnirton, toftether with the
retailer of various rods. and notified
that regulations would have to be
made In regard to retail prices and
standardisation of clothing.
The rulings by the board were made
known through the Issuance of ofllcfal
bulletins at Irregular Intervals and
were widely distributed by the press,
which co-operated In this most neces
sary work with a whole hearted pur
pose that gave to the orders ot the
War Industries Board the Instant and
broad circulation they required
Mr. HooTer already was doing much
to perfect his control of food products
and prices. There was alio talk of
fixing rents, and la some cities thla
was dona.
If w were to start. In the arent of
tnother war, at the place where we
were Industrially when the World War
nded. the President, acting through
a agency similar to the War Indus
'tries Board, would hare the right to
fix prices ot all things as of a dnte
previous to the declaration or war
when there was a fair peace time rela
tionship among the various activities
f the nation. It would be Illegal to
buy, sell, serve or rent at any other
than these prices. Brakes would be
applied to every agency of Inflation
before the hurtful process started. An
Intelligent control ot the flow of men.
mosey and materials would be Im
posed. Instead ot having the blind pan
le heretofore ensuing on the first ap
pearance ot the frantic demands o'
war. The Draft Board wou'.d have be
fore It the rulings ot the priority com
anlttes, together with the estimated
seeds of every business and profes
sion la lu relationship to the conduct
et the war. and men would be select
ed accordingly. The Draft Board
ould more Intelligently decide, with
the advice of the priority committee
snany ot the problems with which It
would be faced. There would be bo
ending of men to the trenches who
ware needed for expert Industrial war
wk and then bringing them back
gala. Businesses sot necessary to
the winning of the war would be cur
tailed. The Draft Board would have
that Information before It.
The prices ot all things being Hied,
the price axing committee would naks
ay necessary adjustments, aa waa
don during the war. Under the sys
tem need la Mil these prices were
aaade public and adjusted every three
an oaths, so that aay consumer or pro
ducer had his day la ceart whea he
considered prices unfair. Those who
complained that during the war prices
were too high had thla ready recourse
t hand.
Ia th meantime all the Industries of
the country would have been mobilized
by the formation of committees repre
sentative ot each Industry a was
done ia the World War. Over them
would be placed a government direc
tor or commodity ehlet The virlnus
government depart meats would ap
point committees rs presenting their
requirements, so that oa one commit
tee the reeoareee of the nation would
fee repreeeated and oa the other the
stonaads ot the government The for
rament director would stand betweea
to decide, la conjunction with the pri
ority committee, to what department
trappUos should go.
Money would be controlled and di
rected like aay other resource. Tak
ing the profit oat of war" la aot
isyaonymsus with "eonscrtptloa of
wealth," as It la sometimes regarded.
The latter is a theoretical project pro
hibited by ovr Constitution, contrary
to the spirit ot oar social and political
Institutions, and Impossible la prac
tice. Taking the profit out of war Is
a orderly and scientific development
of the economies sad conduct ot mod
era war. necessary to the effective
saoblllietloa of national reeoareee sad
iadlspensabls to equalising the bur
dens sf war among the armed and
elvlltaa pepulattoa. Bora ot ozpe
irlenoe and proved by practlca. It re
lieves same of Us most destructive
ooaeomltaau ot modern war the con
fusion and waste Incident to war llins
Inflation.
Thla term "conscription of wea'th."
need by so many, haa created a 1 m
among those of socialistic tendencies
and a fear among those who, like me.
believe la enr system baaed apoa per
eon si Inltlatlva and reward, of a las
ing of money, without payment, for
the nse of State. Neither the bene
aor the fear la Justified by the recoar
aaendstloa herein coataiaed or by ear
experleacs la the war. The nse of
money should be controlled and di
rected la a national emergency. A
nan should aa aura be permitted t
wss hla money as he wishes thaa he
aheald he permitted to aee the pre
dnctlen ot his mlae, mill or factory
oicept through the general luperrta
tag agency. Thla was being done le
Jard the end of the waj
Individuality in Hou$e$
Many feel that duplication of bouse
designs In a row Is conducive of econ
omy. Perhaps It la, ao fur aa flrnt
cost Is coiicerneii. But la It economy
when It Is considered Unit higher
prices could be asked tor limine whose
exteriors were all different designs.
With an attempt made to creutn an
rchltectnml composition out of no
entire row of such house units? Cor
rect planting of trees unci shrubbery
would add IminesminJily to the vhIu
' of building operations, and lend to
them that feeling of rest fulness so
generally lacking.
r
faking the Profit
Out of War
By
BERNARD M. DARl'CII
Xrprintti from Ths Atlantic Monthly.
The February Utn of the Atlantic for IMS carried a paper by Mr. Stltt
Unddleston dealing vtth the general tabled of "taking (he prortt out ul ti.ir,"
tritr. tlr. Htddleston colled "An America Plan tor 'tare." The f!if cti.'fcit
p.Hro-ie roj put nto f language- bp th War frniMtfric Roord tmr.ir.l the
r.'ise of the World War through it tffortt to eliminate all tear prolfi Jfr
A'scMIrjfen's article came fo Ifie attention ef Itr. Jlernard if. ftarsi-A. thaw
v an of th War Industrie Board and adetinijtrator of th on pro 1 p.
s -id (a he vrttet us), line U teemed le indicate e growing Inf.-.r.il In thr
iV.-a, Induced Aim fo tnwjfce practical meant lo bnng about a fx.'! con pre
ftion of fiiJtinp fne proIt eat of toor in th varinet great countries of i.ie
world. To thi end he reponded to a 0fHon of Vr. (hreii Vflvnj, of
11 Pag Scltool of international Relation at Johns Hopkins Vnlxers:lv. ('.(
he establish a court of lectures there to erpound the War Inilmtriri ftminl
p.'sn In detail. Later he trill proceed Is wialte similar arrangements uf liorfliia
snirer.il ties in Hreof ftrttaisi, franc, German v. Italy, and Jap.in. At) rrlng
with Jfr. Bamch that th tubbed coll for paMIc knotririfr on.f duiujsion,
if trot natural ;or the Atlantic lo Inns Is him for th following paper. Tun
vEtiiTtiiie or Tut Atlantis Momtuli.
win the war. Further, there was the
ftillroad Administration with Its need
f"T material and labor, and finally
there was the feverish quest for labor
and supplies on the part ot the muni
tion makers all competing for labor,
nv.mey, materials, transportation, fuel,
p.'wer, and each Insisting oa the
greater importance of Its activity. All
this while the labor supply was being
lessened by the Dow ot men Into the
Army.
While an endeavor was being mads
to bring order out of chaoa. the great
undertaking had to go on. Men, ships,
munitions, food, material, had to be
provided. Old organisations, bureaua
and traditions had to be met and
changed, but not destroyed until the
new was set up. The wonder of It all
'.s. not that there were ao many m!s
tahes. but that so much was accom
plished. At the time we entered , the war
prices were at their poak. and tendinr
hit her because of the war's Insatlabla
demands. The problem was not alone
to secure the materials and labor and
to atop the confusion, but to do It ta
such a way that the morale of the peo
ple would be maintained. The prices
of some things, like steel and copper,
were fixed far below prevailing ratea,
and the wages of labor In those indus
tries were standardized. The mors
hlchly organised an Industry, the
ca.'ier It was to arrange. Order did
not commence to appear until the
Army tunneled ita needs through one
man sitting with a section of the War
Industries Board and until the Navy,
War was once described at I'rus
la's most prolltable Industry.
It neuds only a scaut examination ot
history ts learn that other countries
?re open to ths same Indictment.
The methods ot the Robber Barons
did not pass with the end of feudal
ism. Annexstlon by conquest did not
cease. But whea America entered the
World War President Wilson fathered
a doctrine that aball alwaya govern
as that never a foot of territory
would be added ta our boundaries by
torce.
So, as America has taken the lend
toward making Impossible national
p-oftt through war. It too may be
America's privilege to point the wsy
toward making Impossible Individual
profit through war. To take the priif.1
out of war la to take a king step to
ward creating aa economic detesta
tion of war. The experience of the
t'r.lted States In the World War at
fords a basis for the belief that Ihe
piaa herein discussed le practical. In
fact. It Is more than a belief it Is a
certainty, althourh not widely known,
t The world Is such a b'tey place, and
t iie radius of human activity haa bien
so greatly enlarged because of mod -rn
Inventions, that It la not strnnre that
there are hut few people who are eon-te-i,int
with what waa qulrtly but
effectively taking place In this conn
try in the mobilisation and use of Its
raterlal resources In the World War
a process that would have eventual
ly eliminated all lmpropr profits
Strength Is given lo the public ad-vrcv-v
of Industrial moblltatlon made
ly both President Harding and Preal-
l.LX iKCTCiV ECHOES'
A, !.!. EdMyn-8 hua flipped
liia weii dtillniH unilit lo l'jutr
prim, llu txuvisiu follow tsutn
irillini: Hroiiml Knterpriite for
on f.witks'.
Mrs W. 0, Hill mid diumhter.
Lut'i e, urn tnjoyiuK a visit wiih
Mtv. Hill's motlur in l'urtlaiii).
M . 'mo a K U. AihIoim n umi
d iiuhtt r drove ovt r hoin Kt ni e
w.ck. Saturday und past-en Sud
auy ut llu- home ol Mr. unit Mis.
Sui'.it im.n.
Tutf FiigUboii ChkvioifiCo., t (
llit.infi' tt tt livfttii u m-w fo..ili
to 1 . siail'iil t'ifti Ktl.y on Si t it
last.
Mt'd. Ed Hn cheil wi li In i
duu( liter Du I , lift Saiuru.y
inoriiiiiit furli.e DhIU-h wlk-rehl i-
cxpictnJ to cot Buit r t.octo' wi lij
iiKttio o llp lime i ' t i.t i. il.,
1'. VV A lKJIi l.l.il Iktl.liV OHiVi
up in m ill od K,ei, Smun
an i cpriit a K l.uuD whli it.,
tive .
Lcxinui' n n, t-ml f im of ilia
G uiu'h of Ciititit wi.l ln l t tin
n:n la.-lrr Hervici- wiih A p.i.f
llihii- M-hool rut-mlifrs at AlpiiH
Mini ay o hi. k lolowni by h
:! . whip iliniif r.
Mi a Oa Suiit tyi'ia fnpu)
visiting; in lone
II at) diniteti and O J. Cox
a e orkiti: on hi rouu out ul
c'-'ni; mar lone,
T1 SSiwT
MM
v.. jmSrWt
Vm Bringing My Brozvnic
A Brownie doubles the day's fun, nnd makes the
story yours for keeps, with pictures.
Ilcrc arc the three big Folding Brownie features.
It's compact; never in the way. It's autographic;
you on (lute and title the film mnr;in when you click
the shutter. It's dependable; E;. .'.niuu-mado cameras
stand up.
You'll find the Brownies on display at our Kodak
counter. Come in find 1 k them over.
FMni liruunict J i box v brvvcHlti fjjuo up.
B i X
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. ""ax m n m mm Ma. sjaam
SVJJ.A O 1 Uiit.
-O ()-
a?. frZ'? 2?"-, Cl,dge-Mr. CooUdge a. r
partment aatlslled Its requirements
through a central authoritative body.
This was called the War Industries
Reard, controlling and dlrecUng all
materials and co-ordlnalng through
Ita chelrman the whole system ot gov
ernmental and civilian supply and de
mand. It waa created by execuUv
cr.ltr In March of the year 1918.
Briefly, this board endeavored to
ncMll-e the Industries of America so
that the fighting forces of the Allied
and associated nations could draw
frem ths United Statea the last res
ervoir of men, matt-rials and money
the things needed for the winning ot
the war at the time the tblnrs were,
net led and with ths leat dislocation,
ot Industry and the least disturbance)
of ths civilian population.
II
The War Industries Board was or
gar.lsed like any other supervisory
committee, with a chairman, vie
ihal.-n.un. members in charge of va
rki:s activities, bureau chiefs and aub
ord!:iati workers. It surveyed and
oi:rht to arrange the whole Industrial
war fk!d under the plenary powers
conferred by ths President and ths
r::p-c I. How well It did this is a
story for others to tell What It did
is the basis ot the plan I am hero
drawing.
It wts comparatively easy to fit
prl-es end to distribute materials, and '
Indeed to stabilize the wages of labor
In the t Industries la which prices
were fired. The labor situation, how
ver, lecime Increasingly difficult,
particularly when General Crowder
found It necessary to withdraw mea
Tor the proposed campaign of 1919
ifter 4 000.000 soldiers bad already
Seen ta'.tea.
Much has been said about ths profl
ecrlng of labor. It ia aa unjust accv
ution. It Is only fdlr to say that this
ondlllr n was primarily brought about
bmugh the tneverlence of the organ
nllon within oar own governmental
1 ;artments and by the furious bld
ting or munitions makers and ship
jal'.deri for services. That situation,
l gether wHb the increased prices of
I t till gs that labor had to buy with
lie results of lis work, made It Inert--.ible
that labor must get higher
ares. 1
So It became evident that the pries
;lli:g program had to go sven fur
hor, and the War Industries Board,
vkrn the Armistice came, waa pro-.'e'-dlng
with a campaign to Ax ths
jr'.cct of all the tunic things that la
or bad to buy. Some had previously
teen flxed. I speak of labor In a much,
iroadir seme than manual labor, for
Ihe unorganized so-callud "white col
lar" part of our community clerks,
teachers, government empioyeos, pro
fessional men were lens sole to meet
the situation thaa labor In ths nar
rower snnse. Tor the protection and
e-f.o .n such eronos certain nlatia
ently as lat October In bla Omaha
rn"o h to the American Legion by
the fact that the plan they advocated
ti a part of the regular national war
tr -nrles had once been set up and
sccsifully operated ander the War
I-i'cstrlrs Board.
freeing the President's reent
'rVir exrisl:lcr. of l.'.n subject, some
f-sT" of puhl'c interest hai been en
g .-nii-red by sn exchange of letters be
tween Owen D Young (of Pawes olan
funie). In behalf of ths Walter Hins
P e School of Jnternattnnal Ue!a
t .nn. and the writer. The corre-r-
a l-'nce rrvilted In the establish
ri nt of lectures at the Pare School
tit Johns Hopkins Tnlverslty) on this
tri 3e. Previously the Iftanfle Vonfh
, 1j printed an article by Flsly Huddle
t;"n. who point'.! out that Europe saw
' rr.-i' strides toward peace In the
.'.r.urlrun idea of "taking the profit
r.-t of war" in a systematic way. His
r---lr reference wss to the plan of the
V.'.ir !ndnstrles Board.
Tre resnnrces of a country mlrht
- r- ferred to as the five M's: (1)
rrn power: (J) money; J main
t - nice or food: (4) material re-t-.urii
(Including raw materials,
r.-.ri'ifaettirlng facilities, transpnrta-f'-a.
tael and power): and (5) monle.
Tb? Irtelllsence with which the flrnt
f mi r are directed and coordinated as
a r.hn:e will determine the fifth, tha
' f-iale of the community.
!n Ihe war emergency It early be
crnie evident to those who were
chi-gfd with the responsibility of
mo: liis-lnt the re-ources that thi-re
vis a Just sentiment among the peo
jl.t aralnit profiteering. Profiteering
mi-bt be willful and profit making
r.!r.ht be Involuntary; but. whatever
in form, there was a Just determlna
tln It should ccaee. So It became
n"c lary to fix prices where the sup
ply wai limited.
Wherever ths government created a
rh rtn-e b.v Us demands, prices were
f v jd. rot only for the Army, Navy and
the Allies, but for the civilian popula
te n as well. And In addition to price
fixing on war essentials (such as steel,
wcol, (onper, and so forth), the bal
ance, aftor the war program had been
filled, was rationed or distributed ac
cording to Urn priority needs of the
T!ir'i;i'.s civilian demands. In other
to'ils, where the price of tho product
of an Industry was fixed that Industry
bad to dollver ths part which tho gov
crnmeisi did not need to the civilian
population, not In the way the Indus
try chose, but as the government di
rected. It m.iBt bo remembered that when
tils' war cams there was no adequate
preparation. Indeed, It Is doubted by
ti e best authorities whether any ef
fective form of preparation then
ktiown would hsve been of much aval!
In view of the widespread and enitulf
ln results of the war and the lack ot
knowledr, of the various Instruments
AiootiK students whosptut the-(
! I'.asl rvaCHlioti in Li-xiniiton wt-re
lis! Lk Vclle Lt-ath-r, wlioix at
Monnitaih Ctun Stuaia arm E
mo Macmillen of 0. A. C.
Kural school lebchtrs spent
Monday vititinK'town schools,
l'liore who oboerved work being
buie in LrxiPtt'cn were Mrs En
Kelly ol Dfvine school, Ui-'s'.j
Kiui.uUpsonof Siratier.y sc. ool
V,is Anna (Jralborn ai.u Mr.
KalUr ofl'ine City. . 'l
MORGAN ITEMS jj
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. iVnu'etrj!
ol Jt-spt-r, Ept-ni th past wtek :
visiiiou; rt'atik'es bere. Ttit-y r-i
turned to the r huine WVdtitsuuy :
Thelma MorRKti Hjit iit tbe vn k I
end with her (arcnls, Atlr. ui ' f
Mrs. E G. Morgan.
Mr. and Mrc, Fred Pettyjohn1:
and family moved Onto the hum
Minor plact Mondav, to rtsicie
for a while.
There ws no school on Monday
in Mortiun. owing to the teachers,
visiting the sclioola nt I ji e.
Miss Carrie Medloek was the;
dinner Kuest of Margaret Lly
Sunilay.
U For !Iil!ii:U' Harvests
B Ccmbin - nrvoster
II Dti'tH tl end Duilt by
HADVANC('-I:UM- LY
ft IJ
Paul G. Balsiger, Agent,
lone, Oregon.
:!:i;iiil!!lll!il!!l!!llliil
w "VfTT'T'l WW 9 W W Tf TfTTTf WWW f V
The big
M;ss Alta I'ettyjohn of Lcxini
ton s pent the weekend wioh Mins
Ulaiivs Medloek.
lit ulah Pettyjohn and Dt ontis
Ci j'Atll were culling in I jhc Mon
duy.
Mr. H. O.Lly finished plow
ini;, Monbay.
Mr. J, l . M. FarrenS is appur
ently on the high road to rccov
ory f rom his prolonged and sen
(Mi ill ness.
ilitlh grade piuno n ar lone
wi:l besol i to reliable parly at a
big t-aving. $10 a month will han
i A r?al ouy. Writd at once for
particular.
Tallmuan Piano Store,
Salem, Oregon.
rVerg for Siletia
Frederick the (irent of I'rnnsla
anged thiee wurs agnltist Auotrla lo
iiln pieHslon of Hllenla. The first
wns from 1710 to 17; ths second In
1741 ami 174T. and ths third from
17MJ to 1703,
Queer Cutom$
The Zlpus, chiefs of the I'lillicliu In
dlmis, Colombia, were governed Iiy
sliigiilnr rules, liucli Zluu wus llie
toai-a in nis winnow couia sell snos, ..,. .,... singular rules. Each Zlpu wus llie
and only ths standardlxed shoes could f d;tructlon which were being de- , of nll prertBCttllM,r., H(Pri w,
be sold. No Jobber or manufacturer '":u
would sell shoes to anybody whs did .!. bat.
not havs this card. Ths shoes wera " WB Army had several division,
t" bo stamped Class aV. B or C and bad '?lpe.tlne 0M. th "f for u
n,-.iT7, nun purruunn, nonsmr;, ann so
tu
flat of tbem proved tlmt mnuMo. I ""Z 7 , . .7 "
rers. Jobburand reU-.ilers of shots h' " !?P ?f h hor
could make and sell shoe:, only of a '7,h "'" 7,"""
specified quality at a fixed price, ef- I "hV ." T", SJf' Z n
ho did .u. , fc4
fectlve July, 191. No one
aot havs a card of ths War Industrie
reared under spccliil gunriliuiiHlilp nnd
wns forbidden (o see ths sun or eul
Shit,
IDEA
A
j&just hot is not fuel but
15&15icts.
Before you buy, see
mitfo
at'the
if
ft'J
9
Quart thomt Tiih a$ Lure
llawallnn suxiienil n lire ipnr r. 1
some Uu Huh In the wnter In front i,
crevices In the rocks In order to I in
Into concealed nets other flnli of II
saint klud, which couie out to llgla.
Elevator.
Victor Hugo' l a th
The nenrer I iiii"our; llu- nm
plainer I lieiir iiroiiinl me flu- l,,i;
syiliphonle of llie wmlil- v.mrii ;
me. It Is marvelous, el siuiiile, i
tor Iiugo.
Sliehtlv Dtftctium Mmmnrv
"He's kimkI ut reeulilni nnmes ante
faces, " remirked the nuin on tha eek
"hut his memory ileseiis III in whenil
comes to smiiil sums of tuoncy u but
rowsU of his friends.'' .