BEDFORD MATL TRTT5TTNTI, MEDFORD, PRECOX. TIlUnSDAY, JULY 12, 1017
PAGE TTTRFF.
BUSINESSASKED
BY PRESIDENT
Profits and Patriotism Not Relat
ed at Any Time Says Executive in
Appeal Scores Ship Owners
Whose Freight Rates Are Shame
fully Excessive Want Just Prices
WASHINGTON, July 12. Presi
dent Wilson appealed to the country's
business Interests last night to put
aside every selfish consideration and
to give their aid to the nation as free-
i as those who go out to offer their
lives on the battle, field
In a statement addressed to the
coal operators and' manufacturers ho
gave assurances that just prices will
be paid by the government and the
public during the war, but warned
that no attempt to extort unusual pro
fits would be tolerated.
Profits and Patriotism
"Your patriotism," said the presi
dent's appeal, "1b of the samo self
denying staff as the patriotism of the
men dead and maimed on the fields
of Franco, or It is no patriotism at all.
Let us never speak, then, of profits
and patriotism in the same sentence,
"I shall expect every man who is
not a slacker to be at my side
throughout this great enterprise. In
it no man can win honor who thinks
of himself.
The president declared there must
be one price for the government and
for tho public. Ho expressed confi
dence that business generally would
be found loyal to the last degree, and
that the problem of war-tlme prices
jblch, he declared, will "mean vic
tory or defeat," will be solved rightly
through patriotic co-operation.
Ship Owners Condemned
In'iinmcasured terms, however, Mr.
Wilson condemned tho ship owners
of tho country for maintaining a
schedule of ocean freight rates which
has placed "almost Insuperable ob
stacles" in the path of the govern
ment.
"Tho fact Is," he asserted, "that
" thoso who have fixed war freight
rates havo taken the most effective
means In their power to defeat the
armies engaged against Germany."
Coal production and other Indus-
trios for whose products the govern
ment has negotiated price agreements
are not taken up in detail by the pres
ident, his appeal dealing only with
tho general principles involved in the
determination of war prices. It fol
lows in full:
President's Appeal
"To My Fellow Countrymen:
"The government Is about to at-
tempt to determine the prices at
which It will ask you henceforth to
furnish various supplies which are
necessary for the prosecution of the
war, and various materials which will
be needed In tho industries by which
the war muBt be sustained. We shall,
of course, try to dotormlne them just
ly and to the host advantago of the
nation as a whole; but justice Is eas
ier to speak of than to arrive at, and
there aro some considerations which
I1 hope we shall lteop steadily in mind
while this problem of justice is being
worked out. Therefore, I takS the
liberty of stating .very candidly my
own view of the situation and of the
principles which should guide both
tho government and the mine owncrB
and manufacturers in this difficult
matter.
"A Just price must, of course, be
paid for everything tho government
buys. By a Just price, I mean a price
which will sustain the Industries con
cerncd In a high state of efficiency,
provide a living for those who con
Wauct them, enable them to pay good
wages, and make possible the expan
sions of their enterprises, which will
from time to time become necessary
as tho undertakings of this great war
develop. They are necessary for
tho maintenance and development of
industry; and the maintenance and
development of Industry are noccs-
Bary for tho great task we have In
hand.
Knrts, N Sentiment
"But 1 trust that we shall not sur
round tho matter with a mist of sent!
ment. Karta aro our masters now,
Wo ought not to havo tho acceptance
of such pricos on the ground of patrl-
otlsm. Patriotism has nothing to d
with profits In a case like this. Pa
irlotism and profits ought never 1
the present circumstances to be men
tloned together. It Is perfectly prop
er to discuss profits as a matter of
business, with a view to malntalnln
the Integrity of capital and the effic
iency of labor in these tragical
months, when the liberty of free men
nvnrvwhnro and of Industry Itself
remblea In the balance; but It would
be absurd to discuss them as a motive
for helping to serve and save our
country.
"Patriotism leaves profit out of
TO 1 NATION
the question. In these days of our
supreme trial, when we are sending
hundreds of thousands of our young
men across tho seas to serve a great
cause, no true man who stays behind
to work tor them and sustain tliom by
his labor will ask himself what he Is
personally going to make out of that
labor. No .true patriot will permit
himself to take toil of their heroism
in money or seek to grow rich by
the shedding of their blood. Ho will
give as freely and with as unstinted
self-sacrifice as they. When they are
giving their lives will he not at least
give his money?
"I hear it insisted that more than
a just price, more than a price that
will sustain our industries, must be
paid; that it is necessary to pay very
liberal and unusual profits ill order
to stimulate production; that nothing
but pecuniary rewards will do re
wards paid in money, not in the mere
liberation of the world. '
What Po Yon Mean? '
"I take it for granted that those
who argue thus do not stop to think
what that means. Do they mean that
you must he paid, must be bribed, to
make your contribution, a contribu
tion that costs you neither a drop of
blood, nor a tear," when the whole
world Is in travail and men every
where depend upon and call to you to
bring them out of bondage and make
the world a fit place to live in again
amidst peace and justice? Do they
mean that you will exact a price,
drive a bargain with the men who are
enduring the agony of this war on the
battlefield, in the trenches, amidst
the lurking dangers of the sea or with
the bereaved women and pitiful chil
dren, before you will come forward to
your duty and give some part of your
life, in easy peaceful fashion, for the
things we are fighting for, the things
we have pledged our fortunes, our
lives, our sacred honor to vindicate
and defend, liberty and justice and
fair dealing and tho peace of nations?
Added Hardens Must Come '
Of course you will not. It is in
conceivable. Your patriotism Is of
the same self-denying stuff as the
patriotism of the men dead or maimed
on the fields of France, or else It Is
not patriotism at all. Let us never
speak, then, of profits and of patriot
ism in tho same sentence, but face
facts and meet them. Let us do sound
business, but not in the midst of
mist. Many, a grievous burden of
taxation will be laid on this nation, in
this generation and in the next, to
pay for this war; lot us see to it that
for overy dollar that is taken from
the people's pockets, it shall be possi
ble to obtain a dollar's worth of the
sound stuffs they need.
Ship Owners Scored
Let us turn for a moment to tho
ship owners of tho United States and
tKo other ocean carriers whose exam
ple they have followed, and ask them
what Insuperable obstacles they have
been putting in the way of the suc
cessful prosecution of this war by the
ocean freight rates they have been
exacting. They are doing everything
that high freight charges can do to
make the war a failure, to make it
impossible.
'I do not say that they realize this
or intend It. The thing has happened
naturally enough, because tho com
mercial processes which we are con
tent to see operate In ordinary times
have without sufficient thought been
continued into a period where they
have no proper place.
Merely Stating Pact
'I am not questioning motives. I
am merely stating a fact and stating
It In drdor that attention may he
fixed upon it.
'Tho fact Is that those who have
fixed war freight rates have taken the
most effective means in thoir powe
to defeat the armies engaged against
Germany. When they realize this we
may, I take It for granted, count upon
them to reconsider the whole matter.
It Is high time. Their extra hazard)
are covered by war risk insurance.'
.Must Understand One Another
"I know and you know, what re
sponse to this great challenge of duty
and of opportunity the nation will ex
pect of you; and I know what re
sponse yon will make. Those who
do not respond, who do not rcspon
In the spirit of those who havo gone
to give their lives for 'us on bloody
fields far away, may safely be left to
be dealt with by opinion and the law
for the law must, of course, com
mand those things. I am dealing with
tho matter thus publicly and frankly
not because I havo any doubt or fear
as to the result, but only in order
that In all our thinking and In all ou
dealings with one another we ma
move In a peifectly clear air of mut
ual victory.
Whole People Mobilized
"And there Is somothlng moro that
we must add to our thinking. Th
public Is now as much a part of the
government as the army and nav
themselves; the whole people are now
mobilized and In service for tho ac
complishment of the nation's task in
this war; It Is In such circumstances
impossible Justly to distinguish be
tween Industrial purchases made by
the government and Industrial pu
chases made by the managers of In
dustrlos, and It Is Just as much ou
duty to sustain the Industries of Ih
country with all the Industries that
contribute to its life, ai It li to sus
tain our forces in tho field and on the
sea. We must mako prices to the
public the samo as tho prices to the
government. Prices mean tho same
thing everywhero now. They moan
the efficiency or tho Inefficiency of
the nation, whethor It Is the govern
ment that pays them or not.
Wluit l'liros Mean
"They mean victory or defeat. They
mean that America will win her place
once for all among I no most irec
nations of the world, or that she will
sink to defeat and become a second
rate power, alike In thought and In
action. This is a day of her reckon
ing and every man amongst us must
personally face that reckoning along
with her.
"The case noods no arguing. I as
sume that I am only expressing your
own thoughts what must bo in the
mind of every true man when he
faces the tragedy and the solemn
glory of the present war, for tho
emancipation of mankind.
Summoned to (front Duly
'I summon you to a great duty, a
great privilege, a shining dltultv and
distinction. I shall expect every man
who is not a slacker to be at my side
throughout this great entorpilse. In
It no man can win honor who thinks
of himself' .... .
MRI 1 HREATENED
E
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 12. A
threatened strike by United Stntos
railway employes at construction
headquarters, Nenana, which prom
ised to become serious, is believed to
have .been averted. Commissioner
Thomas Riggs turned the tide In fa
vor of the government, when he spoke
meeting last night, at which all
save possibly 100 of the railroad em
ployes who have recently formed a
labor organization wore present.
Charles Lester, Robert Smith and
several other strike leaders have been
arrested, charged with seditious ut
terances. .
The Original
Turkih Blend
OF
All London Perches on Skyline to
Watch the Murder.
11Y K. W. I'AYNK.
(Iomlim Correspondent of the Daily
Mail Tribune.)
LONDON, July VI. The Clornmns
may iry to wipe out London from the
air, this summer, by nn endless series
of furious aeroplane attacks, say
many observers here.
Utterly foolish, as the attempt
would be, these observers claim air
raids on London me slill in their
infancy both as to extent nml feroc
ity. They nssert the kaiser might
cpiite logically attempt to keep hun
dreds of planes in operation ugiiiusl
the world metropolis, actually expect
ing to accomplish thereby sonio mili
tary purpose. . ' . . .,
It is hold the Germans, in nn ef
fort to oVercouie British air sup'.ein
ncy m I'rnnce, will persist, in uoinu-
ing Knglish women and ehiMren,
thus hoping some of the British air
lighters may be forced to protect the
home towns and give up service at the
front.
Commentators suggest America
can piny here a role of unparalleled
utility by hastening to bring to her
allies a still greater preponderance of
ncrinl power.
'In fact, it is suggested that the
Germans, in forcing the fight in the
skies, are actually ensuring their own
more speedy downfall, Ihm an allied
air navy so powerful us to dominate
completely the wholo future course
of the war.
Meanwhile Londoners continue to
take the kaiser's doses of aeroplane
fright fulness with curiosity and in
creased determination to fight until
to
From the Golden Gate to
the Statue of Liberty Fatima
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all Turkish blend cigarettes;
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biggest ccUin.:; ISn cignrcito
KILLING BABIES; HOW LONDON
ACTS DURING A GERMAN ZEPPELIN RAID
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rightfulness is crushed in Germany.
Here is a typical experience of nn
air raid :
Over the click of typewriters in
tho office we nolo a succession of
dull thuds, like the distant banging
of doors. Then it sounds as tho
somebody was dropping heavy boxes
in a room down tho hall. Suddenly
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Children, victims of n Gorman all'
raid, recovering from their wounds In
n London hospital. r- ,
a crash and shiver near at hand
makes everybody slop work.
"Guess it's a raid," says the ste
nographer, unmoved.
Out in the corridors and stairways
are two leisurely moving currents of
people. Some aro going downstairs
to Ihe cellars; most are climbing up
to roofs. AH are joking and laugh
ing; llierc is no sign of undue excite
ment; men aro continuing to talk
business as they gol
On tho roof the view is extraordi
nary. London's whole skyline is alive
with hmiiuuily. Office boys uro
perched up on tho chimneys. Girls
are clustered on all flat spaces, gaz
ing up into Iho dazzling sky. From
the spirit of tho sightseers you'd think
sonio thrilling aerial circus was being
staged. i '
All the time there echoes ihe crash
per
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CIGARETTES
Cameron & Cameron Co.
RICHMOND. VA.
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this country knows anything
about. Fatimas please so
many men, they'll please
your taste, too. jtf"-
of bombs mid the sound of antiair
craft guns. Now and again for a fiy
seconds aeroplanes, glistening like
silver in the sun, aro visible maneu
vering in the clouds. They disappear.
The bomb roar ceases. The guns uro
silent. The show is over. '
The sightseers on tho roofs go
k to work. Thev know that women
and babies have been killed. They
feel a burning hate for the men re
sponsible. Hut, as innocent specta
tors themselves, they cannot help
hoping that if there 'is another raid
they'll havo a belter view of the
aerial performance. It is so tre
mendously thrilling and novel.
The horrr.r of the babies with arms
and legs blown off, school children
crushed under falling timbers thesa
things they don't know of until the
next day, unless they were right near
the spot where the bombs fell. l!ut
becauso of these things their resolve
grows more grim thun ever that Viere.
can be no pence with the llohenzol
lerns. HIO JAN1ER0, July 12. Tho
Hiitish government hns proposed to
Brazil thru tho ministry at London
a plan under which exportation of
Brazilian coffee to Kngland may bo
resumed on two conditions : First,
that the coffee bo transported in
German ships confiscated by Brazil;
second ibat their ships also carry
certain other food products.
The Brazilian foreign minister Hns
instructed the minister at London to
reply that Brazil, altho willing to
ship other food products cannot
agree that the coffee shall bo car
ried exclusively in the confiscated
German diips.
OGDEN, UTAH, GHOsIiT '
AS FEDERAL RESERVE CITY
WASHINGTON, July 12. Tho
federal reserve board today desig
nated Ogden, I'nli, as a. reserve city.
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