| Show brains not lob 10 holders needed advocates of public ownership owne ship iship of private industry often us as is an the fact that private companies pay enormous sali salaries tries which if the property were publicly owned would b eliminated no stronger argument could be advanced against public ownership then than the foregoing statement tile the government may conscript I 1 labor and material and put it to work in time of war but it cannot conscript energy ambition and brains for it a business undertaking in peace tinie time the men who make the best soldiers ei the lie best engineers the abst b sac army and the best doctors during a war give their services without thought of pay as 85 a 11 duty to their country but in times of ponce pence the motive which moves them to greater endeavor and gica g eater accomplishments is tile the reward which follows personal achievement A man commanding a apiary of or a year who can grive give the nation it universal telephone service an unlimited supply of gasoline the cheapest automobiles in the world electric motors lamps modern insurance safeguards a perfect railroad r system electric washing walis wJ lis thi mat mairy elous 01 V numerous other which alch are commonplace to the amerian american home and lux viea in european countries where government ownership and control has been tho the practice in many lines of industrial development ie cheap at ten len times his salary of whit what advantage are low priced government employed emp loyes to the people if they fail to develop the service which private enterprises and initiative strive to provide corporations pay the largest salaries because becaas be caus by so BO doing they secure the brains which enable them to furnish their products to the masses at the lowest possible price irice |
