Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-11-30 | Page 8 | Public Service versus Private Profit Preparedness

Public Service Versus Private Private- Profit Preparedness The rhe United States government can manufacture every single item th the navy needs fro froth from in paint t to th na cheaper than n th the same articles c can n be purchased from private HP He t declares res Secretary of the Navy Daniels officially t this statement in in his his annual reports J Further it is shown that the government would have saved Vt least east if it ha had m made de armor pla plate e instead of paying combine enormous profits tJ T The e taxpayers have also been gouged on n shells an and other materials used by the army and navy S I f No wonder our navy is inferior to the navy o of Germany though though ours has cost millions more than the thc kaiser h has spent S f j No wonder vonder we haven't felt able to keep a standing army that such an influential nation should have S S S j v jJ J Uncle Sam himself ought to do his own manufacturing o of S c ery dollars dollar's worth of war munitions for these reasons The lic hc government can manufacture war Avar munitions between 20 S a and d 00 60 per cent more cheaply than p private firms S Tile Irhe J government cannot depend upon depend upon private manufacturer I in tune time e of war ar private manufacturers h have ve invariably gouged the government in m wartime 1 Government manufacture does away with the incentive which S private manufacturers have to stir up tro trouble bl in order that they may may sell their wares We want no American S The government can cart erect and keep idle if necessary munitionS S r reserve serve plants whereas private munitions makers must operate their plants in order to tOmake make a profit on their invested capital we yc ve can have better preparedness if the government makes it CS The government treats its workers better in government plants than do the steel trust and other munitions makers S Preparedness i is public business it should be in public and not in in private hands S S Under government manufacture of mun munitions th government could could utilize th the vast natural re resources it still ha has in p. p the public d domain aID the national forests j the raw materials ls s such ch as o oil l coal nitrate phosphate beds water power resources resource j- j the government has the raw material necessary to manufacture wAr war var munitions and would no not have to buy it from private owners S Public service and not private profit should be the l rule ll in in preparedness r