Show Bribing the Clock By Herbert Kaufman au I TN IN N AUGUST 1914 the central powers deci decided ed that the 1 was cheaply c bought at at any ny cost and proceeded to bid a From th that t instant Lj Liberty erty became so so much more precious everything else th that civilization civilisation cant can't afford to quibble quibble over J dental expense of defending democracy which alone coup COun present wages taxes transportation n rat rates s and living charges The kaisers kaiser's sudden assault did not permit of economic adjustments We weren't organized for lor the emergency and aid sa sano S no election to meet it except at the terms of necessity ij There are just two groups of peoples today today the the Slaves of Sword and the Servants of Freedom Germany Austria Turkey and Bulgaria are united m mand 0 and population j their men and means are common property America merica Britain Italy Belgium and France consequently no choice but to pool resources vitali vitality y an and It happens that we a are e able to equip finance nce an and sustain sustan than our own forces al Because we have havethe the wheat lands the mines ines the ford forest foreS ll labor and the factories factories' to support millions ns of f fi fighting min m menh could not otherwise otherwise enter enter action it is our duty ty to exploit the and institutions of this country for th the allied cause without r rf to the immediate welfare of of essentially local interests j The appall appalling ng efficiency of th the enemy enemy the the scope and p 0 of his preparation force preparation force us t to bribe the tre to overt overtake ke pros p lead I g Future production is so much more vital to our past that we dare not halt auction to haggle v o-v ov oven t envelopes or oI consider the plight of strictly commercial ion c COM whose diminished opportunities and mounting overhead IsiaM salary maximums with which government contractors a are e no hen capped nOl Ill The difference between the current and en normal value of 51 and products is being met partly by taxation and partly bye old purchasers without recourse recourse to corrective competition bl But when peace is concluded when concluded when manufacturing and anal rJ u ing are resumed when resumed when we are no longer unrivaled purveyors purveyor when Germany returns returns- to the ben benh h h and the spindle spindle and Belgium relight their cold furnaces and scrape the r fi idle when h n the plants of England ano a are building automobiles and harvesters and sewing machines s electrical equipment when when the looms of Lyons Manches e j a Nottingham and the stamping dies of Leeds start to earn o ocl 1 debts when debts when Cardiff coal is on the Seven seas when seas when th the Chand ClI Ch and the Mersey crowd their ways with merchant ship ships J iI v Bordeaux and Marseilles and Havre are piled with fab fabrics a 1 canned stuffs when stuffs when Australia has wheat and wool to spared I Argentine releases her waiting grain and hides and cattle catU il r Japan demobilizes zes her armies and sends them back to ihl theil ini job of indu industrial trial expansion when expansion when millions pf ro grants are pouring into every Eastern port then port then the law and demand demand- shall demand shall shaH set the hire of farm hands masons mach carpenters painters riveters office boys boys and and berry ber Jc Ic i ers and may alone decide how much they are worth Tomorrow cant can't possibly do business at prevailing expo Prices wages and tariffs will witt drop when Germany hill Copyright 1918 by Herbert Kaufman Great Britain and all other rights res-r res |