Show V BUSINESS MEN ARE SOLIDLY Y FOR I WAR WORK V 1 j Declare Themselves Behind V V v V U. U S. S S Government Regardless Re Re- V J r of C Cost st st. 4 l characterized the directness Vigor and th the thc chamber of V resolutions adopted by commerce 0 of the United States before V t the adjournment of its convention at Chicago Chit ChiV Chi Chi- V t cago bO last week says sas Bradstreets that WIning Win Winning V One of the declarations was 1 ning ing th the war is the most Important business busi bust and another an- an ness of every business man V V V other r announced that American bb business bustness I V men were eo squarely rl behind the government govern govern- r. r V ment no matter what the cost until I is utterly destroyed The convention pledged the e energies I II S rs nt 5 th the facilities the resources e a and tl the tho united I efforts of the chamber to meet t any en de demand de- de 3 mand rJ ho hoW however W great that t may be made upon it it to continue to sustain our government government gov gov- and our fighting forces In the S V struggle to save the tho world It reaffirmed V in favor of universal universalS its previous action S military training declaring that the experience experience S of the past two years vears has shown the great cost of the nations nation's unprepared unprepared- ness particularly through its inability force promptly to place a large laige effective V in hI the field The vital importance of shipping at the present critical stage in resolution tb tUfi war was recognized In a declaring it to be the duty of business V men and business organizations in the V S country countr to do all In their power to speed speedup up 1111 shipbuilding and to see that the shipyards shipyards shIpyards ship ship- I best yards have the first call upon the V labor abor and executive ability available In their respective communities Other resolutions urged the war industrIes Industries Indus- Indus tries board to declare what industries conduct of the war S ire are essential to to the advised that new undertakings not thus essential be discouraged declares In m fa favor fari fa- fa avor a- a S of the maintenance i of public 1 utilities I vor tt rh in ri the highest possible state of efficiency indorsed the thc instalment plan for the payS payment pay pay- V ment of special war taxes urged that S waterways r and d highways should carry paY paY-I r f 5 S ih their t full lY share hr of the country's h tr traffic f fas so SOV V as to relieve the railroads advocated legislation legislation leg leg- I to prevent profiteering and pleaded for the continuance of untiring V work to secure a large I 1 5 to the third Liberty loan 1 1 Business Barometer Barometer l 4 corn 1 I I American Smelting and Refining company com com- V rany pany has declared a regular quarterly 1 dividend of 1 per cent on common stock V S payable June 15 to stock of record MayS May S dividend of 1 H. H 24 4 The regular quarterly S V t per ier er cent on preferred stock was also deV de- de V red flared payable June 1 to tostock stock of record recordS S ray 10 |