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Show NO BREAD LINES AHEAD The following aiticle by Herbert Kaufman, appeared in a hundred newspapers, Sunday, May the 13th. "War is bad business, but don't ever make the mistake of thinking war means bad business. "It takes a dozen farmers, mechanics, me-chanics, trainmen, butchers, bakers, tailors and shoemakers to maintain a soldier. "We can't put a million men under arms without putting at least twelve million other men under the eight-hour eight-hour clock. "We must build cruisers, cast can non, produce rifles, tin meat, raise food, weave khaki, pack surgical kits, cobble foot wear, construct motor cars, extend transportation, manufacture uniforms, knit socks, erect forts, roll armor plate, draw wire, mine steel and fuel, mix explosives, process chemicals, provide spades, picks and traitors, make ammunition, airships, electrical equipment in such quantities quanti-ties that existing capacities will stag ger under the burden. "Every trade and every branch of trade, from Bangor to Bollingham and from cannery to foundry, will soon be mobilized for the colossal task of transforming an industrial giant into a Titan warrior. 'Within a few months, we must accomplish ac-complish what Germany required thirty thir-ty years to do. "Factories must work day and night shifts, railroads will operate extra t ruins, produce will ride to port from every available acre on the continent. "We have become the armory and the bread-box of our Allies, and we have called a host to the colors whose needs alone will total billions of dollars dol-lars in food and raiment and weap one. "There will be woik for everybody, and everybody must work. The heuv iest responsibility of the create-;) WW in history IfUlOW on our hands. "We must not only Support the cause WO have espoused, but also sup poit our confederates with their ne. essil ;, "(let busy and keep busy. Hire new help, enlarge your plant, order ma ( hincry at onee. "Hesitation, delay and pessimism On e our enemies. "This is no time to retrench or hoard. This is no moment to reduce operations . "Consumption will not diminish. Uncle Sam is in the market for more ; goods than the members of the new army and have individually purchased, and their sons and daughters and wives will soon be holding down their old jobs and collecting their wages, which in turn will be spent at the grocer's, the department store and the di' legist's. "Patriotism is flooding Washington with ready cash and Washington is shipping in carload lots to the maim facturer and retailer. There are no bread lines ahead. An unprecedented jCia of prosperity is around the bend.1 "However sad the price, the business busi-ness outlook was never better." |
