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Show Firmness But Not Pigheadness m On the 16th of August 1035, (.outs XIV, galloping In, hat toot from Vln-cennes, Vln-cennes, entered, the Grand Chamber of thtTParl lament ot Paris, booted 'and spurred, In full hunting coslumo He took his position under the royal canppy, which stood permanently in. jh the left corner ot tho halL and per- - emptorlly, ordered the House to reg- is'ter the decrees without discussing, them In the future. As he marched out ho exclaimed: "L'Etat, e'est mol." (''The State I I am the State.") When President Wilson, recently' declined, at the Intercession ot a body of Western manufacturers, to put the brakes on threatening legislation legis-lation which 'has caused buslnoas to dwindle to half of lis normal capacity, capac-ity, It Is feared he overlooked several sever-al Important things which may in the 'end seriously embarrass his administration. adminis-tration. ' The Illinois Manufacturers Association, Associ-ation, the Ohio Manufacturers' Association' Asso-ciation' and the National Implement and Vehicle Association did not speak for themselves alone. The Industries are suffering, It Is true. They are stifling for want of the Invigorating oxygen ot conn-dence. conn-dence. Three Million Unemployed But the Industries are not the only Interests that struggle for breath. ". With them are 3,000,000 unemployed men and women In this country. The factories, the mills and the railroads have een compelled by business stag nation t6 refuse employment to the'se workers. They have no work for them. The unemployed are oatlng the bread of Idleness In the cities. They are being fed for the moment by tradespeople, who cannot long afford af-ford to carry non paying cusloraers upon their books. The grocers and the butchers are not so prosperous that they can do business long on credit. They must pay their rent and the wages of their employes. The landlords of these ldlo men and women cannot Indefinitely permit the occupation of their promises by non-paying tenants. Business Qreatly Impaired Business In the cities Is almost at, a standstill. In Philadelphia" a great 5 department store has decided to close one day each week. This mean, much more than a desire on the part of tho merchants to give their employes a rest during tho summer. A student of conditions will see In It an admission on the part ot the department de-partment store that It was operating on Saturdays at a loss. How soon do you suppose that It will be before New York,- Chicago and San- Francisco Francis-co stores will tollow that example? The big stores mlghtjbs well closo now on Saturdays for all the bust-ness bust-ness they do. Walk through their tea' rooks W d? What will you seeT'jfcataMeildle yawning waitresses. AU over phtcago the higher priced rasjauiaals are -suffering from lack ot patronage. Not long -ago one ot them closed its doors. WhyT Because the lower priced eating houses the armchair restaurants and the cafeterias, where one may buy a fairly go&d lnnch for less than a quarter had forced" it out ot business. And why have the small priced eating houses become so extraordinarily popular? Becauso business Is stagnant and business men, as well as the unemployed are forced to economize. Business College Affected One of the largest business colleges In this country has seen Us supply of students diminish so that It Is being be-ing operated at a loss. It depends upon a constant stream of beginners In the fields of stenography and bookkeeping. book-keeping. Where It had 100 students. In one department It now has 25. It has been forced to lay off many of Its teachers. Other teachors have had their wages cut 25 per cent or more. What does this mean, it 'indicates as unorrlngly as tho falling barometer precedes a storm at sea that a season of business depression Is upon us. Firms no longer are employing em-ploying now stenographers. Thoy y nre reducing their olllco help until k their organizations aro being operat- i&Z cd with skeletonized working forces. Furthermore, would-be students have P. not the monoy to iay for tuition. They or their families have seen tho Uhrk cloud of business depression. They aro husbanding their slender resources for food nnd rent. President Wilson Is not suffering. Ho Is drawing his salary regularly. As ho Is of'frugol, thrifty Scotch stock, ho Ir no doubt putting a largo sliiro of his money away for a 'rainy day. Ho is enjoying moro prosperity prosper-ity than ho hoB cver been favored with lu n long anil useful career. Bnt his people are suffering, This Is not a tlmo for him to carry out ob stinately, merely as a matter of per-I per-I sonal pride and preference, policies which are detrimental to tho people who have trusted him. He has a high duty to perform. Ho should not let personal whims Interfere with the only course that will restore the pros-perlty pros-perlty of the country. This Is not the seventeenth century. President Wilson is a great man, but he Is not the State. Ho should be great euough to shift h policy when It is unquestionably a mistaken one. Wise men, as Talleyrand once said, change their minds. A truly great man will not let a lofty firm-ness firm-ness ot purpose degenerate Into mero plgheadedness. Manufacturers' News repeats that Congress slioulj 1. Adjourn. 2. Go home. 3. Talk with the merchants and manufacturers man-ufacturers whoso output has been reduced 50 per cent. 4. Talk with the 3,000,000 peop'.i who are out ot work In this country, and are beginning to get hungry. a is |