Show I fORGET PROFITS WIN INTHE THE WAR AR President Wilson Appeals to Business Business Business Bus Bus- I iness Interests of Country JUST PRICES IS HIS DEMAND Business Should Not Take Toll OHMen Off OH Men In Trenches Says the Chief Executive Ship Executive Ship Owners Are Condemned Washington President Wilson appealed appealed ap ap- pealed to the country's business Interest Interests In In- Interests terest Wednesday to put aside eYer every selfish consideration and to give their rid aid to the nation as freely as those who go to offer olTer their lives on the bat bat- In a statement addressed to the coal conI operators and manufacturers he gave that Just prices will 1111 be paid by the government and the public during durIng during dur dur- ing the war but warned that no attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to extort unusual profits will be tolerated lour four patriotism said the presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's appeal Is s of the same self self- denying stuff as the patriotism of the themen themen themen men dead and maimed on the fields of France or It Is no patriotism at nil all tet Let us never speak then of profits and patriotism In the same sentence I II I shall expect ever every man who Is not nota d a slacker to be at m my side throughout this great grent enterprise In It no fro man can win honor who thinks of himself Condemns Ship Owners The president declared there must be but one price for the government and for the public lie He expressed sed confidence confidence con con- that business generally generall would be found loyal to the last de degree ee and that the problem of wartime prices which he declared will mean victory or defeat will be solved rightly through patriotic op co-op co ern In unmeasured terms however Mr Wilson condemned the ship owners of the country for maintaining a schedule of ocean freight rates which has hn placed almost Insuperable obstacles In the path of the government Presidents President's Call The presidents president's statement follows The government Is about to attempt to determine the prices at which It will ask you henceforth to furnish various various va ya va- va rious supplies which are necessary for forUe forthe forthe the Ue prosecution of the war and carious various vari yarl- ous materials which will twill be needed In Inthe Inthe inthe I the industries by which the war m 1 must t be sustained We Ve shall of course try to determine them justly and to th the best advantage of the nation as n a. a whole but Justice Is easier casler to speak of than to arrive at sand Nand there are some considerations which I hope w we shall keep steadily In mind while this particular problem of Justice Is being worked out Promises Just Price Therefore I take the liberty of ot stating very cry candidly m my own view of the situation and of of the principles which should guide both the government government govern govern- mt ment nt and the mine owners and mans manufacturers man mm- of t the e country countr In this difficult difficult difficult dif dif- matterA matter A Just price must of course cours be paid for everything e the government buys huys mys By a just price I mean a 0 price which will sustain the Industries concerned concerned concerned con con- In a high state of efficiency provide a allYing living for those who conduct conduct con con- duct them enable them to pay good wages and make male possible the expansions expansions ex ex- x- x of their enterprises which will wm from time to time Ume become necessary necessary necessary sary as the stupendous undertakings of this great war develop Must Face the Facts We could not wisely or reasonably do less than pay such prices Th They are necessary for the maintenance and d development of Industry and the maintenance and development of Industry Industry industry In In- are necessary for the great task we have In hand But I trust that we we shall not surround surround surround sur sur- round the matter motter with a mist or of sen sen- Facts are our masters now We ought not to put the acceptance of such prices on the ground of patriotism patri patri- Patriotism has nothing to do with profits in a u case cuse like Ilke this Patriotism and profits ought never In tn the present circumstances be mentioned together It Is perfectly prop proper r to discuss po profits ts as a n matter of business with a avIew aview aview view to maintaining the Integrity of or capital and the efficiency of ot labor In these mouths months when the liberty liberty liberty lib lib- lib lib- erty of ot free men ev everywhere and of ot Industry itself trembles in the balance balance balance bal bal- ance but it would be absurd to discuss discuss dis dis- cuss them as a motive for helping to serve and save our country Patriotism leaves profits out of ot the question In these days o of our supreme supreme supreme su su- su- su preme trial wh when n we e are ure sending hundreds hundreds hun hun- of thousands of our young oung men inert across the seas to serve a great cause no 10 true man IDan who stays s 's behind to vork Wort- for them and nOlI sustain th them m h by his labor will ask ast himself what he Is personally going to make out of ot that labor No true patriot will permit himself to take toll of at their heroism In money or seek Reek to grow rich by the shedding of their blood lie will give as ns freely and with as unstinted self sacrifice as they When they are arc giving their lives will he not at least give his iris mone money Assails Bribery I I hear it Insisted that more thana thann than n a a Just price more than a price that will sustain our industries must be bo paid j that It Is Js necessary to pay very liberal and ur usual profits In order to stimulate production that nothing but L pecuniary rewards rewords will do re do-re- re I wards paid In money not In the mere mero liberation of ot the world I take it for tor granted that those who argue thus do not stop to think what that means Do they mean that you must bo be paid must be bribed to make your contribution a n contribution that costs you neither nEther a n drop of blood nor a n tear when the whole world Is in travail and men everywhere depend upon and call to you to bring them out of and make the world a n fit place to 11 In again amidst peace pence and Justice Appeals to Honor Do the they mean menn that you ou will exact exacta n a price drive a bar bargain aln with the men who are enduring the agony of this war on the battlefields In the trenches amidst the lurking dangers of the sea or with the bereaved women and pitiful pitiful piti plU- ful children before you will come forward for for- ward to do your duty and give some part of your our life In ens easy peaceful fashion for the things s we are fighting fightIng fighting fight fight- ing for the things we have pledged our fortunes our lives our sacred honor hon hon- or to vindicate and defend liberty defend rind and Justice and fall fair dealing and th tit peace pence of ot nations Of course you ou will not It Is ID in inconceivable conceivable Your patriotism Is s of tin the same self den self denying stuff as ns the patriotism patriotism pa pa- of the men Inen dead or maimed on the fields of ot France or else It Is not patriotism at all Full Dollars Dollar's Worth Let us never speak then of profits and of patriotism In the same sentence sentence sentence sen sen- tence but face facts and meet them Let us do sound business but not inthe In Inthe Inthe the midst of ot a n mist Many Inny n a grievous burden hurden of ot taxation taxa- taxa tion will he be laid on this nation In this veneration generation and In the nt next to pay for foi this wor let us see to It that for foi every dollar that Is taken from the theu peoples people's u pockets It shall be possible to obtain a dollars dollar's worth of ot the sound stuff tuff they need Let m me turn for n moment to the ship clip owners of the United States and ond the other ocean carriers whose example example example ex ex- ex- ex ample they thy have followed and them If the they realize what obstacles what hat almost insuperable obstacles hey have been putting In the way of the successful pro prosecution of this warby war b by the ocean freight rates they have been exacting Making War a Failure The They are doing ever everything that high freight charges can do to make the war a failure to make It I sible I do not say that they realize this Intend It The thing has hns happened naturally enough because the commer commer- commercial commercial cial processes which we are content to see operate in ordinary times have without sufficient thought been continued continued con con- I Into a period where they have ho no 10 proper place I am nm not questioning motives I Iam Iam am nm merely stating n a fact act and stating it In order older that attention mn may be fixed upon It The fact I Is that tho those who have fixed war freight rates have hI taken th the most effective means In their power to defeat the armies en engaged a ed n against Ger Ger- G r- r many When they realize this we may I tak take It for granted count upon them to reconsider the whole matter It It Is high time Their extra hazards are cover covered by war way risk Insurance Warning Is Sounded I know and you know what r re r. response to this great challenge of duty and of opportunity the nation will expect expect expect ex ex- of you ou and I know what response response response re re- re- re you ou will wm make male Those who do not respond who do not respond in the spirit of those who have gone to give ive their lives for forus forus forus us on bloody fields far away ma may safely be left to be dealt with by opinion and the law law for for the law must of course command those things I r am Healing dealing with the matter thus thu t and frankly not because I have any doubt or fear as to the result but only In order that In all nIl our thinking and In all our dealings with one another another another an an- other we may move In a perfectly clear air all of mutual understanding Must Have Same Prices And Anti there Is something more that thai we must add to our thinking The public Is r now ow as much a part of the government as ns are aie the army and navy themselves the whole people In all their activities are now mobilized and andIn andIn andin In service for the accomplishment of ot the nations nation's task In this war It Is In such circumstances Impossible Justly justly Just Just- 1 ly to distinguish between Industrial purchases made b by the government and industrial purchases made by the managers rs of Industries rind and It Is Just Justas ns as much our duty to sustain the Industrials Industrials industrials Indus Indus- trials of ot the county count with all nIl the Industries Industries industries In In- that contribute to Its itA life at to atIt It is to sustain our ur forces in the field and on the sea Think Not of Self We must make malte prices to the public public pub pub- lic lie the same as the prices to the go gov v- v eminent Prices Pi Ices mean menu the same thing everywhere where now The They mean menn the efficiency effi em clency or the Inefficiency of the antion nation na an- tion whether It Is the government that pays them or not They mean menn victory or detent defeat They mean that America will wIn ln her hr puree place once for all nIl amon among the foremost free nations of the world or that Hint she will sink to defeat and become be he- come a second rate power alike aUla In thought and In action This Is a n day dar of her reckoning and anti every man ruan us us must personally face fuce that reckoning along with herThe herThe herThe her The case needs no arguing 1 I Ills Ills- assume as as- sume sumo that I am am only expressing your jour our own thou thoughts what thoughts ht what must be In the mind of ot every enry true man mun when when he facts faced the tragedy and the solemn of the present war for the emancipation of mankind I 1 summon you ou to a n great rent duty r r r. great privilege a n shining dignity and distinction I shall expect every man who I Ic not a n slacker to t be nt at my side this great enterprise In It no man can cun wIn honor who thinks of t himself |