| Show POLITICS BEFORE BUSINESS IN COMMENTING on present day problems of industry and business a pioneer pacific ship operator said the thing that startles industry today Is the dani datable able politics that enters into every phase ot of business ac activity it seeing seems like every man holding office makes decisions on matters 0 of f public interest not fj from om the standpoint of efficiency good judgment or economy but purely from the standpoint of political expediency as a vote getting proposition from an uninformed or prejudiced public we send men to office who are big enough mentally and morally to decide public questions on their merits without tear fear or tavor favor but once they are in office they seem to become abs obsessed essed with the craze for political power and their business judgment is submerged in the political pastime of playing to the galleries lor for votes take the problems ot of developing an american merchant marine without doubt every senator and representative in congress knows that the handicaps placed on american ship operators by the la follette act will strangle american shipping yet knowing this it la is doubtful it they would vote to amend the act in order to give american ships an equal chance to compete with foreigners who are not governed by the act tor for fear ot of being defeated tor for office by some radical labor element this is merely an instance of 0 the manner in which industry ta is made the vehicle for or political maneuvers regardless of the ultimate needs of the country to better business and industrial conditions we must eliminate this kind ot of political mockery carried on irk in the name ot of government |
