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NOVEMBER 12,1917
WASHINGTON
EDITORIAL PAGE
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MONDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 17
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JUDGE E. H. GARY.
If you see in Washington
a man looking like this pic
ture, you see the head of the
biggest industrial concern in
the world, the United States
Steel Corporation that manu
factures more iron and steel
thp-n all the combined plants
of the German empire. And
it does all the work, not part
of it, from the ore in the
ground to the highly finished
products plates for battle
ships, fabricated painted steel
skeletons for skyscrapers.
The interesting thing about Judge Gary just now to the
public is the fact that the big corporation over which he pre
sides as chairman of the board is the largest individual sub
scriber to the Liberty bonds in the United States.
In the first issue, the United States Steel Company,
through Judge Gary, bid for fifty millions of Liberty bonds,
and on the second issue, for forty-three millions, a total of
ninety-three millions.
I This might be called a "substantial" offer to assist in
the national enterprise across the water.
It is known that before the United States entered the
war, the United States Steel Corporation, in spite of constant
TJrging, declined to organize on an ammunition making basis.
The company.could have made gigantic profits, had it chosen
to 'neglect the country's regular industry of iron and steel,
and make itself a specialist in ammunition for foreign coun
tries. But this was not done.
It was said on behalf of the United States Steel Corpora
tion that if the United States got into the war, all the re
sonrcea of the steel comnanv would be concentrated on
United States business. Meanwhile the company went along
in the usual way.
Congress will observe that when this war ends, an im
portant part of its work will be to study the "after the
war problem" of American industries. t
Many American soldiers necessarily will be dead and
crippled when the war ends. All the more reason why Amer
ican industries should NOT be killed or crippled by unwise
tariff legislation after the war, but ready and able to pro
vide well-paid employment for all men released from the
army.
What we have hitherto called GEEAT industrial com
binations will be as nothing after the war. For when the
war ends, England will be ONE business enterprise, with
tie prime minister at the head of it, and no thought except
TO PUSH ENGLAND and pass competitors naturally and
properly.
Germany, struggling to recover from the curse that she
will have brought upon herself, will be one determined, re
lentless business competitor under government direction and
encouragement and so will all the European nations.
The United States must be ready, here and abroad, to
go into business on the bigger scale, encouraging combina
tion, co-operation, THE BIGGEST POSSIBLE UNITS, with
proper protection for the public here at home, and EVERY
protection for American industry against the competing
industries of other countries.
The Germans will shoot some of our men. Let's hope
that Congress will not shoot any of our industries.
To Judge Lovett and Other Good
Workers
Will You Consider a Suggestion Well-Meant?
Keeping The Home Fires Burning
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of the song the English Tommy sings in France. But fires" inearnest and the Kaiser will know that the end
as soon as American aeroplanes, loaded with dynamite, of his reign is in sight.
Elizabeth Jordan Writes on the Folly of Brooding
Judge Lovett and other railroad men are working with
complete earnestness and sincerity at the solution of the Gov
ernment's transportation problem. We take it that they will
not resent criticism if friendly.
Is it not possible, in moving freight cars, to make sure
that as they move THEY CARRY A LOAD whenever that is
possible?
For instance, we receive this information:
Recently fifteen hundred empty freight cars were moved
from upper New York State to Michigan, where they were
delivered to the Pere Marquette road.
These cars, ENTIRELY EMPTY, were brought down
through Washington, turned over to the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, and then sent, via Cincinnati, to the Pere
Marquette empty all the way.
They could have been sent by a much shorter road, via
Buffalo, or via Niagara Falls through Detroit.
And starting so close to the coal lands in Northern Pennsyl
vania they could have taken with them SEVENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND TONS OF COAL to the West or HERE to
Washington.
In this period of conservation, there should be some way
to avoid hauling fifteen hundred EMPTY cars a thousand
miles. Seventy-five thousand tons of coal that could have
been carried to Western States or to this city by these empty
cars would have been welcome. :
Is there not lack of co-ordination somewhere?
Dear Miss Jordan:
For reasons which I will noT-gro
into. I've got to start life all over
again. I've got to make a new
record, on a clean slate. Fortu
nately. I am stir young and I'm
alone In the world. No one else
shares the struggle with me
Will juu give me some advice,
and wish mo Rood luck? It S.
INDEED, I do wish you good
luck, R.-S. and I wish you
more than that. I wish you
pleasant adventures by the way,
and, in the end, the kind of suc
cess that is worth while.
If I were a good fairy, I would
pive you three parting Jfifts en
thusiasm, courage, and faith.
Possibly you already have them.
I hope you have. For, if you have,
you are starting out on the most
delightful sort of a journey in
which the experiences by the way
make the effort worth while, and
the results are all "to the Rood.
As to the advice, here it is and
it pours forth joyously, for your
situation stimulates one s interest
Forget ETcrjthln In the Past
But Lessons It Has Taught Yon.
First of all, don't be sorry for
yourself. Whatever has happened
in the past, however disappoint
ing, disillusioning, or tragic your
experience may have been, remem
ber only the lesson it holds for
you.
Don't brood over what la gone;
don't even regret It- De too busy
for brooding and regerts. They
are useless things at all times,
and there is absolutely no room
for them in the baggage of a traveler.
When we confe to the day that
offers no trial of our strength, no
sense of new opportunities and
adventures, then we have come to
the real end of our lives however
long a time it may be before our
friends send their floral offerings.
You have not reached that point.
You are still young. Whether you
fully realize it or not, you are full
of hope. You know that life holds
what you want. Ynj know that it
Is for you to get :t to get It again
if you have had it ind lost it, or
to get it at last if jou have never
had it yet.
If We Frown at Life, Life Frowns
Back.
No doubt you have learned in
your first experience that the har
vest life offers you will be the
result of the seed you put into it.
Smile at life, and it smiles back;
frown at it and it frowns in re
turn; distrust it and it distrusts
you. Trust life-the pessimist to
the contrary notwithstanding and
you become one of life's favorite
children. So, to get back to our
harvest, plant faith and enthusi
asm, and energy and hope; plant
good will and human sympathy
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industry and honesty and love; and
suuiici u uicr uiese things will
come back to you, with life's gen
erouB Interest added.
They may not come at once.
There may be years of failure of
hope deferred. Dut in the end they
will come. I have never known
them to fail, when the right seeds
were planted
So go forth buoyantly. Be an
optimist and let the world know
that you are one. So far as op
portunities are concerned, the
world never held greater -opportunities
in the army, in the navy,
in business, in the arts, and in the
professions.
Men who have rushed to the
fighting front have laid down
their work to go. This work must
be carried on by others by those
who, for one reason or another,
cann6t go "over there."
If I were a man, R. S., begin
ning life again, my first journey
would be "over there," if I could
get "over there." And my first
work would be done there, what
ever might come later.
If, for any reason, I could not
go, then my work here at home
would be along the lines that help
those who are fighting us. And
here the possibilities are almost
without limit.
A Cntncljsni and
A Rainbow of Promise.
Once, when I was a very small
child, my little world suddenly fell
to pieces. I don't remember now
what caused the cataclysm. I only
know that it took place. It was
quite plain to me that I could
never have another happy day.
When my world was blackest,
my mother said:
"Why, my dear, wonderful
things will happen to you yet
You will be perfectly happy
hundreds, perhaps, thousands of
times."
I stared at he' The prophecy
seemed incredible; but if she made
it, it must be true.
"Do you really think so," I
asked. "Do you really, truly think
it is possible that I can ever be
nappy again?"
"I'm sure it Is," my mother said,
"I am perfectly sure, I promise that
you will be."
I dried my eyes and proceeded to
be happy at once As I was as
sured of happiness in the future,
I saw no reason for further delay.
I wiped my little slate and began
life over.
It Is a process I have repeated
many times. It Is a process we
all go through, each unhappy soul
fancying Itself the only one, or, at
least, the most afflicted
We all wipe oft our little slates
and begin oer. and e do It very
often. Sometimes a single hour
brings into our lhes a change so
great, so unexpected, that later
the mere memory of It makes us
gasp.
Sometimes we even have to
begin over without wiping off the
slate. We have to write our new
record across the old, scrawled.
Imperfect one. Bo glad. It. S., that
jour slate Is clean.
Be glad, too, that you nre young
and that opportunities lie before
you Bo glad that, some day, you
too. will again be happy. For
somehow, I feel very sure that you
will be.
Be most glad of all, R- S, that
the loneliness, also, will Pass.
Some day, at some turn of the
road, perhaps near, perhaps far o(f,
some one will join you and make
the rest of the journey with you
How do I know' I don't But
you will know. Rtid she will know
and that is all that matters
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Take a Soldier Riding
See What Boe Fnlkenon Sneti. There's No Better Wy to De
pose of an Empty Automobile Seat.
ScMlers, Bailors, aad zaarlnea are
la torrn by kaa'reds, irjlmt f
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By EAEL GODWIN.
Here is a movement started by a Washington man who
is noted for bright ideas. It is a good thing and everyone
ought to push it along. It is a plan to give the soldiers on
the street a lift whenever yon have a spare automobile sent
and can take a fighter for at least a part of his distance.
The man who suggests it is Boe Fulkerson. Here is his
letter:
"Why not father a scheme te pla
card cars ef patriotic cltlxeaa with
seme label. 'Free Jltacy fer Sel
dlers, SaMlers, Are Ten Gelas; Mr
Wart er Emptr Scata fer Set
dlers, se the seldler boys may kaew
tkat tkU particular car U at their
service, la reaseat I feel sure that
assr cars hw staadlap; Idle weald
be pot late the service ef maaias;
tkese beys feel mere at heaie hers,
aad mere, that the people ef the eeaa.
try are with them."
Of course, automobilists are not going to "crab" for
uniformed guests, after the manner of the busy -hired-car
chauffeur. Therefore, the. suggestion to jjkee a sign on the
private pars is a good one. Anjr automobdist who passes by
a group of uniformed men waiting for a street car which is
probably overcrowded already ought to stop and give the
boys a lift. The uniform is an introduction both ways. No
further formalities are necessary:
"Going my way I Gefin."
"Washington cannot do too much for its wartime guests.
It should meet them with that hospitality for which this
city and this section of the United States is noted. It
should place a black-mark against the name of any man who
takes advantage of a uniformed fighter.
These soldiers and Bailors are defending 'Washington.
The idea suggested by Mr. Fulkerson is born of genuine
courtesy and hospitality. It is entirely possible and ex-"
tremely- simple. If you have an extra seat and can give
a lift to a man in uniform, do it If you have spare tune
for your car and your chauffeur go a little further and give
a soldier a real ride around the city.
HEARD AND SEEN
KOLLA O. C. ONYUN. manager of
the Musicians' Engagement Bureau,
savs the Health Office should be re-
nnlred to fumigate every house as
soon as It Is vacated, not allowing
anvone to move In until the fumiga
tion la complete.
1 hone that before the Chamber of
Commerce buys Its good things for
the soldiers' Thanksgiving dinner
President A. LEFTW1CH SINCLAIR
will be able to get turkeys at less
than sixty cents a pouna.
I knew perfectly well that the
MISTER JOHNNY FERRIS ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION would have some
prominent recruits, but I never
guessed it would reach the White
House. . .
n It- rin mmOTPH FORSTER.
assistant secretary to the President,
i o rrnnffni Hill dot. ana savs ne n&s
ridden for miles sucking pieces of Ice j
on the back: or JUttti it. ftmua ice
wagon.
I only wish I knew where to get a
green hat as good looking as SAM
HARTS.
Here is a suggestion to the Safety
First Association and to the police.
MRS. MARY.N KIEFER thinks
that we could protect our little folks
by placing warning signs near
school houses. "Run Slowly.
Schoolhouse Ahead," or something
similar.
I have had the same thing In mind
u,n ami T cannot understand
why the officials do not place such
signs, otner cities ubto wem.
tf i. MtlmatMl that 4.625 neocle
were bumped out of their automo
bile seats last week while riding on
Newark street hill and hitting that
bump In front of COMMISSIONER
GARDINER'S house.
VBAVk HflOAN will conduct his
next political campaign with the re
moval of that bump as a plank In his
platform.
One of the most interesting events
I have ever attended was held In the
parish house of ST. MARGARETS
CHURCH Saturday night. The
REVEREND DOCTOR HERBERT
SCOTT SMITH turns over that
pretty hall to- a hundred soldiers .
every Saturday evening and the peo
nle of the Darish turn out and enter
tain the boys Just the way the boys
want to be entertained. Lovely
music and "hot dogs" make up the
bulk of the program.
This sort of thing Is not limited
to St Margaret's It's going on all
over the country. But it Is a splen
did help toward beating the Kaiser.
It shows the men we are with them.
JOHN L. WEAVER advises us to
use soft coal. How about changing
the name of the city to Pittsburgh?
It would soon look like It
Rotary Club members heard a most
Interesting explanation of the Inside
nf itin ma! nroblem from F. M.
FADELY last Friday. Too bad. the
Rotary Club press agent oiant gev
this story Into the dally papers when
the speech was made.
PmjM MSMMt n&tlrrm at .Dead
Afan's Curve, on the Baltimore pUceJ
yvnen ine iotm mwiBi .;
torial, "Death' Htjnwojr,' Ullmg
and the traffic thereon, I received
threa anonvmou letters teverelj
criticiting me. Scarcely a week ha
gone by before three men are killed
and four severely hurt When mil
State officials and atomo6tZuf
fafcs tie proper pains to save Itvett
Mothers of Sons
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
71 r OTHERS of Sons, Mothers of Sons,
l Do you hear the guns,
-'- The terrible guns that are bellowing death
With every breath?
Oh, why are you sending your prectou3 ones
To follow and feed the gunsi
We are sending our sons to the hell of war
To meet the duties we bore them for;
The duty of doing what in their sight
Seems just and right,
The duty of helping the fainting souls
To find new courage and gain their goals;
And the duty of cutting before full grown
The harvest of tares, by tyranny sown,
And weeding its tangle of roots all out
So never again may a stalk of it sprout
Though our sons may fall and our hearts sup sorrow.
We are helping the race to a fairer morrow.
Life at longest, is here but a span,
But endless the life of the spirit of man;
And the growth of a soul through deeds of worth
Is the aim and purpose of life on earth.
Better die young for a cause or a creed
Than to live a satisfied slave of greed.
We counted the cost ere we told them to go,
And the price we must pay, for their value we know.
But down through the ocean of blood there runs
A Gulf Stream of Love from the Source of the Suns,
And whoever follows his highest thought
Shall into God's harbor of peace be brought.
Mothers of Sons, Mothers of Sons,
Friends or Enemies, Allies or Huns,
God will take care of your precious ones.
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