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Buddlestou dealing with the general t
^ which Mr. Huddlestoa called An Ami
,phrase teas put into the language fcj
, ?v alose pf the 'World Wbr through itsi
Buddleston's article came nrihe aire
Z, Mtatf-dTdha War Industrien Board .at
and* (at he writes ue), since it seeme
idea, induced him to invoke prorlici
- * hensionmf taking the profit out of vx
. world. To thig end he responded to i
i the Page School at International Beta
\> he establish a course of lectures iher
plan in detail. Iat*r he will proceed I
universities in Oroai Britain. France
<- with Mr. Baruch that thd subject eat
it was natural^ forjhe Xttontie tiFlu'r
KuiroRf or tim Atlantic Nowriit*.J
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PTnr ?M oner desrr\\>cd OS Pl?
^ ?U'i most proflt^Nf In^hstry.
It nheds only a scant examination of
history to learn that sther countrlss
wars open to the same indictment.
4 The method* of th?? Robber Barons
? did not pass with ths and t feudal
r , * . Iftrin. Annexation br conquest did nt
MM*. Hut when America entered the
World War Pr?aldMt~lVUioD tuthcrcd
dOCtril>? t liat shall always tor arm
72=?-: - ?.??mm tftft never a foot of territory
would be-, added to edr boundaries by
- force. ?>.1; rt;
So, oe America baa taken the lead
dowprd making Impossible national
_ iproflt through war, it too may be
_i_ America's privilege to point the, way
toward making Impossible individual
profit through war. To take the profit
. 'c, ? ^a??at of war la to take a long step tof~
"wrard creating an economic deLeatar:
'tlon Of war. The experience of the
Tin 1 ted States In the World War at?l_i
_____ fords a basis for the belief thst the'
^ 1 ' pilfl aimn aiifinni is iiiwtiial? in
} '' fact. It is more than a belief?it la a
! ~ ' nrtainty. altbougb not widely known.
- The world Ts sych a busy place,-and
the radius of human activity lias beep
mm greatly enlarged because of modern
?- Inventions, that It laTlot strange that
N *V" *" ' there aril bat few people who are era'
? . versant with what -maa- saintly hot
? I' . effectively taking place in tKlincbail?
" try lb the mobilisation and use of Ite
material resources In the World War
?a process that would hava veniual*?
alt ImnMMf MVlflla
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fltrcnrth to flron to the public adV
Hewj of Mmtrial aobtiaatloa md?
I a by totfc fraiMnt Iferdiat ud Ffoaldoat
Ooolidoe?Mr. Ooolldgo ro
?o*tly ae b?t Octobor la lib Omaha
L_3_ U mo?eh to tho Amorleaa Leoloa?by
aThri iui m mi mi mmw!
a i part of tho rot alar aaUooal war
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clear exposition of this sabjeot, seme j
iatrli of pohlftc interest bad been o% ,
. gaadorod hp aa oxfhaace of letoora be|
""" two-bp Owoa D. Young (of Dawoa plan
ft tease). '* behalf of tho Walter Htaoo
| ' Sago School of Jatoraatloaal Solabloat,
tad the writer. . Tho eorre??
ogiidsass recalled .fa tho ootahlUhaaoat
of locta'roa at the Page School
dot Johaa Hopklaa Ual-rerelty) ea this
-l-; tkoap. Prerlepfly tho AfleaHe Ifoalh1
|p pptatod aa artkOa hy Blaby Hcddlo.
cbaa, who poiated eat -tfcat Baropo aaw
| aaoat atrldoa toward poaoo ta tho
. American idea of "Jakla* tho prott
cat of war" ta a systematic way. His
toaolo rdfertaee was to the plan "of tho
>Wv ladcalrtee Boar a.
~feeourcss of * ooaatry aliM
-.? "v"": ?rarcrred to a# tfct W?: UV)
~ : ; -fftwri fj) aaityi It) mala'1
| . ?hun ?r food: ?) notorial re wwm
(Including raw materials,
manufacturing fecll It lee. transport**
. t*on. fuel aad power); aad ft) moral*
Th* Intelligence with which the grot
. " dhur are directed aid co-ordinated aa
' whole will detenulae the lifth. the
morale of the cotamaftity.
la the war emergency It early heaama.
eTMeat lp thoea who were
hhprfced with the responsibility of
iwUllilu the reaoarcaa that, there
* wan a )uat seattment *mon* the W*
Hs ? - vde age?n?t prnh(eering. Prodleering
. ailaht be willful and profit making
might bo lawoluntary: hat. whaterer
, v . Ha form, there wan a Jnat dptermiaatlon
it ahould oeaee. So tt became
; t , aeceeaary to fix prices where the sap
ply was limited.- - r
Wherever the gorenfmeat created a
shortage by Ita demands. prices were
. gxed. n?**only<7er-<lie Army. Nary.and
r - *h? Allies. but for the civilian popular.
~~ Hob ae well. And in addition to price
. ftitagon war efse'ntril* (each an etoal.
weal, copper, aad eo forth), the balance,
after the war pregtam/had beea
lied, wax rationed or distributed ae
enfMne to the nr'ortte need* gf the
rarfoue rlv111;-i demand*. In oth^r
"jW\. *or?p. where the price of the prodaet
A *f pj? Indu*fry wan fired that Induatry
M (T\ liad to deHver the. pert which the fpr rnn.fiir"
did nni nn-d to the drill**
population. not I* the way the Induetr^nhb**'
Nt *4 tli* ipwrtmiit 4L
It meat he NamWrwl that *Wl
tm.??r came there wis *0 ilHMU
prepera*. too Indeed. It la dopfcted hy
j m heat authorltlea whether >ay^
lhppw^woild ^hnrj^en ^of paeehja^S
lap reeelta of the war and the leak of
hapwledge of the rariova lnatruaaeata
et deotrnottoe which were he In* 4a
he Profit I
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'lo for 1925 carried o^jtoper try Mr. Bisley
mhfeet of "taking the prvtt out of war,"
trivan Plan fat. Prate." The first-quoted]
r the War Industries Board toward the
if arte to eliminate dll tear profits. Mr. j
lirtow orMff-Brmatd M. Parueh, 0hOio
td administrator, of the non-profit plan, {
><T to indicate a growing interest I* the.
il- means, to hring abouU a full eompre r
In the furious great countries of the
s suggestion of Mr. Owed'D. Voung. Of
lions at Johns Hopkins Vntversily, that
e to expound the H'or Industries Board
o make similar arrangements at loading,
Germany. Italy, and Japan. Agreeing
Is far public knowledge and discussion,
? fe Mm for the following paper.?Tmtt .
rtsts, transportatlsw. housing. una no
forth. On top of that th?r? pr?Tt|l?d
tttl domuda of the Shipping Board,
with the slogan that skips would win
the war, And of the Food Administration,
with ths slogan that food would
win ths. war. .JP*rther, therl was tbs
Railroad Administration wltfr>fts nsod
for material and labor, %nd Anally
thirt was the fsisrtah qusst for labor
and supplies on Impart of ths munition
makers?all competing for labor,
money, materials, transportation, fuel,
power, and each Insisting on *tbe:
greater importance of. Its actlrity. All
this while the ikbor supply"was being
lessened by the flow of men into the
Amy.;
While an endeavor was being made
fa hrln'r order out of rh^oe thf. grmmt
undertaking had to go on, Men. shipa,
munitions, food, material, had .to be
provided, Old org^nirstlQiiB. bureaus
and traditions had to be met and
changed, but not destroyed until the
^Svnr was set up.'' The wonder of It all
Is, not that there were so many mlsfitic
trxrr that mfdnrtt*# %ar-acoo
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jiw %we iiniv rnirn*u me w?r..
prices were at their peak, and tending !
higher because of the war's insatiable '
demands. The problem was not alone f
to. secure the materials and labor and
to stop the eoafusioir. but to do It Ifit'
sueh a war that the morale of the peo*
pie would be maintained. The prices
of some things, like eteel and copper,
were fixed far below prevailing rates,
and the wages of labor iw those ladue?
! tries were standardised. The more
highly organised an industry, the
easier It was to arrange. Order did
not commence to appear until the
Administration did l|n?iM. Itch dei
nartmsnt salt?ed Us reonlrements through
n central anthorUaUre body.
This was called the War Industries
Board, controlling and directing all j
materials and sserdlftttig through
its ehninann lbs whole system of goo- r
UJ .I.IIU. .mi lU.
! mmmm v?* PfiJ
Mil jt ?u m*M by MmtlH
rNfli MMtih of theyaar lilt.
Briefly, this bo*rl eadearored to
mokMixe the Induatriea of ioirVi ao
that the Agbtiag (ore** of tba Alltof
ill associated natlona could draw
(rooi ik* United Blotea?the loot re*
err oh- of Men. materia}* and moody?
the J blags needed for lbs winning of s
tlie' war at lb* tlaaithe tblaga von
needed and with the least dislocation
of industry and tho least dikturhance
of the Hellion population.
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The War ladoatrlae Board woe or- r
^^toe^wyg"1^alSirr>tS
ehalrauca. meat her* la oharga of sarioae
aetlrfUoa. hareaa chiefs and aub rdlaato
workers.. It sarreyed and
sought to arraaga the whole iadaajlrial
war field under tljgi plenary power*
conferred by the Freslieht and the
Co a greea. Hoar, wall It did this lag
hary for othgrs to teU. What It did
Is the heile of the plaa-J aaa here
draw lag. -V
" ' It waa comparathrely easy to ix
price* and I* dletrihote material*, and
Indeed to atdhfnae tho wagoa df tabor
In tkoae ladaatiriee la which prl.cea
wtrr nirg. lie i*aor aituanon. now?*?r,
bertmt IterMNtifliy difficult, ;
particularly whan Camera) Crow tier
foil ad It aMMMry to withdraw man
for. the proposed nwapaltn of 1P19 >
after 4,000,000 mMHn had already
Wan tafcah.
Modi has beea nM about tha proCtearing
of labor. It Js IS unjust Mta
gabion., It hi oaty fair to shy thai this
condition waa primarily brought about
through tha Ipeaperieaee of tha orgaa(sat
{on wlthla oar, own goTeraaseaU)
departments gad by tha farioaa bidding
of aiaaJtfdhi^aaakara aad ablp
builders for serrlrea. That situation,
together with thfjulafraaail prices of
tha things tbat liWor had to buy with
tha result* of Ma wort. atade It Ua^l
an*** inn WOVE mw ni
WMM.
8p It Mwi avldant that tfca arte#
A * 1 j > *t program k*4 to go far*
3|*V??4 th? Ww IMmtrlw Board,
aboutbar-AiBdMlta WIT-WIHHS^
eaading w4th a rataaaiga to fta the
"prieat of all tho baate tfcta?a that labor
bad to bay. Bowa'bad prarlouaty
boaa ?**d. 1 i|??k of tabor fa a a?ek
broader than manual iy>or, for
taabbOto, fevarnmaa t am?loy*oa. ?f?'
aaatobal aiaa woro^tdaa abla to atoat
tbaattaaUoa tba* labw fta tbo aarratdof
aaaaa. Mr tkt Wt?ctk? aad
an ^ ^ m ^AatfbW
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r tbo AmI pldSaSSPtftrw"
War DO 1MB Or corporation or Instil"
tion could raloo money without th?
approf si of the Csplul leoaee Com?'"
to? pf the Treasury Department, * I* '
committee In turn would not perw't
the korroetii of ritoaoy tnlat the
nee to which It wmh|o be pot Tb'>*
the City of New York wee not permit
ted tp spend $8,000,000 foir the batW
In* of echOols. The CMtjr.at-Bbilsd*1
phis pas prevented from making
^ro^eroem# that in petfiaUmn ?oui^
have been necessary, hat la mar tin>"
were npt. Various states, conotie-t
and-cities, and a vast number of Prl
vate concerns. Were denied tke Wf
of money and materials for parposce
not aocoesery for the winning o' (he
war. Kach part of tke rommaa}ty had
to adjust Its wants to the wjbole *f??inderrtklok.
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There have been a great mavy bill*
-introduced Into Congress on lis ?ubJectof
Industrial mobilisation. soute
sponsored by great organisations JlVe
the American Legion, aid others b?
newspapers and publicists. But It Is
surprisinjubow little knowledge - there
was on the part of those who drew up
the bills of the practicability and fes*
slbiltty of so mobilising our resource*
that It would be Impossible. to makr
s?-mtich profit In war. as la time of
peace. Tskl Into coaplderiatlon the
fact that the following things Were being
done in ltlS:?
Oeueral Orowder.who was in charge
of the War Industrie* Board wherein
could obtain addtttorrst meir uerdrrt
for the Arm; In France-wlth ths|ei.?t
possible dislocation of tbe war ma kin,:
industrial civilian machinery, and we.
were la the procees of replacing maid
labor with women. By-a system of
priorities tbe Board was allocating to
our own Army and Nary, to IbfAHire
and to the essential war Industries the
things they required, ft wan making
.priority-rulings as to transportation,
and they were being folk)wed"out brtbe
Railroad Administrator, The rue!
Administrator distributed fuel only or
the rulings of the War Industries
Board. The Board was engaged in
disentangling and removing the man?
conflicts' and competitive efforts !ft
Tolrod tn labor add MllKIIIIJI mil m
previously oconrrert because of lack of
any coordinating agency. It w%s allneating
power and making regulations
for tbe hitching np of scattered unttfc'
of power. It was changing munitions
orders from congested to less congest
ed districts. It had actually carried
Into effect- an order that no building
involving $3.r.OO or more could .he undertaken
without the approval of the
War Industries Board.' No steel, no
cemeat. no material of any kind con id
be ueed for any purpoae whatsoever
unless the War ladlpgfrlae Board per
stUnd It No steel company eeuld
aeB over flta tens of steel unless ap
proved by the Director < of StenL The:
Treasury Would not permit the yalhiag
President'taoued sa order that Bo ?e?
mandeering should ha dees /by tbe
Army, Navy. Shipping Board jbr fleet
Admtnistratloi wlthpetjbe approval
of the cialrnaam of the War Industries
Board. Every raw material 'Industry,
and Indeed lMreetieally every industry
in the eeuptry, was-organised through
appointment of committees. end soae
of thesps tadeetrtts would do a*y hagh
neee except aadar the rullnga promnV
i* arary IMwtr; was rapidly proceeding.
These rulings wara mad* known
through tbo laauauaTof eaclal bulletin*
at Irfagnlaf intervals and waft
distributed by the; prahe. Wa wefW
aidMvarikg la srgaago .It aa that tha
g Ming farcan wara ta receive. tboaa
things which tbayaaadad and aa
mart, aa tbat whatever waa not aa>
taally reoatrod at tba front wan laft
ta ctvMlaa aaraoaaa. ludaetrles went
curtailed, bwt aarar d?trwraA: abapt,
aaa of man, moaay and materials'*a>
rapidly being brought . Into exactly^
tbat condition which ! have previously*
atatad to be aacaasary la cut of aa?
othar war.
!?. ?2 ^Wa to this, the Prea;ge,t
la tM fatara hk? the authority t<> ax
prices and distribution of material#
aad labor, roat. and. tbo use of mas
power, transportation, fuel and all the
things nacooaary for tho Conduct oT
tbo war, aay riaa In prices will ba pre anted,
area la an i Id pat ion of *?r.
There are many who claim that war
4a caused primarily by the deaire of
profit. i am sot one of thoee. Bat if
thdre la anything In tbte contenting
this plan fir ill re more the possibility of
anybody urging war aa a meant of
making, proflta. BVen If there are no
met who deaire war aa a meant. of
.making .profit, the fact that proflta'
would be * lean la waf than In peace,
aad wealth and reaourcea wou 1.1 be directed
by the*government, neigh' hav#
tone active deterring influence om
men of great reaoareeg. Instead of
being passive. they might become active
advocates at peace. ;? " <
"There are many people who are, for j
various reasons, afraid to discuss the i
subject during peace time ana.prefer
to wait for war. Tbere oro also aoibe
great maautactarera who oppose any"
ach plan beeaafe they wera seriously
Interfered with daring the war time;
l?dee<L It bat Wen the experience of j
<rome of those reapionaflHS MT llaffi
dustrial mobilisation la the World
>ar to remain the object a of eenobdoos
attaek began daring tkp time
tbat the aocoooltlob of tbb Potion made
It Imperative to ooatrol activities and
protta. dosaa armpa war# prominent
manufacturers, who said: "Toll us
what tbo governaaent wants and w^
taut AH tbo orders. bat don't lalorfaro
alth tbo ank of tbo pah of oap prod,
act tfcof the- goT?r?we?t fleet net.
want to now" .That was, nath{absbi*
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C> anthem provjdedthat ?Wf(?r
turer*. Jobber* reUlltri of liM?
( uld mmke and sell llWM only of a
specified quality at a fixed price, ef
fectlve July. 1919. No one who did.
net have a card of the War laduetrtea
Board la bia window could aell ahoea,
and only the standardised aba? riylrt
he wold. No jobber or manufacturer
would aoll ahoea to anybody wfio did
not-have thin card. The ahoea ware
to be stamped zClass A. B or C and had
to be of the quality prescribed and
' *uld Ja the price fixe<Ll^he country
was so organised la evefy district that
there could b? Immediately reported
to Washington the name of any shod
retailer who did not carry out the regulations
of the . War ladustrlos Board
as to prlcoaadflutHty. .Through rest
rlctiona on b|e labor, money, raw
materials and transportation no manufacturer
would J?XVe bMI pdrwlfl?t~
to sell to aay dealer violating the regulations.
The Armistice stopped the
execution of this plan.
A noting plan or this mature: The
manufacturers of man's and woman's
wearing apparel had ia^ldlt been called
to Waahlagton. together with the
retaitov* pt various goods* and notified'
that Regulations Srould hare to be
made in regard to retail prices and
standardisation of clothing.
The milinga" by"th* board were made
known through the issuance!, ot official
bulletins at Irregular intervals and
wer? widely distributed by the press,
which co-operated In this most neceesary
w^k jvlth a whole-hearted pappose
that gave to the orders, gf the
War Industries Board Hie instafcFYhd
brnad rtrorfaflna tKee required.
Mr. Hoovpr already was.doing much
to perfect his control of food products
i. n/f npf^u Than t?1% nf"
fixing rents, and In some cities thin
wai done.
ft we were to atari. In the event of
another^ woIVat the place where wo
were Industrially when the World War
endeg, the President, acting thrdngh
au agency similar to-the War Industrie
Board, wculd hare the right
tlx prices of all things-as of a date
previous to the declaration of war
* ben there was a fair peace time relationship
among the various activities,
of the nation. It woufcl be illegal to
buy, sell, serve or rent at any other
man these ppistei' Usages ssema >r
applied to every agency of Inflation
. before the hurtful process, started. An
intelligent control of the flow of men.'
money and materials would ho'Trtiposed,
instead of having, the blind panic
heretofore ensuing on the first appearance
of the frantic demands of
war. The Draft Board would have be,
fore it the ruling* of the" priority committee,
together with the estimated
: heeds of every business sad profs** ion
la it* relationship to the oondsct
I of tho war. and men would be n*teet>~
ed accordingly^ The Draft Beard
1 could more Intelligently decide; with
the advte* of the priority committee,
many* of the problems with whir> it
would, befaoediThoolBUt Jw jml
sending of men te the trenehue who
WsM Mllld W mtff IMiWPHd W
tat*. pot MOMMI7 to
the winning m the ?ar w??II bo oartailed.
Tho Draft Board woaM tare
that InformstioB before it.
The prices of iir tltm belac Im4,
the price Axing ^ompiittoo would ntake
any ifimry adjustments, mm was
does daring tho war. Uader the syetaea
need in 191< these prices wore
made public and sdjaatod every tbree
oaths. ao that any conaamor or pro
dacer Bad his day in ooart whoa ho
ooaatAorsd prices nafhir. Thooo who
aoiplalnod that during tho war prions
wore too high .had this ready roeoarae
da hand.
w mi wtwit ?I1 n? iuinm?i
the country would hava been mobilised
tay the tonMlloa of eenMutlteoe re#reMtutlvc
Of -eech MaMry ee woo
low tar the World War. / Over tkcm
would bo plocod ? government director
or commodity chief. Tfcevar loils
jgosprnmeot doyntHf^rrwouid appoint
committees repraeenllug their
requirements, ap tbot on mm oommlttoo
tfco resoorees of ttao nation would
bo foproaontod-and on ttao ottaor Iho
demands of ttao NiicaoMt. Ttao govcmaaopf
direstor would otand taotwooo
to decide. In conjunction with ttao priority
committee, to what deportment
supplies etaonld go.
Money would be "controlled and dt*
rootled like any other resource. "Taking
the profit out; of war** la not
synonymous. with "conscription of
wealth," aa It la sometimes regarded;
The latter to o. theoretical project, prohibited
tay our Constitution, contrary
to the spirit of oegjoclal and political
Institutions, and knpoesible in practice;
- Taking the prollt out of wdr W
mn orderly nod scleatfflc development
of the economics nod conduct of~medera
war, necessary to ttao etaecttve
mobilisation of national resources and
Indispensable to equalising the hardens
of war among the armed and
-efvttUia population Bom of asp*
rlence and proved by practice. It remorse
pome of the moot destructive
.concomitants of modem war?tlfseoefusioa
and waste Incident to war time
folattdn.
Title term "conscription or freshta,**
need tay as tetany. has .create* -a hope
among those of socialistic tendencies,
and- a ftanr among those who, like me.
believe to our system bas^d wpon peraonel
Initiative and reward. Of a tak Im'
ii* wunst. without?nevmenl- Or
i* wV St?U. Nattbar |k? hop?
or til* fwr If Jvstltad by tha tmtom
MMtUfi b*f*U raaialaa* acby nr
moMT^boM bl ToVtrolW a"* 6\
recta* la a Mlioul *m*rgmncj. * a'
Ml iMi bo p?r?ln?d to
? * hla waaay u ht wllkw than ha
akotttd ba parnlttad to mm tb? praMaatfMi
a# M| wis*. Oil ar tbMaij
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(iprlOM1'"for the government w#f? fnli
J liriMlWV^ftiraiMf- - i "??U IM. bow
( ! . that the mt majority of Anw
tcan manufacturers rose to the sltua
1 tloa In such i splendid WW M u
' brlni the 'follow log oommendetloi
! from Wood row Wllsoe: They turns!
: aside from seSrr nrtrate tntafset m
1 their own and deTote4~jS^nwRT?>
their tralael capacity to the taski
that supplied the sinews of the whok
freat undertaklag. The patriotism
the onseigafcaeaa, the thorough goini
^deyoiiortlgnd dUtiJULUllhed capaclt!
that marked their teilaome labors da;
after" day, month after month, hart
made them lit maths and comrades u
the men in the -trenches and on th<
seas "
Tfiere are many then who are afrak
thet the adoptJfe of-this plaaby.Con
gress would give an iingitus*lo sftftfrl
lam or comraunittB -STTTSovivtism ?
whatever they, may call It, because
they say, "tr you show It can be dam
.la wartime there will he a Armani
that tt be done ta- peace time," I
cannot he done la peace time. Then
can be no great undertaking withou
a strong moving cause. In peace tlm<
the moving cause le^pereonal lnitiatiV<
end payment-tor-services performed
-The substitute for thet in war time 1
the ootnmon danger. _ .
The War Industries Board erne th
foremost advocate of., price'fixing am
distribution, and It had great power 1
this field, but--when (he Arm is tic
cams it recognised that peace cond
tions were belny 'restored, and It wa
the Drift to change the war4ime orde
il-i * x? I a. ?ALT" ?' - - ~a
ox mingi nun gg mw 10 rn?-p<wipii
tbem selves . the readjustment of the!
-affair*?I am iiiiansa tnat it 'll \m
possible for tbe government to do ii
peace time what I am advocating, si
though?It becomes absolutely necea
sarjr in ordertf eondoet a modern
war sncceatfftitt? and f* oondact It 01
a non profiteering basis.
The application of this plan, beside
making the nation a?cobcrent unit It
time of war, would Impress upoi
every clans - In- soeiety a sense of It
jtwn responsibility In such* event 1
it were known that this nnlversal ri
sponslblllty would be enforced, n
?class?social, financial or industrial could
fall to understand that Iflca*
of war it would have to bear Its ibar
ef the burdens Involved and woul
hsve Ismsbe sassifiMsirpiefit, Iw
tiveiy with those made by tbe soldier
1$ tbe<?Aeld. To this extent the plat
wduld act as a positive deterrent t
nay hasty recourse to fords In an Ii
ternattooal controversy.
One thing that has definitely com
frothe war is the necessity _J
arranging affair* as that a portion o
the population shall not be sent to th
.front to bear all the physical hard
ablpa and their consequences whil
other* are loft behind to proftt h:
their absence. If applied at the out
break, the War Industries Board (a
It waa functioning at the eieee of th
JVMUUVar) would prevent thie an
haeei, lUoUeaeve, the aoglal aa<
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"LAX-FCB WITH MEPSW^a special^
prepared SyrapTottic-Laxathro for Habitat
Gtm&tinaiion. It relieves aromptly aa
ihaeW hetahearedulpb torMto tl.dag
telnduceredutar action. It Stimulates an
K^ulatea^Sy noMsut to Take. ?
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. SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
1. ?
Slate of South Carolina, County o
Horry, Court of Common Picas.
Burroughs |i Cdllins Co., a cerpor
ation,. Plaintiff vs. H. C. Hardee
Blanche Hardee, A. T. Vanderbilt am
C. 6. Wilson, as receivers foT_Viritin
ia-Carolina Chemical Co., a corp.; .Ino
A. Tyler, Nonie Reaves Todd, Luc;
Harrelson Todd, Enterprise Co.
a corp.; J. D. Singletary A Co., t
corp.; Sallie Martin, W. M. Murtir
Bertha Martin, Caldona Uartntte am
Doru StevfM, J. B. CoH Co., a ee+p?
and Cotton States Paint Co., a corp.
Defendant*.. ....
TO TH^DEPpNDAKTS^*
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONEI
?ik! required to answer the complain
1 in this action, of which a Copy is here
)w|th served upon- you, and to serve i
copy of your answer to the said com
plaint on the subscriber at his' offic
at Conway* 8. C., Within twenty day
after U?e service hereof; exclusive "a
the~day of such service; and if yoi
fall to answer the complaint withii
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff ii
this action will qMMy to the Court fo
the relief-deman^F in the complaint
M. A. WRIGHT
v ; Attorney for Plaintifi
March 26th, 1926.
To A. T. Variderbilt, et al, receivers
Donie Reaves Todd, Lucy Harrelsoi
Todd, Enterprise Gro. Co., a corp.
J. D. Singletary 4 Co., a corp.; J. 1
Colt ,Cc^, a corp.; and Cotton Stato
Paint Go, a corp:
TAKE NOTICE thaf the complain
in this action and .the summons; o:
'which the foregoing is a copjr^We^p
duly filed ifT the, office- 6f Clerk?o
to^iwt.fdr Hort-y County
!of March, 1926. . - - "VI
? -V M. Ai WRIGHT
[-yAttorney for Plaintiff!
March. *6th, 1JR
Conway, 8. C.
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can help the Uvea of other aien_
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[ I'l.A.N FOR BIG CONVENTlOy "
? 8peeial mphaala * i>ald On-lplrtti? * ; . _
) ual Preparation for Qafherlng ?f^
? - Forces at Pleuaton May 11-18
I Conditions favor a distinct adrsaee ; x
r I OB the. part of Southern Baptists is V
b..[4III along many lines, according to
r inforroatl6u Mt+HKl My the liaad'*
! quart ere" of the Co-operfUve Program ,
I Commission of Southern Baptists. .
t This bodr. 'obargsd .hr--4ha" Booth- .
a . am Baptist Conveiitlon.and varhm*
t i stats conventions with providing' adea
j quads' support for foreign; missions.,
S'l horns missions, ministerial relief sad
( j,Baptist schools,- hospitals and liP;'
* i pbsnages, is soaking to so "increase
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"for all these enterprises through a
'* . regular budget.' In this connectiom
! the Commission is seefcing to enlist ...
j as nearly as possible every member
. a! Aiun *kun)i In mabliur lr<lirnlar
weAly and monthly offerlnc" to tkfa
|. cener*) budget wbkb Is distribute*
I amont thM? mtm omm on pory
c on tap so proporMonato to tholr - tot.
rious boo da.
AppVoxtmatoly H.9M.MK) fur tMM
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| la anaouacodv but )n?ni M only
94.tM.0dd of thlo a moo at wax la
i dixtrlbutahlo faada amo d tho ^afc~...-TT?r
Joeia ooflorod fir laafc of mBloooi
e?ik Uador tho loadorolilp of tho
Commission a dofinlto offort la holar _
- mad* to oacaro as aiaoh jt* maro
M;moaoy ao. waa eoatrihatod la ltlS.
jj hut la aadaofeaatad amooata ao that
. oack oaaao fill cot Ito proportioaata! ??
o|" Rooolpto; ly datoa
j Tho rsceipt* for l*2f tbrouab tho
rarlous iutf ufficvi vert as follow?: '
; ftlahama. 9302.Md.97; Arkansas.
I 9U*rUIH; District of Cohuahla, /_
ftdMdd; riorlda. 9IU.MI.M; Georgia.
f 9430.t4t.S4; Illiaoio. 991.dftl.S7; Koataeky,
9S14.Sdd.dl; Louisiana, flit.
- ?r*.7o; maryjaae. 9ii,jw.?f; Hwr
, Aippi. .jHM.71f.74; Missouri. |?9,i
144.1 S; New Muk'o. 938,381.44; North
. Carolina. Mil.713.44; Oklahoma.
3137.1W.01; Soath Carolina, 9434.'
H474; Veenaehae,- 99M.M 7.44; Texas.
' 1871.407.M. and Virginia, |P44.0?4.8&.
' Tka ramaiadar of the |t,3P8.tf r?
I eelvod It .1IN consisted largely of
? special gifts to foreign ulnlou uf
' ths balMlai fund of the tf$uthera
Baptist Theologital Seminary.
Aa outsiaudlug fester* of this effort
of this Com mission la a specie)
. cash ingathering for the month of
> April, whin every one of tlio nearly
t 4,000,000 WhitO Baptists of tho South
_ will ba asked to moke as geaeroae
' an offerlag as possiMo to tho whole
Co-operative Program, this money to
he distributed proportionately among
" "the ieren general canoes emhraeed ? __
? therein. * ,
Convention Preepeets Geo#
? In-the erent this April fagatheoa
tag attains the goal est for It, ft ? . ri
will make it possible for tho variewe
r South wide Baptist eaterprteee to. ropost
groot relief la tbotr. ftaaaelal ' ??
p situation to th? Sou there Baptist
Convention at lis sosaioa la Hooetoa,
Texaa, May 11-19.
Tho efeamlttefc on program fay this
' year's convention.^ la tha hops of gftrII
lag that seiaioB tha largest pesalhls
? spiritual emphasis, hhs arrrfbfed for
' a special soayoa of-grayeraad war
? ahlpla tha CMmtloft udnorlaa at
Houston for Tuaaday arenlng, May "T
t 11th, praeodtaf tha opaalog of tkft
f Coaptation on Vodaaaday atom in?.
B At thia praliaslaary aorrftoa J. Vra*
f gcholfHsid >T Btrmtnghaia, Ala . wiH '*
r -Ux^^k Af U(u Hill k.A
tha- prayar UMI Dr. H. R.
* IIolcoMb of IIimMM; U.. wttl
y praaeb a b^iaf ? rma*. AMttor tm \
noratloa f thto yaar'a^CoaVamtioa
parata* ??? araaint MMlw #?tH a
krtaf HTM by a ra?raaa?tat!ra
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