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TO THE BUSINESS MEN OF AM- problem a
ERICA: "QUIT YOU LIKE for the he
MEN" BE STRONG AND OF which he i
GOOD COURAGE. concerns
meet. Ar
The Manufacturers Record. rampant.
From a leading business man been afrai
there comes to The Manufacturers prises ha\
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.Kecora a letter .which a<aja.
"No\V that the text of the war- vest *n. ^
tax bill has reached the men of cou^ n?t
business and its full meaning has mee^
had time to sink in, I find a great &ress ^as
spirit of pessimism. The tax bill is ?ut
so beyond anything which living j "on *? n?
men have known that they are ta^e new
aghast. They ask where they can Biblical 1
get enough money in a lump sum. a &??d
The Government can do it once, but y?u
not twice, as there will be nothing ^he Pe(
left, etc. Can't you write a reas- { v'rile? to?
suring editorial? The Lord tempers *n ^
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the wind to the shorn lamb. The Iin cne,r 11
wool will grow again, anyhow. The j pessimism
things which have made American jam^ the
wealth will in 1918 be as produc- front, su
tive as in 1917. There is a feelir.g abounding
that the Government intends to to a defi]
strangle enterprise, to make pro- an(* overv
fitable business impossible, and to war shoulc
embarrass and badger business until He who
life won't be worth living. I know Pessimi:
this is the view of many. When portance.
they take their sober second thought berer of 1
perhaps they will be able to see a place in t
rift through the war-tax cloud of ousiness a
gloom. But I think you possibly tive work,
can make the rift." The opt
We can readily understand the to see
spirit of pessimism that swept over w^? turns
the land during much of the un- see
wise agitation in Congress and the man wor^
denunciation by Congress and in We ma;
many publications of the business of Europt
interests of the nation. Men for a squarely i
time were staggered by these criti- nation sh?
cisms and by the uncertainty as to life-blood
the outcome of the war taxation, be staggei
Uncertainty is nearly always worse fice of lift
than facing the reality. We dread j it will bri
the troubles which we anticipate, i us look a
but when we actually face them we j think of 1
rise to the emergency and meeti being ere*
them, and many a load is lighter i millions o:
after the trouble has actually been I set a stan
faced than during the anticipation j of men w!
of it. , their lives
The nation for the time being has sublimest,
been^ staggered by the enormous anc* dargi
taxation which Congress has placed man beinj
upon individuals and business inter- their lives
ests. Every man has had to face the In the
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Schaffner and Marx
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nd seek to find a solution> us stand wil
avy burden of taxation thank God 1
ndividually, or the business of men who
which he controls, must die to save <
id so pessimism has been' Let us th
Industrial leaders have men and wo
d to go ahead. New enter-J cannot stand
re necessarily been held dedicating tl
;n have been afraid to in-'' and physical
iberty Bonds because they; and who daj
see far ahead as to how to i to add to tl
heavy taxation which Con- j happiness. ]
put upon them. j lions and te
time has come for the na-j and women
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:iil> i totii auu i vi (iivit w w v
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courage, or, stated in j physical an
anguage, "Be strong and! welfare of tl
courage." Be strong, and A new lig
ike men." i the eyes am
>ple of this nation are too i growing dull
energetic, too all power-' quickened in
sir business activities and i brightness.
lental equipment to permit! becoming soi
to dominate them. Even j concentrated
conditions which we ccn-jcr ease or j
ipreme optimism as to ^ called us to
business prosperty and as. It is the dut;
nite assurance of victory,, man < to mak
whelming victory, in the pleasure whi
1 rule the land. to make moi
doubts is damned. the comfort
sm achieves nothing of im- sailers; to m
The pessimist is a cum- dying in Eu:
the ground. He has no and not of <
his land, no place in its These are
ctivities or in its construc- which we sh
or even in the war. as we contei
imist, or the man who dares fering and c
yond the clouds, the man fore this sid
i the clouds wrongside out ness sink in
? silver lining, is the only ancj one hat*
i while in this hour. of prosperity
y face the awful tragedy else when si
;'s war, we may look who are offe
it the fact that our own altar of the
ill have to pour out its tection of \
to save itself, and we may we turn to 1
red at this fearful sacri- comes the r?
? and the awful agony that interests of
ng to many of us, but let ture, in nai
t the other side. Let us I ing, in railr
:he superb heroism that is pushed to th
ited. Let us think of the j ounce of hui
f young men who are to i last notch ol
dard for all time to come, manhood, in
ho are ready to consecrate I and brawh a
; to the highest and the j interests of
though the most difficult j crowded,
jrous, work to which hu- it is true
js have ever dedicated curring a va
far as the n
presence of these men let cerned we
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NBERG MERCAN1
th heads uncovered and that the higher
;hat there are millions by the war, the
are ready, if need be, to man's bettermei
>thers. ment of busines
ink of the millions of ^ by the menta
men who, though they about by the w;
[ on the firing line, are next decade or
leir lives to the moral the total cost
welfare of these men, measured in doi
i and night are at work good credit to
leir comfort and their side. This will
Let us think of the mil- mendous stimuli
ns of millions of men physical virility,
who daily are sending the mental acti
n their prayers for the ments which v
d moral and spiritual science. It will
hese men. millions of peep
ht has been kindled in fore never four
i in hearts which were work will becoi
I, and they are being large extent tak
to a fire of heavenly men called into
We were in danger of have a nation
-did, of having oar lives than a nation n
upon money-making fore, of worker:
>!easure. The war has man or woman
a sudden halt, and now tally able to woi
y of every man and wo- millions have Ir
:e money, not for the which was the
ich money brings, but As we face tl
tpv in nrdpr t.n fidd tolatinn. hnw tvri'/lii
of our soldiers and pessimistic spirii
linister to the living and of high taxatior
rope, to think of others we pay to the i
jurselves. surplus dollar oi
some of the things to s0? we are conti
iould turn our thoughts es* development
mplate the side of suf- doin? our shfire
>f loss of men, and be- and world's
e all questions of busi- his is no tin
to utter insignificance, ^is *s ^ou
js to write of business, strong and
' or poverty or. anj'thing "Be strong, and
;anding before the men a^e Divin
Tine their lives on the shou,d strjkc a
nation's life and provomanhood.
But when huma" 1
the business side there land of ours. 1
salization that the great our nation?no 1
the nation in agricul- responsibilities,
nufacture, in shipbuild- behind the b;Jtt,
oad actvities will be . ? .
, .. , mies of the A1
e utmost limit of every
man energy. Up to the crin?ing cowar
I Amencan strength in through the cent
potentiality of brain civilization?star
md money, the business ,-+* uimoi
the nation will be ,V? """""
do its part and <
that the nation is in- this the moi!t s
st indebtedness, but soj niankind
loney side of it is con-| Let us as inc
venture the assertion j nation thank Goi
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efficiency developed; IRISH SHOW L<
new inventions for TO
it and the enlarge
s operations created Strongest Chicag
1 activity brought clares Effort to
ar, will within the Must Not ]
two entirely offset ?
of the war when Chicago, Dec.
liars and leave a upholding the Ii
the nation's profit Party and chargi
come from the tre- man or organiza
ition of mental and embarrass any oJ
but especially fromj*n conduct c
vities and achieve-1 netting ar, act o
nil be wrought in j ^he United State
come also because' night by the Iris
>le who have hereto-1 here> -,the largest
id it necessary to' ^e c'^y* It w
ne producers to a Redmond and
ing the place of the warding of $10,C
the army. We shall j stallment of a fi
of workers rather j *n America in su
lade up, as hereto-! ^e declaratioi
? flnH Hrnrips. Mr?i submitted to
physically or men-!tions of .the Unit<
k will be idle, where Pected ultimatelj
ved in the idleness to IreJand as th
devil's workshop. sion of support o
lis side of the situ- Irish b,ood in Ar
igly small seems thxe "There is not i
t produced because f ?enuine Irish-Am
i! What boots it if! no^ stand behind
Government the last the American g
' income if, in doing P0 ^'
ributing to the high- "The Irish pet
of mankind and choose betwee" '
to save this nation ?endship of the
civilization? '"J'31 as
le for the pessimist. cause s 1
- ,, .. . , the Irish people tl
r for the optimist. * .
- , ? can not retain sy;
of a good courage." , , ,
land that makes v
quit you like men." c0untry and our
e messages which
responsive chord in MANY INVESTH
ieart in this great STARTE1
Let na rejoice that Washington, D.
longer recrant to its dosed down toda
no longer hiding vacation, leaving
e fleets and the ar- investigations to ]
Hies, no longer a recess- Both hov
, til Thursday Jam;
d to be spurned . . . . , ,
? legislation is to t
uries to come by all of the calendar.
ids today, head In the last day'
*s floating, ready to nate took final a
carry its burden in mission to the st
, . , prohibition amend
tupendous struggle ... ,
stitution, ordered
has ever known. gati0ns-into ra
lividuals and as a an(j merchant
d and take courage! ation?and arrang
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DYALTY the coal and oil land leasing bill on /
UNITED STATES January 7. The house passed the
resolution to remove doubt as to
o Organization De- application of the new war-excess
Embarrass Allies profits taxes to congressmen, and
Be Tolerated. arranged for renewal of the battle
, for woman suffrage on January 10.
18, A declaration Efforts to rush through, legisla- &
ish parliamentary ^Qn authorizing: the treasury to buy
ing that any Irish- ,$100,000,000 of farm loan bonds
tion who seeks to .j.- * ? ' ?*? '
i uciwe uujuurament iauea. xne senf
the allied powers | ate pagsed thg bm tQday> but -t *
if the war is com- wag ^ >n ^ jj^uge to CQn_ ;
f open osti lty to when congress re-assembles y
h TeUowshipClub Durin* 1,16 recess a haW d.Men of
; Irish organization investigations to war activities
as directed to John m11 be m "r0Sre33- Headin8 the
, ,, , list is the railroad inquiry.
announced the for- n
100 as the first in- Other investigations in additon to
ind to be collected those of railroad problems and the
pport of the party, shipbuilding- situation, deal with
i of principles will a?my and nayy war operations, the
all Irish organiza- sugar and fuel shortages and the
;d States and is ex- a"eged disloal St. Paul speech of
r to be forwarded Senator LaFollette.
e concrete expres- Some of the congressional com.
... >
if tne people 01 j mittees win worK during tfte noli- ^
lerica of the war. j days on the enormous appropriation
i single honest and j bills and other legislation.
erican who doesj ?
the president and! ITALIANS REPULSE
:overnment in its AUSTRIAN ATTACKS
s*
>ple have now to 4
he enmity and the Rome' Dec- 18.?Vigorous attacks
United States and by the Austro-Germans on the Monalways
been to the Solarolo salient were repulsed to- JT*
ierty. we must tell I day' accordin?: to the announce
hat we will not, we ment of the war office*
mpathy for an Ire- "
var on our beloved 100 ENGINES SENT EAST.
sons." *
Springfield, Mo., Dec. .18.?The
NATIONS St. Louis and San Francisco rail- y
D BY CONGRESS road's quota of 100 locomotives or
dered released by western railroads
ec. 18.?Congress for use on railroads in the east were
y for a holiday started from here today. They will
behind a series of g0 to the Pennsylvania lines.
proceed during the .
ises adjourned un- BACk FROM EUROPE, '
lary 3, when war _/
akj the forefront HOUSE VISITS WILSON /
s business, the ses-j Washington, Dec. 18.?Colonel
iction toward sub-! E. M. House, back from Europe,
ates of a national where he attended the inter-allied
Iment to the con- war conference as head of the Amtwo
new investi- erican mission, came to Washington
ilroad legislation late Monday and drove directly to ?
; shipbuilding situ- the White House to make a personal 4f\
;ed for disposal of report to President Wilson.
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