Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1926 Page: 3 of 6
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LIP3C0MB LIME LIGHT AND FOLLETF TI.viES, THURSDAY, AHtIL | 198*
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Takio
Out
Profit
By BERNARD M. B A RICH
Reprinted front The Atlantic Monthly.
YO0 MAV HAVt
AND PPKP KNOWH-
'■■'i't carried n paver by Mr. Si&Utjf
" "tukinj the p-ofii owt Of i&tfPF
tor l'eace." The ffrrl-GwOtdt''
Yar Industries Board toward tt)&-
to eliminate all war profl&i ? Jf#'
if Mr. Bernard M: Hehteh,
{The February isrve o' t--e / <-antic
Buddlcston dealing triih 11 ? ip^et > •'
which Mrr Huddles ton call* d -An : ■ < .
phrase was put into the language l>y Hit-
close of the World War through its effort.
Iiuddleston's article came to the attention
man of the War Industries Board and administrator- of the non^nriifit p
and fas he writes us), since it seemed to indicate a grousing interest in the
idea, induced him to invoke practical means to bring about a full compre-
hension of taking the, profit out of icar in the various great countries
world._ To this end he responded to a suggestion of Sir. Owen -D. Ytninff>, -of
the Page School of International Reunions at Johns Hopkins University,
he establish q^course of lectures there to expound the War InQ&SVriei B4ktr<X
plan in detail. Later he will proceed to make similar arrangements- at JeMdlnf
universities in Great Britain. France, tiermdny. Italy, and JnparrM AgretiWp -
«Hec~
rattAGBA. My
"Tim iTOR* OF .
(XtMa, lly twflwM Otter* trtrfn
an tWr«
with Mr. Barych that the subject cntt>
it wasnatural for the Atlantic to turn
Eoitow of Tiie Atlantic Monthly.']
1 i
War was once described as Prus
for pnhl'c knowledge and discuss:XQfflr
to him for the following pafvr.-r'-'VBUS
y~
With the Lodges
Ck O. P. Lodge meets
Ettirkab Lodge meets
third Tuesday
saCk Month. Lodge
at 730:
tttf" wtteotue in both
*i urgetl most ear.
pf**aot on ev er
Meeting 2nd Sat-
eaffe Month.
always wel-
A Vfti
Ifo&k WoHr and
Enlarging
mt.
was
sia's most profitable Industry.
It needs only a scant examination of
history to learn that other countrief
were open to the same indictment
The methods df the Robber Barons
did not pass with the end of* feudal
i3m. Aanexation by conquest did nor
cease.. But when America entered the
World'Wir" Pfesfdent WllsOn fathered
a doctriiae that shall always govern
us—thsft never a foot of territory
would Wadded to our boundaries by
force. ^
So, It' AttiiriCt has taken the lead
toward miSfek 3 Impossible national
profit ' thfdtffh1 War, It too may bo
America V pirtrilege to pofnt the way
toward making impossible individu
profit through war. To take the pro'ii
out of war is to' take a long step to-
ward creating an economic detesta-
tion of war. The experience of the
United States in the World War af-
fords a basis for the belief that the
plan herein discussed is practical. In
fact, It is more than a belief— It is a
certainty, although not widely known
_ The world Is such a busy place, and
the radius of human activity has bpen
so greatly enlarged because of modern
inventions, that it Is not strange that
'hetaare hut few people who are con-
versant with what was quietly bur
effectively taking place in this coun
try in the mobilization and use of its j
ncatertahresources In the World War |
..T-a process that would have eventual-
ly eliminated all Improper profits
Strength Is given to the public ad-
vocacy of industrial mobilzation nfade
by both'President Harding and Presi
dent Coolidge->—Mr. Coolidge as re
cently as last October in his Omaha
speech to the American Legion—by
the fact that the plan they advocated
as a part of the regular national war
agencies had once been Bet up and
successfully .operated under the War
industries Board.
Preceding the President's recent
cidar-exposition of this subject, some-
deferee of public interest had been en-
gendered by an exchange of letters be-
tween Owen D. Tonng (of Dawes plan
fafh#), in behalf of the1 Walter Hines
Page School of International Rela-
tions, ■ and the writer. The corre-
spondence resulted in the establish-
ment of lectures st the Page School
(of Johns Hopkins University) on this
thbebe.' Previously the Atlantic Month-
If'printed SO article by Sisley Huddle-
ston, wlio polrfted out that Europe saw
great sfrHWs toward peace in the
American idea of "taking the profit
orit of war" in a systematic way His
bflisie reference was to the plan of the
War Industries Board
The resources of a countrv might
be referred to as the five M's: H)
nan power; (2) money; (3i main-
tenance or food: (4) material re-
sources (including raw materials,
mannfactUfthg facilities, transporta-
tion. fudl'and power); and (5) morale
The iWlrftfigence with which the first
four are directed and co-ordinated as
a whole will determine the fifth, the
morale of the community.
ib the war emergency it early be-
came evident to those who were
charged with the responsibility of
mobilising the resources that there
was a Just sentiment among the peo-
ple against profiteering. Profiteering
might be willful and profit making
might be Involuntary; but, whatever
its ferm, there was a just determina-
ut eiuaraaa the wt**« syrmm <r gov
enunsutai a&d olr&taa supply and AO?,
aa&od. It f^e eihdiUed .by Meetitive
order- la March of tft* year 1$lg.
■ 8*iilly, tifte board e&deavored to
q*«W|$SS the i&daStiries of Asterlea so.
tfeatftfce fifhclht CWoes rt the Allied
tg&d viwociMetf nnrttfrtit eould draw
froto sfee UhJted Icates—the k* res
government created- a ox omziv and mocey—
"^^'w"^,^e:iitaf« nw#ed ior the irmm <#
-War at Bate the tfc&gs ware
mais+s&t Ohb afettfce
ri#y ef7y&er
' irawbmsrvn. to
countaame as worrit.
pei
hot at
timm
psiwwleHN<#|wS^|
10 49** ** *
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So ft Seoaise
where the sup-
,:rn' it should cease,
ner-essarv to tlx prices
ply was limited.
Wherever the
5hortag^ by Its demands.-
ixed. not only for the Army.
ho Allies, but for the civtllan'potHtii^ httfiflgfa and with -the least dieieeatitie
" ' t iirfustsry aod the I
And in addition to peftSS"
Tsentials (such r steel, %t t M oTrlMan pepeiatiea.
and so forth), the 4al*.
neiirtrt 'O^P" th*'1
mi '
Jon as well
ixlne on war
wool, copper.
ince. after the war prograiB had
illed. was rationed or distrftu^iSF'-ae^
wording to the priority
various civilian demands, tn'
words, where the price of the
of an industry was fixed that iadaett^
had to deliver the part rwhich the H9f-
?rnment did not need to the
population, not in the way the iadotr
try chose, but as the govemmettt 41-
■ <->c: r i]
h must be remcmbaied that whes
the war cai^e there wa« no adequate
preparation. Indeed, it is doubted by
the' best authorities whether any ef-
fective form of preparation then
known would have been of much atta-
in view of the widespread and eafttlf-
ing results of the war and the 'sck Of
knowledge of the various instruments
f destruction which were being de-
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vised and' which it became neeeseary
to combat
Our own Army had several divisions
competing one witb another for mate*
Bf«rd was er
eoBMBlttoe. wm 5 a ituwif,' vl#e
mm. n>sw >rs tn iiifi eC va
rtoa# gcttvWes, Htfeae oWelK m4 enh
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csadrred by
Coajthss. Sow
stogy for
is the basis
H was
KteO and
iade## b*
in ^hhee
weNtltead.
p rtiwi*?ly when
Cilii It 4a
&r Ike prspossd mmmH* at J
4 Ml #M aatifta^
(fWtTVV PfiWfl MUI
.
Kally, Fallsw,
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TW for
6te. Mim Ufr-
«o«ab, Texts.
nais, transportation, nouslng, and #«
forth. On top of that there prevailed;
the demands of the Shipping Ba+ft. f
with the slogan that ships would wlnf
the war. and of the Food Administra-
tion, with the slogan that food would
win the war. Further, there Wsis thf
Railroad Administration with its seed
for material and labor, and ttnnlly
there was the feVeifsh quest for tafeer
and supplies on the part of the muni-
tion makers—all competing for labor,
money, materials, t raasportatioo, fuel,
power, and each insistiag on tie
srfeater Importance ef Its acdVtty. AH
this while the labor sopply was bsfnf
lessened by the flow of men ints the
Army.
While an endeavor wai being wade
to bring order out of chaos, the great
undertaking had to go en. Mea, Alps,
munitions, food, material, had to be
provided. Old organisations, bureau*
and traditions had te be met and
changed, but not destroyed until (he
new was set up. The wonder of tt nU
is, not that there were so many mis
takes, but that so sauoh was accom-
plished.
At the time we entered the war
prices were at their peak, and tending
higher because of the war's insatiable
demands. The problesa wan not alone
to secure the materials and labor aid
to stop the confusion, but to do tt is
such a way that the morale ef the peo
pie would be maiataised. The prices
of some things, like steef and copper
were fixed far below prevaill&f rates
and the wages ef labor in these Indus
tries were standardised. The ' atbre
highly organiued as Industry, t^e
easier It was to arrange. Order did
not commence to appear HBttt .the
Army funnelled its neinlt tfcrttfcgh one
man sitting with a section M tb# War1
Industries Board and until the Nafy.
Shipping Board, Allies and Rail reed
Administration did likewise. Ctteh de-
partment satislled its requirements
through 'a central authoritative body
This was called the War Industrie*
Board, controlling and directing at!
materials and co-ordinating throngM
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Skaggs, Ethel. Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1926, newspaper, April 8, 1926; Follett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth389911/m1/3/?q=WAR+DEPARTMENT: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Higgins Public Library.