JfyJX ';!wg5ifw''vi4Yw'',' ' ;';8S-''"' f1'? .-!$ J , . y.fiy iv. vi .rf i " r . it' ; iru 4 J ; EVENING PUBLIC UED&JSB 1-J11LADEL1'HL, WEDNESDAY, DKCKAIHISlt -1. UJ1S pilKfW' n-'-fmsjsvr ? w& i uv DON'T CUT WAGES, REDFIELD WARNS Contented Labor Greatest Force ,iii Production. He Tells Industries SELS NEW TRADE EllA Urges Altruism in American Conduct of Foreign v Commerce i few ') the Associated Pres Atlantic city, Dec "If it M permitted ine to urge a words of practical ndlce to American Industry, I should say to them: Beware of the temptation hastily to lrfy rash hands upon wages," said Secretin y of t'oirimcrce "William C Hedfleld In ad dressing tlio reconstruction congress of the Chamber of Commerce of tho United .States todaj. "Concentrate thought, ' purpose and effort on output," ho ad lsed. Continuing Mr. Iledfleld tald "Vlnd and seize hold upon all that science has said or can bay concetnltiK Industry. It was largely because Ger matij' made her Industries the opeiatlng Lnd of her science that her lunnucrce Blew s6 fast and powerful In the jimih before tho grt.it v.-ar. II was more Oer limn Eclenco than German luso-, that mada her competition dangerous The responsUe power of well-paid and con tented labor to far-sighed leadership In Industry Is tho greatest force In produc tion, and happy aro th'y who have It behind them. U. 8. Most Feed orld 'Our near future foreign pollcj Is affected by another factor, namely, the capacity of tho world's shipping, I am amused a little, I will confess, at the able and honest gentlemen who press upon me that now and speedily wo must. do something they rarely say wlut to bo amend somo laws that ceitaln things for which they hope may be speedily ac complished. Wo have got to ftcd the world for a while, and it is going to take Bhlp3 to carry tho food. "We must supply tho woild with much equipment and raw mateilal. and that la going to take ships to carry then). "We hae got to keep n. huge army largo us wo call armies on thu other aide, for some time to come, and they will have to bo fed and furnished with supplies We do not know what Is behind tho llusslan cll. A Job may need to he done there that wo dare not "U'tivn undone we hope not but we must hate a considerable army nbioad nlder.ible force, and thej must bo fcd and supplied "Sobcrlj looked lit. 1 think that it cry ship tin. world has and enn get has all oflt carrying capacities taken for the neM two years to come, Many of our Milps IU be us.'d for our grow ing uml del eloping trade with bouth America, because n number of our ics Rels aro of n typo which It Is not economical to send abroad. Wc should, thercfuic, hate no fear on tliut scoie N I'.ra or Trnile 'Let me say to jou with tntlre frank ness that wo arc In a certain tense at i commercial waiting of the was. The otllcer of a great manufacturing concern has iald, "Democracy In lommeicc would prompt us to recognize the rights of our foielgu competitors and to seek the welfare of those with whom we trade In order that wo may contlnuo to sharo In a welfaie to which wo con tt Ibute ; mutual good-w 111 Inevitably w 111 follow and where good-will exists war Is impossible. It prescribes the continual exercise of what has been called the golden rulo of business.' ' In conclusion Secretary Itedflekl said: "Then? Is no doubt, humanly speak ing, that prosperity His ahead of Amei lca, but thcro Is tet nn unsolved doubt as to what use America will make of her prosperity. Do wo think of iur sister nations .ih twent ; cars ago n trut magnate thought of the concerils whose business he would llltu to grasp'.' We hao outgrown that In our domes tic commerce. I do not speak of it as being Illegal, it is more illegal today in tho minds of the business men than on the statute books, but when we got heond the three-mile limit are we going to ho as far advanced In our thought as wo uro at home" Can wi carry the spirit of Ameiican law where the "law of America does not prcall7 Can X In World's llespert "if wo do not wo may become fat and ilcli and possibly win tho contempt of the world hi to doing Will our tho'ight be to aid, with a tplrlt of seiv Ice running through all, setting those who have served us first'.' How will tho wotld feel toward America twenty years hence? It all depends,. "If jou can leave to "your sons as they go about the earth tho knowledge that America rose to a. height of mar velous power, financial, mllltarj, po litical, industrial and economical and ho used that power to her own good alwajs and also always for the good of the world, then your soiw can walk as no German ran walk, can tratel the whole round orb of the globo among friends knit to one another with bonds of esteem and affection which c mnot bo broken." contracts, and that tho Industry of tho war Industries board to aid to this end ' tlon shovel bv the entire commercial Great Business Congress Opens ( nullum'. 1 from I'nice One tha "the counsel of Btatistu s cannot adequately ieprtsent Ameiican busl- nes." Prolonged applause followed this sail. Iliiruch bend Ileuhsurlnjr ol American business men were assured today by Ucrnard M. Baruch. retiring "htlimaii of the war Industries board, that cancellation of Government con- not half out present one, but still a con-1 unels docs not mean a repudiation of nation will got everything to which it la entitled under each and every contract. Mr. Uaruch had been lirilted to attend the leconsttucttoii congress. Ho de clined with rtgret", but Bent a mebsage to tho congress. The opinion appeared to bo prevalent at the lonfeienco that tho retiring chair man declined the Invitation becausn he hesitated to appear beforo many of the men who havo been ifffeetcd bj the rulings of th war Industries board. Several deel ired they had been treated unfair! by that Governmental agency. The tiiht general session of the con gress got under way at 10 :3G o'clock this morning It was opened with an Invocation by Tllshup Thomas r Sailor, of Tennessee, who Is a vice president of the United States Chamber of Com merce. Committees on credentials, rules and a clenrinco comiultteo to take charge of the conference resolutions, were an nounced by Hlllot II. Goodwin, general secretary of the Chamber of Commerce Joslnh H Tie. Creese, of Chicago, was named i hall man of the clearanco com mittee llutlnrhs Diplomacy Urged Tho sweeping away of secret dlplo nincy and replacing It with diplomacy founded on business ethics and the crea tion of a centtal oommltteo as tho spokesman of American business, wero advocated by President Wheeler In the ' keynote speech of tho reconstruction congress Mr Wheeler, who Is vice president of the Union Trust Company of Chicago, be lieves that nn economic boycott against Germany and Austria is neither polltl cully nor economically sound. Tho boy cott, together with the principle of "fav ored nation clauses In commercial treaties, he believes, would tend to drlvo the nations farther apart and Increase industrial unrest. The head of the National Chamber of Commeice desires the selection of a cen tral committee of American Industries, an authorltativo spokesman, empowered in tmergency mattcrb to make declara tions that will be supported by American industry a3 a whole. Uuruch't Mrsnnge to Wheeler rollowlng his nddress, Mr. Wheeler made public tho message received from Mr. Uaruch. It follows: "Tho war Industries board, aa you know, was formed primarily for the purpose of mobilizing the Industries of the country In order that the war pro grams of the United States Government ' and the Allies could bo carried out with as little dislocation of business as pos sible. On the signing of the armistice re strictions were removed and business was permitted to How in Its usual chan nels. In conjunction with this, tho war trade board and tho shipping board aro releasing restrictions upon imports and exports as rapidly as shipping la be coming available. Contracts with tho Government are being adjusted. In the meantime there must surely be some de rangement of business ; but I am certain i that the business man of America can and will meet tho situation which con-' fionts him. I "Tho cancellation of contracts docs t not mean a repudiation of contracts, . and the Government of the Ulted States will not, I am sure, tako fiom the In dustry of the country anything which It Is entitled to under each and every contract. It will be the endeavor of the In Oery way possible. body uf America Its members hac ., mane service nnu not protit tmir rule i.xperts Continued I'roMierltj They l.ve shown a desire nnd wllllng- Thero la much talk of reconstruction, nisa to subordinate self and exnlt public but unfortunatelj the war ended before l,lU'"'rtt' "ml " t"1' readiness to make this country had gotten In,,, the pos,.; CuV", ccVr wo'haveen' lion where reconstruction as applied to able to attain 1 would in. dolnu the !n- tne other countries becamo necussatv. I teei certain tlint American Industry, freed from restrictions and curtailments and with un equal opportunity as It should havo to the world's markets on the bamo baRls us every other nation, with no ndvantage asked of any, but with no disadvantage to It, will soon bring to this country Its share of the prosperity of tho world 'From the experience born of the war. can we not hope for a better understand ing between business and Govcrnint t ' iiio results ooinineu irom conservation i dustiles of Anieil'it an Injustice If I did noi in un this acknowledgment. NiiIIoiihI lllglittaj Urged T.ie crt-at'on of a national highway s.vstem reuchlng all parts of the country nnd built and maintained bv the Gov ernment, is urged h the war service committee on hlghwijs of the recon struction congress The following reso lutlnn to be preheated '. te gem ral ses.don Friday "Highway improvement Is of (Uch vital Importance to the welfnte of the and standardization and from the substl-' m,,lon that we urge the Immediate cre tutlon of tho material for another, should I nt'"n .' n boparnte Federal highways be preserted for the henellt of our in dustries The development of new sources of supply within the boundaries or our country snouid be engaged ; new Industries which hate sprung up fiom the necessity of th& war should be fos tered and developed, an,d I am wonder ing whether the wasteful practices of competition, under some clicumstnnces, should not be pcunanentlj done nvvaj with. Tho greatest Impetus possible should be given to tho development of our foreign trade. It will bo my pleasure at some futuro date to make recommendations coveilng these bpecltio points. "From my experience. 1 saj with the grcutebt earnestness that tho nrlous departments of the Goternment aro not alone willing, but most anxious, to re ceive suggestions from the business man, and I feel that it Is not alone the pritl lege, but also tho dut.t of business, to Indicate to Goternment its needs and their proper solution. I commission whose dutj it shall be to I construct nnd maintain a bvstem of na tional highways, and that appropria tions be made therefor ' Tho committee on mineral aggre gates, of which George V Van Solver, of Philadelphia, has launched a e-am-pntgn hero to merge Into one body the National Association of Sand and Oravel Producers, the National Crushed Stone .Wodat'on nnd the National Sag Asso ciation A nrotesl nlruinrt L'OV einlnent.il rp.. gloat I iii ,,,in,, nf ii,, furniture lnwlnesij ln,.s be, n placed beforo the leeonstrtict'on congress by the furnltuie industry com tnlttee. Culltlnti the Wiittlnvunl There seemed a general agreement that business must proceed cautiously In the after-the-war read lust inent, with no sudden dumping of produces on the mar ket to cause demoralization that labor should be steadily eniplojed to maintain stability; that no effort be made by the f !n prnment arbitrarily to flv nrleerc mid HtiMlnes Men ( niimended t,.vt business be permitted to work out "At the close of the activities of the ' Us own reconstruction problems. war Industlles bo-ird. It Is but blmple I According to some committeemen, justice to express our uppreel itlon and effnits will be made to modify the Sher gratltudc for the lovnl support given us man anti-trust law, but there Ih no by the ii.dustrleb of the nation As agreement as to how far the modlflca chalrman of the boird, 1 offer on behalf tlons should go The war sen Ice com of my associates and myself a tribute mltteo on building stone adopted a reso of thanks for the patriotism and deto-'lutlon declaring for 'outright repeal" of the Sherman law i nd the substitution of legislation granting business the same prlvll'ps rchpcctlig domestic trade as It enjoin .u foreign tiado undir the Webb "i ThK committee alsj tjlctc a ' otost ".igaltibt. the prop wal lo Inaugurate a natlon-wldo basis of nellroud rits in structed on the theorj that distant o Is the oiitbtandlng controlling fi toi tloTeninient Ownership OppiiniMl Opposition to tiovrrnment uwnersl ip of railroad wh-. tlij" substance of another resolution 1 j the stotio building committee It favored, however. 'In tensified tegnlntlons ' hi lespeots lall road corporate iifftilrK C Bedford, chalin.jn in tht board of tin. Stnndard Oil Cou.pan of New Jersey and chairman of the nuloiial petroleum war sertlce mnimlttee. speak ing before ilm oil section of the con vention said he did not fear Idleness among labor through inability to provide sulllnlent cmploment, but tint thcro will not be enough labor "T cannot ncrce with that portion of Piesldent Wilson's message which dcal with the cnploinmt problem," he said 1 "Statistics show a huge percentage of foieign laborers in this country ate pre paring to go to their native countries They h.ive made big wages during he wn i period and they ue going back to , work out the reconstruction problem' It ' thel: own eountrlt-s T doubt If this wll' ' be offset bt Huiopeans coming to this i country ' A law nuking it legal fn u. nnnufne tuter of a tindemnik nitteli- to establish his wholesale, Jobbing and retail prices I and maintain them thiousn ietus.il to , supply a cuttei was suggested in a re-, port tij another war-1 en Ice committee I ThU peporf suggested that any control i of materials during the t construction period should lie with the crafts them-, "cUeb tluough thelt rcipectlvu commit-, tees. I It Is proposed that ' io-erntmnt super- vision nnd regulation Include tin leiins f of progressive taxes so that where in of- i its of any industrial or cotntneicl.il eu terpilses run large, taxes will oiie-j Bpondlngly Increasx ns a couti Ibulloii to I the welfare of our country. i Before the petroleum cection II I, f'oliert of New 1 or'.t, ctl,td a rout of upplause when he said I do not bellcvo In lot eminent oon trol or (Internment owneishln, Govern mnt operation Is inherently Incllleletit If wo uro faced with Goternment domi nation of business It will bo our dut to go back oter thej records and show what Ins nnrre.tl under Government operation dutlnir ,hi last yeai and a half EL'ltOJ'KAN StAILS BY ATl I'tiit of Lull 1'riipofeJ on Irish tiotfyi fur Allanlic I.incrs lanulnii, Nov ij Correspondonc if tlir VsMiMat-d Prets - Alt mills be lli ecu IJurupe- and t. United Statos piMitUcill) will be etitried by nlrplanc i iinuiu ik iai inu ., hit H. nn nn Th vote, for the iticotiointion i,. -ery rhainploned a movement before a. par bramli of tin- petroleum industry in thel ItiinnntHry con mlttee for the establlalt I'ountry into a sliitflo organization, to nictit of a poit of e ill f, r Atlantic liners feu m a unit of the proposed general staff , on thu west cos.-t of Ireland for business, was untiiilinous, With equal . Mreadv, he says, u regular dally mail uniiilinlt) the oil m.in appealed to ulllerli bj airplane is maintained be the other tht.-e htimlre el-odd Itnlustrles ' twerti llnglond and J'rancj wXtiiotrt ! represented here In the grontct Indus- f rruptlon by tin. weathei trial mi-etiii-c iter called together to - follow their eninplt and orinnl?i- Their n ,. n T,- r . i Is pi.lng need, the meeting declared ' ""' Ut "' "reM-LilovA for a general eiMiioiiilo statT which will l'rl. 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Station: "Fatima is best seller" Cincinnati Grand Central, Penn., 1$. & O. Depots: 'Tatima outsells a . other bands" Detroit Union Depot: "Fatima still Icada all other brands in talet" Detroit Michigan Central R. R. Station: "Fatima sales are highe: ' Trair.3of N. Y., N. H. &H. R. R. Sjstcm: "More Fatiinat are sold than an otlicr ri;arcttc"' Dt'FrALO N. Y. Central Station, "ratiim is Iarge-t-selling cigarette" FATIMA Jl Sensible Cigarette l is that, besides pleasinc the t.-utf. Fatimas leave a man feeling clear and keen minded, while and after smoking. 'v V - 4LJ1 1 pis ?iJ b;chicaco'' r fA ! I xl vl? n lute. 5 'rKf&P HHC-7 "i r i ,1 jV -. ,. i V -'fctt' ''. z: & nek
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