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OTHlNG in this’ world is permanent. Change is thewatchword of creation.
. ‘7 People, customs, manners, industries, and nations change. The kings of
, yesterday are the fear—stricken refugees of today. in our own country
every business had to change abnormally on account of the War, and now it
must change again. In this new change business Will be left to its own re-
sources—not, be speeded up by mammoth orders from the government here
and governments overseas.
This CkangingWould Be a Gigantic Job
even if prices could be restored to where they were in l914 and if every business could find its mar-a
icet as it left it. ‘ But the flood of great orders now ceases while the high prices remain. Wages must
be paid out ofgwhat the business earns, for otherwise the payroll will eat up the capital, and business
will” cease to exist. . g , . >
In the establishment of every industry which gives employment and wages some one had to
take a Chance and make sacrifices. ” . ,
. ‘ ,§'IftheFounder Sta 1861 Without Capital
he denied himself ”wages and comforts m the beéihmngflmt he .mlght. build a‘ future.
If he started with capital he invested his-capital and Waited, sometimes for years, that he
'might protect his future. It is no rare thing in the beginning of a business Which puts on a brave front
for the employee to carry home more money on pay night than does the head of the establishment. .
Often the boss carries home little more than his cares and his hopes.
Now We .Have lCome to a Time , '
' -wh.enieyery man who depends upon a job for his livelihood must do something to protect that iob,
and to protect all jobs by helping the business, because the men who make jobs by daring to risk their
money and their reputations must carry the load of business over an‘unknown road. They must plan
anew. and to a certain extent risk again. > A
Four years ago it was difficult for you to realize that all of civilization was in danger, but it was
true. Now it may be equally difficult for you to realize that business must to .a large extent establish
a new footing for itself anal for you, but that, too, is a fact.
‘“ it May Be Difficuit fiiSo
to realize‘but it is nevertheless true that, as it was necessary for all, rich and 001', to stand together to
"Win the war, so it is now equally necessary for the whole nation to war in harmony first to get
business bagel: to a normal basis and then to develo a new ros eri .
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that you may lose or gain today, butthink of yourself as a man who is working to keep his ousiness
togeti’.er so that he may have an incOme from it in the, future.
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The “Load Has, Got to Go Up a Long and Steep Hill '
~Pliut your shoulder toithe‘ wheel and boost. , If'any’irnan among you wants. to hold back rememé
ber, nomatterjhow plausible his excuse for holding back may be, that in this’ time of reconstruction he
is jeopardiZing your fiIture.‘ .. _ . v ‘_ .' .. , . g, 9..
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