The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 1, 1918, Page 10

| to the lowest possible point: the sub- orse W. Perkins Sees End of Competitive Busimess to Win War 18 ANSWE R THESE QUESTIONS? (EDITOR'S NOTK.—The Star to) 4 presents a remarkable review of lessons which America must os from the events of the first War year in its conduct of business Mf we are to successfully carry on the war and preparo for the peace which ix to follow it, written expe elaliy for our readers by George W. Perkins, probably the best-known | HOW WILL 19 ) Mr, Perkins | asked himself the question, “What Is the Matter With Bust | Ress?” and answered his own ques | ton. Whether you agree with b answer or not, you will find his opt fons worth considering carefully ) ‘BY GEORGE W. PERKINS American Business and Financial Expert NEW YORK, Jan. 1—America ts #0 face with the necessity of jutionizing her atcituc Dutiness—that is the one big les the year onding yesterday, RS Gf our firet war year have! @emonstrated that we are as wi Pared for peace ax we were unpre Jearn the lesson that this year's events ought to have Taught us, industrially and econom feally, the United States ix in for a Very severe trial, not only during but after the close of the war oe new principle of business our unpreparedness teas us is that ©O.0Fr not only the industrial of this country in the fu- the social status of our as well. war was declared, this was saddled with the incu of the lack of vision of our: #0- Political leaderé of the past 20 years. Politicians had decree! that Tuthless competition should rule ‘in Unrestricted competitive ‘Methods have meant keeping down | “stitution of women for men in indus because they would work for and then the substitution’ of} for men and women. We | communi ation had all the evils that flow from | necessary: they u , ruthless competition—|many's pheno ly trade wars between economic | cess was fou! that were fighting for the|and they, set ab market; adulteration of prod: to adopt co-operati and bad trade practices, rebat:| this era began, our steret agreements, price cutting. | men fought it tooth a Wages, child labor and all their} ning their fight with t evils. | the Sherman law, and continuing it Divided We Fall | vigorously in every direction for the | For the last 15 or 20 years there! last-.20° years. The climax was been a sharp cleavage between | reached in the memorable Business world and the politica! | 1917, when we were compelled to go. made realized enal commercial suc ope ni; | Ve cooperation | ¢ that Gers! w on on ¢ ut’ in thie é methods. V nail, begin operate on a on | Sher Hed states | trying Sherman passage of | only poss year of| much gf of the Haye we profited by our my takes? Have we awakened Bd the rie consitios of the fu Are we ready to prepare with all possible speed for the new economic conditions that face tus? Are we ready to aecrept the new principle, viz, that co-oper: ation Is henceforth to be the life of trade, god that ruthlews: com is no longer the life of ays Cor ry things which ov Groand for Complaint im the United States, and a divided against itself cannot Our business leaders had and courage 25 years a, to war with Germany and found that we could get anywhere in our struggle ith her wit speedily adopting the methods she had pur but wu nated a ernmen chit fully. tetore | the: past: year The Undermuslins at $1.25 They are GOWNS of soft muslin in slipover style, with deep Empire yokes, made of lace insertion and embroidery medallions—also Batiste Gowns in plain tailored style, hand embroidered. ENVELOPE CHEMISES of lingerie cloth—many and varied are the s *s. Deep yokes trimmed front and back with lace insertion, lace medallions, lace edge and ribbon. PEGGY PAJAMAS—such desirable sleeping garments, of pink batiste in Empire style—plain tailored with ribbon bow trimmings. The Prices Are Not the Only Attraction at the Bon Marche’s White Sale There is the newness and the daintiness of the garments—the fact that they were all Ss pecially pure hased—some of them, indeed, were specially made for this sale. There is the fact that it was possible to have imported embroideries on undermus- lins at 95c¢ or over, Are Making Many Friends so carefully made—so prettily trimmed and cut so generously full. WHITE PETTICOATS with good quality muslin tops, fitted with deep flare flounce—embroidery and lace trimmed. Some have touches of ribbon. COMBINATION CORSET COVERS AND DRAWERS. found in the January Sale of White at $1.25, ‘They are prettily trimmed with lace, embroidery and ribbon. CORSET COVERS—-of fine nainsook, trimmed in pleas- ing ways with lace or embroidery medallions, with lace and ribbon trimmed. THIRD FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE Snowy Linens at White Sale Pricings 70-INCH LINEN WEFT DAMASK AT $1.50 70-INCH ALL-LIN DAMASK AT $1.75 72-INCH ALL-LINEN DAMASK AT $2.00 ALL-LINEN DAMASK NAPKINS AT $3.00 The January Sale of 36-INCH SOFT-FINISH NAINSOOK AT 20¢ NAINSOOK OF SPLENDID QUALITY, 25¢ YARD-WIDE SOFT NAINSOOK, YARD, 30¢ HEAVY QUALITY NAINSOOK, 36-INCH, 35¢ std ask himself these 16-INCH ALL-LINEN CRASH AT 12%¢ HALF-LINEN GLASS TOWELING AT 12%%¢ BLEACHED ALL-LINEN CRASH AT 20¢ | HEMSTITCHED DRESSER SCARFS AT 19¢ White Goods Offers: 86-INCH CAMEO LINGERIE CLOTH AT 25¢ 36-INCH VOILE *AISTINGS, YARD 25¢ 36-INCH LONG CLOTH, 10-YD. BOLT $1.50 36-INCH LONG CLOTH, 10-YD. BOLT $1.75 Buy Bedding at the January Sale of White PILLOW CASES, SIZE 42x36, PRICED 22¢ PILLOW CAS SIZE 42x36, PRICED 24¢ BLEACHED SHEETS, SIZE 81x99, AT $1.25 CROCHET BEDSPREADS, 80x82, AT $1.75 most fascinating of any that: thial jcountry haa-ever solved: It calle: for the most supremely unselfish: and patriotic effort that the people. of our land are capable of giving saw the oncoming econom rus They saw, for instance, Germany was doing in unity:| her efforts, consolidating her in launching out with great in | “units to capture the trade the world. They saw that she J ing ruthless compett. ‘At-home and adopting sued for. so many. y in her. indus-| plied, might have sesn t trial development. colonsal blunder made by our gov In short, we found that we not [ernment in ite policy toward bie/ only had no army and no mu | business during the last quarter of « nitions of war worth speaking (century had been ite failure to recom of, but we also had no modern [nize the economic neceaulty of large! | economic. industrial policy wor- | busine: and so draw our federal| | thy of the name, Wafecnd'ce lave as to permit i while suprre| 19,000 Sing Airs would have to throw overboard ing and regulating It In much a way| SAN FRANCISCO, Jan b—Pit-| “pry theories about the (as to reduce abuses to a minimum | teen thoveand. peop articipated in competition (and enhance public benefits to the the annual New Y “Ring te hessioanp ond soneiirete the ef. | maxtum. Song” at ie civic auditorium’ lant fictency of co-operative methods And #o we find ourselves today as| night unprepared for peace an we were| After a varied program of: patrt In the last five or six months we last «pring for war. As this memor-|otic songs by noged singers, the en have witnessed a supreme effort on! able yedr drew to a close and the! tire crowd Joined their voices. in a} the part of our government to co-. New Year opens, every thoughtful mighty chorus of national | BLEACHED SHEETS, SIZE 76x90, AT $1.00 CROCHET BEDSPREADS, 80x90, AT $2.00 — BLEACHED SHEETS, SIZE 72x90, AT $1.10 SATIN - FINISH BEDSPREADS AT $3.00" LOWER MAIN FLOOR—THE BON MARCHE | Keep on Carrying Your Packages Home Even though the £. holiday rush is past and over 85c a Yard Serviceable and — Stylish for Suits — and Dresses Are you one of the scores of people who Pa. be buying Wide-wale Cor- duroys Wednesday at ae | Special einaeeyse You | will be fortunate indeed you are, for they are stylish and very serv= iceable. Reena steers: | THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT, Wednesday—Clearance Day This Week THE LOTS ARE SMALL BUT THE BARGAINS ARE BIG Start the New Year right by expending your money to the best advantage at the Bargain Basement Weekly Clearance. THERE ARE TWELVE SPECIAL. MARKsDOWNS: FOR MORROW—EACH ONE A USEFUL, NEEDED ARTICLE, HAVE PAID NEARLY TWICE Coats $5.65 All of our Odd Coats, cellent stocks. of Zibelines, Astrakhans, Cheviots, Bolivias and: plaids; a few lined, some half-lined. There are not many, and hardly two of a kind; in broken sizes. Better Coats $11.21 All this season’s styles, in Velours, Chev- iots, Burellas and plaid mixtures—made with large wide collars of self material, seal plush or kerami—trimmed with beaver cloth and buttons. In green, brown, navy and snuff color. Sizes for misses and women. Boys’ Suits Reduced Broken Sizes, in 16, 17 and 18, at $2.95, $3.95, $4.95 and $6.95 Boys’ Suits of mixtures and corduroys; only a few, in belted styles; reduced to Think —a package or two carried home | every day. It’s Wonkerfal to Be Able to Get Waists Like These at 95c | IN SHADES OF WOOD Even at the January Sale of White ™ grown. AFRICAN, ‘ Waists—attractive Waists—sheer Waists—stylish Waists—|CORAL, NAVY, LABRA- 5 —It might. mean an-| o¢ organdy and voile, with large collars in round and square| “4 POPPY, DOE, other division in the effects, and some with frilled fronts joined te the collar with | COPENHAGEN BRONZE, field at a critical time.) hemstitching. Some are embroidered, others lace trimmed and} ere e a critica es ig. Some | MAIZE, TURQUOISE, Sizes 36 to 46, at 95e¢ apiece. WHITE AND BLACK. SECOND FLOOR—-THE UPPER MAIN FLOOR= ~ —A man or two re- | leased from every store for war. -It might mean vic- tory! | BON MARCHE. ‘ ‘THE BON MARCHE THE. WEEKLY CLEARANCE SALE TO, OR WHICH OTHERWISE YOU WOULD THE PRICE. Good quality Percale; 6 inches wide; lengths to 10 | yards; mpecial, yard 20¢. LOWER MAIN FLOOR Women’s — Winter |Union Suits 75c A 25% Apron Gingham, 26 Inches wide; neat check pat- terns. Not over 10 yards to each. Yard 10¢, LOWER MAIN FLOOR 1s yeuesy left-overs from ex | First announcement that American troops are now oceupyin front line trenches in France. Second Liberty Loan 532, President Wilson addresses the senate on peace terms. warfare, effective at mid dan. dan. Germany declares submarine night $—America breaks relation Washington reveal und Mexico ca formally ruthles: closes with total reduction. A special price, in- deed, for these fine- ribbed, fleece lined Union Suits; long sleeves, ankle length; snug and warm. Size: 36 to 44. subscription of sts news that Russia is “worn out" by war strainy by overthrow of Kerensky by Bolshevikt ce negotiations by Reds fight; Germans tn raid along Rhine-Marne canal kill three Americans, wound five and apy! ture 11 ; can mission led by ed war confer Feb. Feb. s with German Germany to embroll Japan| * in war opening of py volutionary government | Sammies in first front trench March 22 | April | Aprit April April 2 May May dune | June to declare ¥ WAR ON ¢ with Ame British war mission arrives, followed by French misston. American destroyers arrive for duty in European waters. Select military service bill becomes law Gen. Pershing arrives in Burope First Liberty loan closes with total subscription of more than on Germany MANY. ‘olonel House arrives in Europe for , British uzea court, New congress convenes, ng request for $13,500,000,000; billions for war and of this more than a billion for aeronautics, President Wilson, in message to congress, outlines Ami war aims and asks for war on Austria-Hungary, | June Dill paswed Small Lots Reduced for Clearance taeee Ge tvs ‘meses | duly on food grains, meat, fuel and im- America declares war on Austria-Hungary Broken Lot of Women’s Bronze Kid and — . Pde’ bn aye ¥ ec. 15—Qi naires go out for permanent classification of n " M " r first sflect service army. #8 for select avice Ivory Dress Shoes, with cloth tops—only jf} july easy 8 $640,000,000 aviation bill saa Gece sralbeeacicn Pag coupon in U. a limited number, in broken sizes. All duly ‘resident ends shipping row that delays shipbuilding by goal, 13,000,000 in all have Louis heel and accepting resignations of Gen. Goethals and Chairman Denman, Dee. U. 8. s. kovernme nt takes over opers ation of all railw: long, narrow vamp S. shows 3,000,000 al Government calls for 100,000 men to man 35,000 aircraft Food control bill passed Prosident Wilson replies to pope's peace appeal; says there can Boston Plans s Laboratory |Speech that seldom can be cured ie Aug. Suits with two pairs of knickers; mix- tures and cravenetted corduroys, reduced to Boys’ Suits of plaid mixture, with two pairs of knickers, reduced $4 95 “ . Fine Wool Suits, some with two pairs of ’ trousers, well tailored, in $6.95 Norfolk style, reduced to.. Several broken lots of Waists, including Japanese silks, madras, voiles and mer- cerized fabrics, in a variety of styles and colors.... Women’s Heavy Winter Sweater Coats— only brown left, in sizes 40 to 46 0 handled millions in America for German plot ting, arrested in Paria. Viscount Ishii of Japanese mission announces recognition of open door and Am n trade rights in China NErOKS PARKER KOLA) Insurance bill reas passes huge revenue bill and adjourns | nt forms powerful War Trade Board to clamp tighter | reo on neutrals supplying Gerr vow Division of National Guard nped at Camp Mills, | » sails for France, (Announcement withheld until Dec. 1.) a +| mo, For Study of Speech the malady that causes the speaks “bawth," BOSTON, If you live in awthy: eae ~— Indiana an¢ “Ko koko-ko-ko poratory will be directed | come to Boston, . Walter B. Swift, of the lary) Dr. Plans are under way here today |ogy department of Harvard upiv for the establishment of a $20,000 | sity, sy 5) laboratory for the study of speech, | and corrections for its defects. The institution will be one of the most uniq of its kind. ° ything, from baby lsping to &* “1 stuttering, will be includ. F curriculum, what oan be learned in ad vance, one of te few defects in| shell to a height. of Jan. 1s say, bat h The “The limit of horror,” of correspondents n reached by ‘the y in the bombard. — at Verdun, was produced by a giant gun throwing an enormous foot i Ge