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CODFISH DRYING IN THE SUN : GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS 



Gloucester is the leading fishing port of the country, and is especially noted for its trade 

 in cured fish, chiefly cod, haddock, and other "ground fish," which are caught on the banks 

 lying off the New England coast and the British provinces. 



THE UGLY ALTERNATIVE IS A GOVERN- 

 MKNT OF THE GERMAN TYPE 



The other end to be attained is of pro- 

 found importance. The alternative to 

 failure of our commercial system to main- 

 tain its place and at the same time serve 

 public interest is rig-id autocratic govern- 

 mental organization of industry of the 

 German type. Such organization is au- 

 tocracy itself; it breeds bureaucracy and 

 -titles initiative, and thus democracy, at 

 its birth. 



We must organize — we must mobilize — 

 our every national energy if we are to 

 win this war asrainst the organization 



perfected by autocracy. Either we must 

 organize from the top down or from the 

 bottom up. One is autocracy itself ; the 

 other, democracy. If democracy cannot 

 organize to accomplish its economic, as 

 well as its military defense, it is a false 

 faith and should be abandoned. 



The Food Administration has appealed 

 to the commercial community to march 

 with it to an organization democratic in 

 its inspiration and vital to our defense. 



If we succeed, we shall have assisted 

 our commercial institutions to their own 

 stability in after years, and beyond this 

 they will have proved that democracy is 

 a faith worth v of defense. 



