New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-10-10
A DISREGARDED WARNING.

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has the present European wal
broke out? Why have the eff
forts Of these OF organizations been
without effect in preventing this
most disastrous and least reason
able of wars? Is it not worth
for peace advocates to carefully
consider a comment on then
methods, which the present de
plolable situ alton has justified?
On December 20, 1910, shortly
after Andrew Carnegie had made
His gift Of ten million dollars to
the International Peace Fund,
Joseph Fels wrote to him, point
ing ONT the fatal defects Of peace
propa ganda as Carnegie and his
associates preferred to carry 1t
On. In this letter Mr.. Fels said
You have given ten million
dollars to all international peace
fund The object is worthy.
The donor S intentions are good.
But worthy object and good in
tention cannot alone make gift
a real benefactiOn. Donations,
NO matter how large, to suppress
evils, no matter how great, can
accomplish nothing unless they
should be used to remove the
fundamental cause Of the evils.
Aggressive warfare is always
the result Of what appears to be
AL economic necessity. The las
great war, that between Russia
and Japan, will serve as an Illus
tration- These two nations
fought over the possession OF
Korea. Russia wanted Korea be-
cause she felt the need Of sea-
port ac cessib.e all the year round,
and thus be able to export and
import merchandise freely with
out being bothered with any
other tariff restrictions than
those of her own making. Japan
felt that her independence would
be Merchandising is, she real
lied that her refusal to freely
trade with the rest of the world
would create a temptation for
other nations sufficiently strong
to deprive her of independence.
If conditions Of absolute inter
national free trade had prevailed
Russia would no more have felt
the lack of an accessible seaport
than does the State Of Ohio. Ii
Japan maintained no custom
houses the power that would try
to rob her of independence could
have nothing to gain and very
much to lose. Henry George
made this clear in his "Protee-
ton or Free Trade"
"What are the real substantial
es of this Union Of ourss
Are they not summed up In the
absolute freedom or trade which
it secures and the community O.
interests that grows out OF this
freedoms If our states were
fighting each other with hostile
tariffs and a citizen could not
cross a state boundary line with
cut having his baggage searched,
or a book printed in New York
could not be sent across the river
to Jersey City without being held
in the postoffice until duty was
paid, how long would our Union
last, or what would it be worth?
The true benefits of our Union.
the true basis of the interstate
peace it secures is that it has pre-
vented the establishment OF state
tariffs and given us free trade
over the better part Of a con-
tinert.'
The "need of foreign mar
kets" which is so frequently used
as an argument to justify wars
Of criminal aggression is a med
that would not be felt if the as
crossing nation enforced justice
at home. Our own war in the
Philippines would not have re-
ceived popular endorsement but
for the false hope of "new for
eign markets" held out to CON-
mercial interests. This bait was
held out and was swallowed in
spite of the fact that patentiai
new markets exist here at home.
The unemployed and partially
employed population and the
underpaid workers form a po-
tential market far greater than
any that any war Of conquest
could secure. To secure this new
market, labor need but be given
access to the natural resources
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