The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-04-23
The WAR, THE PATRIOT
AND The BOOB WORKER
A Most Able Solution of the War
Problem by Jay Fox.
Half the Word at War

Half the Word at War
We live in very low state of civ
ilization where the nations of the
world go armed to the teeth and each
stands in constant fear of being at
tackled by the others, and it's people
murdered and enslaved The princi-
pie employment of half the population
of the earth today is war-the killing
erty. All the nations that are not en-
gagged in the slaughter are agitated
about their preparedness for war, and
are building dreadnaughts and sub
marines and mighty forts, and are
training men to shoot; and all the
while everybody is against war. All
these big guns are for defense, so we
are told. No nation thinks of attack
ing any other nation-no wars of ag-
gression. Far be it from any nation to
think of such thing. Still each ma
tion is expecting attack from the
others.
The average American deplores the
war in Europe. He thinks it terri
BILE and most unnecessary slaughter.
He will be heard declaiming against
it's barbarity, and in the same breath
he will boost for U. S. preparedness
for war. The American "Krupps"
have been busy in congress and in the
newspapers-just taking advantage of
"a special opportunity to advertise and
build up their business-and the re-
suit has been fruitful. The sentiment
is growing fast. We must be prepared
to meet the victor in the European
war.
What the Kaiser Would Do
If the Kaiser wins out he will pack
that 42-centimeter into his hip pocket
and start for New York right away,
and it is due his exalted station in
life that we have reception commit
tee of sufficient size to clean him up
before he lands with his legions and
turns this beloved country of ours into
a German colony.
If the allies wallop Germany they
may take the notion to divide us up.
We ought, really, to have defense
big enough to beat off the whole
bunch of them and thus insure the
existance of our free country, where
every man with the coin can have the
kind of government he wants.
Then there's the Japs on the other
side of the world who's liable to swoop
down on us any evening and pack Off
the Pacific coast and everything on
it, including the Employers associa'
tion, Judge Humphries and the L.
w. w.
Gun Factory Brand of Patriotism
So the war lords are busy, and,
from the purest motives of patriotism
that ever were forged in a gun factory
urge us to awaken to our sense of
duty to the fatherland and stock up
with the murder machines.
We all see-that is those Of us who
have eyes and can see-how scientif-
ically the war sentiment is being man
ufactured in this country. And it is
not the "Krupps" alone, backed by the
militia class, that Is behind the pa
triotic urge for more war prepara-
tions. Every association of employ
ers, every trust, everybody associated
with big business is true patriot at
heart and is therefore quite willing
that you and l shall dope ourselves
with the belief in unpreparedness and
arm ourselves with the tools of war,
so we will be ready to defend their
hoard factories, their lands, their
country, really, since you and | don't
own any of it, and must pay them rent
for the use of it. These gentlemen are
all true patriots and subscribe to the
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