Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-12-02
Mr.. Tayenner on the War Trust

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One Of the strongest arguments in
favor Of policy of complete Govern
ment manufacture OF all munitions Of
Of war is that such a policy willremove
all incentive for the defrauding Of the
Government by private manufactur-
ers. The war trust has never ,hesitated
| to cheat the goyernmenew whenIitfound
ian opportunity to do SO, and it has
managed to find such opportunities.
IL is probable that the exact extent of
the frauds that have been perpetrated
upon the Government by the war
trusts will never be known, because
it has been only by, sheer accident
that such frauds have become public
in few instances.
A proposition has been made to
Secretary Daniels, however, that1if he
will agree to reward those who furnish
the evidence of extensive armor-
plate swindles with certain percent
age of the sums recovered from the
armor ring as result OF uchinforma-
| tion that it will be forthcoming. Those
who haye made this proposition to
the Secretary state that the men who
have such information have dealings
with the armor concerns, and that
others who would testify are in the
employment ofthe armor manufactur-
ers, and that they can not sacrifice
their interests and means of livihood
without some kind of protection.
Since there would be no cost to the
Government, unless it was able to
actually recover fines from the armor
patriots, it can not be seen how the
/ Government can we'll refuse this
proposition, There is little doubt but
that the Government has paid high
prices for inferior and "doctored"
and defective armor plates, guns, and
| gun forgings in scores Of instances
without the same being detected.
Any discussion as to armor plate
| necessitates the mention of one Of cur
j prominent milIionaires who travels
about the country posing as o great
patriot-M Mr., Andrew Carnegie, who,
| despite his intimation that he has ere
tired" holds S3OO,O 100000 worth Of
bonds in the United States Steel Cor
| poration, which in turn owns the
Carnegie and other war-trafiicking
| subsidiaries, which never hesitate to
take advantage of their strangle hold
| of our Army and Navy, Mr.. Carnegie's
protestations of patriotism notwith-
standing. Mr.. Carnegie's slice of pork
resulting from his 100000 worth
of bonds amounts to $16,OOO,O 900 an
nually. The American taxpayers con-
tribute the greater portion OF this in
the form of increased cost of living.
On January Z, 1911, Mr.. Carnegie
made speech before the Republican
Club in New York City, in which he
told how he came to 60 into the arm'
or-plate business.
II was coaching in scotland,v he
said, "when | got cablegram from
Secretary Tracy" (this Is the same
Secretary Of the Navy Tracy who, af'
ter leaving the Government service,
became the attorney for the Carnegie
| Co.., "sayingin effect, the President
says he understands It to DO your du-
| " to enter into the manufacture Of
armor and dsave the ships from wait
| ing on the stocks for want Of H. Mr.
Carnegie proceeded then to say:
i "That telegram settled IL; Whenever
! the public calls on me for anything ]
can do, unless fall dead, II is my
glory to respond. That II what I did