TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-09-18
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ard ku4ttih governments faF ~
purchase IL Nsf msistlsl. ANa inis4.
ssisa m sWee corporations stalking
.hsEst rtnisis lt6m iht mantisefafs
"a eaf frFQilts
The Wan Aitsts teafhai on Ma.
cen said lhai the Nattd State.
Steel Corporation has been sstl,hn
and wil set anttfs les Ntesi ifaH
concerns iH lhls country, which have
taken oIdelt Zoe ihfapntl and othti
vat munitions Aud ia added ou
August ard thai "ihs Tailed statss
Steel Corporation has obtained 4
kussian Fail order amounting ia
3s. 600, 0ooe Nos Mttsfs Morgan
Cary and Converse arc members u
the Steel Trust board
The Wan Street Journal added
that the LaekaNanna Steel Com.
pany has been helped Ia war orders
20 The eKtcuf 81 Af,0un.UnO for rails
and steel Two of the invited
patriots, Messrs. Cornelius Wander.
bilt and Ogden l. Mills, are directors
Of this company.
The Wall Street Journal further
related on May 9Th "Thc Pres.
ident OF the National Surety Com
pany estimates that $780, 600 900 in
war material has been contracted
for. The estimate is based on the
applications for surety bonds which
his company has received" Strange
70 relate, We find among the direct.
ors Of the National Surety Company
the name of Mr.. Frederic r. Couder,
who, in the public prints, so bitterly
dcnounces Germany every time a
delicate diplomatic crisis occurs
between that country and our own.
Surely, Mr.. Coudert does not desire
to see this country 90 to war on be-
half Of his beloved France, that the
National may underwrite more sure.
ty bonds5
Inc NOlonel DnrlaSkeQ
Again we find that on May 4th
the Wall Street Journal informs the
Street that the International Nickel
Company is enjoying an improve
ment in its business because Of the
increase in the consumption OF
nickel brought about by the war"
And what do we find here? oh.
shame TO tell It'll Oh Colonel, Col
onel, is it thus you dupe your coun-
trymeni Colonel Robert M. Thomp-
son is chairman OF the board Of the
International Nickel Company, and
among the directors are Messrs. Ed
mund c. Converse, S. H.. P. Pell,
and Seward Prosser.
The Wall Street Journal further
chronicles that the American Loco
motive Company's order for shrap-
mel amounts to approximately $685.
900, 900" which must be Of specific
interest to Mr.. L. L. Clarke, one Of
the directors.
Westinghouse Electric & Man
u~iacturing is one Of the deadliest OF
the war stocks" on the Stock Ex-
change, and Mr.. Paul d. Cravath is
a member Of its board.
Another war stock is General
Electric, one Of whose directing
geniuses is Mr.. Charles Steele, Of
]. P, Morgan & Co.
The Farmers Loan & Trust Com
pany is transfer agent for the Gem
eral Electric Company, and on the
trust company board we locate
Messrs. Percy Rockefeller and
Frank A. Vanderlip.
The Guaranty Trust Company is
the transfer agent for the Westing-
house, American Car & Foundry,
Atlas Powder Company, Hercules
Powder Company, and other war
munitions concerns. Messrs. Daniel
G. r id, Harry Payne Whitney, and
Thom,s w. Lamont are its direct
ors.
The Bankers Trust Company Is
transfer agent for the Baldwin Loco
motive Works, and among the
directors Of this concern are Messrs.
Reid, Hine, Dawson, and Converse.
So there, all the disinterested
patriots are accounted for, yea, even
the founder OF the Navy League.
Why then, | ask, should not Col
onel Thompson's scheme to spend
$500, 900, 600 OF government money
have been enthusiastically advocat-
ed" by gentlemen SO closely affil-
with the war munitions fact
Why should they not have
leaned back in their chairs at the
obliging Colonel's luncheon, clinked
their glasses and chcered, laughing
in their sleeves over the jest they
having at the expense of their
simple-minded eountrymen, while
they slapped their eapacious pockets
in the hope OF soon ~secreting there
the S500,000,000 to be spent on
armament.
For, you see, the war in Europe
some time viii be ended, and the
Money Trusts war munitions plants
not be idle. No, it is the duty
Of Wall Street patriots to organize
Navy Leagues and National Secur-
ity Leagues and the like, that the
government may be urged by the
great patriotic clamor TO spend vast
on war material.
Colonel, | have a further word to
say to you. You are a personal
/ believe, Of Mr.. james Cor
don Bennett owner Of the Herald,
who, | see, subscribed several thous-
and dollars to your singular scheme.
Mr.. Bennett is an expatriate, who is
frantically to this side of
the water that the United States
join the war to rescue his
country, France.