Evening journal., 1915-09-02
Peoples Column
NATIONAL PROBLEMS
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AND THE ADMIN,


AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
To the Editor OF THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
Sir: The dye and textile manufacture
ers at a meeting held recently declared,
should conditions remain unchanged.
they will be forced to close down their
factories for lack of dye material.
Should their prediction become fact
over $4,000 men will be thrown out of
employment in Philadelphia alone.
Should this situation become general in
the near future, which is most likely TO
be so, the ease OF one is the case of all
They all had one source whence they
received the precious article whose lack
is threatening their industry and the
number of men affected will run up close
to half q million.
Cotton, the very essence Of life of the
South was made contraband by an order
in council at London. This struck the
South like the worst hurricane; il fatty
took away from them the elixir OF
life"
The two cases ! mentioned above are
not incidents sprung out of the European
horror that could not be averted These
calamities we're placed upon the United
States by few men in London who
shape things to suit themselves. regard
less of whether they hurt another ma
tion's respect or existence, even if the
( nation is neutral.
When the Ltsitania disaster occurred
and over hundred Americans we're
drowned. we all demanded that drastic
action be taken against Germany. Our
slogan was freedom of the seas" Why
not contend for our rights with anyone
who interferes and tries 20 cripple our
business and dictate as to their own ad-
vantage
England is allowing us to export am
munition for her allies and herself but
J would not permit us to send cotton 20
neutral countries, their only crime being
/ geographical. because they are situated
near TO England's enemy.
: England is resolved to dominate over
the world market at any price Cothera
should pay).
The fear for competition is the
backbone at all the orders in Council
But the question that arises Isl do we
have to submit ourselves to the will Of
English business? Is the United
States a republic with an own gov
ernment or an English colony? Are
we free citizens of a democratic re-
public or English subjects?
Not England nor Germany has got
right TO create and force upon us
new" international laws as to suit
themselves. An order in council il
not sufficient to brand the article that
upkeeps the south as contraband and
an order OF Won Tirpitz can't close
the seas for America.
Secretary McAdoos plan to loan
500 100000 to the cotton growers is
groundless; this isn't the proper rem
edy to be applied. Cotton is not
raised for storing purposes. Should
the war last another year. what will
become OF the next crop? Will the
administration extend another loan
II this Is the ultimate solution the
administration could reach In this
matter. cotton growing might as
we'll be stopped altogether until the
war is over.
international laws are not scraps
of paper" they we're formed by all
the nations. including those who par.
ticipate in the European charnel. and
il must be adhered to by all in time oi
war. An efficient administration
could find better methods of applica.
tion to keep starvation back Of oul
doors than raise loans and war taxes
! | wonder what the United State:
would look like If England's order in
council and Admiral Won Tirpiti
! would prohibit the export of ammuni
! tlon
JOSEPH RABINOVITZ.
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