The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-10-07
TAE GREAT
WORLD WIDE
WAR TRUST
SOME EXTRACTS FROM
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
GEO. 7. OLIVER TEsTtF|Es
The War Traffickers Are Just Getting
In Good Trim to Make Us Pay
the Cost of Militarism In
Real Earnest.
1000 10000 % Q

q It. oliver. of Pennsylvania, tes- o
tilted before the Senate lobby Q
investigation committee that
O he owned 1000 shares of stock
o in the United States Steel Cor
poration and held consider
q able" interest in copper min
o ing. He also testified that ne
owned seven thousand shares
in the Pittsburg Coal Co., and 0
two newspapers, the Pittsburg 0
O Gazette Times and the Pitts o
o burg Chronicle-Telegraph, In 0
q creased armament will require o
great quantities of both cop 0
per and coal. 0
OOOO OOO 90 90 1000 o
The United States Steel Corpora,
tion is the owner OF the Carnegie
Steel Co., which concern has obtained
$32. 100000 worth of contracts from
the Navy Department for armor
alone. and other millions of dollars
worth of contracts for other materi-
ais used in the increasing OF the
Army and Navy.
On February 2, 1915, one OF Sena-
tor divers newspapers editorialiy
asked:
"But what is meant by that
resounding mouthful, disarmament
nv the United States? isn't it fact
that the United States is pretty well
disarmed as matters stand? There
isn't much sense in talking of the
United States disarming before 1T Is
armed"
Two billion dollars have been col
iected in ten years from the men
women and children of our natior
for militarism, q sum sufficient tt
dig the Panama Canal, pay off thu
national debt, with enough left to De
fray for one whole year the entire
expenses of all the churches. includ
ing foreign missions, all the fre'
schools, colleges and universities II
America.
And the end is not yet. The wa
traffickers have not finished reapin
their harvest-they are just gettin
In good trim to make us pay the cos
Of militarism in real earnest. Amer
lean people, listen to this little col
loouy which occurred recently at on
of the hearings of the Naval Affair
Committee between Representativ
Finley Gray, of Indiana. and Admire
Vreeland, "a big navy booster.
Mr.. Gray--I wish to inquire OF tn
admiral II it is not the policy OF otl
er governments to increase their nj
vies with all the other leading pow
ers?
Admiral vreeland-It is, sir.
Mr.. Gray-what would be the az
vantage to- US or any other power
if the navies were increased equal
NV all the nations of the worlC
would there be any advantage to
or to any other power?
Admiral vreeland--Not If you meS
in the same ratio.
Mr.. Gray-Would not the san
grounds exist after an increase for
further Increase?
Admiral Vreeland-It would see
so.
Mr., Gray-There would be no a
vantage gained by any nation. the
How long could that be maintaine
that even increase. and what adva
tage would it be to any nation?
Admiral vreeland--If it continu
to increase, the poorer nation W
eventually exhaust itself, and tn
the other nations, the United Stat
included, win have free hand
mean be free to build in accordan
with the changed conditions.
Mr.. Gray-Then it is only qu'
zion Of the limit of taxation?
Admiral vTesiand- Yes, sir.
In other words, the only thing Il
the international war trust has
fear on the score OF reduction
profits is the limit of the ability
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