The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-30
CHANCELLOR DAY

! OHdlNSllOl LAY, u NO1HSSltl
(Rockefe1ler) University is trying to
earn his salary nowadays by sneering
at all efforts OF peace propagandists,
which evidently is distasteful to his
master, who no doubt is getting in
heavily on the winnings of the muni-
tions makers. John d. the elder, how
ever, has other reasons and it has been
his hope that some time in the future
one of his offspring would own all the
property in this country and dictate
to governments, as we'll as become
complete master over the destinies of
the American people.
To those who have made very
close study of Mr.. Rockefeller, per-
sonally, he has always appeared in the
light of a very vain old miser whose
dominant trait of character was ply
steal cowardice, who always operated
indirectly and who much preferred the
dark lantern and the sand-bag to the
bayonet or the swort Whenever
Rocky went out after any ones goat
henever announced hte fact-he gave
them the glad haud of fellowship
while he put detective on their trail
to look for an opening-instead Of
charge across the open field and de-
iant shout-he was sapping and min
ing by important interviews with his
victims bankers
He is just the class OF man whom
such subservient pharisee as Chan
cellor Day can worship whole-heart-
edly. Character is not necessary for
their adoration--did not Rockefeller
show his Divine Right to rule by re-
sults-and what is there in this world
but money?
The venerable old ass of Syracuse,
when he shufhes off, will march
straight up to ST. Peter and demand
that he be allowed to see and serve his
earthly master, even if he has to take
the cellar route while the pearly gates
are straight in front of him. He has
licked boots so long that an eternal
continuance of it on the other side
will be necessary to his happiness.
When it is remembered that the
thirty-nine directors OF the Navy Lea
que, which has been formed on the
spur of great burst of patriotism"
and genuine misgivings" as to our
safety, will average $3000,0OO each as
the conservative estimates of their
personal fortunes are now given, that
they are each and every one of them
profit-takers in the selling of war mu-
nitions to European governments, that
there is great danger that when the
war closes in Europe the price of mu-
nitions stocks will drop precipitately
and that the government could save
over $4,000 per ton on armor plate
by manufacturing its own munitions,
it is not monstrously difficult to un-
derstand that this Navy League is
both interested in war preparedness
and opposed to government owned
armor plate manufactureries.
When newspapers quote such au-
thorities as the above described why
should the taxpayers of the country
listen to them? There is no one so
simple, we hope, as to think that the
men metioned are in favor of great
armament for the United States solely
on the grounds of patriotism.
But admitting that preparedness on
great scale did not have a single sell
fish interest back of its PRONUNCIATION
and that there was a calm and judicial
weighing Of the question in the bal
ance with the simple question Of
whether or not it was really needed
as precaution against destruction
would not a great preparedness pro-
gram here be Immediately followed by
counter-preparedness directed at
minimizing its strength by our for
eign commercial rivals! And would
not this Immediately make necessary
still more liberal allowances for heavy
increase in our naval armament which
means in effect just another duplica-
tion Of the armament rivalry Of Flu
rope and its failure to preserve the
peace?
( Is it not time that this country bold
" offered something on higher moral
grounds and became the advance
agent Of civilized diplomacy instead
Of that Of the sixteenth century bar
barismi If we wish to continue peace
as our permanent policy we will have
to prove to the people of the world
that we love them much more than we