The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
BUSINESS SUPER-ORGANIZATION

Baron ShibuSawa is the most prominent financier in Japan. At the age of 76 years, in this very year of grace, he made Q tour of the United States for business pur- poses; semi-official Journey as are the purposeful journeys of all pro- minent Japanese throughout the world.
 The Baron is far sighted man. He is not at all concerned with na- tional shibboleths that are resur- rected once a year to apostrophize the nation and the flag. He is concerned with tho United States as country taking it's place among the nations of the world, d giant in youthful strength and youthful vigor.
 He is quoted at length by Am erican Big Business with some ap- proval.
 "America' he said, lis now at one of the most important turning points of her history. Hitherto she has beon self centered and self contented, politically, economically and financially. But now, in conse- uuence of the war, she has been brought suddenly to realize that circumstances place her in the very forefront of the worlds financial and commercial powers and she seems determined to utilize the op- portunities thus presented.
 Without a doubt the general re- view thus presented by Shibusawa is correct The war has placed the United States in a commercial and financial position of supremacy IL the world that this country never before attained Heretofore Am erica was a great nation with lde als of democracy purely her own The relations with other countries were at least dominated by these same ideals. And with the change in the situation, the question natur ally arises, how much and ho" deeply will the change affect th' democracy of the country heretofore at least nominally upheld.
 The answer is almost obvious.
 The very first step taken to assure the international position of th' United States is to secure grea army and greater navy Whil' in academic discussions militarlsD is denounced, since militarism IS necessity to commercial supremacy militarism, willy nilly, must p' adopted.
 The demand is heard in man, quarters for a much greater miii tary organization than the peopi or Congress just yet is willing U concede. But that comes in goo' time.
 In addition an extension or m mowers of the Federal Trade Bu reau is suggested to meet forthcom ing emergencies.
 Furthermore, the demand is hear' more loud than ever that bi Business and the government mus get into active alliance for tn furtherance of the interests ot tn commercial and financial magnate of the nation.
 These are days of Business Super Organization forced upon the coun try by the exigencies of the situa tion arising from the Great War The Japanese financier observes it unmistakably with approval De cause he urged an active alhanc commercially and financially wit Japan so that both could mutuatl profit by the entente.
 The United States has been pro ceeding along these lines of mill tary and commercial and hnancia preparedness under the Wilson ad ministration further than ever fe fore Trusts have been practicall immune from prosecution. Monopol ies have swing throughout tn country that they would never DC fore have dared to develop. Bus mess enterprise has been toward the coming together of all lines c industry, and Pan-American cor gresses have been directed toward the control of the markets of Sout America for the exclusive exp'oita