The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-05-30
tion by mainly the United States.


 The United States, supreme iI the supremacy of its great industri- al chiefs and financial kings, is now brushing shoulders on terms of higher caste with the industrial chiefs, political monarchs and finan- cial kings of older nations. And we say that it is a very interesting question whether or not the ideals of democracy enunciated in the Declaration of Independence can re- main unaffected by this association.
 Can, in other words, the right of every man to life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness be still main. tained under an industrial absolu- tion and financial imperialism?
 What one observes now is that the activities of the nation are to be directed not to any such self contented and self centered policy as the care of the American people, the promotion of their happiness, the extension in their midst of de- mocratic principles. They are to be and actually are directed to tho de- velopment of a gigantic world supremacy in commerce, in indus try and finance. Int United States ig to control by it's great indus try and financial systems the mark cts of the world; to affect by their sway thus the happiness of other natons than their own; to exploit for profit the peoples of other na- tions and to establish commercial relations with other and remOter !natiorx which have ideals of gov ernment and freedom and human liberty generally much contrasting with those at least theoretically ob, taining in America.
 That is beyond doubt where tho country is directed It is followin | . Wall Street ideal. It is looking towards Q commercial and financia imperialism will fatten the already plethoric wealth of the great ones commercially and financially in tht country. It is nurturing in it. heart a more than Roman vision O. imperial greatness, end it is for this purpose setting forth to make pre- parations of the most sinister type
 Already many of the educators paid by great capitalists have point ed out the necessity for a lower standard of living for American workers in order that the Amer ican employers may not be handi capped in competition with thel foreign rivals where cheaper condi tiOns prevail. The United State Chamber of Commerce protests against the reformative clauses il the Seamen's Bill because it place: American shipping in position o disadvantage with other nations Great organs, paid by Big Busin oss have been opringing carefully thu suggestion of control of the labo organizations lest their unions in terfere with the great business re gime that is about to be instituted
 The policy is carefully cutivate' that no more interference be per mitted with business consolidation and industrial and financial All ances. It is time and time agail insisted that the reason for tn German efficiency and the perfection of it's commercial organization ha been that thore was complet understanding between German Bi Business and the German govern ment. It is demanded that in orde to protect the American flag, whic means American business, in a foreign countries great army an greater navy be developed. An erica is to be a nation of merchan princes, financial kings, industrid over-lords. The American peop they are to serve. And service the keynote of modern bushes ethics. The ideals are all in the direction. to serve faithfully en ployers and every born America youth may one day be either
 Morgan or a President
 The centralization of wealth is proceed on a more and more gigar tic scale. The line of demarcatio between those who are independ ently rich and those who are indepe ently poor is to be more and nor