Denver labor bulletin., 1917-11-17

principles of science and the principles that undere
modern material achievements.
Government Subsidized Her Industries
"Her men of science had made her industries per-
haps the most competent industries in the world and
the label Made in Germany was guarantee of good
workmanship, of sound material. She had access to
all the markets of the world, and every other man
who traded in those markets feared Germany be-
of her effective and almost irresistible competi
ton She had place in the Why she not
satisfied? What more did she want? There
nothing in the world of peace that she did not al
ready have and have in abundance,
1--WE boast of the extraordinary pace of American
advancement. We show with pride the statistics of
the increase of industries and of the population
of cities. Well, those statistics did not match
the statistics of Germany Her old cities took
on youth. grew faster than any American city
grew her old industries opened their eyes and
new world and went out for its conquest; and yet
the authorities of Germany were not satisfied You
have part Of the answer to the question why
she not satisfied in her methods Of competition
There is important industry in Germany upon
which the has not laid its hands to direct
it and, when necessity arose, control it.
'You have only TO ask any whom you meet
who is familiar with the conditions that prevailed
before the in the matter of international COM
petition, to find out the methods of competition
which the German manufacturers and exporters used
under the patronage and support of the government
of Germany You will find that they were the same
sorts of competition that have tried to prevent
by law within our own borders. II they could not
sell their goods cheaper than could sell at
proft for themselves, they could get subsidy from
the government. which made il possible to sell them
cheaper. anyhow; and the conditions of competition
were thus controlled in large measure by the Ger
government itself But that did not satisfy the
German government.
Changing the Map Of Europe
IAN the while there lying behind its thought,
in its dreams of the future political control which
would enable it in the long dominate the labor
and the industry of the world. They not
tent with success by superior achievement; they
wanted success by authority.
Il suppose very few of you have thought much
about the Berlin Bagdad railway The Bern-to
Bagdad railway constructed in order to the
threat of force down the flank of the industrial
dertakngs of half dozen other countries, that
when German competition came in it would not be
resisted too far-because there always the pos
sblity of getting German armies into the heart of
that country quicker than any other armies could be
rot there. Look at the map of Europe now. Ger
many in thrustng upon again and again the dis
cassion of peace, talks about what? Talks about
Belgium; talks about northern France, talks about
Asace- Lorraine. Well. those deeply interesting
subjects and to them, but they not talking
about the heart Of the matter
Take the map and look at it. Germany has abso
Lutte control of Austria Hungary practical control of
the Balkan states control of Turkey control of Asia
Minor / n map in which the whole thing
printed in appropriate black the other day and the
black stretched all the way from Hamburg to Bag
dad-the bulk of German power inserted into the
heart of the world. If she keep that she has kept
all that her dreams contemplated when the war be-
gan. If she keep that her power disturb the
world as long she keeps it-always provided for