TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-10-04
PATRIOTCM men, UNpATRIOTC WEALTH.
Shall the Doctrine. Prevail which Puts Money above
Human Life and Human Justice?

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Is it true that if large taxes
are exacted on large earnings
capital will be frightened into
removing its money from in
dustrial enterprises? Assuredly
not. The man or the publica-
tion that breaches that capital
must not bear its fullest share
Of the expenses Of the war
breaches a doctrine as unpatriotl
ic as that of Emma Goldman
or soap-box seditionists.
1t is the doctrine of selfish
ness, the creed that puts mo-
ney above human life, above
human justice.
A million men are going to
France to offer their lives Tot
the country they love. A mil.
lion or two million more may
follow. Some, if not many, me-
yer will return. Some will come
back torn, wrecked, broken in
body. Not money, but patriot.
ism, spurs them to offer them.
selves in the great sacrifice
And yet we hear plant Of the
sad lot of a man with $4,000
shares of Steel common who
must suffer to the extent 81
having his income from these
shares reduced by taxes 10
I$572,250 a year-$l, 567 a day
And we hear Of the sad state OIL
those poor creatures with only
$4,000 a year to live on who
may be forced to economic by
reason of the taxes the govern,
ment is exacting,
How different is the story
that comes from a little prairie
town in Minnesota. where two
brothers, DR.. William +. Mayo
and DR.. Charles K. Mayo have
given $1,650,344 to the univer.
lsity of that state for the pro.
motion Of medical education and
research. With the gift went
this simpk statement:
We turn over as an outright
gift to the regents the bulk Of
our savings of a generation
The money came from the
people, and we feel it should
be returned to the people"
The Mayos rank among the
greatest surgeons OF the world.
They have given a wonderful
example Of the unselhshness Of
the truly great.
No nation, no people can be
selfish and unpatriotic without
inviting disaster. One Of tho
cardinal weaknesses Of India ID
that the native who has educa4
ton thinks only how he may
use it to his own benefit and
not for the benefit of India. The
East Indian with money boards
holds on to his money, trust-
ing not his fellows, knowing in-
stinctively that others are self
ish and untrustful like himself.
There are few companies in
India financed by native capital
The money must come from
without. And the money that
comes from without holds In.
dia in subsection as India has
been held in subsection through
the ages by one nation and then
another because its men of mo-
ney have had too much Of greed,
too much thought Of self and
too little of that love OF coun-
try and Of humankind thai
exalts a nation.
The doctrine preached by tho
Financial Chronicle" and tho
other financial publications is
that Of selhshness, Of a greed
that would sap the strength Of
America if it were tolerated.
but it never will be tolerated in
Wall street or in the great realm
OF American business while
we have such examples OF un-
selfish patriotism Of men of Big
Business as are furnished byi
the Davisons, the Hurleys, the
Hooyers, the Harrisons, the
HAIRLESS and the other men Of
high purpose whose love Of
America is a thousand times
greater than love of dollars.
The burden Of the money cost
of this war must be placed up
on those who have money and
who have made huge profits out
OF the war. The burden of
sacrifice must not be borne
J wholly by the multitude who.
have little.
!, The world, says The New
York Evening Mail, will be
better when a little Of the
spirit Of the Mayos is In the
hearts Of all men. Nothing ii.
t the world is worth having that
is not worth making sacrifice