El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-15
THIS IS A RICH MANS WAR;
HE HAS TO SACRIFICE MOST

~HE Industrial Workers Of the World the anti con-
scptionists, the pacsts and all the other friends Of
= Germany who dare not out into the open and
declare their friendship for Germany Try to break down
the loyalty Of the citizens Of the United States and make
easy mark for Germany by branding this Arich
mans war They hit the nail on the head. They speak
the truth.
This is a rch mans war, but not in the sense they
would have rs regard It The rch man had his innings be-
fore the United States entered the and he is having
them From August in 1914 to April IN 1916 while the
United States at peace the rich grew richer and
many poor grew rich also while supplying Europe
with food clothing, munitions and host of other things.
The munitions maker enormous dividends The United
State Steel corporation, the Bethlehem Steel company, the
STANDARD III company the packers the copper companies
and various other industries paid dividends previously
heard Of and Undreamed Of All of them charged all the
traffic would bear and sailed away the profits
There time years ago when the rise of the
steel industry made many milonaires in Pittsburg
night All the and most Of the south like that
to the time the United States entered the the rich
could have had their greatest visk for prosperity they
would have wiled that the 20 indefinitely and
that the United States stay out.
What happened when the United States entered the
arena against Germany?
With our entrance into hosttes the government OBJ
tanned the power to tax profits to fix prices to control the
food supply to protect the poor from exploitation by speu
lators and ddmen and to deprive the rich Of the fruits Of
exploitation. Every Of these hits the rich
right IN the pOekebook If the Capitalist class" got
the United States into this war It must be regreng the
effort
In the matter Of the draft the rich also have had to paw
the price The first CONSUMPTION crt of the civil war allowed
$500 for it. Or he could hire substitute whcever price
he and his substitute could arrive at by bargaining 1t
might be 500 $500 The poor who could not
buy exemption hire substitute had to take his chances
with the ball the grape shot and the mimic bullet
He had to take the chance Of sudden death manning for
life.
There is getting out Of it for the with money
It is rich mans he has to take his chance IN
the great adventure with the poor man Kingdom Gould
and John Smith must fight side by side. The rich
can't buy exemption He MT get It at all unless he
prove he essential and unreplaceab part indus
Try essential to the conduct OF the Exemption? It
takes the poor to get exemption and he get by
proving he has q family persons de-
pendent absolutely upon his efforts for living
This IS rich mans war then, II the that the
Tich his very liable to die IN IT, It
rich mans in the that the rich chiefly paying
for It in income taxes, profits taxes, profits
taxes and IN various other ways Their lives money and
personal services going into this and besides many
of their special privileges have been taken away from them
Comparatively, the Of moderate and the poor
exempt from this For the first time in the history
of the world being waged which falls most heavily
upon the classes who times past have most profed by
and borne the least Of the burdens all.
The effects Of the economic conditions in this
country have not yet become very apparent because are
just getting into the But n England they very
evident The poorer classes England best of today
far better Of than they dreamed Of being before
They have shorter hours many times higher pay, and
greater social and educational advantages than before
For them the price Of food controlled and their freedom