The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-06-09
JARRING LOOSE.

The interesting expedltlon pro- posed by Miss Ruth Law to ayiate over the historic plains of Kansas and Oklahoma in order to secure support for the peculiarly named Liberty Bonds, dropping literature from aerial heights in the course of her journey is suggestive. Also is suggestive the great flight of squadron of battle planes over the equally historic Manhattan, distri- outing among the mctropolitans the literature of the loan.
 It is a great loan has been au- thorized by Congress. Ten billion dollars is a sum which the average mind cannot at all realize. It IS such tremendous amount of money that there is certainly no way whereby in actual certificates or bullion it could be represented. And only by a system of credits, whereby the actual wealth in com modities is secured, could 1t be raised at all for any practical pur- pose.
 It is quite natural that there should be some difficulty in raising such a large amount and the furth- CT the effort to raise it extends from the money centers, the harder the work will be.
 Naturally the government sees an urgent need for raising this money for it is well known that you can no more under capitalism, fight a war without money than you can light it without men.
 The men are easily obtained. The President recommends conscription, Congress with much patriotic orat- ing seconds the recommendation, legislation devising ways and means for the draft after continued patriotic orations. is finally passed and the thing is done.
 The government asserts it's right to take the person of the citizen and compel that person to fight its battles. It is accepted as uneGuiVo- cally right and proper and those who oppose it are regarded as sedi- tious and reasonable persons.
 But and this is the suggestive matter, why is not the same course pursued with reference to getting the money that is declared to be as essential to success, as the fighting men themselves? Why is there no conscription of the tremendous for tunes which have really something to fight for and to protect? John D. Rockefeller is a millionaire from his oil holdings alone. The war has been a tremendous boost of by-pro- ducts there has been constant and ceaseless demand. The firm of Nor gans has become wealthy beyond anything in history through its po- sition as purchasing agent and dis bursting firm for the British govern ment. It's earnings also went away in the billion scale.
 They have everything to gain by the war and nothing to lose. The various intuition factories and steel works have been paying dividends beyond the dreams of avarice these days and they alone could comfort ably foot the loan without turning a hair.
 Moreover it is to pay them that the money is raised and to dis charge the government liabilities to shippers and contractors by reason of the. military and naval prepara- tions.
 If the person of the individual ci- tizen is liable to seizure under con scription and involuntary service is demanded as part of the duties of citizenship, it would appear almost self evident that the monied classes should be made to foot the bills.
 Instead of that they lend at so much per cent and the dear people are called upon to pay.
 The wealth of the United States is roughly speaking over one hund- red and eighty-six billion. Probably it is now two hundred billion. Of that amount four-ffths of the peo- ole own less than one tenth, while )ne per cent of the people own more han the remaining ninety-nine.