The Red Cloud chief., 1918-05-23

scryient TO It, must be overthrown and the WORLDS
commerce freed from serious dangers. II TINS Is
to be effected the whole German idea or tradihs
must be modified
Economic penetration" has long been recog'
nIzed i'm Germany as one of the most Important |
functions Of the state. The highest In the empire
kings. princes mobiles and hereditary land mag
Mates have We'd In showing their Interest In all III
dustrial and commercial enterprises of magnitude
and I'm promoting in every way possible to them the
expanson of German trade. while chancellors caD-
inet officers and members of parliament have prac-
tically been at the beck and call OF corporations
and individuals embarking on new UNDERTAKINGS
on II large scale. The state In many lines mas pe-
the partner of leading promoters anu In cnses
where capital Is risked in enterprises, when II
successful must rebound to the benefit of the EN-
pire that capital is practically guaranteed against
loss Should the enterprise Itself be revealed as
practicable but be jeopardized by incompetency OF
dishonesty. the state viii find way to step In. 10
protect the outside investor and to turn the enter
prise to success. Differently from what occurs IN
certain more democratic countries, the German
state does not stand aloof from trade ana ihuus-
try, does not eye "big business" with cold suspi'
cion or permit the legislative bodies to moest IL
with multitude OF pin-prlchng laws. The kaiser
poses as the friend and associate or great mum
tions manufacturers, visits with Westphalian coal
barons, presdes at the launching OF steamships
owned by private corporations ana lends the Gu.
couragement of his presence to the cutting Oh
canals or the making OF automobiles, or shoes' OF
carpets by private enterprise. The whole attitude
of the state toward trade Is different In Germany
Nv instinct It Is possible that the kaiser, the
prnces the counts and the barOns OF Germany
have az little desire to come In contact WIN inc
ordinary mortals who are "in trade as certain u
tied Britons have but In Germany duty TO the state
overcomes the repugnance. The one supreme DUTY
of oil is to promote the military might OF the state
for in this way alone can Germahys greatness oe
assured. .
Rut military power in these times is dependent
nm economic power. The nation with the most
money can win wars, Is the crude commercial way
in which the idea has been phrased In other couh
tries Germany has different notions. but ADMITS
the hard fact that trade and militarism are inter
related. And as the warfare OF today has caiieo
FOR now methods on the battlefield, so 1t also De
mands new forms of aid from commerce. ihrous'
trade and commerce the armed forces or the hhtioi
can deliver some of their most telling blows since
In the prcsent hour, whether one likes IL or not
the fact Is established that the army Is more thal
ayor dependent on commerce. the army must nov
work for trade and trade must work Tor the ariny
This reasoning was furnished as the ruhuanenlu
iustifying motive for the law on civil conscrpuol
in Germany, and the German government, II
endures IS expected to push the principle us Vgof
ously after the war as 1t does now Even II uei
many lost the war; It Is affirmed, she can count
triumphlng ultimately through her trade methou'
How vigorously Germany Is working on this prlI
cinle is best realized from the fact that since III
bepinning Of the war, and to greatly increase
extent I'm the ppst year, the German governmel
has effected neg combinations between leadn
manufacturing and commercial concerns In Ge
many engaged In foreign business ana Is using u
yovernmeut resources In the combinations. III
facts in this regard known from other sources, n
confirmed by the complaints of the smaller Ge
man concerns left out of the combination and q
prlyed not merely of all financial and commerce
participation, but also of all knowledge or the Du
ness operations in which the government ana D
business are engaged 1t Is this apparently esta
usbed fact OF the union of the government wi
the most important OF the German firms transa
ing business abroad which Is the basis for much
the concern manifested in the countries OF the
lies regarding the German method or handll
trade and COMMERCE and the future evils when
forecasts.