The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-12-05

of the world. For his purpose also
The German government was using
every means at its disposal to make
the power of lis great capitalists
strong for competition with the cap
italists of other rations; for instance
special privileges were given 70 them
Oh the railroads and the ships and
the German consular service made
The most careful reports of the conIi-
ions of the market in the regions in
which they were stationed. They
tegitated at no means to win the mar
kets Of South America, italy, the
Client and other regions. The great
war was hui an incident In this great
Struggle.
Now. let lis turn and look at our
selves for lime There are certain
clements in this country that want to
pursue the same policy thai Germany
followed tC hor rHin. During the war
they have been using the patriotic fer
y Of the american re pie to put
THU their program. And now while
j eo2le are lglled t. slea9 by the
enthusiasm at victory over Germany
and the supposed victory Of democ-
.2acy over autocracy, there is danger
that they will succeed In their de-
signs. Already it has been preached
time after time in the newspapers
that we must conquer the markets of
the world. We must gain the mar
cts and the opportunities for profit
able investment in Russia and China
and Europe, but especially must we
control the markets of South Amer
lea. Thus we have in our country
the very purpoe expressed that led
Germany into the greatest war of
modern times. These people say that
we must have special banking facili-
ties in South America, consular sys-
TEN that is much improved over the
present one and powerful merchant
marine in order that this purpose
may be accomplished. During the last
week one of the leaders has had the
temerity to assert that it is the pa
triotic duty of the American laborer
to submit to lower wages in order
that the American manufacturer may
successfully compete for foreign mar
kets. And not to be behind the
Germans in any respect, the Ameri-
can capitalist is demanding univer.
sal military service and the greatest
navy in the world, in order, he says
to make us safe from attack, but in
reality, he wants it in order to force
his way into the markets of the
world. He wants to use this army
and navy to carry out his program
Occasionally, he admits as much, but
usually he is too diplomatic for that
l might give many other evidences
but these will be sufficient for the
present. The whole point of the
matter is that the great capitalists
of our country are advocating the
same policy that brought the grea
war in Europe and they are propos
ing the same means to carry out this
policy, that is militarism. We are
not out of the greatest war of oul
age before we begin policy which
leads inevitably to another one Of
still greater proportions, for all the
other nations have the same sorts Of
| junker classes who advocate the
same policies and it is certain that
not all the nations can dominate the
economic world at the same time.
Now it is certain that a vast ma.
jority of the people of this country
do not want the militarism which
| this policy necessitates, and it is GER
tain that If they were determining
the policy of the'nation, no such pol
| icy could be carried out. Already the
| leaders of the American Federation
of Labor and the Mexican Federation
have called attention to this policy
on the part of the American capital
lists, and are going to meet in an in
ternational convention to discuss
what can be done. The Farmers
Nonpartisan League stands firmly
against such a policy. But these two
rganizations are not strong enough
alone to defeat the policy. The AM
erican people as a whole must be
aroused to the dangers ahead of
them. But this task is of tremen-
dous magnitude, for the great capt.
talists control DISQUALIFICATION by
stock ownership, by furnishing the
advertising on which the newspapers
subsist, or otherwise-practically all
the newspapers of importance in the
country. They control also nearly all
the magazines know only three
important magazines which they do
not control, viz, the Public, the New
Republic, and the Nation. Under
these circumstances it is hard to get
information to the people as to what
is really going on in the country. The
sponsors of imperialism can carry on
their propaganda with little fear of
being exposed. This is all the more
true as the great capitalists control
Democratic parties ard as the Social
ist press is weak and discredited. The