Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-19
after the WaK

British business interests already are laying latter the war
plans for regaining Britain share of the worlds peace commerce.
They believe that German competition in neutral countries will be
kcener than ever, and that Germany will have the ledge" on other
countries, because the German world power party already has laid
down a program of slavery wages for peace toilers in German fac
tories.
have brought German wOrkmcn to the point where they will be glad
to accept lower wages than before the war and will be satisfied with
but little improvement. in their present living condition.
That points to a German campaign of low prices to attack Brit
ish. American, French and japanese commerce.
But Germany cannot acquire any marked degree Of success in
her afterthe-war commercial efforts unless she gets her hands upon
the worlds raw materials. Germany is destitute of raw materials.
But she proposes to grab them.
Germany shall have a concentration of raw materials for the
purpose of supplying the world after the war" declares DR.. Bernard
Dernburg, former special representative of the German government
in the United States. Continuing, he outlines the Hun peace table
program: 'At the peace conference we must not only demand these
advantages, but command them by force if necessary
There, Mr. Workingman and Mr., Capitalist, is what Germany
is fighting for-control of the worlds raw materials so that she can
"supply the world with manufactured goods.
In other words, Germany would have America dig her iron ore
and copper, grow her cotton, and send them to German factories,
wher> German men, women and children, beaten into virtual slavery
by the war lords, would toll for mere existence.
The effect Of that on American workmen would be lower wages
and a pitful living condition. 1t would be ruinous to American
capital. 1t would have a like effect on British, French, Italian and
With her concentrated control of the worlds raw materials, her
war enslaved workmen and her inordinate desire for world power,
tne Germany of the HohenzOlerns easily enough could annex the
world markets, and make all other nations pay commercial tribute
to the war lords of Hunland.
This is unthnkable. 1t borders close to political endayement.
The United States now should start building the foundation Of
our afteT-thewar business. We will have what America long lacked,
= worthy fleet of commerce carriers flying the American flag. We
have the most plentiful supply of raw materials of any nation. The
United states must protect her workngmen, her raw materials, her
ships her commerce and business life. This, in large measure, must
be done o n the batdefelds of Europe-BEFORE the peace confer
ence. We owe 1t to our future national welfare to fight until Ger
many canNoT command our raw materials 'by force if necessary
AT that conference Germany must not only give up her dream
q "orla military power, and all the territory she has seized, but
she must shatter her program of world commercial power. In other
words; there can be no peace until the German HOhenzOnerns come
70 realize that Germany must henceforth and forever be ONE of the
nations of the world, and not THE NATION.