Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-18
Not "The Rich Mans War "
Booth Harrington Asks and Answers Pertinent Queries
Frequently >PrOpOunded.
profit financially

ouestlon-who profit financially
by the war;
Answer-workmen whose wages
are Increased in higher proportion
than the advance In the cost OF Nv
| ing. No others profit financially,
except a few crooked men whom the
! law is. already overtaklng; ana
these same men made crooked prot-
its before the war as well as since IL
began.
ouestion-But aren't the rich men
| making more money now than lheS
we're before the war began?
Answer-Before the war, bankers
and financiers made profits on loans
to the allies and on purchases Tor
the allies. The u. s. government
makes these loans and purchases
now The government fixes the
nrice OF munitions and heavily taxes
the munitions makers The govern
ment has virtually put all great man
ufacturers on salary, giving many
OF them 81 year. The government
has fixed the price Of necessities, re-
! ducing them so that profiteerinG is
! illegal and has become almost lmpos-
slble. The prices OF securities nave
| dropped and the railroads have peen
| Communicated by the government.
/ lhp rallrOau AAsN'S bN'-
rem emoved--withOut pay.
Ouestion-But. anyhow doesn't
Mr.. Rockefeller profit by the war?
Answer-Yes; II we win the war
ne will not have TO obey the kaiser.
That is a profit. But financially ms
only possible enjoyment must come
from a sense OF duty and obedience
rendered because the government is
taking more than half Of his income.
Before the war the government TOOK
only a small percentage OF his IN
come.
ouestion-What do the million
aires sons and other rich young mon
get out of the war;
Answer--A chance to die Tor free
dom.
Ouestion-But aren't the young
millionaires favored by the govern
ment7
Answer-That depends on their
physical condition. II a young mil
iionaire is in good physical condition
he will probably be favored with
chance TO get killed or wounded
sooner than other young men who
are not so robust
uestion--How is the government
paying for the war?
Answer-By selling bonds and by
taxing the rich.
Ouestion--How will the money be
raised to pay the interest on the
bonds?
Answer-By taxing the rich.
Question-How will the money be
raised to pay the principal oil the
bonds?
Answer-By taxing the rich.
Question-How viii the rich pay
1, a., .aapau7
Answer--By becoming poorer than
they have been.
Question-Then why did the rich
want this war?
Answer-Becaus they had a GER
tain objection to seeing their coun-
try lose its independence. Germany
a foreign power. sent orders TO the
United States, and murdered Ameri-
can citizens for disobeying those or
ders. All Americans would rather
fight than let the German Junkers
make the laws for the United states;
and a rich American Is an Ameri-
can!
Question-well. anyhow, It is a
rich mans war isn't II?
Answer--Ycs; in the sense that
theNrich mans money is being taken
away from him to pay for it, and the
rich mans life is being taken away
from his. to win 1t on the battlefields,
the war is just exactly as much the
rich mans war as lei the poor
mans war The war Is the war OF
every man who will fight and work
! and pay for his own liberty. his
/ country'a independence and the
| worlds freedom from militarist dom
| ination and imperial ambition. The
rich man fights and works as the
poor man does; but in proportion to
what each possesses. the rich man