The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-01-10
PREPARING TO LAY THE FOUNDATIONS FOR
ANOTHER WAR

The Great Du Pont Company has doubled its adver-
Using appropriations for 1918 Why? George Frank
Lord the director of advertising of the E. l. du Pont
de Nemous & Co.. of Wilmington, Del, writes article
in recent issue of Printers Ink in which he boosts
the business of his In the of this
significant expression he says
This is of commercial competition. Such
pressions "a place in the sum-" the freedom of the
Seas" refer unrestricted commercial activity.
1T must be obvious, therefore, that the of
tilery and orpedoes, under and land and
is but the prelude for intensive and extensive
contest for commercial supremacy of the world. :"
I'VE must expect and prepare for most aggressive
competition, the
but also from allies"
1t is admitted by the press generally that the
Kaiser considers England his principle enemy Is
not his watch-word' "Gott Strafe Engand?" Why?
Simply because of the animosity engendered by
mercial competition Simply because he would have
commercial supremacy in the world markets if he could
defeat or conquer the English. Has not the German
Aristocracy repeatedly said that it's object to get
place in the SUM-" The du Pont advertising expert
has defined the term in his article above quoted
All of this shows pretty conclusively that the world
markets the booty of this and that the desire
of capitalists for profits and the rights of exploitation
were the most direct and proxmate of the
Even if the Kaiser took advantage of the murder of
the Austrian Archduke and deliberately took steps to
bring about world war, he did with the intension
of conquerng the commercial rivals and competitors
of his fellow capitalists in Germany. 1t may very
well be that he thought that the Prussian asocracy of
blood and OF money the only people fit and
peent to rule the industrial world and enjoy the coos-
sal and supendous wealth that is the fruit thereof At
that we think he is right if the present industrial sys-
tenn of blood and thunder and cutthroat competition
is the correct and highest form of society
Since it has been concusively established that
commercial competition the chief cause of the
present world war; what should then be thought of
the du Pont Company, and other American trusts and
bloated corporations that preparing for
the most intensive and bitter competition in the world
markets, which is to follow the Is it not certain
that they are thereby laying the foundations for
other universal holocaust? Just as the capt.
tasts of the world take again the gauntlet of trade
competition after the conclusion Of peace that
will there be another and perhaps atrocious war
inside generation two. Next time it may be
between nations that allies History shows
that nations frequently change night from enemies
to allies, and vice versa
Are the capitalists of America asleep that they are
entering upon that will lead to another war?
No. The only that asleep the people. The
plutes know what they doing and what it will
bring them to. Because-they have even now intro
duced in Congress a bill for universal military
training.
Universal Military Training
Senator Chamberlain Of Oregon introduced and push
ed through the Senate time in 1917 bill providing
~ the establishment of universal military training in the
other\lropean countries. 1t is known as the Cham
berlain\ Bill 1t is Somewhere in the House of Rep
resentatNes at the present time, but has not been
brought MP for consideration Perhaps its sponsors
waiting for opportune time to slip it over
1t is \ertain that the present Selectve Draft law
is sufficient for the purposes of the administration in
the prosecution Of the pending war. And one of the
alleged purposes of the is make the world safe
for democral and to make end of all wars at
least it is so alleged. Why then do the moneyed men
of this countA want universal military training saddled
upon the peoples? 1t isn't needed if this is to be the
last But twill be needed to make the world
safe for putocracy ! And that is the object