Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1931-10-29

eat out OF the ntenationalst bag 1t is BY Raymond Les
he Buell. research director OF the Foreign Policy Assoca-
on organization maintained in New York City, which
carries propaganda considerable SCALE through
radio speeches. publications and conferences staged hrou
ghout the country at no small cost.
Mr. Buell. exposes the meat in the international cocoa
nut and helps to explain why certain big inernaonazed
banking and industrial interests so active in the mat
ter 1t is unlikely argues Mr. Buell. that the 1882 disarm
ament conference will real arms reduction unless
steps taken to suppant economic aggression with
international cooperation.
Now this international corporations so essential to dis
armament Dr.. Buell. tells u.s. must like all other intema
tional cooperation with which Americans through recent
experience familiar be brought about at the expense
Of the United States of America We must first tear down
tariff which safeguards the American market against
the worst effects of the importation of foreign goods
cheapened by cheapening workers. Second must wipe
out "unproductive debts, which of course means what
Is left OF what Europeans borrowed from the American
Treasury during and after the World War. Third we
must get better system Of foreign credit whereby
money may be drained out of the United States to pro
mote finance and industry in the rest of the world Unless
America is prepared to take the lead in this program
OF emptng American pockets and somachs to boost the
rest OF the world there is talking about disarma
ment, we are told.
So, when get to the bottom of all this we find urk
ing III the background this plan of the international bank
efs ana ndustlasts to wipe out every barrier against
marketing cheap labor products without consideration of
the effect his will have in destroying employment wages
and consuming power in nations like the United States
Here production cannot go its output must compete
III our markets with the output of nations in which work
ers are compelled to live the level of domestic animals
IN order that they may make conquest of markets with the
deadly weapon Of cheapness.
The technique of this movement is clever First people
are worked into sweat s'peace and disarmament y
Which practically everyone in America favors Then we
are told that III order to bring this about will be neces
say for the United States to sacrifice its standards of
wages and living III the interests of nations with lower
standards to keep them from getting angry and arning
themselves. In order to promote industry based on the
cheapenng of workers must forgive other nations
what they owe us and lend them still more money
Now this would clearly be profitable to the information
al paWnbrokers and the ndustralists who wish to ex
plot workers III the worlds cheapest labor markets The
effect would be to drag workers in all lands to the
low level OF bare subsistence What starts out as beau
tlfu scheme of world peace winds up as very ugly bit
OF world exploitation But many we'll intentoned people
are beng led by the through blind alleys that will
land them where they least expect It is unwise to follow
every banner inscribed with dealistc notices. It ism 4
the banner you follow, but the place where you LIGHT that
counts.