Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1934-06-29
THE WAR MAKERS AND THE DEBUNKERs

social communists and political demagogues ire
uueny assert that brought about by inc pressure ~
interests anticipating profit from organized saughVeI says %
Il phI o;olv in its current There is no doubt that
conomic considerations caused some wars put 'hat men
as class are more given the plotting oil war tnan o'n en'
on the face of it an inaccurate and even stupid STATEMENT
m burdens If war fall heavily upon busne enterprise In It's eX
travapat and wasteful expenditure burdens are cea M
always reflected high and sometimes almost eohha'oiS
fabric Of business down. the channels oil business cs
- Certain int irrational spectators and hnaneers compara
civ few in number powerful do profit by war; Du' W great ~
of business men are its heaviest financial LOSERS
ose whose memories back to the Spanish war eau
b se showere on President Mckinley because ne sougn'
by diplomatic means avert For this he was denounced VI
aoos of as the Wall Street. deaf to the cry Oh SUI
pg and c6ed Cuba and careless OF natona nono " ~
- % n the Maine because Of the alleged influence upon the
administration of great commercial interests Whcn was ,
So long as Congress stood with President Mckinney was over
vbemed with veriabe food Of protests IRON the people D
~ ~ 80 doclare war 1t Champ Clark, opposition leaoe
the House. who declared that the opposition party dragged w
sraon into war by scru Of the neck Inns ATTITUDE Oh e w
ority due to popular pressure Inc pop ~
almost universal - !, W., CO..
or can be said that the wars in which the united 0a
engaged were brought by the pressure OF business interests
The financial stake America had in Europe had something 70 W
al t onv into the World War, but would not have hap
d German attacks American vessels had OF aroused popular
nubc feeling to high pitch Certainly more active IMAM
erests in urging into that war were American oa
and inationasts who believed that the cause Oh or
Democracy was at the European struggle ana tnat ne
United States should remain out OF the war; tne oea' " Tue
would he followed by attack the victorious central powers on the
r Revolutionary not precptaed by business interests
~ of noperty in the colonies opposed TO war ior
M Il did not cause the of 1872 it was the Jehersonan party
which preptad it. not business sections OF the country notably
Now Fnand where opposition the rose almost to the point Of
T. tbose same sections Mexican War was opposed 0rea
ine interests Of the North sought to avert the OVl war out
- f nrncpe almost unanimously supported IN both sections
estimated that the ultimate loss to the United states Dy reason
d tho World War will by and adverse effects total IN time
of the total national wealth at the beginning the
war If has created unprecedented proporuoh ana ou
moss whole has suffered vastly than benefited by reason Of
M Income taxes rose high sixty per cent and never VIII
ub to the prwar Scores chseers VINO tnougnt ney
bd during the war discovered when deation came that they
had eed heavy No element IN the country "ouo DC e
reluctant to see the country become involved IN anoth wal na the
Of productive enterprise Indeed one Of he results
b World War has been terrible on the commercial
side as in loss of life and morale
"O government public opinion, and we cannot engage
without the approval Of that opinion declared through the Cou-
M limited States which not in the habit OF yng the lace
Is ~ onnion upon which every members tenure OF office de-
nepd The theory that American people can be duped into war
h ronective rofes compliment to American intelligence or
integrity nor has historical justification Such ateentS are part
the bunk outfit emagogues and reds against the
capitalist system which they of propaganda TO over
throw"