The gazette-times., December 05, 1918, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7

THF UAZKTTE-TIMES. HEPPNER. OREOON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1918
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An International Service Buill
on Tiny Profits Per Pound
Some industries have been able to get in
step with war demands more quickly than
others.
In many" cases mighty plants have sprung
up but at a prodigious cost.
The packing industry' was able to adapt
itself to unheard of demands more quickly,
perhaps, than any other industry. And this
was because the vast equipment of packing
plants, refrigerator cars, branch houses, etc.,
had been gradually developed to its present
state of efficiency, so that in the crucial hour
it became a mighty international system for
war service.
And how had this development taken place?
Not by making vast inroads into the capi
tal wealth of the country, but largely by using,
from year to year, a portion of the profits, to
provide for expansion.
Swift ft Company's profits hav always been so
tiny, compared with sales, that they have had practic
ally no effect on the price of meat (amounting to only
a fraction of a cent per pound).
And i yet the owners of the business have been
content with reasonable returns on their capital, and
have been able, year after year, to put part of the
profits back into the business to provide for its
expansion.
These fractions of tiny profits have been repaid to
to the public many fold in the form of better service,
and better and cheaper meat, and made it possible for
Swift ft Company to meet, undaunted, the sudden
cry for meat for overseas.
Could any other method of financing a vital
industry involve less hardship to the people of the
country? Could there be a better instance of true
"profit-sharing" than this return in added usefulness
and in national preparedness ?
Swift & Company, U. S, A.
SCENTS DANGER AHEAD
FOR THIS REPUBLIC
Morrow County Boy, Now in Wash
ington, I. C, Expresses Fear
That We Are FoHiming
Wrong Policies.
We are In receipt of the follow-
: lng interesting communication from
1 Glenn Burroughs, a Morrow county
; boy, who is now in Washington, and
1 who, though writing from the stand
point of a socialist, calls attention
to policies that 'are anparently d-j-;
veloping in this country, that can
but lend in tha end to fie fate thut
, has overtaken Germany. The article
i is well written and should bo real
.by all:
S07'K St. N. W., Washington, R C,
Kditor of the Gazette- Tljnes;
f t'e: 1 tl'.at the lime has eomo wli
1 n.r.f! break .silence. It is time for
jus all to wake up and tight, for de
nvicracy, if we are not to see our
'country ko the way that Germany
i went, there is very real danger
' ahead. .
I Let me call your attention to one
! of the reasons why Germany entered
! the war. It was, of course, partly be
! cause the Hohenzollern wanted to
! rule the world, partly because of tha
dominance of the junker class in Ger
man politics, and partly because the
German people had been systematic
1 ally taught thru their schools and
their press that they were from
a cultural standpoint the most super
ior people in the world and thus had
the duty of carrying their culture to
the rest of the world, but more im-p-'aut
than any of these was the de
sire of the Germans to dominate the
world in an economic way. Thus they
wanted to go into Russia because of
the great opportunities for profitable
i investment and trade there. They
wanted to possess the port of Bel
gium and the northern part of France
i because it would give ttiem greater
access to the sea and because In this
region of France were important coal
and iron mines which Germany need
' ed in order to become the greatest
ruler in the trade and industry of the
world. They wanted to build up Cen
I tral-Europa and have the Berlin-Bag
dad railway because It opened up to
them without interference from Eng
land the wealth of India and the East.
They wanted to overthrow the navy
of England and the military power of
France and Russia because , these
stood in their way toward world dom
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Democracy is already passing
out a few of the many presiden
tial seats which are to be distrib
uted in central Europe. Prof.
Thomas G. Masaryk has been seat
ed by the new republic of Bohemia
or the Czecho-Slavs of Austria.
President Masaryk was in America
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inance in the economic feld. The
militarism of Germany was built up
largely to give her the power to cany
out this great program of dominance
iu the trade and Investment markets
of the world. For his purpose also
U;e German government was usiiu
every means at its disposal to mako
the power of hs great capitalists
strong for competition with the cap
italists of other rations; for instance
special privileges were given o them
on the railroads and the ships and
the German consular service made
!he most careful reports of the conii
!ons of the market in the regions in
which they were stationed. They
'".e: itated at no mean; to v. in the mar
kus of South America, Italy, the
0:i"iit and other re;l ns. The gr':ai
war was but an incident in this graat
;tnigie.
Now, let ns turn and look at our
:.;lve.i for n lime" There are certuri
olenitnts In this couutry that want tj
pursue tfce same policy thai Germany
tol'.-jved to h?r rvin. During the war
they have bee.i iiting the patriotic fe'r
vr of the irtsrican re. pie to put
thru the'.r progrr.m. And now while
: :en)le are Iv.V.zi f; sksi by the
enthusiasm at victory over Germany
and the supposed victory of democ
"?.:y over autocracy, there is danger
that they will succeed in their de
signs. Already it has been preached
time after time in the newspapers
that we must conquer the markets of
the world. We must gain the mar
e's and the opportunities for profit
able hivestmeut in Russia and China
and Europe, but especially must we
control the markets of South Amer
ica. Thus we have in our country
the very purpoe expressed that led
Germany into the greatest war of
modern times. These people say that
we must have special banking facili
ties in South America, a consular sys
tpm that is much improved over the
present one and a powerful merchant
marine in order that this purpose
may be accomplished. During the last
week one of the leaders has had the
temerity to assert that it is the pa
triotic duty of the American laborer
to submit to lower wages In order
that the American manufacturer may
successfully compete for foreign mar
kets. And not to be behind the
Germans in any respect, the Ameri
can capitalist is demanding univer
sal military service and the greatest
navy in the world, in order, he says
to make us safe from attack, but in
reality, he wants it in order to force
his way into the markets, of the
world. He wants to use this army
and navy to carry,, out his program
Occasionally, he admits as much, but
usually he is too diplomatic for that.
I might give many other evidences.
but these will be sufficient for the
present. The whole point of the
matter is that the great capitalists,
of our country are advocating the
same policy that brought the great
war in Europe and they are propos
ing the same means to carry out this
policy, that is militarism. We are
not out of the greatest war of our
age before we begin a policy which
leads inevitably to another one of
still greater proportions, for all the
other nations have the same sorts of
junker classes who advocate the
same poMcies and it is certain that
not all the nations can dominate the
economic world at the same time.
Now it Is certain that a vast ma
jority of the people of this country
do not want the militarism which
this policy necessitates, and it is cer
tain that if they were determining
the policy of the'natlon, no such pol
icy could be carried out. Already the
leaders of the American Federation
of Labor and the Mexican Federation
have called attention to this policy
on the part of the American capital
ists, and are going to meet in an in
ternational convention to discuss
what can be done. The Farmers'
Nonpartisan League stands firmly
against such a policy. But these two
t rganizations are not strong enough
alone to defeat the policy. The Am
erican people as a whole must be
aroused to the dangers ahead of
them. But this task is of tremen
dous magnitude, for the great capi
talists control absolutely either by
stock ownership, by furnishing the
advertising on which the newspapers
subsist, or otherwise practically all
the newspapers of importance in the
country. They control also nearly all
the magazines I know only three
important magazines which they do
not control, viz., the Public, the New
Republic, and the Nation. Under
these circumstances it is hard to get
Information to the people as to what
Is really going on in the country. The
sponsors of Imperialism can carry on
their propaganda with little fear of
being exposed. This is all the more
true as the great capitalists control
Democratic parties and as the Social
ist press is weak and discredited. The
propaganda has already begun and
the capitalists expect to carry it thru
under the guise of patriotism before
the people awaken. It is the duty
of the country newspapers and other
papers not dominated by the large
capitalists to arouse the people to the
dangers ahead.
I have been making a study of
these things for a long time and am
usually in a position to keep abreast
of the main facts ,in so far as they
are known. I am willing to donate
my services to giving you the truth
so far ar I can find it. I feel that we ,
have arrived at the parting point
where we are in danger of losing!
what we .have of democracy In this
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PENDLETON SHEEP COMPANY:
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Dan P. Smythe, Pres., or T. F. Boylen, Mgr.,
Pendleton, Oregon.
Let Co-Operation
Continue
4r O-0PERATI0K as a community and as a
If I nation is as essential in Peace Times as
in "War Times and profitable too. Here
in Heppner we have set a pretty good example
of co-operation in the past 20 months. The
Fanners & Stockgrowers National Bank says:.
"Let's Continue That Good Work."
Member Federal Reserve System,
FARMERS Qc STOCKGROWERS
NATIONAL BANK
Heppner Oregon.
To All Wheat Growers of
Morrow County I
I will be in the market for allcfesesfj
of wheat at all times during the coming I j
season, prices based on government s
inspection sups, dags and harvesting j
supplies at market prices.
PHILL COHN
country.
Respectfully,
GLENN V. BURROUGHS.