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DRAFT PRESIDENT WIL SON
A PATRIOTIC APPEAL TO EVERY
LOYAL AMERICAN
JOHN T. MU L L I$ AN
Published by the
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PREFACE
The Gove rnmen t of the Un i ted S tate s was founded$ to es tab l i sh j usti ce
,i n su re domes t ic t ranqu i l i ty , p ro
v ide fo r a common de fen se,p romote the gene ral wel
fa re an d secu re the b less ings o f l ibe rty .
The fi rs t Nation al Assembly o f France decl a redthat $ i gno rance
,neglect o r con temp t of human rights
a re the sol e causes o f publ ic mis fo rtune and co rrup t ion sof Gove rnmen t . ’
We are engaged in a worl d wa r . Mankind isfac i ng a momen tous c ri s i s . Ameri ca ’ s heart and hopesa re i n France .
Ou r f i res i des glow wi th mingled ref l ections oftende r memories an d glo rious ach ievemen t. Ou r fami ly al ta rs a re l i t wi th the p raye rs of t rus t ing mothe rs
,
anxious wives and wonde ring ch i l d ren . The blood,the
fo rtunes an d the ene rgie s o f a migh ty peace loving andGod fea ring peop le a re p ledged to the success o f thecause $ ove r the re . A l l to uphol d the glo ry o f God andthe rights of man .
With a p raye rful and p atriot i c des i re to engraveupon the hea rt o f eve ry Ameri can a ful l concep tion andreal i z ation of the s ac red duty imposed upon al l as c i t izens o f the greates t of al l Republ i c s
,I submi t th i s ef
fo rt to the consc i en tious cons i de rat ion o f my coun trymen .
$OHN T . MULLIGAN .
L os Angeles , Cal .Septembe r
,1 91 8.
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CHAPTER 1 .
D raft P residen t W ilson .
DRAFT PRES IDENT W I L SON i s not an or
iginal thought of the autho r . I t i s the cal l of dest iny,the c ry of human i ty and the demand of duty . I t i s theman i fes te d in sp i ration bo rn in the hea rts of mil l ions ofsoul s
,glo ri f i ed by the rewa rd wrapped in the cause
$ ove r the re . $
I t i s the i rres i s tib le demand of th a t gran d sp i r i tsweep ing the Un ive rse l ike a migh ty t i dal wave to
make th i s a sa fe r,bette r and p u re r worl d in wh ich to
l ive .I t i s the unconque rab le movemen t nu rsed and fed
by a thousand gene rations of p a in,suf fe ring
,s ac ri f i ce
an d death,tes te d by ages of f i re an d b lood fo r a h ighe r
and bette r soc i al o rde r and a more equal and j us t economic an d indus tri a l f reedom .
I t i s the f i rs t l i sp ings of the new bo rn world fo rcecal l ed Ameri can i sm
,and i t i s the beckon of a hopeful
poste ri ty.
The time for reason i s he re . The demand of theage looks us squa rely in the face an d sea rches our innermost soul . Let us ri se to the importance o f the s i tu ation . Let us smothe r ou r p rej ud ices . Let us se t thes app ing pol i ti c i an as i de . Let the weakl ing and sl ackergo h i s way . Let us fo rget fo r the momen t our person alan d sel f i sh in te rests . Let us
,j us t fo r the day
,l ive for
the glo ry o f God,the good of human i ty an d the up
bu i l ding of the race . Let us l i f t the cu rta in of humanact ivi ti e s and calmly look upon the great battle f iel d ofl i fe .
The wo rl d i s l i te ral ly soaked i n human blood .
Hatred i s be ing b red,ove r an d ove r
,i n the hea rts of
men . Kill,ki l l
,k i l l thy b ro the r i s the battl e c ry. The
ho rro r o f the s icken ing n ightma re can neve r be to l d or
unde rstood .
I n Eu rop e the c rimson s ta ined so i l h as been s anc
tif ied by a bap ti sm of human b lood . The temples ofho ly wo rsh ip and sanctua ries o f re fuge h ave been desec rated an d l a i d waste . The fe rti l e f i e l ds h ave been de
vastated. The feas ts h ave been tu rned in to mou rn ing .
Ruin an d des truction shock an d si cken the soul . Wild,
s avage and b lood cu rdl ing c rimes a re rewa rde d by thewicked Moloch o f the age .
$ Ove r the re $ the f lowe r of
a peace loving an d God fea ri ng peop le a re f ighting,
f i ghting,f igh ting . Fighting that a b lood lus t race sh al l
not pass . Fighting th a t the p ain,su f fe ri ng an d s ac ri
f i ces o f the coun tless ages gone shal l no t have been madein vain
,th at the descendan ts o f Wash ington an d Lin
coln shal l no t be humbled and b roken by the descen dan ts of Atti l a the Hun . Fighting to keep the coven an t wi th ou r Fathe rs
,to keep bu rn ing the l ight o f l ib
erty, to guard ou r he ri tage , p rotec t ou r homes an d earnthe respect and admi rat ion o f the coming gene rations .Fighting to p rese rve the hal l owed as soc i ation s thatc lus te r about the unconque red an d unconque rable f l agof the f ree . Fighting to keep a b rutal fo rce f rom ou rb ri dal chambe rs
,to keep the $ eppel i n s f rom murde r ing
ou r innocen t ch i l d ren,help les s women and defense less
c ivi l i ans,to keep the b l ack p i rate submarine s f rom ta
king the i r tol l o f death i n ou r ha rbo rs an d along ou r
coasts . Fighting for the glo ry o f God and the emane ip arion o f the human race .
$ Ove r the re $ they a re dying,
dying,dying . Making the extreme s ac ri f i ce . Dying
w i th a p raye r o f hope an d insp i rat ion on the i r l ip s .
Dying that righ t shal l ru le and that you and I may l ive .Dying that f ree men and f ree i ns t i tu tion s shal l not bewiped f rom the ea rth . Dying that the worl d may besaved for human i ty and democ racy . Dying that ch r i stian ity an d f reedom shal l not be c rushed by the s avageand b rutal h an d o f Pruss i an i sm . Dying that the worl dmay have a new b i rth of f reedom
,giving to al l mankin d
the hopes,i deal s an d b less ings des igned in the great in
f in i te p l an of c reation .
$ Ove r the re $ the God - o rda ined S ta rs and S tripes i smating wi th the Tri colo r o f immortal France
,unfurl
ing i ts p rotecting fol ds i n solemn s al ute to the he ro i smand undying glo ry of bleeding Belgium ; sp read ing befo re the b reeze wi th the Un ion J ack of Great B ri ta i n ;mingl ing wi th the emblem of sunny
,i n domi tab le I taly ;
s tand ing atten tion wi th Se rvi a an d Rouman i a and of
fering a help ing hand to s tri cken Russ i a— each day
thunde ri ng the soul - s t i rr i ng battl e c ry,
$ The B lood
Lusting Hun Shal l Not Pass l
$ Ove r the re a mi l l ion wreaths,spun f rom the deep
est grati tude of an endeared and loving peop le,b lessed
by the - s ac red af fect ion o f a mi l l ion immortal soul s,hon
o red by the ch ival ry of a thousan d generations,ki sse d
by the vi rgin s of hope an d ete rn al reward,wi l l deck
an d mark and keep holy the h al lowed ground made
c rimson by the b lood of the martyrs who the re s leep
the i r ete rn al s leep .
Be the s truggle ove r the re a p a rt of the grea t inf in i te p l an of c reation or an epoch
,p roduced by the
evolution of p rogress,activi ty and development
,mat
te rs l i ttle,because in the l ast analys i s we f in d the whol e
worl d f acing a great t ran s i t ion al pe r iod— the b i rth o f
a new epoch i s a d awn ing rea l i ty .
Th i s te rrib le death - dea l ing struggle,w i th i ts um
equaled s l aughte r and des t ruct ion ; the unmatched b rave ry an d in trep i d sp i ri t o f mi l l ions of men ; the untol dsac ri f i ces o f ten s of mi l l i ons o f peop le
,mean j ust one
th ing and one th ing on ly— mankin d wi l l be given anoppo rtun i ty to do i ts duty to God
,to count ry and to pos
terity.
Even though the f ien di sh Hun i s c rushed beyondrevival
,even though the house o f the wicked Hohen
zol le rn be b lown to atoms an d the mi l i ta ri sm of P russ i an autoc racy i s wiped f rom the ea rth
,the cause $ ove r
the re $ wi l l be los t unles s you and I do ou r duty as sold i e rs f ighti ng for the cause of human i ty . Victo ry $ ove rthe re wi l l give us ou r opportun i ty . Do we unde rstand $Wil l we be ready $Let u s he re h ighly resolve th at the f ru i ts o f the v ic
to ry $ ove r the re $ sh al l be for Human i ty and D emocracy, Freedom an d Libe rty , Equal i ty an d Justiceth roughout the wo rl d .
CHAPTER I I .
There PVas H’ar in H eaven
There was wa r in Heaven,Michael and h i s
angel s fough t against the d ragon .
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The rul e of the Almigh ty in Heaven had beenchal lenged by thered d ragon— greed
,l u s t
,se l f i shness
an d love of power . Michael h ad been delegated byGod to ove rcome and dest roy the ri se o f th i s evi l gen iusand a fu rious b attle l ast ing many days
,where the
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for
tunes of succes s ebbed and f lowed,had been fought an d
won when $ od p ronounced h is j udgment that endedforeve r the p resence of Satan in Heaven . The sto ry ofthe cas t ing of S atan ou t of Heaven
,h i s soj ou rn in hel l
,
h i s escape to the ea rth,i s so wel l known to al l that i t
wi l l no t he re be repeated .
By th i s s imple sto ry,so wel l authenti cated
,we a re
fo rcefu l ly remin ded that in eve ry age,unde r eve ry
,con di t ion
,i n eve ry cl ime and l an d the re has exi s te d th i s
red d ragon of greed,l us t
,sel f i shness and love of power
,
b ringing to mankin d c rime,want
,mise ry
,su f fe ring and
woe and s tand ing as the arch enemy of human f reedom,
$ust ice , ind ivi dual l ibe rty and un ive rsal b rothe rhood .
The wo rl d has wi tnesse d th ree great t ran s i ti onalp e riods
,p roducing th ree great epochs . From the ve ry
earl ies t,mankind has p rogresse d because o f s truggle ,
con fl i ct an d sac ri f i ce .Indeed
,f rom the p rimi tive man to the p resen t day
i s the long d i s tance of ages,yet eve ry step of th at long
,
long tra i l i s marked by the b lood of the men and thewomen who have l ived and struggled
,su ffe red an d d ied
to make th i s a bette r worl d in which to l ive . And th is,
because at eve ry inch on the road o f p rogress,human i ty
and c ivi l i z ation have been compel le d to meet and contes t wi th the fo rces of evi l .
From the days of Michael to the com ing of theMaste r
,many
,many battle s we re fought for the glo ry
of God and the rights o f man . Time afte r t ime in th i ss truggle the fo rces o f evi l h ave t ri umphed ove r thehos ts of t ru th
,but i n the l as t to tal ing
,i n the gran d t e
sul t,t ruth p revai l ed and migh ty p rogres s h as been made .
The st range fac t i s th at the hosts o f $ od— t ruth,
r ighteousnes s,human up l i f t
,i n dus t ri a l f reedom an d in
d ivi dual l ibe rty —have reached the i r grandes t and h ighes t summi ts of p rogress and ach ievement at the ve rytime the fo rces of evi l seemed to be ri d ing on the h ight i de of success . Let me in a b ri e f manne r i l l u s tra te $
Rome was at the zen i th o f he r power an d glo ry .
She was a $ worl d-wide con fede rat ion of a ri s toc rac ies
for the pe rpetuat ion of human se rv i tude . $ Caesar Au
gustus h ad decreed that the wh ole wor ld shoul d betaxed to main ta i n an d pe rpetuate th i s migh ty con fedc ration . Rome that s at on he r seven h i l l s an d f rom herth rone of beau ty ruled the worl d
,whose ru le rs b rought
many cap tives whose ransom di d he r gene ra l cof fe rsf i l l ; Rome , the powe r of fo rce th at l ived by the doctr inethat migh t i s righ t
,p resented every ev idence of be ing an
i rres i s t ib le powe r.The peop le of Rome had become hardened to the
opp ress ion,butchery and debauche ri es of Herod
,Nero
and the C aesa rs . The Roman system $ bul l i ed $ thewhole worl d . Here an d the re a few martyrs reco rdedthe i r extreme sac ri f i ce in de fense of human p rogres s .The doctrine o f b rute fo rce seemed to be ri di ng on theh igh ti de of f ixed es tab l i shmen t .Then the re came out of Gal i lee a humble man
,
the son of a ca rpen te r . He p reached to the people ina ve ry p l a in
,but ea rnes t manne r . He taught a new
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doctrine . He chal lenged an d condemned the doctri neof fo rce . He def i e d the migh ty Roman Emp i re an dbecame the f i rs t great rep resen tative o f the people .
Armed in the holy cause o f human j usti ce he arouse dthe $ cowed $ s l aves of Roman se rv i tude . The commonpeop le
,the p roducing cl ass
,the l abo ring man
,the man
wi th good thoughts i n h is heart,caught up the sp i ri t
an d the fol lowers of J esus became a mighty host . Atth i s t ime
,unde r the Roman rule
,Jesus found oppos ing
h im the same fo rce th at has opposed an d h inde red thep rogress o f truth i n eve ry age . The same fo rce that rebel l ed agains t the rule of the Almigh ty in the days ofMichae l was the re ; the Pha ri sees we re the re as they a rehe re ; the b lood lust and gluttonous greed wi th i ts neve rending c ry fo r more and more was the re
,as i t i s he re ;
the invi s ib le gove rnmen t was the re,as i t i s he re ; the
sys tem was the re,as i t i s he re . The plunde ring of the
God -given resou rces was go ing on the re,excep t to a
greate r degree,as i t h as been go ing on in the wo rl d
eve r s ince .
He found the temples and sanctua ries o f holy worsh ip tu rned into t rading houses fo r the money change rs ;he found the Cas te Sys tem
,the S i lve rsmi ths
,the
J udases,the Sc ribes
,the H igh Pries ts
,the Pro f i tee rs
,
and he condemned them al l .And so came to pas s the f i rs t great epoch
,the
found ing of the ch ri s ti an rel igion,bless ing human i ty
wi th new f ru i tage . And at th i s epoch we fin d the f i rs tgreat rep resen tative o f the peop le . Michael made poss ib le the es tabl i shment of the ch ri s t i an rel igion . Ch ri s tmade poss ib le the founding of f ree gove rnmen t
,with
the recogn i t ion of the p rinc ip le that al l men a re c reatedequal
CHAPTER I I I .
The First Represen tative of the P eople.
The f i rs t rep resen tat ive o f the p eop le was the l as to f the wo rl d ’s great teache rs . Th i s sen tence i s in tendedas a bo ld chal lenge . I f i t be co rrect i t shoul d a rouseeve ry ri gh t th inking pe rson . I f i t be inco rrect the t ruthshoul d be fo rthcoming . J esus was the f i rs t rep re sentat ive o f the peop l e . His whole sou l th robbed wi th theful l rhythm of the l aws
‘
o f God an d the rights o f man .
He l ived and d ied fo r the good of mankin d,not only
the l i fe i n the he reaf te r,but he re on ea rth i n th i s sphe re
of act iv i ty . He p re ached indus t ri a l f reedom,i n d ivi d
ual l ibe rty,human b rothe rhood
,economic act ivi ty and
good wi l l to man . He condemned the doctri ne of fo rce,
ch al l enged the l aws of Rome,rebuked the S c ribes and
Pha r i sees,cu rsed the money change rs and denounced
hypoc ri sy. He was the f i rs t rep resen tative o f the peop l e an d the l as t o f the wo rl d ’s great teache rs . All agreethat Jesus
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furn ished the foundation an d supe rstruc tu reo f the secon d great epoch
,j us t as M ich ae l gave the
worl d the foundation for the great epoch that establ ished the ch ri s ti an rel i gion .
From the death o f Ch ri s t by the l aw-en fo rc ing de
partmen t of the Roman Gove rnmen t down to the b i rtho f the Decl a ration o f In depen dence we f ind the evi lfo rces he re to fo re re fe rred to h a rass ing the march ofp rogress . The same d ragon that b attled wi th M ich aelan d c ruc i f i e d Ch ri s t now va in ly s truggle s to ove rth rowc iv i l i z ation
,Ch ri s ti an i ty and human p rogress .
I n short,a t th i s p e riod o f the wo rl d ’s evolution we
f in d s t r ikingly s imi l a r cond i tions to those obse rved al l10
a long the road of p rogress,excep t that truth an d right
eousness a re gradual ly develop ing into a mo re poten tfo rce
,the f ru i tage of wh ich i s da i ly b ring ing good
resu l ts .
We fin al ly reach the second great epoch in themarch of worl d p rogress an d tha t i s the es tab l i shmentof a Gove rnmen t of the peop le—i giving the world thenew doctrine that al l men a re c reated equal an d th atthey a re endowed by the i r C reato r wi th ce rta in inalienab le righ ts and among them are l i fe
,l ibe rty and pu rsu i t
of happ iness .A solemn pe riod has now been reached . The dawn
of a new epoch d raws nea r . The shadows of , da rknesswhi ch h ad f i l l e d the sky of hope in the heavens of human f reedom are being di ss i p ated . A humb le and Godfearing peop le h ave founded the i r homes on the b leakan d b arren sho res o f a s t range cont inen t . Here theyp l an t the seed o f hope
,i nsp i ration and de te rm ination
an d give to al l mankin d a new free dom and to des tinya new l igh t .From the fou r co rne rs of the earth peop le f lock to
th i s h aven of refuge,th i s l and of opportun i ty an d in
d ivi dual l ibe rty, unt i l on ou r sho res a re found eve rytype an d moul d of c ivi l i z ation
,eve ry nation al i ty and al l
the bloods,lo res
,l anguages
,rel igion s an d fami ly tie s
wh ich the h i sto ry o f mankind has l i s ted .
I n the main these peop le h ave been th ri f ty,ene r
geti c an d i ndustrious . Witness them bu i l ding the i rhomes
,e recting the i r al ta rs
,constructing the i r f i res i des
an d sancti fying the i r fami ly c i rcl es . Behol d them fel l ingthe migh ty fo rests
,to i l i ng and Sp inn ing wi th gl ad hea rts
an d W i l l i ng hands,l evel ing the gi an t and rugged moun
ta in s and bu i l d ing b ands of s tee l in to eve ry nook andco rne r . They have subdued the rap i ds , ha rnessed the
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wate r powe rs,trapped the l ightn ing, ch aine d the tor
ren ts,sp anned the r ive rs
,j o ined the oceans an d trans
fo rmed the el emen ts i n to th ings use fu l an d bene f i c ial to
human i ty .
They h ave founded the i r vi l l ages i n the wi l de rnessan d trans fo rmed them in to grea t t rade cente rs whe recountless in dus tries s ing the song of p rogress
,making
gl ad the hea rts and happy the homes o f countles s mi ll ions o f to i l e rs .Great i n sti tution s of rese a rch and lea rn ing
,pl aces
o f‘
holy worsh ip acco rd ing to the d i ctates o f the consc ience of the wo rsh i pe r h ave been e rected and p rotec ted.
The magn i tude o f the p rogres s of ou r indus t ri alan d bus ines s i n s ti tu tion s
,wrought i n about th ree - qua r
te rs o f a cen tu ry,chal l enges the admi ration of the
worl d . Ou r weal th accumul ation h as been the ma rvelo f the age .
Greed ea rly h ad i ts grip upon the th roat of th i sn ation . Corpo rate con tro l began to s t rangle ou r in dustri es . Monopoly began to squeeze the grea t mi ddlecl ass , the p roduce r and the l abo re r . Ameri can in dust ry los t i ts f reedom . The weak was c rushed by thes trong . Eve ryth ing became commerc i al i zed . Thegreat mi l l o f sel f i sh in te res ts gri n d ing on and on to p roduce weal th
,powe r and in f luence wo rked ove rtime .
C rime came to the l and o f h app iness,hunger an d pov
erty to the l an d of plen ty . Cap i tal o rgan i zed . Labo ro rgan i zed .
The unseen h an d of dest iny af te r al l made i ts appearance. Again
,ob se rve th at the hosts o f $ od
t ruth , r ighteousness , human upl i f t , i n dus tri al f reedomand ind ivi dual l ibe rty h ave reached the i r grandes t sum
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m i ts an d ach ieved the i r most sp lendi d v icto r ies at theve ry t ime the fo rces of evi l seem to be r id ing on theh igh ti de of succe ss .The wo rl d -wide con fl i ct
,i n al l i ts fu ry
,with al l i ts
p en t up he l l,i n al l i ts death an d dest ructiveness
,wil l
b ring about a comp lete change . I ts end wi l l be theu she ri ng in of a new epoch
,the th i rd epoch in the evo
lution of worl d even ts,THE B IRTH OF AMERI
CAN I SM .
Again we obse rve th at the ete rn al p l an o f c reationunde r the h an d of an al l -wise God
,s tep by step
,i s
b ringing the race h ighe r and h ighe r to the goal o f human pe rfect ion
,W he re the human wi l l f in al ly blen d
and amalgamate wi th the sp i ri tual and al l wi l l unde rstand the sp i ri tual concep tion of l i fe .
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CHAPTER IV .
The World War .
The Worl d Wa r has not only demonst rate d the ab
solu te an d c rying necess i ty of,but has p rovi ded the way
for a ful l an d comp le te readj ustment an d reo rgan i z ation
of our whole soc i al,i n dustri a l an d economi c o rde r .
Thi s ch ange wi l l involve a t remendous an d exact ing
task .
We f in d cap i tal and l abo r ready to j o i n hands an d
p l ay the i r p a rt i n the bu i l d ing up of ou r p roductive
ene rg ies to the ful l cap ac i ty o f the i r p roduc tiveness . So
c iety i s demanding th i s un ion .
The great uno rgan i zed mi ddle cl ass,the stalwart
c i ti zen sh ip of the n ation,i s demanding the el imin ation
of a l l non - p roduc ing agenc ies . They demand a heal thyan d v igo rous indust ri a l sys tem that wi l l develop our industries to the h ighes t po in t o f p roductiveness and ourwo rkmen to the h ighes t po in t of e f f i c i ency
,and a soc ial
and economic o rde r that wi l l p rotec t the p roduce r an d
consume r a l ike an d give to al l a f a i r an d j us t po rt ion o f
the p roducts of h i s o r he r to i l . They demand the f reedomof ente rp ri se .
I nte rwoven into the whole f ab ri c i s th at wel l developed th read of sel f- inte rest demanding spec i al a tten
t ion .
I n the a rena of pol i t i cal activ i ty the peop l e a re demand ing that the of t repeated axiom
,
$ publ i c o f f i ce i sa p ubl ic t rust,
$ sh al l be resolved in to the new and h igher idea that a pub l ic t rus t con fe rred i s the in s ign i a ofhuman b rothe rhood
,wh ich no man shoul d be pe rm i tte d
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to wear who does not f in d h i s greates t gain and h ighes tamb i tion real i zed i n fai th ful wo rk for othe rs .
Hove ring ove r these fo rces of p rogress and produc tiveness l ike vul tu res a re the greedy p i rates of industry th at h ave ru le d the indust ri a l an d economicl i fe and d ic tated to the Ame rican peop le eve r s incethe C ivi l Wa r . These gamble rs h ave levied an unholytax upon eve ry mouth ful of food the peop l e h ave consumed
,eve ry ga rmen t they h ave worn
,eve ry conven i
ence they have used,and eve ry neces sa ry boun ty they
h ave app rop ri a ted . They h ave been beyon d the ope ra $
t ion of the l aw. Thei r bol d man ipul at ions gave us thered -h anded
,rad ica l agi tato r o f the ana rch i s t an d I . W .
W . type . So we w i tness as a p art of ou r in dus tr ia leconomy two great, o rgan i zed , evi l fo rces , one wi thoutthe p ale of the l aw
,the othe r above the l aw
,and both
exi s ting to the grea t detrimen t of the peop le .
As a ve ry n atu ra l con sequence much p rotest andb i tte r agi tation f i l l e d the l an d . I n to th i s s truggle wasd rawn eve ry fo rm of Ameri can l i fe . Thi s con fl ic t d i sturbed the whole body pol i ti c
,des troyed the ha rmony
of our soc i a l l i fe and at times th reatened the very foundat ions of f ree gove rnmen t.
The man ip ul ation s o f o rgan i zed and concen trate d
cap i ta l an d the agi tation and p rop aganda of o rgan i z a
tions of the I . W . W . b rand became the tw i n evi l s ofthe age.
Between these gambl ing an d des tructive fo rces ,p aying unwi l l ing tribute to both
,s truggled the great
uno rgan ize d middle cl ass,the p roduce r an d the con
sume r .These and a hos t of othe r cond i t ions comb ined into
1 5
an i ndus tri a l an d soc ial s tate wh ich had become al a rm
ing.
I ful ly app rec i a te the col dness of f igu res,but he re
I wan t to b ring to you the magn i tude of the fa r- re aching fo rce an d the undreamed of powe r of o rgan izedcap i tal . These f igu res a re beyond human concep tion .
I n 1 853 the re was b rough t in to exi s tence a mutual or
gan ization cal l e d the New York Clea ring House , composed of f i fty- two members
,s ince re duced to f i f ty . The
ostens ib l e pu rpose of th i s o rgan i z ation was to c reatewi th in the Un i ted S tates a mo re p e rfect b anking system . But i ts rea l obj ect, as s i nce developed , was to cont rol the money of the coun try th rough the medium ofthe b anks
,and i n th i s they a re ab solu te ly sup reme . 80
wel l d i d they succee d that i n 1 9 1 3 1 80men hel d 385 directo rsh ip s i n fo rty- one banks and trust comp an ies h aving to tal resou rces o f an d to tal depos i tso f 50di recto rsh ip s i n e leven insu rancecompan ies h aving tota l asse ts o f 1 55 d irecto rsh ip s i n 3 1 ra i l road systems h aving a total capital ization of an d a total mi leage of
s ix d i rec to rsh ip s in two exp ress compan ies an dfou r d i recto rsh ips i n one s te amsh ip comp any having acomb ined cap i tal i z ation of an d a grossannual i ncome o fThese same men hel d 98 di recto rsh ip s i n 28 p ro
duc ing and trad ing compan i es h aving a tota l cap i talization of an d total gross annual ea rnings i n excess o f 48 di recto rsh ip s i n 1 9pub l i c u ti l i ty co rpo ration s h aving a to tal cap i tal i z at ionof and total gross annual ea rn ings i n excess of I n al l
,these 1 80men hel d 746
d i recto rsh ip s in 1 34 co rpo ra tions h aving total resou rces1 6
deta i l to demonstrate the a tt i tude of the Ka i se rs of I ndustry of Ame ri c a toward the great Gove rnment of theUn i ted S tates .The Un i ted S tates was f ina l ly fo rced in to the con
f l ic t$ ove r the re . American manhood and American
womanhood responded to the cal l o f the i r l eade r . Mothe rs
,God bless and keep the Mothe rs
,chee rful ly and
p raye rful ly gave to the cause $ ove r the re $ the i r sons,
wives the i r husb an ds,swee thea rts the i r love rs . Even
the l i ttl e u rch in s s aved the i r penn ies an d the widowgave he r mi te fo r the cause $ ove r the re .
$ I n the mids t ofth i s vas t s truggle
,when the l i fe o f th i s great Gove rn
men was in the b al ance,when Human i ty an d D emoc
racy we re s truggl ing wi th the beast o f au toc racy andthe wo rl d trembled in fea r
,what we re the p i rates of
i n dus try do ing $ I have befo re me the Congress ion alReco rd dated J u ly 3
,19 1 8
,and I read $
$ I n suppo rt o f the Pres i den t’s cha rge aga ins t thep ro f i tee rs we now h ave the repo rt o f the Fede ra l TradeCommiss ion
,dated J une 29
,19 1 8
,wh ich i s a shocking
reve l ation o f the ava ri ce o f the p ro f i tee rs . The repo rtcove rs i n ch ie f the grea t bas i c p roducts o f min ing andin dus try
,the commodi ti es upon wh ich p rac t ica l ly a l l
othe r p ri ces a re b ase d . I wi l l no t attemp t mo re than ahas ty analys i s of the repo rt .
STEELThe S teel Trus t made pe r cen t i n 19 17 upon
the tota l amoun t inves te d in i ts bus ines s as aga ins tpe r cen t i n 1 9 1 2
,pe r cent i n 1 91 3 , and pe r cen t i n
1 91 4 . Even these eno rmous f igu re s a re smal l in compari son wi th the p rof i ts o f Fol l ansbee B ros . Co .
,
pe r cen t ; West Leechbu rg S tee l Co .
,pe r cen t ;
West Penn S tee l Co .
,pe r cen t
,and dwindle in to
1 s
modes ty as comp a re d wi th the p rof i ts of Nagle S tee lCo .
, wh ich reach the murde rous f igu re of pe rcent .
COPPER, N ICKEL AND $ INC
The ave rage p rof i ts o f 2 1 l ead ing coppe r compani es we re foun d by the commiss ion to ave rage pe rcen t . Some of the conce rn s e a rned as h igh as 107 pe rcen t on the i r i nvestments . These f igures show p rof i tsl e f t a f te r p aying al l Fede ral taxes an d show the netamounts app l i ed to d ivi den ds .
The New Je rsey $ i nc Co .
,which has a p ractical
’
monopoly o f z inc p roduction,shows pe r cent
p rof i ts .
The In te rnation al N ickel Co .
,which also has a
monopoly,made 30pe r cen t on i ts inves tment .
SU L PH U RTwo co rpo rat ion s togethe r enj oy a p ractica l mon
opoly i n sulphu r p ro duct ion . They made fo r 1 1
months,end ing Octobe r 3 1 l as t
,236 pe r cen t on the i r
inves tments . I t costs about $6 pe r ton to p roduce sulphu r . These conce rns ch arged f rom $ 1 8 to $35 pe rton for the i r p roduc t.
L U M BERThe lumbe r in dus t ry has been comparatively len
ient. On an ave rage the mi l l s made net p rof i ts o f 20pe r cen t du ring 1 9 17
,though some mil l s ran up to 1 2 1
per cen t. The ave rage fo r 1 91 6 was pe r cent .
COALCoa l p roduce rs seem to have been gu i l ty of the
most shameless p ro f i tee ring of al l,not th at the i r p ro f i ts
were greate r th an othe r p ro f i tee rs,but because they
deal t in a necess a ry of l i fe— coal wh ich must be used1 9
by ri ch and poo r al ike,so th at much of the i r exto rt ion
was p rac ti ced upon the poo r and opp ressed . The sof tcoal p roduce rs of cen tra l Penn sylvan i a i n 1 91 6 madean ave rage p rof i t of on ly 20 cen ts pe r ton . I n 191 7the i r p rof i t was 90 cen ts pe r ton . Coal p roduce rs inthe mi ddl e s tates made 54 cen ts pe r ton p ro f i t as aga inst10to 1 5 cen ts fo r the p rewar pe riod . So that the commi ss ion ’ s repo rt shows tha t coal op e rato rs had inc reasedthe i r p ro f i ts f rom 300 to 500pe r cen t . The commi ssi on ’s i nvestigation d id not exten d to the A l ab ama
f i el d s,so th a t I h ave no accu rate i n fo rmation as to the
p ro f i ts made . I do know that coa l wh ich was so ld f . o .
b . mines a t f rom 90cen ts to pe r ton in 1 9 1 2,1 91 3
an d 1 9 1 4 was sol d du ring 1 91 7 at f rom tope r ton afte r Gove rnmen t p ri ces h ad been f ixed
,and
that p ri o r to p ri ce f ixing the p ri ce i n some cases reached
$4 pe r to$01 1. AND $ ASOL INE
The war eme rgency h as given a gol den opportu
n ity to S tanda rd O i l an d i ts subs i d i a ri e s . They haveea rn ed f rom 24 to 63 pe r cen t upon the i r i nves tments .
M EAT AND L EATH ER
The b ig packe rs h ave p roven themselves the rob
be rs th at they we re bel i eved to be . The big fou rArmour, Swi f t, Morri s and Cudahy— h ad ave ragedp rewa r p rof i ts— 1 9 1 2
,1 91 3 an d 1 91 4— o f
i n 1 91 7 they ea rned They di d wel l i n 1 91 5an d 1 91 6 fo r the i r p ro f i ts for the l as t th ree yea rs h avereached Morri s 85 Co . fo r 1 9 1 7 ea rned
pe r cen t on cap i tal s tock . Armou r i n 1 9 1 6 inc reased i ts cap i ta l s tock f rom to
000,not a dol l a r of new money be ing pa i d for the new
stock .
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The p acke rs a re a l so i n te res te d d i rectly and ind i
rec tly i n the h i de and le athe r bus ine ss . A tremendousadvance in p r i ces o f l e athe r was made in 1 9 17 an deno rmous p ro f i ts rea l i zed . The Easte rn Leathe r Co .
pa i d 53 pe r cen t d ivi dends on i ts common stock afte rt rans fe rring 10pe r cen t to i ts su rp lus . The peop le p a i dth i s when they bough t the i r shoes .
FLOU R AND M I LK
Flou r mi l le rs inc re ased the i r p rof i ts du ring 1 91 7400pe r cen t
,bu t the inc rease was d i s t ribute d so th at
on ly a l i ttle was p a i d by each ind ivi dual . Mil le rs hadbeen con ten t wi th an ave rage of 1 3 cen ts pe r b arre lp rof i t
,but wi th the war they increased the i r ave rage
to 52 cen ts a b a rre l an d pa i d p rof i ts Of 38 per cen t onthe i r i nvestmen ts .
The canned mi lk bus i ness i s monopol i zed by a fewconce rns . One of these made 65 pe r cen t on i ts i nves tments and the o the rs someth ing less . Even l i ttl e b ab iesdepend ing for nou ri shmen t upon a can of condensedmi lk a re requ i re d to yie l d someth ing to the wa r p ro fl teem
TH EY BETRAY OU R SOLDI ERS
I can not take sp ace to fu rthe r noti ce the deta i l s ofthe commi ss ion ’s repo rt . I t i s a s i cken ing s i tuation . TheNation i s con f ron ted wi th a powerful an d unsc rupulousadve rsa ry. Engaged i n a s tupendous war
,i t is sending
i ts sol d ie rs ac ross the seas to f igh t the battles o f mankind . Ou r b rave sol d ie rs a re pou ring out the i r l i feb lood upon the b attl e f ie l ds of France an d perfo rmingdeeds o f deathl ess he ro i sm . Ou r a rmies a re winn ingimperi sh abl e glo ry for Ameri can a rms . Over the seasthey a re showing al l th at i s sp lend i d , magnan imous andf ine in our c ivi l i zat ion
,and he re at home mi l l ions of2 1
p atrio ti c c i t i zen s a re watch ing and p raying fo r the winn i ng of the wa r. In mi l l i on s of Americ an homes theanxious mothe r p rays for the absen t son an d fee l s a holyan d solemn p r ide i n h i s s ac r i f ice
,and humb le c i t izens
fo i l th rough the long hou rs th at our country may besaved . Patriots a re denying themselves of food andclothes so as to give the i r s trength an d sub s tance to ou r
a rmies . Yet in to th i s awful an d - s ac re d s i tuations s l i nksthe ghoul i sh p ro f i tee r
,who woul d tu rn h i s count ry’s
extremi ty to h i s own advantage .
The winn ing Of the war i s the ch ie f an d almoston ly conce rn of eve ry goo d c i ti zen ; yet, and I s ay i t wi thal l del ibe ration
,the greates t Ob s tacl e to Ameri can suc
cess a re the men who a re seeking to make fo rtunes inwar p rof i ts . $
I h ave ve ri f i ed these f igu res i n the repo rt of thecommi ss ion appo in ted by that God -given l eade r o f
t ru th,Woodrow Wil son
,an d f in d them correc t .
I have be fo re me the Be rl in Vorwaerts— it i s themonth o f J uly— the grea t d rive on the Weste rn f ron t i son
,the f ate o f Ge rmany i s be ing dete rmined
,an d I
read '
As fo r th at we a re al l s inne rs . Prof i tee ring exceeds al l bounds . Usu ry i s ramp ant among al l c l a sses .Fraudulen t p ro f i tee ri ng l ike th at Of Daimle r works i si n no wi se an excep tion . Even o ff i c i a l bodies a ttemp tto exto rt i l l egal p rof i ts . But poo r folk can only buyclothes a t the Off i c i a l clo th ing dep a rtment by b rib ingthe salesmen wi th tip s o r food .
From Austri a -Hunga ry comes the s ame warn ing .
I n August O f th i s yea r the Associ ated Press b ringsnews f rom J ap an to th i s e f fect
$ At Nagoya , no ted fo r i ts manufac tu res of porce22
l a in s,amob es t imated at pe rsons r ioted . At sev
e ral p l aces the so l d i e rs f i red on the distrubers.
$ At Kobe the sol d ie rs an d pol i ce al so were ob l igedto use sabe rs an d b ayonets .
$ The re was se rious rio ting in Tokio Wednesdayn igh t. Mobs attacked an d damaged p rope rty in thebus iness and thea te r d i s tri c ts .
$ The riote rs al so en te red an d p i l l aged houses inAs a Kusa
,the great rec reation re so rt of the mi ddle an d
lowe r cl asses . A numbe r of the di stu rbers we re wounded by the pol i ce .
The newsp ape r commen t he re seems to i nd i cateth at the food riots th roughout the country a re an exp ress ion of growing soc i al un re st among the peop leand to ref l ec t the bel ie f th at the emp i re i s advanc ingtowa rd a soc i al c ri s i s . The riots a re sp reading, involvi ng the poo r an d the mi ddle cl as se s .
I t i s remarked th at the up r i s ings a re often anticap i tal i s ti c
,mobs destroying p rope rty and voi c ing
ange r at evi dences of l uxu ry. Ge i sh a gi rl s h ave beenstoned in the st reets an d the houses of the ri ch have beenass a i l ed . The wa r h as i nc rease d the luxu ri es of the ri chand the mise ry of the poo r
,as in suf f i c i en t wages are
p a i d . Th e r iots are the first of the kind to oc cu r since
J apan was openea’to western c iv ilization .
$ Diso rde rs b roke ou t i n Tokio on Tuesday n igh t .A crowd of 5000which was p reven te d f rom congregating in the p ark marched to the G inza
,the great reta i l
tho rough f a re of the c i ty,where they s toned and dam
aged 200s to res and restau rants,ra i ded ri ce depots and
unsucces s ful ly attacke d the min i st ry of the in te rio r .Ninety a rrests were made an d 20 pol i cemen were inj u red . Tokio ton ight i s occup i ed by heavy detachmen tso f pol i ce an d in fan t ry . The newsp ap e rs are fo rb i ddento publ i sh news Of any kin d rel ative to the ri ce rio ts . $
Here we p ause just l ong enough to note th at theD ragon of Michael , the Ne ro an d Pi l ate of Jesus , theMoloch of Mil ton
,the Shylock of Shakespea re f in d a
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sp lend i d rep resen ta tive i n the p rof i tee r of to day . Hei s the greed lust ing Hun of Ame r ica
,more dange rous
th an the blood- l us ting Hun of Europe . He knows no
$ od but greed,no coun try bu t p ro f i t
,no fl ag but gain
,
no b rothe rhood but i n te res t,no fathe rhood but b rutal
se l f i shness . Treason i s an open accoun t i n the eyes ofthe greed lus ting and vul tu r hea rte d p rof i tee r . Heneve r s leep s
,has no compunct ions or remo rse .
Pause he re for j us t a momen t an d real i ze th i s cond i tion $ The means o f t ran spo rtation and commun icat ion
,an d in dus tr i a l conce rn s -
of gigan tic magn i tude vital ly a f fecting p ro ductive ene rgy and p rogres s
,soc i a l
o rde r an d wel fa re of al l the peop le,fo r al l i n ten ts and
pu rposes,a re in the hands O f the Gove rnmen t . Sup
pose a rep resen tative,or even a f rien d of the Ka i se rs
o f Indus try of Ame rica shoul d be elected as Pres i den t ofthe Un i ted S tates
,wh i le these i n dust ri es a re in th i s con
d i tion,what would h appen $ Every s tuden t of h i s to ry
knows exactly what woul d happen,and i t i s f a r
,f a r
f rom a pleasan t re f lection . I have eve ry fa i th in thepeaceab le tendenc ies o f the Ame ri can peop le
,but they
a re a peop le who wi l l demand j usti ce an d f igh t fo r i twhen neces sa ry .
The po in t I emphas i ze,the th ing I wan t to d rive
home,i s that i t i s qu i te as impo rtan t fo r the cause o f
HUMANITY AND DEMOCRACY,FREEDOM
AND PROGRESS fo r the American peop le to winthe s t ruggle wh ich wi l l be i nvolved i n the a fte r thewa r f igh t fo r in dus t ri a l and economic f reedom $ as i t i sfo r the worl d to win the con fl i c t now raging in Europe .
We have $been ruled by se l f i sh in te rests long enough .
We have pa id unholy tribute too long .
This fo rce sh al l not retu rn to powe r to dominate24
CHAPTER V .
Th irty Th ousand N ew M illionaires .
Thi rty thousan d new mi l l ion a i res s ince the beginn ing of the wa r i n Europe tel l s h i s to ry i n a l i ne . I t t e
qui re s not the wi sdom of a p rophet,or the v i s ion of a
son of a p rophe t, to d ivine wi th reasonab le accu racywhat the futu re has i n s to re . Th i s migh ty p lunde r rungf rom
'
the b lee ding hea rts of su f fe ring people an d nat ion s wi l l be added to the i l l - gotten ga in s of a W ickedsys tem . I t wi l l be u sed as the mighty concen tra t ion of
cap i ta l i n the p as t h as been use d— to en sl ave mankindan d s ti f l e l egi t imate p rogress .
The h i re l ings fu rn i sh ing the b ra ins fo r the b ig in
terests wil l be qu ick to see the i r gol den opportun i ty.
The invi s ib l e h an d wi l l re ach out l ike the clu tch ingcl aw of the f ab le . The p i rates of i n dust ry
,by the i r $s
tab l ished avenues o f reach ing the peop le , w i l l l au dTHEMSELVES to the ski es . They wi l l be qu ick totel l the wo rl d how WE and the Un i ted S tates ente redthe war i n de fense of Democ racy an d Ch ri s t i an i ty, H u
man Freedom and In d ivi dual Libe rty.With the i r ho rn swel l conceale d an d looking p ie ty i tse l f they wi l l so lemnly poin t ou t how WE opened wide OUR treasu rychests to help in the glo rious cause O f the s truggl ing All i e s ; how OUR b ins
,gran a ries an d sto rehouses we re
emp tie d of OUR savings an d accumul at ion s and howWE fed the worl d . H ow many of OUR brave sonssl eep the i r e te rn al s leep upon the s ac red an d hal lowedf ie l ds of immortal France ; how OUR God -given women t raveled in to the val l ey of the shadow of death upona fo re ign so i l to succo r the dying and bu ry the dead .
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Th is wi l l be the foundation O f the i r p rop aganda . Whi leth i s i s go ing on the peop l e of the ea rth wi l l be rel igiouslymourn ing the i r dead , t i l l ing the f ie l ds , tending the i rh e rds
,develop ing the mines
,bui lding the i r homes and
consec rating the i r l ives to the resto ration Of the wreckedfo rtunes of the war.Deep and eve rl as ting grati tude wi l l ove rflow in
the grate fu l hea rts of mi l l ions of peop le . On ben dedknee be fo re the sh rine of Ameri can i sm they wi l l re tu rnthanks to Almighty $ od.
‘TO them Ameri can i sm w i l lb e the i r hope an d in sp i ration
,gene rating in the i r soul s
new cou rage and dete rmin ation . The emblem of
Ameri ca wi l l be the i r gu i d ing sta r. At th i s psychologi c a l momen t the in dus t ri a l p i rates
,whose p l an s a re
even now wel l developed,wi l l attemp t to move in and
take posses s ion of eve ryth ing that wi l l p roduce p ro f i t .I f the i r p rogram succee ds the f i res i des of the worl d wi l lp ay l ast ing tribute to th i s new
,s t range
,exacting
,inv is
ib l e powe r and the p rof i t- l u st ing Huns of the in dustri alwo rl d wi l l win b ack f rom the peop le what the b loodlusting Hun los t on the f iel ds of b attle i n Europe . Theworl d wi l l then lea rn th at the Kai se rs of In dust ry a rej us t as b ruta l an d dange rous as the Kai se rs of the Hohenzol lerns.
The Fede ral Trade Commiss ion,repo rti ng to the
Pres i den t of the Un i te d S tates as l a te as August,th i s
ye ar,ch aracte ri zes the Bee f B arons as an in tri cate f ab
ri c of monopol ie s,con trol s
,comb in ation s
,conspi raci es
an d rest ra in s,an d po in ts ou t th i s bu rn ing fact
$ Out Of the mass of in fo rmation i n ou r hands onefact s tands ou t wi th al l poss ib le emphas i s . The smal ldominan t group of Americ an meat p acke rs a re now in
ternational i n the i r activi t ie s , wh i le remain ing Amer ican in the i r i den ti ty . B lame which now attaches to
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them for the i r p racti ces ab road as wel l as at home inevitab lywil l attach to ou r country i f the p ract ices continue.
’ $ The menace of th i s concentrated contro l ofthe n ation ’s food
,
$ s ays th i s s ame repo rt,‘i s i nc re ased
by the fac t that these f ive co rpo rat ion s an d the i r FIVEHUNDRED and odd sub s i d i a ry
,con trol led an d af
f i l i ated comp an ies a re bound togethe r by j o in t owne rsh ip s
,agreemen ts
,unde rs tand ings
,commun i tie s of in
terest and fami ly re l a tion sh ip s $ i f
$ The Armou r,Swi f t
,Morri s an d Wi l son in te rests
h ave ente re d in to a comb in at ion wi th ce rta i n fo re ignco rpo ration s by wh ich expo rt sh i pments of beef
,mutton
and othe r meats f rom the p rinc ip al Sou th Americanmeat-p roduc ing coun tri e s a re appo rtioned among theseve ral compan ies on the b as i s o f agreed pe rcen tages .In conj unction wi th th i s consp i racy meet i ngs a re hel dfor the pu rpose of secu ring the main ten ance o f theagreemen t and making such re adj us tments as f rom timeto t ime may be des i rab le . THE AGREEMENTSRESTRICT SOUTH AMERICAN SHIPMENTSTO EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE UNITED STATES .
$
S ince the meat supp l i e s of North an d SouthAmeri c a cons ti tute p ract i cal ly the on ly sou rces f romwhich the Un i ted S tates an d he r Al l ie s can sati s fy the i rneeds fo r the arm ies
,navies and c iv i l p opul ations
,these
two agreemen ts cons ti tute a consp i racy on the p art ofthe b ig f ive
,i n conj unct ion wi th ce rta in fo re ign co r
porations, to monopol i ze an essenti al p art o f the food ofthe Un i ted S tates
,Engl and
,France an d I taly $
These same B arons of Fin ance secu red a monopolyo f the cof fee p roduction o f the worl d by an agreemen twi th the p rovince o f S ao Paulo
,i n the Repub l i c o f
B raz i l . I n th i s agreemen t i t i s exp ress ly p rovi de d thatno new coffee o rcha rds shal l be p l anted du ring the l i feo f the agreemen t
,an d the Gove rnment o f S ao Paulo
enacted a spec i a l l aw to th i s e f fec t . Do you wonde r28
th at the peop le of South America look wi th grave sus
p ic ion upon the Un i ted S tates $Make no mistake about i t
,the eyes of the wo rl d
are upon us. A new doctrine,Ameri can i sm
,i s be ing
ushe red in to act ivi ty. Like the doctri ne p romu lgatedby the M aste r
,i t i s be ing res i ste d by the powers of evi l
,
greed,sel f i shness an d ava ri ce . By eve ry power a t the i r
command these fo rces a re res i s t i ng an d chal lenging th i ss tep of human f reedom
,l ib e rty an d j us ti ce .
I t wi l l thus be seen at a gl ance how impo rtan t i ti s for the Ameri can n ation to main tai n a ve ry h ighs tanda rd of human i ta ri an p rinc ip les
,p rinc ip le s of r ight
an d fa i r deal ing,a t home an d ab road . I am not an al
truist by anymeans,but I do s ay that we must help the
weak and cu rb the strong. More than th i s,we mus t
s tand for a p rinc ip l e that wi l l give to eve ry man,woman
and ch i l d a reasonab le oppo rtun i ty to make good in thegrea t game of l i fe . We must not
,we shal l not
,disap
poin t Or be tray those who wi l l now l ook to us fo r ass i s tance an d gui dance
,nor pe rmi t them to fal l in to the
hands of the Phari sees wea ring ga rb s of Ameri can i sm .
By en te r i ng the wo rl d wa r,wi th the p romises we have
made,we must accep t th i s new wo rl d trust and d i s
ch arge ou r du ty as a f a i th fu l t rustee . The new l igh t ofAmeri can i sm must be the beacon l igh t of the worl d ; itmust be the s igna l of s a fe ty and not a decoy to t rap theunwa ry and c redulous . And aga in
,afte r th i s obse rva
ti on,I say the p i rate s of i n dus t ry shal l not retu rn to
power by putting on the clothe s of Ameri can i sm . Thisfo rce must be dest royed .
CHAPTER VI .
TheD oomof Au tocracy.
The doom of P russ i an M i l i ta ry Autoc racy of Ge rmany shoul d be a solemn warn ing to the Fin anc i al Autocracy o f Ame ri ca . The Ameri can peop le wi l l avo i dto the ve ry l as t e f fo rt and a rgumen t a French Revolut ion
,but the Americ an peop le a re going to en d the rul e
an d re ign of f in anc i al autoc racy i n Americ a a t any cos t .
I f the Fin anc i al Autoc racy of Americ a coul d readthe h an dwri ti ng on the wal l o f i r res i s tib l e p rogressi t woul d le a rn someth ing f rom the fa l l of the B ast i le
,
the French Revolut ion,the des t ruction of the mighty
Russ i an Emp i re an d the d ream of unhappy Fin l and .
The s ad re f l ection i s th at no th ing sho rt o f comp leteann ih i l a t ion o f the powe r of the f i nanc i al au toc racy inAme ric a wi l l be the s a fe road to travel . The f i nanc i alautoc racy o f Ameri ca
,l ike i ts twin evi l
,the mi l i tary
autoc racy of Germany,h as con f i dence th at i ts doctr ine
of fo rce and decep tion,th at might l S rIgh t, wil l p re
va i l ove r the doctri ne of human b rothe rhood and f reedom. There i n l i e s the grave dange r
,because no one
can dete rmine to what exten t th i s fo rce wi l l go to p rese rve th i s pos i t ion . Let it be s a i d he re again an d yetagain th at the Ameri can peop le wi l l neve r pe rmi t thef in anc i al autoc racy o f America to succeed to the in te res ts of the mi l i ta ry autoc racy of P rus s i a .
Pres i den t Wi l son unde rs tands the tempe r,i deal s
,
needs and demands of the Ameri can peop le an d the re
qu iremen ts of i n dus tri a l activi ty and economic p rogres s . He knows the s tupendous power and fo rce of thespeci a l p rivi leged in te res ts and the i r b l ighting an d
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damn ing e f fec t on ou r Nat ional l i fe . He has fe l t thegrip of the i ron cl aw of the un seen h an d d i rected bythe i nvi s ib le Gove rnment a t Wash ington . He haswrestl e d wi th the migh ty worl d p rob lems wh ich meanweal or woeto the coun tless mi l l ions yet to come .
With j us ti ce to al l,Wi th mal i ce to none
,w i th p ray
erfu l cons i de ration o f eve ry question,he h as s too d l ike
a migh ty f igu re of des tiny,giv ing j ust j udgmen t and
deal i ng ou t equal,exact an d l as t ing j us ti ce to al l . Hence
i t i s th at the cal l of dest iny,the c ry of human i ty an d
the demand of duty i s tha t he shal l se rve the Americ anpeop l e un ti l the th reatened sto rm has p assed .
I n 1 9 1 3 th i s man of dest iny wrote
Ameri can in dus try i s no t f ree,as once i t was f ree ;
Ameri can en te rp ri se i s not f ree ; the man wi th only al i tt le cap i tal i s f in d ing i t h a rde r to get in to the f ie l d
,
more and mo re imposs ib l e to compete wi th the b ig fe llow . Why $ Because the l aws of th i s coun try do notp reven t the s trong f rom c rush ing the weak . That i s there ason
,and because the s trong h ave c rushed th e weak
the st rong dominate the in dus try and the economic l i feof th i s coun t ry$ ; an d again
$ I shoul d l ike to take a cen sus of the bus ines s men- I mean the rank and f i le of the bus iness men— as towhethe r they th ink tha t bus ine ss cond i t ion s i n th iscount ry
,or rathe r whethe r the o rgan ization of bus iness
in th i s country,i s s at i s f acto ry or not . I KNOWWHAT
THEY WOULD SAY IF THEY DARED . I f theycoul d vote sec retly they woul d vote ove rwhelminglyth at the p resen t o rgan ization o f bus iness was mean t forthe b ig fel lows an d was not mean t fo r the l i ttl e fe l lows ;th at i t was mean t fo r those who a re at the top and wasmeant to exclude those who a re at the bottom ; th at i twas meant to shut ou t beginne rs , to p reven t new entriesi n the race
,to p reven t the bu ilding up of competi t ive
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en te rp ri ses tha t woul d in te rfe re wi th the monopol i eswh ich the grea t trus ts h ave bu i l t up $ ; and aga in
$ The o rigin at ive p art of Ameri ca,the p a rt o f
Ameri ca th at makes new ente rp ri ses,the p a rt i n to wh ich
the amb i tious and gi f ted workingman makes h i s wayup
,the cl ass th at saves
,th at p l ans
,th a t o rgan i zes
,tha t
p resen tly sp reads i ts en te rp ri se s un t i l they have a n ational scope an d cha racte r— th at middle cl ass i s be ingmore and more squeezed ou t by the p rocesses wh ich weh ave been taugh t to cal l p rocesses o f p rospe ri ty.
$
The reason Pres i den t Wi l son coul d so read i ly un
derstand the Ge rman Impe ri a l Governmen t,penet rate
the inne rmost sec re ts of i ts powe r,l ay b a re i ts cunn ing
man ipul ations,expose to the worl d i ts dup l ic i ty and
col d -b looded decep tion,was he unde rs tood the mech
anism,o rgan i zat ion an d bus iness p ri n c ip le s of B ig
Bus iness of Ameri ca .He had come in con tac t w i th the rami f i cat ions and
expe ri enced the powe r an d in fl uence o f the grea t specu lators and fin anci e rs . He had seen them rule
,l e a rned
the i r i deal s,an d obse rved the i r method o f do ing bus i
nes s .B rute fo rce an d decep tion we re the ch ie f p i l l a rs of
both the Ge rman Governmen t an d the b ig Americ anco rpo ra tions . Might i s right i s the i r con stan t thought .C rush eve ryth ing that s tands i n the road of p rogress i sthe i r f i rs t p rinc i p l e .With sea rch ing accu racy Wil son po in ts ou t the ef
feet of B ig Bus ines s con t rol upon our soc i al l i fe $ $ Letme i l lus trate what I mean $ I t used to be true in ou r
c i ti e s tha t eve ry fami ly occup ied a sep a rate house of i tsown
,th at eve ry fami ly h ad i ts own l i ttle p remi ses , th at
eve ry fami ly was sep arated i n i ts l i fe f rom eve ry o the rfami ly . That i s no longe r the case in our great c i ti es .
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room,so th at the re i s i n eve ry room sometimes
,i n our
conges ted d i s t ri cts,a sep a rate f ami ly .
$
Do you wonde r by th i s t ime why the autoc rati c interests h ave p assed the sen tence o f death on Wilson i sm $Are you su rp ri sed when you a re tol d that the autoc rati cp owe rs wh ich h ave con tro l l e d ou r in du‘s t r i a l
,soc i al
,
economic,rel igious and eve ry day l i fe h ave dete rmined
upon a p l an to el imin ate Wi l son i sm in Ameri c a $ Whowoul d you trus t fo r the next fou r yea rs
,Wil son or the
Huns o f in dus t ry i n Ame ri ca $ I repeat $ Draft P res iden t Wi l son i s not an o riginal thought of the autho r .I t i s the ca l l o f desti ny
,the c ry o f human i ty and the de
mand of duty. I t i s the hop e o f in dustr i a l f reedom inAmeri ca . The d ream of Ame rican i sm for the worl d
,
the ful f i l lmen t of our du ty to pos te ri ty .
Most ce rta i n ly no one expects the Ameri can peop le to s i t sup inely down and mi ss th i s gol den oppor
tun ity to become the b al ance Of powe r of the wo rl d . Iam a f i rmbel ieve r i n the doctri ne of do ing th ings an ddo ing them in the mos t e f fect ive method
,the way that
wi l l p roduce the best an d mos t l as ti ng resul ts . Resul ta fte r al l i s what coun ts . I h ave no time fo r the d rone ,the in dolen t
,the ne ’e r- do -wel l
,e i the r as an in d ivi dual
o r a nation . I want to see soc ie ty made up o f happy,
heal thy,ha rdy
,ene rgeti c
,i ndust rious an d independen t
in d ivi dual s,and then I want soc i e ty to give them thei r
chance in l i fe . I am perfectly wi l l ing to see the in div i dual o r n ation that does not con tribute the i r sh are tothe march of p rogress l e f t by the roads i de . I wi l l helph im by giving h ima f a i r ch ance to help h imsel f .No good reason can be given why New York
shoul d not be the f ron t doo r to the worl d ’s commerce .None can be ass igned why i t shoul d not be the world ’s
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great trade cente r an d the worl d ’s ch ief c lear ing house .
Ou r un l im i te d n atu ral resou rces,our geograph ica l
pos i t ion,our untol d r iches , the gen ius an d ene rgy of
our peop le,the i r p rogres s ive i deas
,our ab i l i ty and
sp i r i t of dete rmination to lead,ou r i de al s of f reedom
an d j usti ce ent i tle us to le ad the p roces s ion i n the mightymarch of worl d p rogress an d advancement . I ful lyreal i ze th at the day of in d ivi dual i sm h as p assed neve raga in to re tu rn . Even the in d ivi dual i ty of n ation s wi l ldi sappea r . What I demand i s the dest ruction of thosepowe rs wh ich a re sh ackl ing ou r indust ri es
,robb ing ou r
peop le,h inde ring our p rogress
,keep ing us f romtaking
our pl ace as the greates t n ation unde r the b lue canopyof Heaven
,an d degrading us i n the eyes of the world .
I h ave no quarre l wi th b ig bus i nes s,howeve r giganti c
i t may become,but I ea rnestly p ress the po in t th at we
h ave in our i ndust ri a l economy dange rous and dest ruct ive fo rces wh ich mus t be e l imin ate d .
I do not mean to leave the imp ress ion that our system of Governmen t h as not been a success . I t h as beenmore th an a success . What I mean to convey i s th atsoc ie ty i s not an o rgan iz ation . I t i s an o rgan i sm ; al iving th ing.
I cannot escape the p ropos i t ion that th roughoutthe whole boundless realm Of l i fe
,p roces s and p rogress ,
the ind ivi dual,i n the l as t an alys i s
,bes t se rves h imsel f
and h i s p e rson al needs when h i s h ighes t i deal s of t ruevalue a im toward the wel f a re of the whole re alm of
human l i fe . The socialogical compact, cal l e d soc ie ty,wi l l be ri ch
,heal thy
,vigo rous an d f ru i tful as e ach in
divi dual con tributes someth ing to p roduce such a s tate ;and i n turn each ind ivi dual wi l l p a rtake of the f rui tageof th at contr ibution .
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To my mind th i s i s Amer ica ’s great gol den,neve r
to - retu rn opportun i ty. I t i s ou r chance to make our
anvi l s r ing around the worl d,ou r ch ance to send ou r
wares i n to eve ry mart an d po rt . Ou r des tiny i s in ou rh ands . The twentie th cen tu ry i s the age o f Ame ricani sm . Let us un i te as Ameri can s
,p roud of ou r great
country an d loyal to he r i n st i tut ions,i n a gran d move
men t of human up l i f t,an d le t u s begin at home . Let us
b reak the shackles th at a re co rrup ting an d bl ightingour manhood an d deb auch ing and c ripp l ing ou r womanhood. Let us tea r down the temp le o f the p rof i tee ran d en d h i s re ign of remo rseless greed fo r weal th andpowe r an d bu i l d in i ts p l ace a temple of good . A temp le whose supe rs tructu re sh al l be equal oppo rtun i t i e s toal l
,a temple bound togethe r wi th gol den cab les o f
b rothe rly love an d human kindness,f i l l ed wi th peace
on ea rth an d good wi l l towa rd man . A temple cove re d wi th the eve r- c reep ing vines of l igh t
,p rogress an d
ach ievement and ded icated to l ibe rty,equal i ty and
j ust ice .
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CHAPTER VI I .
L et U s Reason Together .
Let no one mistake or miscons true the mot ivewh ich h as ac tuated th i s e f fo rt . I am not of the samepol i ti c al fa i th as that of Pres i den t Wi l son . I am a re
pub l i can,p roud of the glo rious reco rd of th at grand
ol d p a rty . I am an Ameri can f i rs t and a republ ic anafte rwards . There a re j ust two pa rt ie s i n the Un i tedS tates— Americans an d tra i to rs .
I rejo i ce to see pa rti s an pol i ti cs be ing swep t in tothe di sca rd for the du ration o f the wa r and fo r the ful lpe riod of recon st ruc tion an d reo rgan i z at ion af te r thewa r .
On the eve o f the Sp an i sh -American wa r I was del ighted to read f rom the pen of th at s talwa rt
,sp lend id
,
red -blooded Ameri can,Theodo re Roosevel t
$ Remembe r,th at whethe r you wil l o r not , you r
votes th i s yea r wi l l be vi ewed by the n at ion s of Eu ropef rom one s tan dpoin t on ly . They wi l l d raw no f ine d i stinctions. A refusal to susta i n the P res i den t th i s yea r
,
wil l,i n the i r eyes
,be read as a re fus al to sus ta i n the war
and to susta i n the e f fo rts o f ou r peace commiss ion tosecu re the f ru i t of war . Such a re fus al may not inconceivab ly b ring about a rup tu re of the peace negotia
ti ons . I t wi l l give ‘hea rt to ou r de feated an tagon i s ts ; i twi l l make - poss ib le the in te rfe rence o f those doub tfu lneu’t ral n ation s
,who in th i s s t ruggle h ave wished us
i l l .Benj amin Harri son on the s ame subj ect s a i d $$ I f the word goes fo rth that the peop le of the Un i
ted S tate s a re s tand ing sol i dly beh in d the P res i den t,the
task of the peace commiss ione rs wi l l be easy .
$
I give here a few of the p rominen t Republ i can s37
se rv ing unde r P res i den t Wi l son $ Wm. H . Taft,Chai r
man War Labo r Boa rd ; Chas . E . Hughes , InvestigateA i rc ra f t ; C . M . Schwab
,Cha i rman Emergency Fleet
Co rpo ration ; Chas . P i ez , Vice P res i dent Fleet Cor
poration ; Wm . Ph i l l ip s,Ass i s tan t S ec reta ry o f S tate ;
L . W . Woolsey,Sol i c i to r
,S tate Depa rtmen t ; L . S .
Rowe,Ass i s tan t Sec re ta ry of Treasu ry ; R . C . L ef f ing
wel l,Ass i s tan t S ec re ta ry of Treasu ry ; Frank A . Van
derl ip , Chai rman War S avings S tamps Commiss ion ;Bened ic t C rowel l
,Fi rs t Ass i s tan t S ec re ta ry of War ;
Frede ri ck P . Keppel,Ass i s tan t Sec re ta ry o f Wa r ; E . R .
S tettin ius,Ass i s tan t S ec re tary of War ; A . B . B ielask i
,
Bureau of I nves tigation ; Wm . R . W i l l cox,Fede ral
Rai lway Wage Commi ss ion ; H . A . Garf ield,Un i te d
S tates Fue l Admin i s t rato r ; Herbe rt Hoove r, Food Adm in i s t ra to r.
The worl d wa r has reached p ropo rtions f a r,fa r
beyond the human mind to conce ive . The popul at ionof the comb ined al l i e d n ation s i s the
comb ined popul at ion of the cen tral powers i s000. The a rmed strength o f the al l i e s i s thea rmed st rength of the cen tra l powers i s I fp a rt i s an pol i t i cs i s mo re importan t th an the i s sue a ts take between these mighty fo rces then I am wrong inmy p remi ses
,othe rw i se I am r ight .
On eve ry h and,i n ou r National l i fe , we wi tness
the b l igh ting in f luence o f p a rti s an pol i t i cs,ca rp ing
pol i ti c i an s an d swivel cha i r p a ras i te s . I t wi l l be ah appy day for i n dus tri a l f reedom and equal oppo rtuni ty when we can do some wholesome houseclean ingalong th i s l i ne .
Pothouse pol i t i c i an s an d swive l cha i r p a ras i te s a rerespons ib le fo r the l i fe o f the hyphen and a thousan d
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othe r ev i l s wh ich we'
now f in d gnawing at the ve ryv i ta l s o f soci e ty an d the foundation of gove rnmen t . Theday of the blood- sucking pa ras i te
,th ank God
,i s d raw
ing to a close in Ameri ca and h i s twin evi l,p a rti s an pol
i t i es,wi l l go wi th h im .
Q ui te recen tly P res i den t Wil son suggested HenryFo rd
,the au tomob i l e man of Det ro i t
,as Un i ted S tates
sen ato r f rom M ich igan . Th i s b rough t a sha rp howlf rom the prof i tee rs . As usual
,the p rotes t c ame f rom
the wolves o f Wal l S treet an d was h anded to the American peop le by a cho ice col lection of newsp ape rs o f thep ro f i tee r b ran d . The obj ection to Fo rd i s $ He doesnot conduct h i s bus ines s on a p rof i tee ri ng b as i s ; he p aysa l iving wage to and has a g
good word fo r the workingman ; he worked fo r pe ace wh i l e the re was hope of
peace ; he i s do ing more to win the war th an any othe rl iving man
,excep t the Pres i den t o f the Un i ted S tates ;
h i s p atrio ti sm i s no t based upon f ive hund red pe r cen tor one thous and pe r cen t p ro f i t ; he i s a red - bloodedAmeri c an
,l ivi ng up to the t rue an d coming i deal s o f
Ameri can i sm . Wal l S tree t gamb le rs an d p ro f i tee rswi l l not b l acken the ch a rac te r of Hen ry Fo rd
,who
worked for peace wh i le the re was hope of peace andwho works only fo r h i s Nation ’s vi c to ry now .
$ Fo rdi s a househol d n ame in Americ a . I men tion th i s on lyto i l lustrate the tacti cs of the p rof i tee rs an d spec i alp r ivi leged in te rests o f th i s country. Ford i s not the onlyman marked for s l aughte r by th i s gang . Eve ryman interfering w i th the i r game of p lunde r and p ro f i ts wi l lmeet the s ame fate . Even mo re , eve ry man wi th Wilson p rinc ip les in h i s hea rt
,eve ry man s truggl ing fo r in
dustrial f ree dom and the up l i f t o f mankind wi l l fee lthe i ron cl aw of the i r b aneful i n f luence . Bus ines s men
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s t riving to se rve the wants of the i r commun i ty in anhones t f ash ion cannot exi s t wi th the consent of these
p i rates of i n dustry.
The on ly reason P res i den t Wi l son i s no t attacked inthe open i s they fea r h im . They real i ze th at he h as thecon f i dence o f the Ame ri can peop le . They have fe l tthe sting of h i s l ash too o ften to cl ash wi th h im at th i st ime . I am f i rm in my convict ion th at Wi l son i s the
one man in Ameri ca who can and wi l l hol d these com
b inat ions a t b ay an d p rotec t the in te res ts o f a l l the peop l e al l the t ime .
‘
Wilson an d Wi l son i sm belong not alone toAmeri ca
,they belong to the world
,to mankind . They
a re a p a rt o f the great p l an of human p rogress .The struggle between Democ racy an d Autoc racy
,
between the doctri ne of fo rce an d the doctrine of hu
man i ty,i s wo rl d -wide . The i ssue i s squa rely d rawn .
The battl e l ines a re fo rmed . There i s no middleground . The sapp ing pol i t i c i an can p rotes t to h i shea rt’s con ten t . The job - hun ting p a ras i te can weep andwai l and gnash h i s teeth . The p ac i f i s ts can moan ands i cken at the i r p le asu re . The re wi l l be no re tre at . $ Thesettlemen t must be f i n a l . There can be no comp romi se .
No hal f -way dec i s i on woul d be tole rab le . N O hal fway dec i s i on i s conce ivab le . The demand o i humani ty Down wi th Kai se ri sm wi l l mean $ Down wi thKai se ri sm $ not on ly in Ge rmany
,but i n eve ry l and
cu rsed by i ts b l igh ti ng h and . The assoc i a te d peoples o fthe ea rth a re f ighti ng to es tabl i sh $ The re ign o f l aw
,
base d upon the consen t o f the gove rned and susta inedby the o rgan i ze d op in ion of mankind .
$
I do not mean to convey the i dea th at the re i s nop res i den t i a l t imbe r
,excep t Wilson
,i n the Un i ted
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CHAPTER VI I I .
O ur P ledge.
L et U s P ledge Ourselves Again and Yet Again .
By the b les s ings of those h a rdy,humble and God
fea ring P i lgrims who founded the i r homes on the b leakand b a rren sho res o f New Engl and
,the re e recting the i r
f ami ly al ta rs,bui l d ing the i r fami ly f i res i des
,keep ing
sac re d the fami ly c i rc le,p l ant ing the seed of hope ,
cou rage an d dete rmination and giving to al l mankin da new f reedom and to dest i ny a new l ight .By the sac re d memory of the immorta l fathe rs who
b rough t fo rth upon th i s con ti nen t a new fo rm of gov
ernmen t conce ived in l ibe rty an d ded i cated to the p roposition that al l men a re c reated equal .By the in sp i ration in st i l l e d by the he ro i sm and un
dying cou rage of the dauntless men at Lexington andConco rd
,Bunke r H i l l an d S a ratoga
,Val ley Fo rge and
Yorktown .
By the l esson s taught by the dete rmined and fea rles s vi c to rs at New O rl eans an d on Lake Eric
,the dying
martyrs a t the Al amo and the da ring an d unconque rab le he roes at Buena Vi sta and Chapul tep ec .
By the ete rn al ob l igation s f ixed by the unmatchedb rave ry and in trep i d sp i ri t o f the gal l an t men at Get
tysburg and M i ss ion a ry Ri dge , a t Sh i loh and in theWi l de rnes s
,s to rming the he ights above the clouds a t
Lookout Mounta in,and cha rging the death - deal ing
wal l s a t Vicksbu rg .
By the duty imposed by the glo rious ach ievementof the cou rageous men sa i l i ng in to the ha rbo r o f Mani l a
,c a r rying the unconque red and unconque rab le S ta rs
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an d S tripes i n to As i ati c l ands an d bea ring the mess ageof human upl i f t an d the bette rment of man .
By the monuments bu i l t fo r human i ty when thel ives of our manhood were los t i n the j ungles of Cubath at the l ight of l ibe rty an d equal opportun i ty mightreach an opp ressed and ensl aved people .
By the cou rage and insp i ration given us by thoseh a rdy and da ring p ionee rs
,who b l aze d the tra i l s
,
t ran s fo rmed the wi l ds i n to c ivi l i z ation,changed the
mighty fo res ts i nto marts of t rade and commerce,made
the dese rt b loom wi th gol den gra ins an d lusc ious f ru i ts
to appease the appeti te an d sati s fy the hunge r of man,
beast and b i rd,eve r endu ring the ha rdsh ip s an d p riva
tions,eve r bu i l d ing f rom the good to the bette r and
f rom the bette r to the bes t .By the fa i th
,hope and conf i dence in sp i red by the
sac red an d gu i d ing l ight kep t b l az ing by ou r $ od-givenwomen on the long
,l ong tra i l cal l e d the march of c iv
ilization,eve r an d eve r pou ring out the i r nob l e and
d ivine i n f luences,eve r an d eve r s truggl ing
,suf fe ring
and s ac ri f i c ing for the good of human i ty and the benef it of the race .By our duty to ou r heroes l ivi ng and our martyrs
,
By the deb t we owe to the countless gene rat ionsst ruggl ing on an d on th rough f i re an d blood to make usposs ib le .
By al l these I repeat,l e t u s p ledge ourselves again
an d s ti l l aga in th at the p ain,su f feri ng an d sac ri f i ces of
the p ast sh al l not have been i n va in ; that the he ro i sm ,
hono r an d p atrio ti sm of the race shal l not die ; that hu
mani ty,Ch ri s t i an i ty an d f reedom shal l not be c rushed
f rom the ea rth by the b rutal h and of ba rb a rous P rus43
sian ism; th a t f ree i n s ti tut ion s sh al l not be strickenedun to death because God has en trus te d us w i th a tax ingduty ; because des tiny i s givi ng Ameri can i sm the b loodand f i re tes t.And above al l le t us p ledge ou r God
,our poste ri ty
,
ou r country,our al l that th i s c ruel con f l i c t shal l not
p l ace a s ingle s ta i n or b lot upon the spotless n ame ofAme ri ca
,American womanhood
,Ameri can manhood
,
American patriot i sm,and American hono r . And when
the wo rl d emerges f rom the gloom and tragedies of th i sawful war
,purged an d c le an sed of ravenous Pruss i an
mi l i ta ri sm wi th al l i ts b l ighti ng an d damn ing effectsupon mankind
,an d when the sca rs o f th i s te rr ib le
,
death - deal ing s t ruggle a re be ing wiped ou t by the al lhea l ing hand of t ime
,l e t Ame ri c a he foun d extend ing
to al l mankin d the righ t h an d of fel lowsh ip,b reath ing
the doctr ine o f the Fathe rhood of God and the B rothe rhood of Man
,b ind ing the i r wounds wi th b ands o f j us
t i ce,human i ty
,hope an d in sp i ration
,l e aving to God in
H i s in f in i te wi sdom to j udge them fo r the i r deeds .Let us retu rn f rom th i s war
,.I s ay
,wi th one more
ach ievemen t c redi te d to the worl d ’s greates t Repub l i c,
an ach ievemen t th at wi l l gl adden the hea rts,th ri l l the
soul s and make happy the homes of countles s mi l l ions,
an ach ievement fo r the benef i t of mankind,fo r the up
l i f t o f human i ty,fo r the p rese rvation of l ibe rty and the
pe rpetuation o f democ racy . Let ou r glo r ious,uncon
que re d an d unconque rab le and e te rn al fl ag retu rn w i thhe r b ap ti sm of b lood consec rate d i n the cause of humanj us ti ce and ded icated to l ibe rty
,f reedom and equal i ty
th roughout the worl d .
CHAPTER I $ .
P eace.
And he th at h ath no swo rd,l e t h im sel l h i s ga r
men t,an d buy one. Jesus— Luke$ Fondly do we hope
,fe rven tly do we p ray
,
th at th i s migh ty scou rge of war may speed i ly p assaway. Yet i f $ od wi l l s th at i t con t inue unti l al lthe weal th p i l ed by the bondsm‘an ’s two hundredan d f i f ty yea rs of unrequ itted to i l shal l be sunk ,an d un ti l eve ry d rop of b lood d rawn wi th the l ashshal l be p ai d by ano the r d rawn wi th the swo rd
,as
was s a id th ree thousan d yea rs ago,so
,s t i l l i t mus t
be s a i d th at the j udgmen ts of the Lo rd a re true an drighteous -Linco ln .
The question o f a j ust peace and how to secu re i tp resen ts two ve ry impo rtan t p ropos i tions . Prope r rega rd fo r the Wi l son p rogram compel s one to s ay l i ttleon these impo rtan t subj ects a t th i s time . I t i s imposs ib le
,howeve r
,to p ass the peace subj ect wi thout sug
gestion . The Ameri can peop le a re ent i tled to at l eas tsome men tion as to the f a r- reach ing consequenceswrapped in th i s ques t ion . I sh al l con f ine my ob se rvations to a mere h in t .
The A l l i es,at l as t
,h ave o rgan i z ation
,leade rsh ip
,
un i ty and ha rmony in the i r f ighting fo rces . The peop leat home are en te ring into the war w i th a dete rminedsp i r i t to win . They Wi l l win the wa r. The mi l i ta ryautoc racy of Ge rmany i s doomed . The end i s on ly amatte r of time . As the en d d raws nea r the worl d w i l lbegin to app rec i a te the te rr ible cos t of th i s awfu lstruggle .
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At the peace con fe rence two peace p l an s wi l l con
tes t fo r sup remacy. One of these wi l l be a Wi lsonpeace p l an
,p rovi ded he i s then P res i den t o f the Un i ted
S tate s . The o the r w i l l be a G reat B ri ta i n peace p l an .
The gui d ing p rinc ip le of the Wi l son peace p l an wi l l bea heal thy
,vigo rous and p rogres s ive un ive rsal b rothe r
hood .
Why are the eyes of the wo rl d r iveted on Woodrow Wil son $
Why i s h i s eve ry word hu rri ed to the fou r co rne rsof the ea rth $Why i s he the worl d ’ s gre ates t ch a rac te r$In sho rt
,why i s he the le adi ng man in the greates t
d rama of al l t ime . Because mankind eve ryw he relooks to h im as the i r l eade r and f r ien d
,the i r hope and
s ta r of i nsp i ration . And more,because a Wi l son peace
wi l l be a real,e f fective and dete rmined s tep towa rd the
goal o f un ive rsa l and pe rmanen t peace . I s ay a step
towa rd the goa l o f un ive rs al an d pe rmanent peace be
cause pe rmanen t peace i s s t i l l ad ream . The foundat ion
fo r un ive rs al an d pe rmanen t p eace has not yet beens ta rted .
Peace to be pe rmanen t an d un ive rs al mus t be
founded on un ive rs al b ro the rhood . Harmony in ac
t ion,un i ty in cause an d a recogn i ti on of the rights of
man are the f i rs t necess a ry s teps . I do not use the te rm$ un ive rs a l b rothe rhood $ i n the weakl ing
,o r sen timen
ta l,or maudl in sense . I app ly i t he re as a grea t p rin
‘
c iple whose roots grow deep i n to the fe rti l e so i l o f
s trong,heal thy
,vigo rous
,penetrati ng
,cou rageous and
p roductive pu rsu i ts,occup at ion s an d p rogress , bu i l d ing
each day f rom the good to the bette r an d f rom the bet
te r to the best,feed ing an d develop ing the bes t th at i s
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i n the man and s t ruggl ing to make th i s a bette r worldin wh ich to l ive .
I h ave O ften sa i d th at the re can be no peace onea rth unti l the phys i ca l h as b lended and ha rmon izedwi th the sp i r i tu al and we have come to have a sp i ri tualconcep tion an d unde rs tand ing of l i fe . Then and notun ti l then shal l the peop le $ beat the i r swo rds in top loughsha res an d the i r spea rs $ i n to p run ing hooks ; nation shal l not l i f t a swo rd aga ins t n ation
,ne i the r shal l
they lea rn wa r any more .Then $ sh al l al l men ’s good
Be each man ’s rule,and un ive rs al peace
Lie l ike a sh af t of l igh t ac ros s the l andAnd l ike a l ane of beams ac ross the se a .
We have reached a s tate sup e rio r to anyth ing beh ind us and we are about to real i ze a new and h ighe rsummi t . Thi s app roach ing new orde r wi l l not be i nthe natu re of a f in al goal
,no r in that o f pe rfect ion ; i t
wi l l be but a s tep in the grand march of mankin d to thegoal o f un ive rs al b ro the rhood .
Let no one dece ive h imsel f by th inking that thep resen t wa r wi l l be the l as t great wa r . I t wi l l not bethe l as t great wa r . The end o f the p resen t war wi l l seethe nation s of the ea rth beginn ing mighty p rep a rat ionsfor the next war wh ich wi l l be fought ove r the As i ati cques tion . Howeve r
,a Wi lson peace wi l l s ave the world
f rom a c ruci f ixion on the c ros s O f commerc i al i sm . I twi l l give the wo rl d the f i rs t foundation upon wh ichun ive rs al an d pe rmanen t p eace can be founded .
The p resen t wa r cannot an d wi l l not settle theArmen i an ques tion
,no r the B alkan question
,no r the
As i ati c ques tion,nor the I ri sh question . Asi a i s ol de r
th an Eu rope,Europe is ol de r th an Ame ri ca . Nei the r
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As i a no r Eu rope h ave solved the i r soc i al quest ions,the i r
rel igious questions,the i r economic an d indust ri a l ques
tion s . I t i s wo rthy of not i ce th at the ol des t count ry,
Asi a,has almost reached the po in t of i r remedi ab le de
cadence,whi le the younges t country Of the globe
,
Ameri ca,h as reached the h ighest po in t of pe rfection
eve r atta i ned by mankin d .
The worl d i s j us t beginn ing to real i ze th at someth ing mo re than mere $ sc rap s o f p ape r$ i s neces sary towel d the peop les o f the ea rth in to a reasonab ly h a rmon ious body.
I am f i rm i n my conv I c t IOn th at i f the wo rl d ful lyunde rs tood tha t Woodrow Wil son woul d remain thePres i den t o f the Un i ted S tates fo r fou r yea rs afte r theexp i ration o f h i s p resen t te rm i t woul d sho rten the warby a yea r . Let the worl d be advi sed NOW that Wilson i s to s tay at the helm of the sh i p of s tate un ti l h i sm igh ty t rus t i s l anded safe in the harbo r of the NEWAGE OF AMERICANI SM and the peop le eve rywhe re wi l l ral ly to h i s s tanda rd and fol low h i s cou rse .
$With mal i ce towa rd none,with ch a ri ty fo r al l
,
wi th f i rmness i n the right as $ od gives us to see therigh t, l e t u s f i n i sh the work we a re in , to b in d up the n ation ’s wounds
,to ca re fo r h im who sh al l h ave bo rne
the b attle,an d fo r h i s wi dow and h i s o rph ans
,to do al l
wh ich may ach ieve an d che ri sh a j ust an d a l as t ing peaceamong ou rselves and wi th al l n ations . $
