The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 26, 1918, Page 14

ADVERTISEMENTS The Miracle of the Marne The battle of the Mame halted the rush of the Ger- mans towards Paris. [t aroused the French to super- human bravery. They fought as if led by the spirit of the Maid of Orleans herself. The Marne was a demon- stration of the power of patriotism with its back against the wall. The same sacrifice of self, the same love of country and unity of pur- pose that inspired the French people must inspire us, and we must win the war. One Policy We are sending our best manhood to fight for us. They must be armed, fed and clothed, cared for through sickness and wounds. Thisis the work of every individual as well as the Government. 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And as to the old gang’s opposmon to the -farmers’ movement, that is just the fact which makes the fight worth while, for the harder they fight us the more-clear Wanted—Leaders (Continued from page 3) community only. And the Labor party refuses absolutely to believe that the British people will tolerate any reconstruction or perpetuation of the organized waste and inefficiency involved in the abandonment of Brit- ish industry to a jostling crowd of separate private employers, with their minds bent, not on the service of the community, but—by the very law of their being—only on the utmost pos- sible profiteering. The Labor party stands for * * * the immediate nationalization of railways, mines and for the production of electrical power. * % % The Labor party stands for the national ownership and administra- tion of the railways and canals, and their union, along with harbors and roads and the posts and telegraphs— not to say the great lines of steamers, which could at once be owned, if not directly managed in detail, by the gov- ernment—in a united national service of communication and transport.” While holding for the nationaliza- tion of all monopolies the English Labor party declares for the continued regulation of capitalist industry after the war, even to the regulation of the retail prices of necessities. It holds also for the continuation of excess profit taxes, for unearned increment taxes, inheritance taxes, and for the removal of taxes that fall upon neces- sary consumption and discourage pro- duction. It advocates the increase of the taxes on mining royalties, until the royalties shall have been abolished by the government taking control of the mines. NO COMPROMISE WITH BIG BUSINESS Unfortunately organized labor in this country has fallen far short of the broad and liberal constructive pro- gram of the English Labor party. This is largely due to the fact that through- out its history organized labor here has gained its ends by negotiation with organized capitalism—a very good method, so long as capitalism remains strongly intrenched in power. But the time is at hand when Ameri- can labor will be forced to recognize that there are certain functions of in- dustry that can not be entrusted to the control of any interest less than the entire state or nation, to be oper- ated for the common welfare. This truth the war itself is teaching us, and that the labor organizations are becomes' the evidence of our griev- ances and just cause for complaint. So let us hope we can separate the goats from the sheep and bring them out in the open where we can get at them and the rest is easy. M. O. MALMIN for. Reconstruction seeing it is shown in the following resolution, submitted by a committee at the recent convention in St. Paul: “Resolved, that * * * (after the war) public works be undertaken and other means be found to provide means of making an honest, comfortable liv- ing for those workers-and the return- ed soldiers, if necessary by taking over the industries by the people and operating them for the public wel- fare.” Insofar as any constructive work has been done by any of the capitalist organizations, looking to a rehabilita- tion of industry after the war, it is all in the direction of protective and preferential tariffs, securing special . favors to corporate industry at home and abroad, preparation for trade wars and the fixing of a capitalistic’ system even more firmly upon na- tional and world industry than before the war. In strong contrast with the position of the labor and farmer movements, the proposals of the capitalists are coldly calculating, mercenary and utterly devoid of ideal- ism. . The war had hardly begun in Eu- rope when capitalist organizations began to get together for the purpose of securing control of world trade in their interests after its close. Hardly had we decided to take our place along- side of the allies, in defense of world democracy, when the United States Chamber of Commerce and other similar organizations began to talk of trade reprisals and combinations after the war for the control of world trade. And always these interests have looked to their enormous war profits to give them control after the war. And there can be little doubt that a conclusive allied victory will place American big business strongly in control, unless war profits be cur- tailed and a democratic industrial sys- tem to follow the coming of peace be provided. It is the same in England and in France. All support the war for democracy, but the capitalist interests are planning for exploitation. In Eng- land a parliamentary commission on reconstruction favors protective and preferential tariffs, and practically all the old methods of trade strife and in- dustrial reprisals. They evidently ex- pect the capitalist interests in this country to make common cause with them, and there is ample evidence that * they will not be disappointed, if big business has its way. Shortest Routes to Water for Wheat (Continued from page 5) thing that goes through must pay a tribute to these port monopolists. Other easy approaches to the for- eign ‘market and the Atlantxc coast cities by water are ‘the Mlssmslppx -river and the Great Lakes via either the Erie canal or the Welland canal in Canada. River traffic and canal traffic is practically nonexistent in the United States because here again privately owned railroads were al- lowed a free hand in destroying a com- petltor. Practically - all European countries, where railroads are state- owned, have been able to make in- creasing use of rivers and canals for heavy bulk traffic, but here the situ- ation has been reversed to the detri- ment of all our producers. Last fall when our railroads were‘ - 80 congested, the government had te ‘roads’ from G Lal intervene: to: prevent the 1 around to Milwaukee and Duluth. The roads have’ cut out river traffic and canal traffic ‘by many artificial” means but = chiefly: by putting the rates to the rivers .or canals .80 high :that none could afford to ship chiefly by the “water route. The government is now actwely at work on restormg Missis- sippi river traffic and ' Erie canal . ‘traffic, but it. will take several “yeaxs to remave the harmful effects of pri- vate exploxtatlon of transportatlon. % ADJUSTMENTS OF - e RAIL RATES NEEDED Railroad rates, as they. stand bodayu of course, are designed to discourage: river and lake traffic and to make the long haul to the seaboard necessary. -. - There must be readjustment, basing - the rates on distance and terminal &sts. Such actlon wxll not. only take o =