Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-03 | Page 7 | War Seeds

4 4 I War Seeds I IBy o- o 4 Y YBy By DR FRANK CRANE The I report port of t Secretary Hoover er before the house home Interstate and foreign commerce committee called out in some Borne portions of at the press of at the country the expression war seeds elds Referring to the monopoly monopoly monopoly mo mo- of rubber by Great Britain and other monopolies monopolies monopolies mo mo- mo- mo of at a similar nature by other countries he alleged th tint that t Artificial control of ot prices s of ot such things s as rubber coffee cartee camphor iodine nitrates s potash mercury and so on were were unwarranted and were causes caules of warThe warThe war The world wOI he said has often enough seen attempts to set up private monopolies but It Is not until recently that we have seen governments re reVive revive revive re- re vive a long lon forgotten forgotten- relic forgotten relic of ot and of wartime expediency by deliberately lr erecting official controls of trade In raw materials of at which their nationals produce a major part of the worlds world's supply sup sup- ply At the ii la list t analysis It will be found that most wars originate from governments' governments interfering with the natural laws of the business 5 world Business left to itself and free Cree from interference regulates itself As water finds its level so busIness business business busi busI- ness in various arlous parts of ot the world tends to The la law laV V of supply and demand was as enacted b by nature long before an any legislative acts There may be some excuse t for pr nations as they are ire Ue a growth out of ot the past wa Ova way of governing go man man- kind IM But nature is intent upon making the human humah human hu hu- man mah race a unit I Business knows no boundariEs boundaries s. s It is like health Tt rt It learning and science It i. i i lf f universal And the thein aim 1101 in of all governments should be no longer to dominate dominate dominate domi domi- nate other territories but to see e that they become peaceful centers centers- of trade If It this is Is' Is becoming a business business world and It looks tit way all alt attempts to regulate business by politics is injurious and oPI opposed to the law taw of at progress ress res Ii I Governments Government's Governments Government's mixing with Business is always for forthe forthe forthe the sake salta of revenue It is usually some form torm of ot robbery Those laws by which h one country takes advantage of its sole Eole production of at a necessity to mulct other countries is of a apiece piece with the income tax and other n devices lc s by which a government government government govern govern- ment h pes to raise money This money could be easily raised in some other wa way and in a way helpful and not hurtful to business business busi busl- ness ft f f When VIlen Mr Harding talked about there being too much government go in business and too little business in m government he said what is commonly considered considered considered consid consid- ered to be a mouthful Copyright 1926 by McClure e Newspaper Syndicate