Why The United States Will Rule The World

By Alfred Mosely, Member of Parliament of England

The United States will yet rule the world, industrially, educationally, ethically and probably--when you get ready to use your armed force--physically.

IN THE STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, AMERICA HAS ALREADY WON. Your enormous success, which has placed the markets of the world at your mercy, is due to the education of your people and to your superior methods of production. THE TRUSTS? I BELIEVE IN THEM. THEY ARE SPLENDID AND USEFUL DEVELOPMENTS OF YOUR HIGH CIVILIZATION. THEY ARE SOLVING THE GREAT PROBLEM OF PRODUCTION AN DISTRIBUTION IN AMERICA. THEY ARE GIVING AMERICANS SUPREMACY EVERYWHERE. I BELIEVE THAT THE AMERICAN WHO OPPOSES INDUSTRIAL CONCENTRATION INJURES HIS COUNTRY.

There is no irreconcilable difference between capital and labor. They can be and should be harmonized. I feel confident that THE AMERICAN TRUST AND THE AMERICAN TRADES UNION IN THEIR LAST DEVELOPMENT WILL SETTLE FOREVER AND ON THE BEST LINES THE QUESTION OF CAPITAL AND LABOR.

When the question of capital and labor is fought out, I think that it will leave the two as partners on about these terms: First, a minimum wage for labor; second, interest for capital invested in an industry; third, a fund for depreciation of buildings, machinery and other items of the means of production; fourth, old age pensions for workers; fifth, the balance of the wealth produced to be equally divided between the employers and the employees.

The civilization that is being built up in the United States will not crumble and fall as other civilizations have gone to ruin. AMERICA IS EDUCATING HER PEOPLE. SHE IS BUILDING UPON THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE MASSES. WHAT SHE BUILDS WILL ENDURE--TRUSTS AND TRADES UNIONS AND ALL.