AMERICAN TRUSTS BEATEN.

Taihape Daily Times, 15 September 1919, Page 4

AMERICAN TRUSTS BEATEN.

=.=']3l_l*e ‘claim made by .Americans<tllatthey went into the great world-war to fight for liberty, freedom, justice, and the right of self-detperminsatioiniis becoming increasingly open to doubt. America has _u.ndeni—ably. -looked after her own interests from the commencement, and no one can very well accuse: her of being uoxver-generous in any‘ respect. High lights of self interest are discovering the under-workings’ of the‘ American mind. ‘Roumania. -has not‘ answered to -the American whip,~and‘ the Ameriéans are angry, and are try-1 ing to pick a quarrel with that small Balkan nation. The American Standard Oil Trust wanted to grab the Ron-A manian oil fields, and get a nionopolyt of Roumania’s petroleum output, and because they failedthat. great Trust is urging‘ its Govennient to quarrel with Roumanians. But the land of trusts and combines has another cause of quarrel with Roumania. The Roumanians %ai'_e::VV(..él’§'i*eeal)le to sell their wheat at a { fair" Value, and this interferes with the l\"VllCflt monopolists of America, who thought they could control the wheat prices of the world. As -a matter of fact, Roumani-ans -are in a. better position to monopolise wheat than Amer'icans are, and they will neither be bought nor bounced by the Yankee trusts, and Americans are seeking a quarrel. When it is realised that not only Roumanian wheat, but the wheat [of Southern Russia and Trans Caspia [must be controlled by Roumania, it is seen what an opponent of American ltrust monopoly that. country may become. It is to Roumania’s credit that she refused to -allow modern robbery to govern her wheat business. But is it not obvious that modfirn Irrade has reached a stage of corruption hitherto ‘unthought of; that moilern trading is so daringly dishonest that even a. suplporter of the New Zealand G-overnment lwants State monopoly of certain articles in order to stay the robbery of Dforeign monopoly in its audacious acts of dishonesty. Roumanian petrol -and l Roumanian wheat are the strongest curb that can be devised and made available for combating the American wheat and benzin-e monopoly. Routmania obviously refused to sign the Treaty of Peace until her people’s I'i_qllt.s were made safe from the foreign lmonopolist. From what is transpiring in New Zealand, as well as in other 1 countries. it is being disclosed beyond doubt that labour has -go-od. excuse to !resist. monopoly by standing for a 1-9. duction in cost of livin_r_r_