ean workers felt that too in the
pre-war days, but they have been compelled--by the terrible experiences
of the past few years--to change their minds. It was no longer a
question of wages or a job in Europe. It was a question of life or
death.

Can the American worker profit by that experience? Can he realize that
he is living in a country whose rulers have adopted an imperial policy
that threatens the peace of the world? Can he see that the pursuit of
this policy means war, famine, disease, misery and death to millions in
other countries as well as to the millions at home? The workers of
Europe have learned the lesson by bitter experience. Is not the American
worker wise enough to profit by their example?

FOOTNOTE:

[58] "Industry in England," H. deB. Gibbins. New York, Scribner's, 1897,
p. 390.

THE END

INDEX.

Advertising imperialism, 169

America, conquest of, 27

America first, 170

America for Americans, 202

American capitalists, 218
" " program of, 226
" empire, costs of, 160
" " course of, 158
" " development of, 15
" " economic basis of, 74
" " growth of, 161
" imperialism, 23
" Indian, 29
" industries, growth of, 178
" people, ancestry, 159
" protectorates, 207
" Republic, disappearance of, 72
" tradition, failure of, 12
" worker and empire, 256

Anti-imperialism, 68

Appropriation of territory, 213

Automobile distribution, 183

Bankers, unity of, 150

Bethlehem Steel Co., 132

British Empire, gains of, 198
" " position of, 234
" Labor, position of, 250

Business control, 148

Canada, investments in, 206

Capitalism and Bolshevism, 244
" " war, 225
" breakdown of, 248
" law of, 223

Cherokees, dealings with, 33

Class government, 10
" struggle, in Europe, 254

Coal reserves, 180

Cohesion of wealth, 86, 118

Competition, ferocity of, 223

Competitive industry, 75

Conquering peoples, 26

Conquest of the West, 49

Council of Action, organization, 250
" " National Defense, 148

Cuban independence, 66
" treaty, 208

Dictatorship, possibility of, 222

Dominican Republic, relations with, 209

Education for imperialism, 169

Empire and British workers, 258
" characteristics of, 15
" definition of, 16
" evolution of, 22
"