age THE MILITANT Saturday, March 1, 1930 Imperialist Development and its Inevitable Doom Crea Marx has given to the movement his By Arne Swabeck there.
brilliant terse definition of the true nature It follows incontestably that any such of the capitalist system of production. In Jugglings for position at the London naval Somo bourgeois writers were of the further expansion on the home market as his description of the transformation of conference in the race for arnaments. opinion that international cartels, being one well leads to further contradictions, further the individual means into social means of American Expansion will Bring Revolution. of the most striking expressions of the in sharpening of the class struggle, further production with the social product appropAry Disturbances ternationalization of capital, give hope that competition between the monopolies themrated by the individual capitalist, he de The inevitable further development of peace among nations will be possible under selves and with the smaller capitalist enmonstratedethe basic contradictions whence American expansion, the contraction of the capitalism. Theoretically, such an idea is terprises. This is inherent in capitalism arise all the contradictions in which our markets of European capitalism, including an absurdity, and in practice it is a soph and substantiated by all historical experipresent day society moves.
the European market itself, entalls the ism and a means of dishonest defense of the ence. The present industrialization of the The specifc features of the development greatest military, economic and revolutionworst kind of opportunism. The interne south is the most vivid example. So far of monopoly capitalism are, alongside the ary disturbances, such as will leava all distional cartels show the point to which cap only in the first stage, it is already develhigher stage of socialization of production, turbances of the past in the shade.
italist monopolies have now grown and what oping acute class conflicts.
also an intensification of contradictions and (Trotsky Criticism of Comintern Program. the struggle among groups of capitalists is The Petty Capitalists are Ground Under As for any beliefs of the ability of the about. The latter point is the most imporsharpening of the class struggle, as indiThere are throughout the country plenty cated most vividly in this present depres. often appearing world trusts or syndicates tant; it alone explains to us the historical of advocates for extension of super power sion. Its extent and depth cannot yet be actually to divide the world spheres beeconomic meaning of what is going on at developments; for damining of mighty estimated, but whatever the degree, the de tween them and eliminate competition, hispresent, as the FORM of the struggle may rivers and irrigation and fertilization of expression itself will accentuate these con torical experiences should teach a good les change and does change constantly, being tensive tracts of land or for a water way flicts. Any steps taken toward social son, Lenin cites some exaniptes in his dependent on various comparatively trifling from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Uncontrol of business to use the phrase of book Imperialism. and temporary causes, but the ESSENCE questionably the resources are available the capitalist economic writers by mon The petroleum market already in 1905 of the struggle Its CLASS CHARACTER but within lie also sharpened competition opoly capitalism and its government, will was divided between two groups: The StanCANNOT CHANGE as long as classes exist. and conflicts. We witness the uneven develnaturally mean not merely attempts at new dard Oil Co. and the Rotchild Nobel com. emphasis in original. opment not merely betwee: the capitalist divisions, but first of all a further expan bine. Both of these groups were closely con Finance Capitalists Direct Government countries but also of capitalism within the sion of productive capacity with increased nected, but their monopoly became threaIt would be foolish, however, to close country Itsell not in the least softened exploitation of the workers. Evidence of tended by newly developing ofl fields mainly one eyes to the possibilities for further in its monopolist stage. There are constant this has already been given in the Hoover backed by German banks. struggle en expansion of American monopoly capitalism competition and encroachments upon the conferences. Discounting all the window sued between the Standard Oil and the 11ghter or finishing industries by the heaeven on the home market. The tendencies dressing from the promises for building German banks, involving the German govmanifested in the Hoover conferences tovler industries in control of raw materials, and expansion of activities by the big cor ernment, with the result that the former ward social control of business (state sometimes represented by horizontal versus porations and retaining that part which became victorious. We can add, that now vertical trusts.
capitalism) is keeping that well in mind There is constant develwill actually find a place in their normal this struggle is continued between the stanand is based upon such possibilities. They oping competition for new raw materials development, what have we left? Just such dard Oil and the Royal Dutch Shell. Lenin envisage the prospects of bringing the govmade possible by inventions of new me.
building and expansion which makes each further cites the field of mercantile navigaernment into more direct participation, supthods. The new Edison process of making corporation a more effective competitor and tion where the gigantic growth of concen port and responsibility, that 18. to estabrubber from goldenrod c: other weeds, for bring results in increased production of tration led to division of all routes between lish a more perfect synthesis of control by example, is likely to make great changes surplus values, at reduced cost by further the two German groups, Hamburg American the dynastic oligarchy both in the econin the world struggle for rubber.
rationalization, labor saving machinery and and North Germen Lloyd on the one hand omic and political spheres. In this country the mere advocacy of the expansions men.
speed up.
and the Morgan trust of Anglo American tioned above has struck opposition and conthe personal union, or fusion, of banks, inLenin distinctly emphasized that capcompanies on the other. An agreement for dustrial establishments and the government Allets between the various capitalist groups Italism in its imperialistic phase leads to division was concluded in 1903 to run for and monopolics. Conflicts between the caphas not been lagging. The banks are no 20 years. It became void by the world war.
the most extensive socialization of producmere intermidiaries in business but poweritalist groups is reflected in the disputo tion, that the fundamental contradictions of Similarly in 1904 the steel rail cartel was ful monopoly holders; Onances are comaround the proposed high tariff legislation, organized with a definite basis of division capitalism are not eliminated but become pletely interwoven with direction of indusThe Increase of Bankruptcies intensified, that the general structure of of the market between England, Germany trial activities, industrial magnates are on The present depression as with and Belgium. Later France and the United frco competition remains and the oppresboard of directors of the banks and ever others, is taking its toll in bankruptcies.
sion by a few monopolists becomes much States Steel Corporation, followed by Aus more openly this whole gentry flls the According to the Dun review there tria and Spain, joined. The war scattered herder, more painful and unbearable, seats of government. Mellon, whose family were 2, 759 bankruptcies during the month It again.
Tec Imperialist Struggle for Market Control cleaned up nearly 300 million dollars dur of January, the greatest number of any Capitalism Can Harmonize Contradictions Concretely, the further developments ing the month of May last year in the rich January for years. This offers the usual will manifest themselves today first of all in Recently rumors were current of Amer stock market harvest, has long been the splendid opportunities for finance monopefforts by American monopoly capitalism ican steel trusts entering the new European most outstanding directing force in the cab oly capitalism to proceed to organize these to overcome its economic difficulties sy fur. steel syndicate. Here again the prospects inet. Recently, as part of the general concerns or buy them for a song. The smaller ther pressure upon the workers. The theo of the coming imperialist war indicates its Hoover program, he as able to hand capitalists and the middle class elements, ries of the capitalist economists of the high short lease of life, if the conflicting inter down a small subsidy in the form of a 160 who are thus being hit and who suffer in ests of the national capitalist groups can million dollars tax cut on all incomes beSage standard, labor stock ownership in general from the oppression of the few terprises and capital and labor partner be harmonized even that long. However, tween and 10 millions. Now Grundy has monopolists have always looked for sayship, also valiantly championed by the the decisive conclusion from suck develop been put in the Senate and Morrow, Mor lours to free them from the monopoly domof leadership. are due for some rude ments was drawn by Lenin: gan partner, will soon also take a seat ination. They thus looked to and followed sbakings: for the indispensable and funRoosevelt and LaFollette and they are now cherishing hopes that the present progressives in Congress will take up the however, continued imperialist bribings of cudgels against Grundy and Morrow and certain sections of the more skilled. This By ROBERT DUNN Pacific mills, that the reawakening of Eur.
lead another trust busting campaign. It is already on the order of the day. The presages disturbances and splits within the Anarchy of production under the pre opean mills and the intense Japanese comworking class as a whole is suffering both sent economic order is freshly thustrated petition have together produced a condiimportant props ct finance monopoly the by outright wage cuts, by the fact of a capitalit parties, mainly along economia in textile industry figures recently re tion where American mills have had to standing army of unemployed hitting most lines. Many of the middle class elements, leased. While mill owners complain of exert themselves to the utmost in order to however, will be reduced to the ranks of families, as well as increased speedup. The over production and depressed prices, the maintain their position in the world marworking class will find itself compelled to the proletariat and become disillusioned.
annual review o! the Textile World reports kets. He also finds that the competition ever more resistance, thus sharpening the the total amount of mill construction in of the Italian and Czecho Slovakian mills The Growth of Communiam class struggle.
1929 is larger than for 1928. of the 550 is cetting stronger every day, not to menThese are the dialectics of the capitAmerican imperialism will further seek separate concerns in the industry that tion the declining but still extremely alist system of production standing out to overcome its economic difficulties on the erected, enlarged or improved plants dur large export business of Great Britain more clearly in its greater maturity in the International arena by conquests of new ing the year, 162 were cotton mills, 194 where mill owners are forming huge commarkets.
imperialist epoch. Every expansion of proBut the division of the world knitting mills, 74 woolen mills, 52 silk ines and pushing through rationalization ductive capacity, every step for more among the groups of capitalists, as far as mills, 18 rayon mills in addition to 60 dye measures in attempts to halt the drop in perfect stabilization of production, produces Bolonial territory is concerned, was already houses and finishing plants.
their export business.
and intensifies its exact opposite greater completed at the end of the 19th and be While new construction was being British trade figures show that cotton oompetition although in changed forms, and ginning of the 20th century. Now only re rushed in this highly competitive and de yarn exports dropped from 210, 099, 000 sharpened class antagonisms. These de divisions are possible which usually find pressed industry, other plants were work pounds in 1913 to 166, 637, 000 in 1929; while velop opportunities to advance the comthis solution in war The American ex ing two shifts. Still others, chiefly in the exports of cotton piece goods declined from munist movement.
They should not ba ports to foreign markets are increasing, in the north, were going out of business 7, 075, 252, 000 yards in 1913 to 3, 671, 686, 000 wasted in academic debates over primacy of and already presage an immediately shar altogether. But on the whole the capacity in 1929.
external or internal contradictions; not to pening trade war, because the European of the industry to turn out goods was being British cotton capitalists, strongly supproclaim, as the Stalinites do, that the imperialist powers will do their best to re steadily increased.
ported by the MacDonald government, will Right wing view of the disappearance of tallate. In answer to the new tarift In one of the sickest years for the hang on desperately in every field. But internal contradictions and the growth of policy, for example, similar steps are indi ootton industry new mill construction was Japan, China, and India will continue to anarchy in the international arena means cated in Europe. The French parliament booming in the south. North Carolina led push them, out of the oriental markets.
that they hence lead a purely metaphysis laboring over a bill providing for an ex with 40 new plants, units and basic im United States exporters hope to pick up ical existence in the cosmic space. This is ceptionally high duty on import of automo provements to mills. South Carolina was some shares of Lancashire declining businot the way to combat wrong theories.
biles. The recent League of Nations Report a close second with 32. The south added ness. To American workers this sharp comCrises in the specific country may focus shows Germany increasing her foreign 420, 000 new spindles and 215 looms in petition means still lower wages and more particularly its internal contradictions; trade much faster than the United States. 1929, according to figures compiled by the speeding of machines. To British workers wars may focus particularly the external One of the special tasks of the McDonald Southern Textile Bulletin which reports it means faster work, automatic looms and contradictions. Nevertheless these contragovernment is to carry through a complete that the average increase in southern spin possibly double shift operations. To Japdictions interrelate and are in the imperiareorganization of British Industry to become dles since 1912 has been 468, 000 a year. anese workers it means the same. То list epoch inseperably bound together. The a better competitor with the United States, Eight brand new cotton mills were built in all of them it means irregularity of em fact that American imperialism rests upon and, if possible, to make the British workers the south in 1929, the largest being the ployment slack months alternating with a foundation of world economy with its in like the speed up system. trade war Goodyear Rubber Co. mill at Rockmart, rush periods of over time.
ternational condicts hastens and sharpena of imperialist cut throats will be based pri Ga. for the manufacture of tire fabrics.
Tho American Wool and Cotton Report.
the conflicts within.
marily upon their ability to cut wages and With new mills and additional spindles er calls on the mill men to raise 600, 000 increase the pace of the workers. This running day and night, the owners turn a year to be spent in promoting American (o eyes overseas to find markets for textiles abroad. It hints of more speedup struggle for the world market, or for rediDENVER In January 24 of union vision of the world, is but the prelude to About of cotton manufactures when it adds: We can never compete with members in Denver were unemplc yed, an the imperialist war, in other words Coo row exported. The cotton men want other countries on per diem wages, but increase over December of The res tinuation of the trade war with different this to 15, 20 or more. And yet can we beat the life out of them on per centage of unorganized workers unempled Dans whinh now finds its reflection in the th. aline with the export manager of the unit costa?
1, course, much higher.
of production is a starvation standard, with. World Textile Situation Bodes Workers Ill