The International Jew, the world's foremost problem [volume I] : $b being a reprint of a series of articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent from May 22 to October 2, 1920Ford, Henry
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The International Jew, the world's foremost problem [volume I] : $b being a reprint of a series of articles appearing in the Dearborn Independent from May 22 to October 2, 1920
Ford, Henry
Antisemitic literature; Jews -- United States; United States -- Ethnic relations
"We shall soon begin to establish huge monopolies, colossal reservoirs
of wealth, upon which even the big Gentile properties will be dependent
to such an extent that they will all fall together with the government
credit on the day following the political catastrophe. The economists
here present must carefully weigh the significance of this combination.
We must develop by every means the importance of our super-government,
representing it as the protector and benefactor of all who voluntarily
submit to us.
"The aristocracy of the Gentiles as a political force has passed away.
We need not take them into consideration. But, as owners of the land,
they are harmful to us in that they are independent in their sources of
livelihood. Therefore, at all costs, we must deprive them of their land.
"The best means to attain this is to increase the taxes and mortgage
indebtedness. These measures will keep land ownership in a state of
unconditional subordination. Unable to satisfy their needs by small
inheritances, the aristocrats among the Gentiles will burn themselves
out rapidly.
"At the same time it is necessary to encourage trade and industry
vigorously and especially speculation, the function of which is to act
as a counterpoise to industry. Without speculation, industry will cause
private capital to increase and tend to improve the condition of
Agriculture BY FREEING THE LAND FROM INDEBTEDNESS FOR LOANS by the land
banks. It is necessary for industry to deplete the land both of laborers
and capital, and, through speculations, transfer all the money of the
world into our hands, thereby throwing the Gentiles into the ranks of
the proletariat. The Gentiles will then bow before us to obtain the
right to existence.
"To destroy Gentile industry, we shall, as an incentive to this
speculation, encourage among the Gentiles a strong demand for luxuries,
all-enticing luxuries.
"We will force up wages, which however, will be of no benefit to
workers, for we will at the same time cause a rise in the prices of
prime necessities, pretending that this is due to the decline of
agriculture and of cattle raising. We will also artfully and deeply
undermine the sources of production by instilling in the workmen ideas
of anarchy, and encourage them in the use of alcohol, at the same time
taking measures to drive all the intellectual forces of the Gentiles
from the land.
"That the true situation shall not be noticed by the Gentiles
prematurely, we will mask it by a pretended effort to serve the working
classes and promote great economic principles, for which an active
propaganda will be carried on through our economic theories."
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