Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-13

beyond the United states, OF a market
for her goods Of an outlet for her
sLperhuou5 energy.
as NJ Mckinley told the people,
'Our diversified productions are in
creaslug In such unprecedented volume
as 10 admInlsh us OF the necessity Of
still further enargIng our foreign mar
fets hy broader commercial relations
That Is the position IN the United
states Her tate Of production is so
enormous tGat she needs must go
abroad TO lind markets for the con-
sumption OF her products. She must
snatch pui chasers out OF the grasp "
other naguns. Great Britain cannot
supply the markets she has, and Is fail
Ing behind In the race Of nations. She
must develop her industries must en-
gage more labor or must save more la
Dor II She Is to remain a vital force
The United States holds that Great
britain lacks the energy of youth the
expansiveness Of republicanism, and the
adaptaliity of American industry.
Germany, the other great trade leader,
maintains that Britain is deficient in
scientific knowledge In the careful
study Of the local requirements of for
egn markets and In the training and
organization Of her commercial agents
abroad,
Both statements contain an admx-
ture Of truth and Of fallacy. The mere
fact that the criticisms come from two
sun antagonlstIc authorities as i'm
Icral Germany and republican United
States detracts much from the value Of
either. These two, from antipOdean
hutrp he fftp
premacy with Great Britain. The very
causes that each adduces for the de-
cline Of British trade apply with great
err force to one another. The fundamen-
tai reason rests elsewhere
For 1t must not be forgotten that II
Is moi the decline In the actual volume
Of British trade that alarms the ma
ton. but the loss Of position in the
course Of the worlds development. The
value of British exports and imports
for 100 exceeded that Of 1899 by $780,
100000. British factories are everywhere
working 10 the utmost limit OF their
capacity; never has the British work
man received better wages or had
more work offered 10 him never has
the country been more prosperous. But
the demand has exceeded the supply,
and the United States and Germany, by
selling the surplus demand, are laying
hold upon markets that once lost, will
never return TO Great Britain.
TIE FRUITS OF -FOUR YEARS.
Nyule Bitalns decline began some
twenty years ago, the United States
great access OF development has been
within the last ten years, most Of IL
within the last four years. In the iron
and steel Industries with which ! am
principally concerned at present, the
development has been almost entirely
within Mr. Nc kinley's presidency one
tnlrd Of all the ore extracted from the
Lake Superior region since 1856 has
been taken from the ground in that
brief period The output for last year
was double that IN the final year of Mr.
Cleveland's second occupancy Of the
White House
The United States has been quick 10
supply the new demand, has opened
new mines laid down new railroad
tracks built new blast furnaces and
erected new rolling mills-has caught
the market. Great Britain hasadyanced
cautiously, rejected orders il could not
supply held aloof from labor saving
machinery depended rather on quality
of finish than on quantity Of output
has lost the market.
The other day | saw seventeen great
engines in a Pittsburg locomotive
works, built for use in British India. !
asked why the order had come to the
United States. Were they cheaper?
Were they better?
The firms representative was not
aware of any great difference in price.
and, as TO finish the British built loco
motive was admittedly superior. "But
the British shops were full and could