The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1902-10-17
TWO WAYS TO DO 1T
THE PROPOSED FOREIGN CURE
FOR TRUST EVILS.
Tariff Reduction Would Make Our
Country Dumping Ground fov the
Surplus Production Of Cheap Labor
In Other Countries.

A common charge against the
''trusts" is that they deliberately
dump their surplus products upon for.
eign countries at any price attainable
while keeping up prices at home That
is probably true of the trusts, for It Is
true Of every manufacturing concern.
big or little, which ever produced a
surplus In this or any country. 1t Is
true of our farmers who secure from
all railroad companies lower froights
on grain and meat destined for export
than on that to be consumed at home.
with the avowed intent to dump our
surplus on other countries. Where no
tariff exists freight rates are made to
answer the purpose. The Pacific
coast is and always has been a dump
ing ground for every manufacturer in
America. A st. Louis manufacturer,
II he has surplus, will sell 1t to be
shipped to this coast or for export.
cheaper than he would sell 1t into the
territory on which he relies for his
main support. So we may assume
that the trusts, In this respect, adhere
to the practice which has obtained in
all countries since international trade
existed-or any other trade, for that
matter. The main object of produc.
ing surplus Is to keep labor en-
ployed during periods of depression
In this employers are influenced part
iy by. the desire to keep trained force
together and to keep their machinery
going, and also, very largely by feel
lngs Of humanity. At any rate. the
production of SURPRISES in America
does give employment to vast
number of Americans who would
otherwise be idle. All nations com
pete with each other in the disposal Of
surpluses-nearly always at less thar
home rates. 1t is not in any sense
peculiar to the trusts
Now there are two ways of dealing
with surpluses entering from foreign
countries. One way Is to encourage
them to come in, which speedily shuts
up the home industries-and tn,
smaller first of all-because no indus
try can compete with goods sold a
cost or less, and nearly all interna
tional trade has come to be in sur
pluses. That is the method which
free trade Democrats desire us Il
adopt, and they are seeking to direc
the popular prejudice against trusts
against a trade practice which existed
before trusts we're heard OF and will
continue to exist after they are unde
control. and would exist Just the sam,
IL they were blOtted out of existence
The other way is that proposed b.
German statesmen. and likely to b.
adopted by all Europe-to keep SUI
pluses out by a stiff tariff. That. II
the case Of sugar. was proposed by tn
Brussels sugar conference. 1t Is like
ly to be applied to all products. Jus
now the American copper trust has
surplus which 1t is dumping on an
foreign market which will receive /,
But German statesmen won't have II
Although Germany produces but abou
one-third the copper which she uses
her people are determined that Gel
man mines shall not be closed dow
by American copper sold In those maj
kets at less than cost Of production
A committee of the Reichstag has az
cordingly proposed duty on raw cor
per, which will apparently be adopted
Germany thinks 1t more profitable t
keep her own people employed than +
buy cheap American copper at tn
cost Of the idleness of portion of he
own people. 1t Is to our interest tina
she should do so. II our trust sui
pluses are kept out Of foreign cour
tries they must be sold at home, whic
will reduce the price of all copper 1
this country. The Republican polio
is like that Of Germany-protect ou
ndustrles-trusts and all-against tn
influx Of the SURPRISES of foreig
trusts sold here at less than cost. TIL
Democratic policy Is to invite thes
surpluses and close down our ow
works. II is for the American peopl
to choose between them.-San FraI
ciacO Chronicle