Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-10-21

says the Chicago American.
There is no more foolish idea in political ecOnO
my than this.
II you take poor farmer, who has bard work to
keep body and soul together, you nd that his tex
ports greatly exceeds his imports."
BE is obliged to sell his butter his Chickens his
eggs, bis milk aud cream, and his daughters have
little to spend iOl dresses etc.
IL, on the other hand, you 6nd prosperous far
mer, you find one who afford TO kill and eat bis
own chickens and keep the eggs and butter for him
self
So it is with nation.
II in the United States every man had ell the.
wheat he wanted, we might congratulate ourselves
on exporting Wheat-that would prove that we had
wheat enObgh and TO speare.
II every man had ell the WOODEN clothing that he
wanted, II every child thoroughly protected In
Winter, we might congratulate ourselves on our
exports Of WOOlens, As that would means surplus.
But rs things stand, 10 is good sign that we are
prosperous enough and rich enough to keep for our
I selves great deal Of what we produce. Il would
be still better il We could keep more Of what We
produce.
Those who believe that such great importance, 90
much Of the national prosperity, depends upon the
excess OF exports over imports, ought TO consider
the condition Of France Just before the Revolution.
The foolish Louis XVI and his advisers were con-
graduating themselves upon the fact that France
was exporting great deal more and importing less
than she had done fOr long time-and Just about
Kings head OF.
It would seem Rne to the King and his COunselOrs
TO have the French sending their Wines their silks,
their cheers, ETC., out Of France The ordinary
renchmen would have liked it better ifthOse things
could have been kept for home consumption.
The English are an energetic crowd, cOOped up iD
small island, miraculOusly saved from freezing By
the Gulf Stream. Il Is not bad sign that their i'm
ports exceeds their exports On the contrary, t is
very lucky for them, thanks to their free trade with
all the world, to their highly developed manuiact
ures that their little island can hang on and remain
great power in the face Of the wOrld's competition
It Is greatly to their credit that they are able to
buy great deal more than they sell and still pay
the bills.
They can do that for various reasons-One is that
the English men and women have sons working ali
over the world who send money home or bring it
home with them.
Another reason is that England owns bales Of the
securities OF all foreign cOuntries-GOvernmenb
bonds, securities OF ell sOrts-which bring in to the
English hundreds OF millions year diviends
Sir Thomas Upton thinks the English are in 8
bad way because they buy from us more beef and
wheat than would equal ia value what we buy from
them.
But il they can pay for the beef and the.wheat
with coupons clipped from American Government
bonds-Or from American railroad bonds-making
as feed them, and ct the time pay for the feed
with the dividends that We owe them, they are
doing pretty good business.
The man who really wants TO help the people OF
the United States can do that best hy enabling the
greatest number Of Americans to buy and consume
the American products, instead Of planning to have
them shipped abroad.
Il Is al very we'll to read about the steel that We
send 70 India, but Il would be better If our surplus
steel energies devoted TO laying perfect steel
roads across the continent, building perfect model
steel tennments in our great cities, or otherwise
Improving America and Americans.
"a time t0 give m the idea that tha farmor Who
baa . sell bis eggs is the most successful farmer
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