Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-04

for special foreign needs were to be de-
Quoted from the total suggested ~ becre-
tery ehEw, the amount BY which the
American public II penalized by the protee-
tive tariff would be inconsiderable. and
would Disappear altogether when the bene-
At OF continued operations OF the nome
plants was taken into consideration.
While the present condition OF the Amer1-
can foreign trade Ii most satisfactory COM
pared with the past year, no possible form
of encourag cement can he neglected IN view
Of the needs and probable competition OF
the future. The amount of new trade whcn
comes into existence with each succeeding
year through the development of the world
Is not sufficient to fully occupy the growing
activities of the people of the United states.
They must hold their own with their for-
eign competitors and must secure the lion
share of new offerings. Trade must De
nursed and encouraged through the eou-
cation CT foreign buyers, and this process
of commerce extends well into the realm OF
diplomacy In that many foreign countries
Of conserve tive habit treat their commerce
along political rather than commercial
lines. '--.'sa-.s
England's Industrial System.
England is on the point of revising ner
industrial system to better hold her own
and extend her foreign trade. The ACTIVITY
of Germany in extending her foreign COM
merce is most notable for the success
which has attended her efforts. NO coun-
try presents sharper competition, ana II
will require all the enterprise, ingenuity
and fearlessness of the American exporter
to successfully combat the German. no
manufactures at low cost both as 70 raw
material and labor, he Is content with eifo
narrowest margin of profit and is WlIl.lls
to invest enormous capital In eXteHuso
credit Long experience in export traus
has made the Germans adaptable TO the
needs of their customers and their COM
mercial travellers are the shrewdest. most
persistent and commercially intelligent men
upon the road. Patience is one OF their
chief attributes, and to take trade away
from them. once they have secured IL 10
a most difficult matter. -;
The American people are now fully aware
that an import duty does not necessary
mean the addition of the full amount OF
that duty to the price of home-manu1ac-
tured article as paid by the home consum-
that foreign goods coming into the United
States are necessarily increased In price
by the full amount of the duty paid LOVE
ering the tariff for the alleged beneht OF
the home consumer has been tried before
and ignominiously failed of Its purpose.
The foreigner gets the full benefit of any
such decrease, and 1t Is only where an I'M
port duty gives undue advantage or is a
manifest Injustice perhaps fhampering
rather than stimulating trade; that the
American people will be willing to change
their system when the conditions Affecting
international trade are fully understood
It Is true that some protected American
manufactured goods are sold cheaper
abroad that at home. When the cond1-
lions under which these sales are made
are fully explained. however. the state
ment loses the meaning attributed to 1t by
those seeking arguments against protec-
ton. j. D. WHELPLE1.