The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-05
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PROTECTION AND SUBSIDY
The Trade 81 the World napeea
which the Century n publishing if0m
THO pen Of James Davenport Mhelp
loy are Not written iN support uf anN
theory 0f commercial policy lhu
aEthor confines himself % g corn
penaiam Of Die faes showing the
comparative trade nf th leading mas
tlons with the countries og Central
md South America ans u teQse
fscts have any ing unon gur
problems al tall0 and maTitiNe|
progress he seems unconscious ot t.
or al beast has re(eainei from draw
ing the deuucdene which bis stats
lics would JUSTIFY
Jus uoW NJ elpiey is deal{nsf
With Argentina, he mos. rapidly GeNta
valcplna 0f che Republics .sth tina
south. III us, end las se'9e Ia WlMca
Tx peopa s..g g~ef gl0gea lAe most
capacity ior seig0fefamen1 an@
have been tAa foremnst f0 improve
their natural resources Twenty
years ago when enc farmers oil
Virginia ana Maryland ana the mill
efs of Richmond and Baltimore grew
ricA on TIE pr0ft "a furnishing yeuf
is South America aud the greater
portion of the shipments went 70
Ruenps Ayres, tne leading port ana
foremost city Of the Aygentue Re
public. Now Argentina exports more
wheat than any land In the world
except Russia, leads lhe world I'M
corn Her foreign commerce in 1909
totalled seven hundred millions OF
dollars Ia value, of whicR four hum
G4ed millions consisted OF imp
distributed al foiibws From 5he
United states, fortythree millions;
from Great Britain. Germany, Fra ce
Belgium ana Italy commodities ~
gregating three hundred and Alty
seven millions, oi which the Britlsh
furnished more than two-thirds Iha
still larger proportion q the eX-
rorts were purchased hy Great hllt-
ain should perhaps have been stateu
Arst. for that she is the best cas-
toner tho ArEentinos have IL an all-
sufsiciena reason why they turn 70
ner as tn, market OF supply for what
trey lack. They buy from us ouly
The lumber, OH and such likely prodr
uets as their European friends have
ret TO sell Englan3's trade ~lth
them IS a barter ot commodities on
equal terms, while TO dc business
with us they have t0 submit 20 rt.
stricuong and tolls practically pro-
hihitiye We must bny from q people
II we wish to sell to them We 40
not need her surplus grain just set,
but We do need her meat and WOOL
and hides unless We are willing tAa
4 larger part Of our population shall
ere long 40 barefoot and naked ~
tsseir work and like the peasan ll
crowded European countries ollf
taste flesh on lefe days and suhd NJ 4.
ID ls0g 0Yersea vessels 10 the halnr
Der Of more than ionr thousand clear
ia from lhe ports 81 Argentina Ot
these eighty-tw0 steamships anu
eight sailing vessels had The Uni.ed
States fW destination Why Be
cause there was n0t ng f0r lhem TO
load with OF ne same numnee Of
arrivals Ave haAArad and twenty-five
came from the Jnited states. mostly
sthooners from gulf ports With pianhs
and tnlpentlhe aHd tankers Dut
tnese haa to take eargoes lor other
narts of the world 0f 80 back home
empty. Freight one way 70 he prqnt.
asIe would necessita{e a rate on lh-
rage double the normal and that is
the measure af the Subsidy nat
Mould be necessary ,0 maintain a line
between New York and EHenos