Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-05-23
SAVING AT THE sPIGoT.

just as the work done by the Departments
of State Agriculture and Commerce and Labor
for the fostering and advancement of the foreign
trade of this country is beginning to bear fruit,
the House of Representatives decides to destroy
the machinery by which results have been at
tanned by cutting the of the officials so
engaged off the Federal payroll After an orgie
of extravaganza eliminating in the pension bill
morning after" revulson has come over the
House and the is falling in blind effort to
make showing of economy for vote-catching
purposes
Secretary Knox is primarily responsible for
most of the good work that has been done in for
eign fields, and is entitled to credit for it. Con-
gress cannot say that he has not produced results
Our exports of domestic merchandise have passed
the two billion dollar mark in both the fiscal and
the calendar year and the boom is still on in spite
OF somewhat unfavorable conditions in the domes-
tic field Moreover, the chief gains have been
scored in exports of manufactured goods from
which labor derives the chief benefit
Representatives from southern states should
bear in mind that much of the work done by the
Department of State in foreign countries in the
past three years has been in special interests of
their constituents. Commercial agents have been
opening up new markets for cottonsed oil in
Europe with highly satisfactory results in spite of
the illtimed greed which for time put the price
on prohbitive basis year ago. The potash con-
troversy waged almost entirely in the interest
of the South which consumes three-fourths of the
imports in the shape of fertilizer for cotton and
tobacco The Department of Agriculture also paid
much attention to stimulating the domestic de
mand for cottonseed products, and DR. Wiley lee
tured the virtues of the oil throughout the
length and breadth of the land
Secretary Nage has just succeeded in organ
izing the national board of trade advocated by
President Taft This body of representatives of
the trade interests of the country is designed to
make more effective the work of the government s
foreign representatives If Congress destroys the
machinery of our foreign relations all this work
will be wasted As the farmers have hitherto
reaped most of the benefits of this work they will
be the ones to suffer most through its discon-
tinuance
One very important matter is still unsettled
Germany is showing a disposition to let down the
bars that she raised against the importation Of
American provisions. and this field should be cul-
tivated carefully for It means much to the hog
raising branch Of farming which is the most
profitable part Of American agriculture
The eaxsperating thing about this proposal
10 eut Oft appropriations for the advancement of
our foreign trade Is that the saving will be hardly
worth mentioning Congress has made adequate
appropriations for this work aud should double
the money now spent Il is the only money the
government spends that produces direct results IN
actual dollars and cents Anyone can put his Gin.
ger on the exact returns ia cash hy looking al the
monthly trade reports and ia many eases b. can
tell Just whe or what class of people sold the
goods and gat The money
China y just opening Mp Ia 4 modern way
and viii spend quarter ~ q billion dollars
through IL treasury With this will come one ~
the greatcsi trade hoou,s the world has ever seen
THIS eouutry could spend millon dollars year
IN sending expert. into that euuntry = sseurc lar
share If the business that vili D. transacted
With their hnudrsd uiilluu people
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