Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-03-26

esi&ed II the statement be not alb
caluminss Rsf6tsd
A great political party that has
been in almost continuous con.
troll Of the government for A.
" yea1 was driven from ONCE BY
H. own tyranny in 1912, Inasmuch
- this great party. maddened by the
less Of privilege II striving By ev.
efy means ct its command to de-
eeive the people into believing that
the present hard times are caused
~ the party in power, IL It not fair
- the administration and to the
Anerican people themselves. that the
psople know what are the real causes
q business depression? VIII 1t not
- fair for them to know:
TAat s2s. 100000 Of the worlds l.
e1o.ooo.ooo population are At wary
That the loss In killed. wounded
and captured for the hrst six months
u. the war il 100000 mon?
That the cost tn money for the nrst
six months 10 $500. ooo. 900 or $47..
oooyooo = day3 This does not in
elude property and lives destroyed.
That the worlds international trade
Il $4,000. 100000 per year. That Of
this total the warning countries have
oae-half?
That during the hFst nve months
Of the war the worlds trade was cut
from 100000 100000 to s24.ooo.ooo.-
go?
That before the war, the trade Of
the United States with the countries
It var comprised $1,000. 100000 Of its
total annual foreign. trade Of $780,.
$4,000? ~
That our trade with Germany. and
Austria dropped from $4,000, 900, for
The six months ending December 81,
1919, to $2,3o0.oo0 for the first I'VE
months Of the war?
That the war has driven the pow.
eeful German merchant marine com.
prlsing 2400 vessels from the sea?
That the trade Of Germany, Aus
tsia and Belgium which represented
- Per cent Of the trade Of the world
has vanished? si
That England has withdrawn 1900
q her 1900 merchant ships from the
trade?
That 400 European ships have been
withdrawn from the South American
trade?
Ocean Freight Advance.
That ocean freight rates have ad-
vanced 1000 per cent?
That in 1914 England's exports de-
creased 100000. 900 and her imports
decreased $s55.oo0.o0
That in spite Of her enormous food
purchases England's imports for Jan.
nary show a loss Of 100000 and
her exports loss Of 100000 ,000?
That last December imports from
the warning nations to the United
States declined from $72,0oo,0O0 to
$31.000,000?
That the loss to France for the
first four months of the war shows a
loss Of $4,000. 900?
That our export trade to Germany,
Austria and Belgium amounting to
more than $50o,Oo0,00o is gone?
That Belgium's International trade
amounting to $1,5Oo,o0o is wiped out?
Iron Exports Decline
That in the United States decline
Of $94,000,00o in iron exports alone
occurred in 1914?
That in all the South American
countries business is at a standstill
because Of the inability to trade with
Europe?
That in Canada the number Of bust.
ness failures doubled in 1914?
That in that country the imports
decreased $60.0o0.O0O ana exports $780,
100000 in 1914.
That In spite of their war levy of
3l00.000.000 and war tax, loss Of
@33.o00,00o in revenue and a deficit
Of $s0.0o0.00o Is certain this year?
That the Scandinavian countries,
Japan, and in fact, all neutral nations
arc suffering the effects of this most
sigantic war in the history Of the
world?
VIII the unpatriotic standpat press
and political party who are striving
~ the most despicable falsehoods to
attribute the present hard times to
tho Underwood tariff law, hoping
thereby to regain control Of the gov
eminent, explain how. as they point
out, the fact that the balance Of trade
has been against this country since
no new law went into effect 10 .
proof Of it, failure?
Payne Law Failure, Too7
These bitter standpat calamity
Aowlers suggest that the balance Of
International trade during the first
eight months Of the existence OF the
new tariff law was $313 900, 600. Now,
the balance Of trade against the Unit.
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