Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-17
LAWS NECESSARY
TO PROTECT
MARKETS
Secretary RedfieId Advocates
Legislation Which Will Protect
American Markets From Un-
fair Competition After War.

, WASHINGTON, Dec 16.- Legisla.
tion to protect the industrial and COM
Imercial markets of the United States
| from a destructive type OF struggle
and unfair competition" at the close
OF the European war. is recommended
ito Congress today by Secretary Red
field in his annual report Every
stratagem Of industrial war. he says,
Ivill be used by powerful foreign agen-
+ cies against American Industries
which may menace large markets here
ltCfore controlled abroad
{ To prevent unfair competition
/ the Secretary suggested that the ma
chinery of the Departments Of Justice
and Treasury be used and that Cen
/ Eress supplement existing laws to give
the federal government adequate
means to protect American markets.
In my judgement" said the Secro-
'tary, the matter is one which may be
more wisely treated as an attempted
wrong TO be forbidden than as an e.
economic matter which needs 10 be re-
strained | should prefer. therefore,
10 deal With it by a method other than
tariffs Classing it as an offense SINH
lar to the unfair domestic competition
we now forbid lt seems possible
that by using the machinery of the
/ Treasury Department and Department
of Justice We may restrain this for
Ieign unfair competition on both sides
Iof the sea.
4 recommend, therefore that such
Legislation be enacted as will give to
the foreign representatives of the
. Iabove-named departments such added
powers and increased personnel as
they may need for this purpose, and
that it be enacted if possible that
merchandise sold in unfair competi
ti0n or under circumstances which
tend to create a monopoly in behalf OF
the foreign producer in American mar
p kets shall be forfeited.
81 also recommend that legislation
supplemented to the Clayton Antitrust
Act be enacted which shall make il
i unlawful to sell or purchase articles o.
| foreign origin or manufacture where
j 1.-THE prices TO be paid are materially
D below the current rates for such arti
cles in the country of production o.
= from which shipment is made in cas'
d such prices substantially lessen com
,. petition on the part Of the American
g producers or tend to create a monopo
p ly In American markets in favor o
l. the foreign producer, and that il b.
3. made unlawful for any person TO buy
l. sell. or contract for the sale of art
cles OF foreign origin, OF to fix a pric
for same or to make a rebate upoi
such price, conditioned upon the pul
n chaser thereof not using OF dealing il
e. wares produced or sold by the compel
e itors of the manufacturer or selle
Al where the effect is TO substantial
.e lessen competition in the productio
a. in the United States of such article
Jr or tends 10 create a monopoly in tn
N sale of such articles in American ma
,y kets in favor Of foreign producer
e. Unfair competition is forbidde
L. by laws in domestic trade, and III
n Federal Trade Commission exists
determine the facts and take steps
n. Iabate the evil wherever found. TT
I'd door. however, is still open TO 'unfa
IT. competition from abroad which ma
vs. seriously affect American industri'
ig for the worse, It is not normal col
he petition Of which ] speak, but abno
ic NAL. II is a destructive type OF Il
10 industrial struggle, intended to p
out Of being the forces opposed to
that the victor may exploit the ne
at will. The methods used are n
of those Of legitimate commerce, b
ne those Of commercial ohense Th'
nj aim not at development, but at co
ng quest
~. when the war shall close the pu
-u. lie control Of railways in foreign Ian
the semi-official chambers Of Co
an merce the publicly fostered orga
nj cations which control great industri
,al An some countries. will all exist a
nj. will ait be used in an effort to recoy
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