The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-10-07
Flood Of Foreign
Goods When The
War. Ends

mat has saved the United States
from commercial bankruptcy has
been the European war. declares
leading Illinois manufacturer who has
recently returned from England and
Germany Remove that cause and
the manufacturers Of the world will
make America the battle ground of
the greatest industrial war the world
has ever seen.
The earning capacity of the 100000
600 people Of the United States rep.
resents a purchasing power greater
than that of any two other nations
of the world put together, and the
standard of living to which they have
become accustomed makes that pur.
chasing power potential under norm.
al conditions. Surely such a mar.
ket is worth striving for by our for.
eign competitors, even under a pro.
tective tariff. And under a Demo
cratic tariff the domestic market, so
far as our industrial life is concern.
ed, becomes well nigh a gift causa
mortis to our foreign rivals.
The Illinois manufacturer goes on
to say: "a month-two montas-aft.
er peace is declared in Europe will
see President Wilson and Congress
in state of panic due to ruinous in
dustrial conditions. A vast army Of
men who have been engaged in the
European war will be available for
the peaceful industrial pursuits of
these countries, and they will be will.
ing or forced to give their services
for even less than the meager COM
pensation they received before the
war. And not only men, but thous.
ands of women, now being trained in
the mills will continue their work
and add to the competition which Am.
erican labor must meet. 1t must be
remembered also that the purchasing
power of Europe will be curtailed, es-
pecially in the matter of Injuries.
Everything save the bare necessities
of life will be to a great extent UNI
marketable in Europe and will be
dumped upon this country. Dress
goods. textiles of nearly every vari-
| ETY. that are used by both sexes, jew
elry. china and thousand and one
articles OF a similar nature will be
shipped to the United States under
our extremely accommodating Under
wood tariff. America will be the one
great cash market of the world and
there will be tremendous scramble
on the part Of every European nation
to see which can get here first"
OF course this prophecy is based
on the possibility Of this country be-
ing cursed with Democratic admin
istration at the time peace In Eur
ope is declared.
According to this manufacturer, the
great Industrial plants in Germany
are all being operated at capacity OF
are being maintained in such condi'
ton and such state of organization
that IL peace were declared tomor
row they would begin with double
shifts to win back their temporarily
lost industrial supremacy. Products
of many plants are being stored In
anticipation of a resumption OF com
mercial activity after the war. Ocean
transportation difficulties have large
" smut off the expectation of certain
articles from Germany, Sweden, Nor
way and France, and English plants
are getting the benefit. This explains
why our importations of china, cut
lery, and textiles are now coming so
largely from England.
What does this signify to the Uni
ted States?" he was asked. You
cannot too strongly impress upon
our people the Importance of tariff
revision before European factories
begin to dump their products in the
United States" he replied. UNLESS
conditions are foreseen and tariff
barrier erected against the influx OF
European manufactured articles tnis
country will experience a period OF
hard times, financial depression, bust
ness failure and suffering on the part
; of our great army Of wage earners
that will make previous periods OF
Industrial stagnation resemble sea
sons Of comparative prosperity"
In other words, the Republican
party must be delegated to attend
to the situation in a business like
manner.