Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-09
TRADE AFTER THE WAR.

Some hearrenderng pictures of the pitabe condi
ton of American industry after the close of the shall have
ended the abnormal demand for supplies have been paint
ed by Republican spebnders 1t is only fair to present the
other side if the picture told by the following story
the New York Evening Post of the most cautions and
conservative dalies in the country:
Five members of the French industrial and commercial
commissions reached New York today and announced that they
had arrange for the purchase the end of the
of at least $16000O00 worth of structural iron and Steel
machinery and industrial supplies All supplies of this charac
ter the commissioners sa has been formerly imported from
Germany.
'The commissioners added that while they here
primarily purchase supplies needed to reconstruct and mod
ernie French industries when the they would
deavor to establish reciprocal trade relations between the Unit
ed States and France
"Ahough this commission is not government organza-
ton it is backed the members by all of the large
dustral commercial organizations of France and
ity of the bankers.
The Post then quotes Maurice Damont member of the
commission, saying:
sBefore the war spending at least $16OOOOOOO
year for German machinery and industrial supplies feel
this will be spent the United States and that
purchases will lead to far larger the future The
fact that population his been considerably reduced by the
will compel equip factories with modern labor
saving machinery We feel that the best market for this in
the United States.''
This represents attitude and merely of the
major European powers engaged the the side
the entente allies is safe to that the others will be
actuated by the motives and in the direction
It constitutes perfect to the calamity howlers
THE proposed mporatons from America be it noted ar
ces not heretofore purchased from this country 1t is strictly
new business and at the rate of at least $6OOOO
But perhaps significant than any figures then the
immediate size of this project is the reaching statement OF
Mr. DamontThe fact that population has been consider
ably reduced by the will compel equip factories
with modern laborsav machinery
The spebnders have been telling how these srick
nations going to rally overnight and drive out
foreign markets by unous competition They have laughed
at suggestions from this side of the water that the paucy
producers will hamper such activities. But leading
encman points out the fact of such lack and remarks
upon circumstance certain lead not to inou under
selling this country but to immense purchases from this
country.
Germany has had tremendous trade in the nations will
which she is war; and with their colonies That
fact has been rritant leading to Now the Unitec
States will be favored Germany. Similarly, the entente
allies have sold to Germany, though in less degree perhaps
Now it hardly to be presumed that Germany will favor these
late enemies the United States.
1t is hard to how the situation result anything
but improvement in Americas trade for years to But
thing threatens It be that the greed of America viii
send prices high and make credits difficult that the
ed against American exporters must realize that less profits
longer period permanently fruitful than extor
onate tribute for short time Then there is why
such trade relations this inauguraed should
be continued Observation-Disclosures World Herald
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