The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-05

meat out In tael world, where THO op-
pOrtunittes and openings OF. AmerI-
can commerce and American genius
were TO be found.
Other Ways TO l'se Government.
But there are other ways of US
Ing inc government of the United
States. You can use the gov
ernment OF the United States by In
ftuencing It's legislation. That has
been a very active industry, but It has
not always been managed in the in
tercs, Of the whole people. 1t is very
instructive and useful for the GOV
crnment Of the United States to have
such means as. you are ready 10 sup
ply for getting sort Of consensus OF
opinion which proceeds from no par
ticular qudrter. and originates with
90 particular interest. because infor-
tnation .is the very foundation of oil
-isft action IL icgisinti0l..
Business, Men Gun Not Complain.
"Men on the inside OF business
know how business is conducted and
they can not complain II men on the
outside make mistakes about bust
peSs. II they do not come from the III
side and give The Kind or advice wilicl,
* necessary. The trouble In the past
for think the thing is changing
very rapidly-lins generally been that
they came with oil their bristies out.
They came OIL the defensive. They
came to see. not what they could ac-
complish. but what they could pre-
vent. They did not come to guide, but
they came to block. nnd that is OF no
use whatever TO the general body nj
itic. .i'
A Splendid Side 10 War.
There are a great. many dreadful
things about war, as nobody needs 10
be told in this day Of distrcss and Of
terror. But there Is one thing about
war which has very splendid side,
and that is tho consciousness .that q
whole nation gets, that they must all
act as q unit, for the nation, and
when peace Is as handsome as war,
there Will be no war. !. When! men, I
mean. engage in the pursuits of peace
in tho aamc spirit Of self sacrifice, and
az conscious service of the .communi-
" with which. at any rate, tho COM
mon soldier engages In war, then
ahall there be wars no more, You
have moved the, vanguard for the
United States In the purposes OF this
dissertation just a little nearer that
fleal. That ia the Ieason I nm here
because believe that. "fhf
Asks For Advice.
There Ia ereciflc matter aboat
which, 7, for one, want your advice.
Let me say, II may say It without
disrespect. that do not think you are
prepared to give It right away. You
will have 10 make some rather cxteiid-
ed Inquiries before you are ready to
give 1t. What am thinking OF is
competition In foreign markets as be-
tween the merchants of different ma
tions. .,.,. ..t
Il speak OF the subject with q GER
tain degree of hesitation. because the
thing farthest from my thought Is talk
Ing advantage OF nations now dis:
ahled from playing the full part In
that competitions, aud seeking n sud
den selfish advantage ). because they
Ore for. tie time belng disabled. Pay
believe; me, that we Ought TO eiifni-
nate MI that thought, from Our minds
Qnd consider this matter as ir we. aii0
tho other nations Of tho world were
ID the normal ;clrGnmstancasi .of. com.
stanee Of commerce ~ which wa. a. Re {.
Onr AiittTrust Laws, -iisi,;ait
Dur 'ant!t.as;. r...s..=%'s spbsr,iHttss;yi
:. make 1t. illegal for merehanta In
the United States t2,...otm, rombinA-
ttons for the purpose Of siren gthening
themselves In taking indvdntagb'' or
the opportunities Of foreign compefi-
tioh." That IL a.'vory serious matter
for this reason: There are some cor,
porations and some firms. tor. an I
know, Whose business Is great enough
and whose resources are abuhdnnt
enough to enable them to establish
selling agencies in foreign countries,
to enable them to extend the long
credits which In some cases are neces-
sary In order to keep the trade which
they desire; which enables: in otller
words. to organize their. business IN
foreign territory In way which tn.
smaller man can not afford to do. His
business has not grown big en- ougli to
permit him to establish sellinl, agen-
cies. The export commission mer-
chant. perhaps, taxes him o N,r bit
too high u an available comln litiyc
,pean3 OF conducting aud extending.
Ills business. The Question arisea.
therefore,. how,4nre tho smalier Hn1crl
'cEinnts. how are, the q younger, and
weaker corRorations.. going TO; get u
foothold qs against the com mbinations
which are permitted and icten' eneour-
'nged by foreign governments I'd this
very field OF competitions, i,s.i .:@6E..
tG.s Is AFrom Missouri j.
merchants feel that they.
are at n very cohsiderabls dfsStvanf-
age in contending against that: Tho
matter has been many times brought
70 my attention and have. each tipe
suspended Judgment. becaiise In, thls
matter II ami from Missouri and +
want to be shown this: want to be
shown how that combination can be
Spo n knl a. foe.