The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-04

- ApNAthuAu ot0C 10 UuIs
There are great many dreadful
things about war, as nobody needs to
be told in this day OF distress and of
terror. But there is one thing about
war which has very splendid side.
and that is the consciousness that a
whole nation gets. that they must all
act as a unit, for the nation: and
when peace Is as handsome as war,
there will be no war When men,
mean, engage in the pursuits of peace
In the same spirit OF self sacrifice, and
OF conscious service OF the communi-
ty with which, at any rate, the COM
mon soldier engages In war, then
shall there be wars no more. You
have moved the vanguard for the
United States in the purposes of this
association just a little nearer that
ideal. That Is the reason am here
because / believe that.
Asks For Adyiee.
There is specific matter about
which, |, for one, want your advice.
Let me say, IL may say 1t without
disrespect. that do not think you are
prepared to give it right away You
will have tomake some rather extend
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.
i speak of the subject with GER
tain degree Of hesitation, because the
thing farthest from my thought is TAX
ing advantage Of nations now dis
abled from playing the full part in
that competition, and seeking q sud-
den selfish advantage because they
are for the time being disabled. Pray
believe me. that we ought to elimi-
| nate all that thought from our minds
and consider this matter as if we and
the other nations of the world were
in the normal circumstances of COM
merce. There Is q normal circum-
stance Of commerce in which we are
apparently at disadvantage.
Our Antitrust Laws.
"Our antitrust laws apparently &.
ID. make-it illegal for merchants in
the United States to form combina-
tions for the purpose of strengthening
themselves In taking advantage of
the opportunities of foreign competi-
tion. That Is very serious matter
| for this reason: There are some cor
porations and some firms. for all
| know, whose business is great enough
| and whose resources are abundant
| 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 other
words. to organize their business in
foreign territory In a way which the
smaller man can not afford to do. His
business has not grown big enough to
permit him to establish selling agen,
cies. The export commission mer-
chant. perhaps, taxes him little bit
too high to an available competitive
means OF conducting and extending
his business. The question arises,
therefore, now are the smaller mer-
chants, how are the younger and
I weaker corporations, going to get u
4 which are permitted and even ehcour-
aged by foreign governments in this
! very field Of competition.
Is sFroH Missouri
| american merchants feel that they
are at a very considerable tiisadvant-
age in contending against that. The
matter has been many times brought
| to my attention and / have each time
| buopChuCu Juu6uICht, DcCaubC SutES
| matter 4 am from Missouri and !
want to be shown this: want to be
shown how that combination can be
made end conducted In q way which
won't 'ose II against the use OF every
body who wants to use 1t. A combi-
nation has tendency to exclude new
members.
what would like very much to
be shown, therefore, is a method of
| cooperation which is not method OF
| combination. Most OF our
combinations have safety lock and
| you have to get the combination to get
In. want to know how these coop
| efative methods can = adopted for
the benefit OF everybody. Sho wants to
use them, and say irahkly. IL / can
be shown that. am for them.
"If / can not be shown that, am
| against them. and hesten to add
that hopefully L expect that can be
| shown"
n The president said that he hoped
the organization would take steps to
discover the opinion OF the small mer-
chants and bankers In the country
! districts on the subject.
| ''As a matter of fact" he contin-
ued, "you do not have time to think In
q city. 1t takes time to think. /,
Solid Thinking.
1 There are thinking spaces in this
: ac.intry. and some OF the thinking
done Is very solid thinking indeed;
the thinking Of the sort OF men that
we all love best. who think for them
selves, who do not see things as they
are told to see them, but look at them
t,nd see them for themselves -.
men. :. ~"