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I. Cause Of Reflection. -. 4
When q century and q half ago we
Went to Swar with England it was b.,
cause England's desire for industrial
supremacy made her close American
commerce to all nations but herself;
we could only not sell to or buy from
Holland, France or Spain, nor could
those nations deal with us under con
altlons which made commerce pos.
s1ole. Such was the arrangement o.
import and opportunities which Eng
land saddled, upon America. The
writings of James Otis, the records of
the Virginia Committee of Cores
pondence and the speeches OF: Burke,
Camden and Chatham prove beyond
question that the underlying cause
OF the Revolutionary war. was the
desire Of the colonies to cast oft Eng
lands commercial monopoly.
On the 18th OF April, ,1774, Burke,
In summing up Americas case, adj
dressed the speaker. OF the house OF
commons, as follows: -,
Permit me, sir to- lead your .atten-
ton very far back back to the act OF
navigation; the, cornerstone Of the
policy Of this country with regard to-
her colonies. Sir, that policy was,
from the beginning, purely commer-
cia1, and the commercial system was
wholly restrictive.+:.5It tt. was: let loose
from that restraint, but merely to en-
able the colonists to dispose OF what,
In the course Of your trade, YOU could
not take; or to-, enable. them to- dis
pose of such: articles: as: we forced
upon. them, and for which, Without
some degree Of liberty, they could. not
pay. Hence, allyour specific. and de.
tailed enumeratlons;, hence: the In
Vulnerable, =, chsckS..5 and xequnterr
checks; hence that infindtel VARIETY of
paper claims by, which you bind to-
'gether this complicated system of the
colonies. hts,iprinciple of CONNER
cial monopoly runs through no less
than 20 acts Of parliament, from from the
year 1850 to the unfortunate' period
Of 1764." A.~,',.,.r !. r'.~,".
! Monopeay he cause; 81 :; y ::
Exactly The aina. l ptTTinciple is J. : the
KEYNOTE tocthA-1 situatiotf. ii 9 Ehr6ps
To-Day: Just aa England: ,thr;ted to ,,es-
tablish trade monopoly Tor herself
In the Americans :colonies a II 10 ayears
ago. every nation rs today trying to
gain for itself 2f;;asppseIl Opportunities
or commerce., and 5tos close These OPP
portunittes to other: nations" IT lis
this practice: 81 ssta b1ishipgg' trade
monopoliess: In. which other powers
will be. to a greater or less extent,
frozen out, that has always :threaa4teined
the peace OF the world, and will.con-
t1nue to- do SO until it is Abandoned.
Some years ago !IoriaI, the italian
historian and economist, made a. study
Of the causes Of 286uwars. He found
that 25S were die to: economic causes.
principally strad Dc mon opolies; and that
tho remaining %, though apparently
religious. also had" economic sinflu-
ences behind thena.ss sea-. 70. as;asa
|, II each nation could sell to the best
market and buy from: the cheapest
market on: fairly equal terms with
every other nation, no" only war. ,.bu,
the cause OF war would disappear.
The monopoly system In international
commerce must be STACKED before
armament; or disarmament can toffe4
| any real hope &of security ,','.;li. ~
Get: Together. - - =, ::
II American. and !. European Leaders
Of thought, :. instead Of concentrating
their minds upon the Necessity o1
armarnents.: would i huGk1e, down tc
the long task Of securing more equal.
ity Of opportunity IN commerce, as be.
tween the nations, the armament
nues,t, ~,