New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-14
Bourne Declares Demo
cratic Prosperity
Artificial.
CONFLICT BLAMED
FOR ALL FAILURES
Republican Leader Proves that
Europe's Orders Have Saved
Wilson's Face.

Washington. Aug. 13.-Declaring that
"the Democratic party has made the
European war the goat for all its fan
ures, while its prosperity chorus is ac-
companied by the roar Of European
cannon and the wall of the dying" jon
athan Bourne, jr., president Of the ke-
publican Publicity Association, issued a
statement to-day refuting the claim oil
the Democrats that war supphes
formed a mere fraction of the trehen-
dous exports during the Wilson ADMIN
istration.
The statement in part says;
"Sjxty per cent of our export trade
during the first ten months Of the
European war-August, 1914, TO May
1ot5 inclusive consisted of forty
seven classes Of products absolutely
essential 10 modern warfare. Our eH-
norts for this period totalled $3.50
6O0 O0O. of which these forty-seVen
classes made up 1880, 100000. During
tho ten months war period August
1918. TO May. 1916, these forty-seVeh
classes made up Go per cent of our en-
.tire exnort trade. amounting to $685.
COO 600 in a total of S3,6Ol ,0OO'OOo.
Underwood Tariff Runs Amuck.
"Tbe Underwood tariff law became
oFoctive October 4. 1918, and II ran
en,uck for ten months before the Euro
mean war was declared During this pc
Rod business was batted into the lee
scuppers. half a billion laborers tired 10
wash down their new freedom with
free soup. the wheels of freight cars
became fiat from long standing ana the
word dividend was stricken from cor,
norate leXicons. Our exports totaIIeo
Il .q52. 900 900, Of which the forty-seVen
classes under consideration made up
1924 per cent IL 40,
"During similar ten months under
the Republican tariff OCTOBER
1912. to July, 1918. inclusive-labor was
everywhere employed, freight cars
moved across continent like shuttle
cocks. the stakeholder at the end OF
every quarter opened his morning mail
with q smile. and the only thing to dis
turb the columns Of smoke arising from
our mill stacks was an occasional AGA
demic draft from the White House ana
tho pending revision of the tariff. EN-
norts for this period totalled S2,llO'-
100000. of which 50 per cent were
made up of these forty-seven classes
Under the Democratic law we were 1ali-
ing behind in our export TRACE AZ VIZ
rate of sl6,000,0O0 a month, and at the
rate of Sl0,000,000 a month on these
fortv-seven classes alone, for when
there was then no war demand.
Effect of War Orders.
"Our balance of trade had been turn
ing steadily against us before the war
broke out. But the stimulus when
war orders gave to business gave us =, a
favorable trade balance OF S9o9,OUo'OUU
for the first ten months OF the WAL -
per cent of which was accounted LOT oS
the S730.00O,000 increase IN the eXpof-
tation of these forty-seven classes over
the ten months record before the war
Our favorable balance OF trade Tor the
ten months of war August, 1919, 10
Nav. 1916. was 81 1872 100000, while the
increase in expectation of these forty
seven classes for this period over the
ten months Immediately preceding mo
war was S1,752 100000, or practcally
eoual TO our entire favorable trade pal
ance for the period named.
"The Republican party contends that
the war alone, directly or indirectly, IS
the cause of our present prosperity;
that had there been no war. exports
would have continued TO decrease and
imports to increase as they were doing
before the war under the Democratic
tariff policy; that no country can ind
a firm basis for lasting prosperity on
foreign war; that the Democratic
party has made the European war the
goat for all its failures, while It's pros
perity chorus is accompanied by the
roar of European cannon and the wall
of tho diving"