The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-03

mo longer be confined to the areas
J of battle No nation stands. wholly
apart in Interest when the life and in.
terests of all nations are thrown into
confusion and peril. II hopeful and
generous enterprise 10 to be renewed
IL the healing and helpful arts Of life
! are indeed to be revived when peace
comes again, a new atmosphere OF
justice and friendship must be gen.
Grated by means the world has never
| tried before. The nations OF the world
must unite in joint guarantees that
whatever Is done to disturb the whole
worlds life must first be tested in
| the court of the whole worlds opin-
! ion before 1t Isl attempted.
RULE OF THIS COUNTRY
EVERYWHERE THE SAME
! These are the new foundations the
world must build for itself, and we
must play our part in the reconstruc-
ton, generously and without too much
thought of our separate interests. We
must make ourselves ready to play II
lintelligently vigorously and we'll
One of the contributions we must
make to the worlds peace is this:
We must see TO 1t that the people in
our insular possessions are treated in
their own lands as we would treat
them here and make the rule of the
United States mean the same thing
everywhere-the same justice, the
same considerations for the essential
rights of men.
Besides contributing our ungrudging
moral and practical support to the
esta blishment of peace throughout the
world we must actively and intelli-
gently prepare ourselves to do our
full service In the trade and industry
which are to sustain and develop the
life of the nations in the DAYS to
come.
We have already been provident in
this great matter and supplied our
selves with the instrumentalides OF
prompt adjustment We have created,
in the Federal Trade Commission. a
means OF inquiry and of accommoda-
ton in the field OF commerce which
ought both to coordinate the enter
prises of our traders and manufac-
turers and to remove the barriers OF
misunderstanding and of a too tech
nical Interpretation of the law In
the new Tariff Commission we have
added another instrumenta!ity OF OBJ
servation and adjustment which prom
ises' to be Immediately servicea BILE.
The Trade Commission substitutes
| counsel and accommodation for the
harsher processes of legal restraint,
anu the anil commission CNGnI TO
substitute facts for prejudices and
theories. Our exporters have for some
time had the advantage of working
in the new light thrown upon foreign
markets and opportunities of trade by
the intelligent inquiries and activities
Of the Bureau of Foreign and Domes-
tic Commerce which the Democratic
Congress SO wisely created in 1919.
The Tariff Commission completes thu
maChiner-~by which we shall be en-
abled to open up our legislative pol
| Icy to the facts as they develop.
| We can no longer indulge our ira
| ditional provincialism. We are to play
leading part tn-the- World-drama
whether we wish to or not We shall
lend. not borrow. act for ourselves
not initiate or follow: organize and
initiate, not peep about merely to zee
where We may get in.
J We have already formulated and
agreed upon a policy Of law which
will explicitly remove the ban now sup
! posed to rest upon cooperation
amongst our exporters in seeking and
securing their proper place in this
markets of the world. The field will
be free, the instrumentalities at hand
1t will only remain for the masters OF
enterprise amongst us TO act In ener-
getic concert, and for the Government