Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-08

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ducton Sloth, or what has been re-
garded as sloth, in mill aud factory
has disappeared The ambition Of
the English manufacturer and the
English workman has been sharpen
ed on a German grindstone. There Is
new and keener cutting edge, and
English trade will follow the English
flag 1t viii invade other lands with
a yigor that is going to shock with
surprise all England's commercials
competitors.
In this campaign the British bust
ness man is going TO have the whole
hearted support Of the national gov
eminent, even to the violation Of
Great Britain's rock-rihbed policy of
free trade. Mr.. Runciman, president
of the board Of trade, has said that
the government fully appreciates the
Importance of preserving and extend
ing British trade i'm neutral markets,
particularly with reference TO Ger
tain important branches of British IN
dustry after the war
Mr. McKenna, addressing a confer
ence Of business men a short time
ago, declared;
I'VE have already shown that we
are prepared to give the assistance
of the government to the development
of our foreign trade, in order to in
sure that those rivals who are now
our bitter enemies shall not have con-
troll of the foreign trade which they
have enjoyed in the past"
AT this meeting the following reso-
luton was adopted:
Resolved, That this association is
of the opinion that with the object
Of obtaining and increasing our trade
after the conclusion Of the war, II is
desirable that provision be made,
''A-For preferential reciprocal
trading relations between all parts
of the British empire.
"B-For reciprocal trading rela-
tons between the British empire and
the allied countries
''C-For the favorable treatment
of neutral countries, and
"D--For restricting by tariffs and
otherwise our trade relations with all
enemy countries so as to render
dumping and the return of pre-war
conditions, impossible, and for the
stimulating and developing of home
manufactures and consequent in
creased employment of native labor.
"These resolutions, of course, 90 not
represent the considered determined
opinion Of all England No such radi-
cal departurd from precedent can
come without full expression by the
electorate. But they do represent
decidedly growing tendency"
New Tariff Policy Certain.
Free trade is not going to be aban-
doned' but it is a safe assumption that
protective tariff in some form or
other is going to be a part of Eng
lands future fiscal policy.
Whether it will take the form of
graded tariffs as suggested in the
foregoing resolution, or whether du
ties will be put on only to foster new
Industries, or what we term in Am
erica infant industries the future
will reveal.
One new trade that Is certain to Sc
cure this adventurous aid is the dye
industry. The discovery of aniline
dyes was made by an Englishman.
With the discovery English effort
stopped. German chemists develop
ed the discovery, ind when the wal
came the dye business of the world
was in German hands.
Rv government subventon firm
of British manufacturers two years
ago started to make dyes. The new
concern has been successful 1t has
announced the manufacture of a blue
dye which German chemists said it
would take ten years to make, and It
promises soon to put other important
Colors on the market The English
dye industry is not expected for
years after the war ends to be able
to compete with German dyes. So
1t is no secret that a protective tariff
will be imposed on some German
dyes until such time as the English
dye manufacturers are able to com
pete on equal terms.
The helping hand that will be held
out to the dyemakers will not be
withheld from other businesses in a
similar state of development
One curious fact about the growth
of tariff reform, as they call it over
here, is the fact that trade unions
that We're adamant against any in
reference with free trade, are split
over the question now, and % per
cent of the labor members OF parlia-
ment are in favor Of the proposed
radical departure.
American Efficiency i'm Britain.
The conclusion ] have reached as
TO the keenness of future competition
between American and English man
ufacturers received added weight by
the investigations during the last ten
weeks Of William Hard, the WELL
known American magazine writer,
who is writing an authoritative series
Of articles for the Metropolitan Mag
azine and the Chicago Herald on this
highly important subject Mr. Hard
said to me today:
1.-THE general conclusion I have
come to is this: The war in the long
run is going to send Great Britain up,
and is going to send it up very fast
and very far-not down at alias a
competitor Of the United States for
trade in South America and every
whore else throughout the world. Be
fore the war we had two big compe-
titors-Great Britain and Germany.
Germany was a new fire, blazing all
over. Great Britain was an old fire,
with cooling embers and streaks of
ashes. This war is making Great
Britain into a new fire, too.
81 see new American machines all
over Great Britain. also see some
thing great deal more important
than new American machines, and
that is new American ideas-ideas
about the layout Of machines in the !