Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-11-06

However, the outbreak of the European war cut of
the importatons from the countries the Allan
tic Soon after the beginning of the the factories
OF this country began to manufacture munitions OF
and all kinds OF supplies to be used by the armies
of the beligerent nations. As result we have had
prosperity in those sections of the country which
engaged in this manufacture But what will be the
aftermath The mills and factories of England have
not been destroyed. They will be ready TO resume
operations the moment peace is declared. Germany
has not been invaded. Her factories too intact
When peace shall be proclaimed her soldiers will return
TO the arts of peace. The factories of England and
Germany will be running again, full blast. Both
tries will be in need of ready money TO roplenish their
empty treasures and again the products of their mills
their factories and their workshops will be dumped
The American market under the low tariff duties of the
Underwood law
The lessons of the past should not be lost upon our
citizens Il is to be hoped that realizing the dangers
that confront American industries they will elect to
the Senate and to the House enough Members pledged
to the enactment of protective tariff TO insure the pas
sage of such law. If they will but take page from
their history the history of the first half OF the
nineteenth century they win elect Presidents the
Republican candidate who is pledged to the enactment
of protective tariff.
why even Great Britain is beginning to seek remedial
legislation to prevent the dumping OF the goods Of other
nations into her ports at the close of the present
She has always been considered reetrade country.
Her business among the shrewdest traders III
the world On July 49, 1915. subcommittee of the
advisory committee of the board of trade CONNER
al intelligence with respect TO measures for securing
the position after the war OF certain branches of British
industry appointed This subcommittee nvesti-
gated the conditions that will probably arise after the
the following lines OF enterprise; Paper manu-
acure the printing trades. including color printing
the stationery trade, the jewellers and silversmiths
trade, cutlery, fancy leather goods, glassware. table
glass, laboratory ware, and glass bottles china and
earthenware electrical apparatus brush and forth,
trade and hardware
Among the remedies suggested and recommended in
the report is that of tariff protection The report
made the 18th day of January 1916. II states
We bound to say that far as our particular
inquiry has gone, though amount OF weight has
been attached to the various proposals put forward
they all regarded of secondary i'm
portance in comparison with question, and that
is the Possibility otherwise of tariff protection after
the cessation OF the Practically all of the repre-
sentative firms and associations consulted by asked
for a measure of protection.
If that represents the attitude of the British manu-
facturers, how much more important is it that laws
enacted for the protection of American industries
With high scale of wages our better working con-
ditions, how much greater is our need for protection
Let prepare country against the certain flood
of manufactured goods from Europe that is bound to
under the existing Underwood tariff law Let US
be deaf TO the voice of the past protective ta
framed by Republican Congress pledged to the prn-
cples Of protection and signed by Republican Pres
dent will alone avert financial catastrophe when this
cruel Europeon war is over.