Arizona republican., 1916-11-10
WHAT OF TRADE
 WITH AMERICA
 AF TER THE WAR
[Repupican A. p. Leased Wirel

[RepupIcan A. p. Leased Wirel
 LONDON, Nov. 9-London newspa- pers are giving increasing attention to the suriect of trade with America after the war. The Globe declares that while England does not seek a trade War With any neutral, Ameri- can goods which enter into competi- ton with those produced in Great Britain must not be allowed to come in without paving tax or toll. The article says:
 One of the situations that call for consideration after the war is that of trade relationships with neutral countries, especially neutrals who have been doing well out of the war, and are thereby enabled to prepare for increased trade when the war is over. Such countries have been subject to little or no risk. and their commercial and industrial prosperity has been, and continues to be- materially en- hanced by the necessities of the bel ligerents. The most important neu tral m this respect is the United States.
 America is profiting remarkably through supplying ourselves and our allies with munitions and foodstuffs. and partly by sending to neutral countries goods which the combatant powers at present are unable to supply them. Being free from all serious competition, her manufactur- CTS are making enormous profits, which they are employing in laying down new plants and erecting new work shops. America will thus be in q better position to compete in the worlds markets at the close of the war than she has ever been be- fore
 'In order to he able to deal suc- cessfllly with American competition we must dev velop to the full extent the resources of the British empire. All the needs of the empire can be supplied from within it's own bor ders. with abundance to spare for the requirements of other nations. But this requires imperial organization and a closer partnership between the mother country and the Dominions. One of the principal instruments to accomplish this is imperial prefer ence. the admission of the products of the empire into the mother coun try on better terms than the products of foreign countries. The Dominions already give a preference in their markets to this country and to one another. It only remains for us to recirrocate that preference, and in order to cope with American compe- tition we must also have a greatly l extended tariff
 American goods which enter into competition with our own productions must no longer be allowed to enter our market without paying tax or toll. We ! must treat American goods in the same way as America treats English goods. Such a policy will not decrease the i volume of our trade with America, but it will regulate it and direct it into ! 11la .l,. erixr us a negotiating power such as we do not at present possess. which will en- able us to obtain better terms of entry into the American market. Further, it will enable us to encourage the i'm | portation of such goods as we require which do not compete with our own
 and to discourage the importation Of goods which can be made equally well in our own country by British labor.
 "The policy indicated with regard tC
 our dealings with neutrals is purely
 defensive. We do not seek a trade
 war with any neutral. Our object is
 to free our markets and those of oui
 Allies from German domination, sc that we may trade under fair terms
 of competition. We uo not propose anything in the nature of a tariff union directed against neutral countries. Ii IS not our policy to exclude neutrals from our market, but to attract them
 to it. in order that we may pay for the goods we purchase from them by goods made in this country.
 But it is also our policy to obtain more favorable terms of entry for our goods into neutral countries. and We can only obtain this by tariff nego- tiation. The war has taught us the necessity of coming into line with oth- CT civilized nations in order to protect our home industries and to raise ad- | ditional revenue. No neutral country least of all the United States, can ob- ject to our adopting an economic system which they have proved to be advantageous, nor can they imagine ' that such a policy be dictated by mo- tives antagonistic to their own trade and prosperity"