Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-25
ORIENT INCREASING EXPORTS TO
UNITED STATES AT EXPENSE
oE HOME PRODUCERS.
PACIFIC COAST NOT
ENJOYING WAR PROSPERITY
No Benefit From Sale Of
Materials and Advancing Prices
Conditions Radically Changed From
Those Existing Under Republican
Protective Laws.

Chicago, Sept. 25.-Whiie the AL
lantic seaboard is waxing fat ON IT'S
tremendous war order business ana
the democratic party is seeking "
make political capital out OF the pioou-
stained prosperity that must end with
the restoration OF peace in Europe the
far west, and particularly the Pacihc
coast, is feeling the full force ana ei-
feet of the democratic free trade law.
And while thus forced TO meet uhre.
strained competition from CANADA anu
the orient. the Pacific coast enjoys
scarcely any share of the war prosper
ity. for II does not manufacture arms
ammunition or explosives.
TaEii.e advantage of the fact that the
Underwood law has let down the tar
if bars. Japan, China, the British IN
dies. Australia and New Zealand, along
with Csrada, have been crowding out
American products in the markets OF
the Pacific coast TO such an extent that
their exports to the United states TO-
day are nearly double what they were
under the last republican tariff law.
In 1913. under the republican protec-
tive tariff. the four big countries OF the
orient Qisting Australia and New Zea-
land as of the orient exported TO the
United States products worth 62ooo,-
GEO. During the fiscal year 1916 the
exports from those countries were
worth s.61 5000 a gain in three years
of 5000, 900. 900. While the democracy
mas been standing at our eastern door
SloatinE over war order business these
four countries OF the far east have been
gum shoeing thru our western door
appropriating q per cent of the entire
import trade for the fiscal year 1916.
Japan Increases Exports.
japan has increaS ed her exports to
the United States from s9i, 6S3.2i0 in
1918 to s1476i4.22Ss in 1916; exports
from China to the United states have
grown in that period from SS9,0lo,Soo TO
81, 655, 0i5: Australia and New Zea-
land which three years ago shipped
$i5.3i1.362 worth Of goods to the United
States, last year increased those ship
meutS TO s6i,553.iil. and the imports
into the United States from the Brit
ish West Indies grew from fS,220.5Sl
in 1918 to s117.4f6346 in the year end
.ng June 80. 1916.
In all these countries. save Australia
and New Zealand. the lowest known
wage scale prevails an average not
greater than one-tenth the American
scale OF wages, while in the kangaroo
countries the scale is materially lower
than that IN the United States.
Australia and New Zealand in the
past three years succeeded in boosting
their shipments TO the United States
ba
Britain has placed a rigid embargo
on many products OF Australia which
otherwise would enter into competition
with American products: these consist
chiefly OF meats, wool, agricultural and
dairy products. And as the embargo
has operated 10 prevent the shipment
OF those commodities 10 any save Er!t-
sh ports. so have the war prices OF
Europe attracted similar products from
Argentine, New Zealand and the other
agricultural countries Of South Amer
lea and the orient.
While Asia has been flooding our
west coast with the products of her
cheap labor Canada has not been idle.
Canada's total exports of the United
States in 1913 were valued at $4,000,
900: two years later they had jumped
10 sls0.G00.O00. and last year amounted
to 100000, coo. jump Of 10 per cent
in three years, and this in face of the
fact that Great Britain has placed an
embargo on many of the products Of
Canada, and forbidden their shipment
TO any country save England.
Under the republican protective law
50 per cent of our imports from Can
ada We're on the free list; under the
democratic law IS pc rcent came in
free in 1915. and nearly 80 per cent
in 1915. The Underwood law swelled
the free list by adding farm products,
and when Canada ceases shipping her
surplus food stuffs TO England, she will
take advantage of the Underwood law
to unload onto the free and closer
markets of the United States. AS mat
ters stand nov, our markets are open
to Canada, but American goods seek
ing the Canadian market pay duty.
Thus the American farmer in the Dor
der states is hit both going and COM
ing" and will be still harder hit when
Canada is at full liberty to sell in the
United States.