The sun., 1916-10-26
ALLIES TRADE WAR
NOW FEARED IN US.
Domination Of Worlds Raw
Materials Proved to Be
Entente's Object.
NEW DATA CAUSE ALARM
American Importers Bound by
Restrictions Which So Far
Are Not Illegal.

WASHINGTON, Oct. determination by
the allied nations Of the worlds raw ma
terials. which are essential to American
manufacturers. has been proved conciu.
sively to officials here by the completion
to-day Of q comprehensive summary Of
British trade policies a. TO imports into
this country. As a result. the recent
Paris economic conference Of the En-
tente Powers Is regarded here with far
greater disQuiet than before.
TIT proposed commercial war after
tho war. at nrt viewed scepticaily as
outlining policies, which could not sur
vive the heat Of war or the operation
Of perennial economic forces, Is looked
upon as . more practical proposition in
tho light Of the investigation. Conse-
quently an earnest study Of the facts
available 10 being made and every ef-
fort extended to supplement the infor-
formation now at hand.
Every indication since the conference
has tended to decrease the feeling that
It's provisions could not be carried
through. Since then, II II pointed out.
the blacklist. which had been enforced
by England for some time. has been ac-
cepted In principle by the Allies.
Mutual Concessions.
What is more. the agreement made
then for the closer economic unity be-
tween the governments Is shown by re-
ports now coming in. to be working out
through mutual concessions. excluding
other countries from their benefits
though not necessarily viewed as IL
legally discriminatory by the United
States 80 long as confined TO war pur-
poses.
In the compilation Of the various
agreements which England has insti-
tuted In this country TO prevent allied
resources from going to Germany's aid
IL seen a strong indication OF what the
Allies might do through different meth
DDS after the war. This domination OF
the supply Of certain raw materials
demonstrated after = year OF war. con-
sidered In connection with Article III. OF
the Paris agreement. II believed to con-
stitute q distinct menace to this country.
Article III. says:
The Allies declare themselves agreed
to conserve for the allied countries, be-
fore all others. their natural resources
during the whole period of commercial,
industrial. agricultural and maritime re-
construction. and for this purpose they
undertake to establish special arrange
ments to facilitate the interchange Of
these resources"
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ferent forms for various kinds Of ma
terials which American importers must
file with British Consuls before certain
goods can be released to them from the
British dominions. These materials. ac-
cordlng to the complete list secured to-
day. include:
Tin, chloride of tin. and tin ore wool.
tute. shellac. tanning materials. anti
mony. rubber. diamonds. mica, raw
leather. plumbago. all the alloys of iron.
including ferro-manRanese. cobalt. tung-
stem. chrome. molydenum. vanadium.
nickel n several other kinds of ore.
Where possible the restriction is ef-
fected through the chief American asso-
Citations Of manufacturers interested In
the trade, such as the New York Metal
Exchange for metals. the National As
ISOLATION OF Tanners for tanning ma
~terials. the United States Shellac Inn
porters Association for shel!ac. and the
Textile Alliance for WOO and jute.
In cases where the importer cannot
apply through and be vouched for by
such an organization, he signs q per-
sonal agreement with the British Con-
sui.
Conditions During War.
Importers accept the conditions for
the whole length Of the wal and for
all goods OF the kind imported, even
though part OF their supply Is from
neutral or American sources. The on
ditions, which run through the whole
list OF Agreements provide:
That the importer 10 bringing In the
goods for his own use In manufactur-
Ing and not for further sale that in no
case will he sell to a blacklisted Arm
that he will sell In some cases only to
the British Empire, and In others, hat
he will sell to neutrals only through
London under licenses to be obtained
there n that In all cases every pre-
caution will be taken TO prevent the
goods from falling into German hands.
Always II In provided that the original
contracts and documents will be held
ready for examination by the British
authorities.
So far ofncfals hero have not been
abba to hold any Of these arrangements
illegal. Al they recognize that England
has the right Of embargo II she desires
to use II. Nevertheless. the power which
British oficials have In this country OF
discrimination as between American
firms and the possibilities that some such
arrangements might be continued after
the war under a form made legal to suit
the conditions Of peace has had a most
disuuietip1 efYect-