The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-03-14

Il, N1SIONS1Ns MAhth Ii. 1910.
which he has listed, are only a few of
not represent one-third the total value
of exports for the period mentioned
1t looks as if Great Britain were buy
ing in our market and selling in Ar
gentina, = national middleman
Meanwhile, under the Democratic
tariff law, our imports from Argen-
tina continue to increase, and our ex-
ports have decreased until the bal
ance OF trade is against us.
Il have tried in every conceivable
way during the ten years I have been
member of Congress, to secure for
the benefit of the American farmer
such legislation as would make his
business more profitable and life on
the farm more pleasant" John
A. M. Adair, representative from In
diana. Mr.. Adair voted for the pass
age of the Underwood tariff bill in
the House, and was paired with Rep
resentative Fairchild in favor of the
| remember that the Underwood law
put farm products on the free list
On page 232, volume 3,"History of
| the American People," by Woodrow
| Wilson, will be found the following:
1.-The very war itself had come be-
cause Mr. Madison and his cabinet,
| like Mr.. Jefferson and those who
counselled him, had nothing to sug-
| gest, whatever wrong was done upon
| them, except, to withdraw from the
seas, close the harbors and wait until
the inevitable should be at hand
While they waited every condition of
altered, and watchful men who wished
| for action had grown deeply uneasy
| And yet Mr. Wilson draws no lessen
from history.
A newspaper headline says, will
son puts eagle into ZOO" The eagle
| will soon be ready for the Smith
sonian institution, stuffed with Will
sonian verbiage.
Washington, March Especial Cor
respOndence-Man American pro-
ducers and manufacturers are deeply
! interested in the movement on foot
among the warning nations of Europe
to control trade after the close of the
war. There has already been much
| discussion of the preparations on foot
in England. A recent development was
| the unanimous adoption of resolution
| by the Chamber of Commerce of Wen
| ma proposing an economic union of
Austria and Germany to render them
more Independent of their political
and commercial opponents in regard
to the supply Of necessary food-stuffs,
raw materials, and Industrial products,
and enable them to defend with great
er energy their commercial interests
| in the world market"
The character of treaty providing
| for such a union is thus outlined: 1t
| should provide for the longest possible
| term of duration. The contracting
| nations are to regulate their CONNER
cial policy according to a unified plan
and will act as unit in the negotia-
| tons OF commercial treaties with other
countries. I'm order to make this pos
sible," says the resolution, "the two
governments must first come to an
agreement as to the customs tariff
which is to be used as a basis for ne
gOtiations. This will be accomplished
most successfully by the adoption of a
common tariff system"
The resolution gives expression to
| the belief that mutual support should
| make it possible for the two nations to
bring all their economic powers to full
development, increasing the cOnsum-
| ing power of the population, lower the
cost of production, specialize industry,
and win for themselves an increasing
share in the international commerce.
ut is especially desirable that the
mOnarcy and the German empire shall
favor each other in tariff matters to
| the greatest extent compatible with a
| due regard for the protection of home
industries, allowing for differences in
conditions of production. Through
Careful IeCOuCllldllOu OI Cu0S0 Q1l6T-
ences the necessity for such protection
| (that is, between the two contracting
powers), must gradually be lessened
and, whenever possible, set aside"
Finally, the resolution recites: "Es-
pecially is it to be desired that the
commercial union of the central pow
ers shall be recognized in the peace
treaties with other states, and that
every claim to most favored nation
treatment shall be excluded at the out
set"
The proposal to exclude claims of
| other countries to any benefits under
| this commercial union, on account of
| the most favored nation treatment, is
particularly significant as marking a
| step in the direction of the American
policy of interpreting commercial
treaties. In Europe, a treaty extend
| ing benefits to particular nation, ipso
facto extends them to all others, under