The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-12-26
EUROPE INCREASING
L IN AMERICA

present tariff law, her position in the
American market. the figures of the
Department of Commerce testify.
Moreover, imports from the rest of
the world have recorded striking in
creases, so that during the twelve
months period from October, 1915, to
September, 1916, the total exceeded
the total for a similar twelve months
Q912-1913, the last full year under a
protective tariff by nearly half a bill
lion of dollars; while the customs
derived therefrom fell Of
8 1900, 900. Imports for 1928, ST.,
S12.OOO,O 900; 1915-1916, $2,3O7,O OO.0 900.
The countries of Europe are u
chief competitors in the sale OF mar
ufactured articles. During the las
year of the protective tariff We I'M
ported from Europe about S8900o0
600 worth of commodities which pal
certainly not less than $160,000.000 o
revenue into the Federal treasury b
to be sold in competition with good
Made in America"
The following year, October, 1913
to September, 1914, we operated un-
der a tariff law designedly framed to
stimulate foreign importations, and
it was succeeding beautifully befor
the outbreak of the war. August /
1914, put a temporary erimp in our
trade with Europe and removed Aus
tria-Hungary and Germany from our
lists as commercial rivals.
During the next twelve-months pc
Rod, 1914-1915, Belgium ceased to be
a competitor of any consequence in
our market, imports from Austria
Hungary and Germany dropped off 66
per cent, from France nearly so per
cent. and from England about Is per
cent. Then followed a period of re-
adjustment and superhuman effort on
the part of the allies, not only to sup
ply mer and material for carrying on
the war butto yield as little as might
be the advantage which our near-free-
trade tariff policy had given them in
the markets of the United States.
Today Belgium is industrially par
alyzed, and n lone U-boat plies be-
tween Germany and this country. But
English Drawn, French mettle and
Italian alertness, assisted by a tariff
law which finds few defenders in
America, are rapidly putting those
three countries on a Democratic nor
NAL in their sales to us-indeed, Eng
land, the fnancier of the allies, bet
tered herself in exports to u mar
kets to the extent of about $4,000
900, comparing 1916 with 1913. Any
one who pictures Europe as PROSTATE
and no longer a commercial rival to
be considered by us betrays his ig-
norance of the facts.
China and Japan are scoring ire
mendous gains in our market, inn
ports from the former having in
creased 100 per cent and from the
latter over so per cent, 1916 COM
pared with 1913. The Oriental la
borer's idea of prosperity is anywhere
from ten to fifty cents a day and a
full dinner bowl of boiled rice.
Japan is copying American styles in
collars, hosiery, shires and clothes
even baseballs!-and shipping them
to our market in Japanese vessels.
From Central and South America, the
West Indies, the British East Indies,
Africa, Canada and Oceanica, come
chiefly those commodities which ere
ate the competition which our agri-
cultural industries have to meet, and
the increase in imports from those
countries, 1916 over preceding years,
is amazing; in nearly every case be-
ing almost double the imports for
1913.
Our export trade for the 1876
period was nearly double that of
1928. being s4,966. 900. 900 for the
former and $2.517, 900, 900 for the lat
ter mentioned period. That this was
due chiefly to the war is evidenced by
the fact that nearly $3,500,000 900
worth was exported to Europe. Can
ada increased her purchases from US
by Sis. 900. 900. Russia in Asia by
$149, 000. 900, Australia by $28, 900,
Inc Japan by $50. 900. 900. Neutral
countries unable to buy freely in Eu-
rope increased their purchases from
the United States.