Evening journal., 1916-11-15
NOVEMBER rs, 1916
eRARnING AMERICAN MARKETs.

~ FFIClAL figures show that while American pro-
~ ducers are enjoying a trade with Europe which
they hope hold after the is over South
American and Asatic countries are getting stronger
hold markets and viii be able hold much OF
il unless enact adequate protective tariff law.
Chile increased her hold on the American market
40 per cent during the first nine months of the cur
rent year compared with similar period Of 1915, or
from S3OO0OOOO to s63OOO0OO. Her favorable ball
Of trade against grew from $lS00OO00 for
the 1915 period to s4OOOO,OOO for the 1916 period.
That is going sonnet During the first nine months Of
1919 under the Republican tariff law the balance OF
trade against in trade with Chile $4,000,
900. We buy all our nitrate from Chile.
II is a favorite diversion OF DIT e. Ewing Pratt of
The Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, to
brag about increased trade with certain South
American countries and to attribute it to the De
parment of Commerce He tells the public FOR in
stance that our trade with Chile during the first nine
months Of 1916 amounted to SS60O0OOO while Il
only SS6000OoO in 1918. Consequently the depart
ment is to be complimented. and Republican policies
are an humhug
But Doctor Pratt is another Democrat who hides
the shells. farmer going to town with load Of
farm products worth $780, selling them and return
ing home with $50 worth OF store goods, doesn't give
much consideration to the fact that he did $3.50 worth
of business during the day. He figures that he re-
ceved 500 FOR the products OF his TOLL bought $50
worth of the products OF other mems toll and sailed
$50 in the bank stuck IL under the mattress That
what should all figure on in our trade with for
eign nations. The records show that business
with South America has developed rapidly. but the
Latin Republics are getting bigger and bigger trade
balances against and will continue TO do so until
return to the policy OF protection.
China chalked up record nine months in her sales
from January to September Of this year aggre-
eating S6sOoo0Oo or s25OoOOOO greater than for the
same period 1916 and SS8.OO00OO greater than for
the first nine months Of 1913 under the Republican
tariff law John Chnaman also increased his favor
able trade balance from S2SO0OOOO to $41OoOOoo No
wonder Chinese laundrymen want the present tariff
law to continue They plan TO so home and make
real money out of CANA is buying most OF
goods from Japan while she increases hei
hold on the American market
During the first nine months OF 1916 Japan rake,
down Slsl 100000 Of good American money in her salt
Of goods to us compared with S7400oOO0 for the sam
period the year before increase of a per cent
Her favorable balance Of trade increased from $i4.
100000 to S60OOOo0O. In addition to that Japal
brought her goods here in her own ships. and tool
back everything we had to sell to her in those sam
ships while Uncle Sam pulled the seamens law on
OF his inside pocket and read again the VIII
American ships are no longer ON the Pacific ocear
The seamens law and the Underwood law have prove
to be pretty pair of brooms sweep American CON
merce from the Pacific ocean. And the harm the
have done will be compensated for in twenty hv
years OF sane government The Underwood law cam
at a time when the United States enjoying clea
prosperity, and that prosperity taken away Tn
seamen's law enacted at a time when this coun
try had an opportunity 20 cnch large share Of th
control Of Pacific trade routes. and The Jaw struc
American seamanship over the head with a marlin
spike What a record of misht legislation