The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-08-19
Each Nation
For Itself
With High Tariffs the World over
Free Trade America Is
Sure to Suffer

After peace is restored. says
gentleman who is in position TO |
get first hand information concerning |
he trend Of foreign political thought,
the European nations will live very
much within themselves. They will |
endeavor to become selfsupporting or
nearly So and to produce the greatest
possible surplus for sale abroad They
already realize that the best means
for the accomplishment of this is a
Protective Tariff and they are plan.
ming to build walls so high that they
will keep out every commodity that
possibly can be produced at home.
| Undoubtedly this statement will be
confirmed by coming Developments. |
The nations now at war will be oblig. |
cd to collect billions of dollars an. |
nually to pay the interest on new in.
required for the ordinary support of
government. As many different meth !
DDS as possible win have to be resort
ed to because such vast sums collect.
ed by any system of direct taxation
would lead to general dissatisfaction
and not unlikely cause popular revolt.
Il will be essential that each tation
bolster its domestic industry and keep
It's capital and labor at home. The
burden of direct taxation exclusively
would be felt so keenly that It would
exert an influence to encourage the
wholesale emigration by the working
people.
In view of this prospect it should
he perfectly clear that the United
states cannot afford to continue or
low Tariff basis. II It were to do so
It would become the best market in
the world for the surplus products
. of all other countries. Its foreign
trade figures eventually would be re-
versed and the balance would swing
heavily against it. This is the view
which those who fear a collapse OF
our industries and long period or
business depression following the war
have in mind. There is no doubt az
to the correctness of their vision.
Unless the United States Is to return
TO the policy and practice of a Pro
tective Tariff its industrial and hnan
= cial outlook is anything but reassur
ing. A Protective Tariff, It must be
70 understood, is not a deterrent to tn
development Of foreign trade. Fo
MANY years before the war the eX
port trade of Protective Tariff Ger
~ many was growing more rapidly thar
that of Free Trade England. German.
ho was buying raw and partly manufac
Is tured commodities in England manu-
ne featuring, returning and selling then
We there. The foreign trade Of the un
&c ted States was growing steadily Z
nd the enactment of the Underwood Tai
us m law and it's exports were keepin
mace with it's imports. Germany So
Ms cured foreign trade through recipre
Or cal Tariffs. A Free Trade countr
ms cannot do this, as 1t has nothing I
or give in exchange for special trad
au privileges.
!" Britain's Protective Tariff undoub
g" edlv will reach out and surround II
'a' colonies, giving the Canadian an
wv Australian producers of foodstuifs an
other raw and partly manufacture
NIB materials preference over those OF IN
''' United States in the English ma
kets.
"r' German and other European go
ernments will then endeavor to max
reciprocity treaties with Spain, Ito
Vi land. Sweden, Norway, the couhtri'
Ihu OF South America and others 70 s.
'e" cure trade advantages; but they WI
I'M tax the exports of the United state
~" IN the maximum limit because IN
'hu country having removed Its trao
TN barriers, has nothing further to CO
cede. Boston Commercial.