Evening journal., 1917-02-06
COMMERCIAL TERMINATION ABROAD-NOT HERE


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COMMERCIAL PREPARATION ABROAD-NOT HERE.
= INCE the advent OF the Democratic party TO power
- the United States Department of Commerce has
been ndefatgable in spreading propaganda advocat-
ing the extension OF foreign markets and at the
same time attempting defend tarir law confessed
ly designed invitation TO all nations to peddle
their wares in our market the payment of merely
nominal license This concession TO our foreign
competitors calculated to break prices They ac-
cepted the invitation and had depression on
hands and two three million idle men on the
streets Prices held the foreigners pocketed portion
Of the tariff reductions and the Federal Treasury begun
TO founder The warstorm cloaked the embarrassment
OF Southern school OF economists, and they in
turn caulked the Treasury with war-aN taken from
the pockets of those to whom they deny equal oppor
tunity with the foreigners in respect to trade.
Last year our exports totaled about S5OOOO00 600
Eighty per cent Of them went TO Europe Seventy
cent Of them were carry the war-from the steel
rails intended TO transport Russian soldiers and sup
plies across the vast OF the Gar 10 the nitro
tuluo intended 10 transport enemy to Valhaa.
From June go 1897 to June 80 1915 sixteen years I'M
der protective tariff policy exports recorded
average annual increase OF SSS.00O00 from Si05l,
100000 for 1897 to $2466OO00OO for 1913 That was
normal. healthy growth in our export trade infer
tilted by blood OF Europe The very next fiscal
year nine months of which was under the Democratic
tariff fallacy. exports fell of $l01O000O0. It is
possible that the year following the declaration or
may record an export total OF about SSO00O0O-
600 because of supplies OF building materials and
raw products to rehabitate Europe feed
European mills
To-day our domestic trade probably totals $4,000
OVVVOV annually The Democratic publicity bureau
estimated 1t to be S4lOoOOoO before election but that
was uoupuess campaign stretcher For the purpose
VI argument however, 1t may be assumed that for a
year loho"lng the declaration OF peace our expa-t
trade will be from one-tenth to one-tvel,tb , 40.
nestle trade. Now the economies NJ Tho rortio
party, as outlined in the export trade nroDa.aa :,
the Department Of Commerce and. the rsf,s, :, ~,
party TO adopt the protective tarin policy in order ,.
may be commercially prepared after the war -
the hopeless incompetency Of that party IN bsrdi -
commercial problems They would throw omen this
vast domestic market to all the products Of the mamie,
paid labor of Europe then exhort our manufacture
and agriculturasts panhandle in the marts q,
the world.
But II won't work Wherever we 20 we will FIND
Europe and Japan competing with us German trad,
organizations OF every description have been busy ever
during the arranging for postwar trade in Span
ish and Portuguese-speaking countries the Near an
the Far East Great Britain and France are building
up spheres Of commercial influence all the world
and Japan has already achieved pre-eminence in tn
Far East Every last Of them perfecting cam
paigns trade the United States, confident tina
the present tariff law viii be in force for four NOR
sears at least Such r. prospect is intolerable. We