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tinue TO pay the present enormous
increases In freight, passenger and

increases in freight, passenger and
express rates?
"will the manufacturer continue to
pay excessive profits taxes or will he
be allowed to use this capital to sup
port and carry on his business?
What sort of new tariffs are for
eign countries going to place upon
American goods, and will this tariff
make IL impossible for American
producers to sell in the world mar
kets2
What Nsort of new tariffs must
America have to protect her increased
industry?
What sort Of new immigration laws
will we require? If industrial concl-
tons in enemy and allied countries
limited flow Of immigration to America
which may easily make American in
dustrial conditions equally bad?
"These are only part of the problems
which must be solved yet they will
require the concentrated and pro-
tracted attention of q substantial
portion of the brains of America, and
the astonishing fact is that little IL
any organized attention has so far
been given in this country to these
pyoblems, even though peace Is OBJ
viously imminent
This is true in spite Of the fact
that these perils of peace reconstruc-
ton were foreseen by English states
men over two years ago, and most of
these problems have been studied very
carefully by some of the best brains
in England. and to a great extent the
relief measures have been decided
upon and have been prepared. Yet in
America no national attention was
turned to these problems until the
Weeks reconstruction resolution was
introduced into the Senate on Sep
tember p, only q few days before
Bulgaria blew up, and even now this
colossal and enormously important
subject has been hung UP while the
two parties are wrangling over the
method OF appointment of the COM
mission to look into this matter.
THE British Government consider
ably over two years ago appointed a
large commission composed OF some
twenty OF their best constr uctive bus
mess men, headed by Lord Baifour,
and this commission sat for over two
years considering all these subjects,
making several reports Of the utmost
value to the British Government.
Finally. over year ago, the British
Ministry OF Reconstruction was formed
and placed in charge of DR.. Addison.
who previously had been Minister of
Munitions.
England Meeting Her Problems.
This Ministry of Reconstruction
Immediately appointed the leading
members OF each Industrial trade as a
parent committee in their trade, and
dozens Of these powerful committees,
all of them composed of practical men
In their industries. were supplemented
by almost innumerable sub commit
tees composed entirely of prac-
teal members OF various branches Of
the various industries. These sub-com-
mittees advised their superior commit
tees what each member OF their trades
or industries would require to put him
on substantial peace basis.
"A short while ago Britain had an
pointed 140 committees, six commits
slons, sixteen departments and three
ADVISORY boards. On shipping alone
they have twenty-five committees.
The leading members of each trade
in England are asked how much legis-
latton they may require, how much
and what sort of raw materials they
may require, how soon they will re-
Quire them, and how much State as
ststancs they Will require to increase
their productive capacity.
Through that method the principal
problems relating to the physical end
OF English industry have been entirely
solved In England for statesmen by
the whole of the practical brains Of
each of the industries, and the Recon-
struction Ministry has now taken a
complete AMI accurate inventory OF
their labor absorbing capacities and
expectations after the war, and they
have not only invoiced but have To-
Gated and devised means OF securing
and transporting to their industries
the raw material they will require to
switch back into peace products.
England has already established a
thorough system Of national employ
ment agencies. practical working or
CARNATIONS, called the Overseas Trade
Department, which is actively and
practically working at this moment in
all the markets. preparing to turn
them over to her crippled war indus
tries Immediately their war work
ceases.
England Has Much Information.
England has also created n neu, in
dustries community which has entirely
covered her industrial fields, and IL has
accumulated all of the information
necessary to enable her to give the
necessary assistance to any industry
which has reasonable prospect of
extension or 10 any new industry
which will' develop a product pre-
viously inadequately manufactured at
home.
England has decided upon and
created form and plan by which she
can carry her war industries whose
orders have been cancelled until their
claims are finally granted By the Gov
eminent: she has decided upon a pub
lie building programme which will en-
aole her TO furnish employment TO
many OF her destitute civilian work
ers; she has created a special foreiyn
credit bank for the purpose OF assist
ing her industry in foreign trade, and
she Is actively engaged upon a cam
paign to encourage and assist ANAL
carnations and combinations among