The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-07-20

THE LOGAN RrPuBE,
bargaining tariff policy. These special
lied lines Of industry include silk manu-
features, feminine wearing apparel, toilet
preparations, Photographic films, wines,
etc. Other industries she possessed, but
those mentioned will be the ones on which
France chiefly relies for the bulk Of her
business in the years to come.
In this respect France differs from the
United States. Our industries are so var
led, 30 large, and distributed over so vast
. territory that it would be difficult to
select any one, or any group, as repre-
senting our chief commercial asset.
Hence, any attempt on our part to put in
to operation bargaining tariff would
result In q storm Of protest @ the plan
unfolded, and would create endless bick-
ering, economic jealousy and industrial
disarragnement II persisted In. Where
France might posses five industries, the
United States would have fifty, those fif-
ty including five competing with those Of
France, group competing with the basic
= industries OF Germany smother with the
basic industries Of England audso on. TO
put our silk industry, Tor example, ct .
disadvantage in trading for concession
In the French market for our canned
meats would start . quarrel and this ex.
ample might be amplifled and applied to
Z the various basic industries Of the various
countries Of Europe and Of the Orient.
"a The best solution which has yet been
presented of the problem Of protecting
our industries after the war appears to
be along the line Of the maximum and
minimum tariff, which was tested in the
last Republican tariff law, and which was
potently so effective that it never came
into actual operation. It was denounced
at the time as "trade club" which would
incur for us European hatred and repris-
ais. It did nothing Of the kind. Scheduled
to 60 into effect March 81, 1910, against
! any country then discriminating against
American goods (and France, by the way,
was at the head and front Of this offer
ing) by the, end Of 1909 every commercial
power on the globe had quietly and with
out complaint accepted our legislation as
methodHof protecting our markets by
fair means, and had assured the United
States of its sincere good faith France,
Germany, and others had rescinded vexa-
lions discriminatory regulations against
our exports. The world was dealing with
us under our minimum tariff, which pro-
tected American industries, although it
permitted an import trade averaging
$1,640, 100000 annually during the life Of
the law at an average rate of duty on all
imports Of 1898 per cent, compared with
an average Of 200 per cent under the old
Wilson-G German law Of the Democratic
days Of 1894-7.
But there was division in the ranks
of the PROFESSIONALS from 1909 to 1912,
and the Republicans went out Of power.
Not until they are returned to power will
the United States come into possession Of
trade policy which postwar competition
with France and with the world WIN ne
cessitate.- Goodwin's Weekly.
While those German U-boats are on
this side, why not mark some internment
camps as if they were hospitals New
York Evening Sun.
.Apropos of permitting the soldiers at
the front to vote, perhaps if it were not
for the soldiers there wouldn't be any
elections after tfme.-Newark News
-