The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-11-09
WE NEED TRADE


ure in 1917. Great Britain was the best
customer of the South American republic
and took 60 per cent of the total, valued
at $35,225, $50. Of this amount 22,317 SOB
represented tin, being 70 per cent of Boil
ivia's total tin exports and the remand
err covered rubber and tungsten. The I'm
tied States imported 35 per cent of the
Bolivian exports, amounting to $1O,389,-
149, nearly half of this representing rub
Der and the rest being chiefly tin and
tungsten being taken by the United
States. France took $145,65O worth of
Bolivia's exports, Chile took $5O8OO, and
the small remainder was divided among
other. countries.
Tin and rubber are two articles which
this country does not produce, and it
seems strange that the British should
take so much tin under our very noses
and compel US to purchase our supplies
from them. Great Britain poduces an en-
ormous amount of tin at home and con-
trolls great tin mines in the orient, but
her mining men reach out all over the
world and gobble up tin wherever it is
found. It may be that the Bolivian tin
mines are British owned. If so it would
of course be comparatively easy for
Great Britain to control the Bolivian
market. The same may be true Of the rub
Der plantations. The South American
market has at our door for many years
and up to the time the world war broke
out we cut sorry figure as competitor
Of the European nations for variety of
reasons, chief of which was lack of en-
\ terprise upon the part of American BUSH
ness men. Another thing that initiated
against us was the fact that we had no
merchant marine. As last straw the
financial business of the world was trans
acted through London and British inter-
ests came first in every way, shape and
manner
Just now Bolivia depends upon the
United States to great extent for man
ufactured products of all classes and the
same is true of all the other South Ameri
can countries. But we cannot expect to
sell our wares in these fields unless we
! buy literally Of the native products, for
foreign trade is no jughandled arrange
ment. Another thing to be taken into con-
siderati0n is the fact that if we are to
make the best use of the great number
Of merchant vessels we are building we
shall have to furnish them with cargoes
both going and coming. The American
Manufactures Export association, at it's
session in New York the other day, took
up the "prepare-for-after- the-war" ques
ton and passed a number Of resolutions.
During the meeting E. M. West, in dis
cussing the opening Of foreign markets
by means Of advertising, declared that
1--WE shall have millions of tons Of shipp-
ing and an army Of workers, augmented
on their return by millions of soldiers.
There are innumerable factories whose
war activities must be turned into man.
ufacture of articles for use in times Of
peace. There will be billions of dollars
due us and capital to spare. Our home
markets will be unable to absorb our ay-
ailable capital, products Of our soil and
output of our factories. Our ships must
carry cargoes or be sold to our comuet-
itors." This is correct view of the sit
uation as it will exist upon the return of
peace and the government, the merchant
and manufactures must work together
or we shall miss one of the greatest OPP
portunities any nation ever had to in
:.ease its foreign trade.
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