Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-07
Democrats Des.n to Understand.

Democrats UeS!a 10 Ohoe'Usho'
The rays from Frank A. Wander
Inns Republican Mazda seem TO nc
penetrating the benishted mentality
al Democratic ofiiceho'der- Bur
well :. Cutler. chief - the bureau OF
Foreign ara Domestic Commerce.
Two years ago in an address u III"
National Associa ion Of Cotton
.IcnufaC,usirg Mr. NandoTlip de-
cared: we must buy abroad an in
creasing volume of things that we
can never economically produce. We
tlust p0y for them in goods and II
should Ice our ambition to pa Tor
them in finished goods which repre-
sent the higher achievement Of labor
rather than In raw materials"
In talk to the Georgia Manu-
lecturers Association. speaking Of
the national obligation" Of our
manufacturers TO maintain the ire
mendous credit balance which now
stands In our favor" Mr. Cutler said:
Perhaps the newest but most de-
clsively binding part of ne obliga-
ton relates TO the necessity Of con-
sumlng In our own factories as much
OF the precious raw materials found
and produced in this country as our
manufacturers can turn into goods.
Let us not revert 20 the sale Of raw
materials on the scale that charac
terized our export trade prior TO 1870.
for 1t is only since that time, when
we have been selling labor and serv-
ice, that We have become one OF tho
great economic world powers
That is a truly surprising utter
ance to emenate from a Democrat.
Contrast 1t with the Hayne doctrine
enunciated in 1881 and adhered to by
President Wilson and the vast ma
jority OF Democrats to the present
day.
Mr.. Cutler has all our commercial
statistics at his elbow. He should
recall. in the first place. that since
1870 We have had just two tariff laws
drafted in consonance with Haynes
credible Wilson German law OF
1894. and the wilson Underwood law
Of 1918. An investigation OF the sub
Jet will show that Immediately 1t
became apparent We were about to
relapse into period Of free trade,
exports ~ raw materials began 10 In
crease. and Immediately upon the en-
actmcnt ~ Democratic traiff Iegisla-
ton imports of manufactured goods
and farm products aid likewise For
example The present tariff law was
In course 81 debate throughout the
fiscal year 1913 became law in
October OF that YEAR. md had unin
torrupt"d play nine months. fiscal
year 1914 Anticipating the relapse
~ early rs 1913 our European com
petitors hogan ~ lead up with raw
materials purchase here. to I've sub
iected 10 their low manufacturing
costs and thrown on our markets in
= manufactured state after the pa,
ncnt OF merely nominal duties. The
HaNne doctrine was TO he visualized
The fiscal year 1912 was under pro
lection. but that year We exported
sl,oIl 900 600 worth Il crude ma
feria'S and partly manufactured
goods such as pig iron. chemicals.
copper, leather zirc. ctc. In 1918 We
exported sllil. 900. coo worth. and
N.l6S.ooo.oo0 in 1914 Exports Of
toodstums tcl from s5na. 600 900 in
1919 10 $4,000. 900 in 1914 EXPORTS
OF wholly manufactured articles foil
from s776,O0o.oo0 to s725 900. 600 ON
tho import side. foodstufs increased
from si06,00o0oO to si75. ooo. 600 while
wholly manufactured goods rose from
s40s. 000. 600 to St4s. 600. 900 In short
during the brief period the present
law had free sway the manufacturers
lost ssl,o00,o00 by curtailed markets
abroad and foreign monopolization at