Evening journal., 1918-04-26
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1918.


DEIAWAREs CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION
~ ELAwARE is beginning TO seethe politically. Both
~ Republicans and Democrats feeding the fire and
keeping it burning brightly With respect to the United
States Senaorship there rumors and counterrumos
without stint With respect to the ONCE OF Representa-
tive In Congress- there to be no doubt that Albert
w POLK OF Sussex County. viii be renomnated by the
Democrats The announcement made by former City
treasurer William j. Hlghneld OF this city, that he Is
candidate for the Republican Congressional nomination
will serve to accentuate public interest In that branch
Of the Republican ticket.
In connection with Delawares forthcoming repre-
sentation In Congress we deem il wise 70 call attention
to the fact that vague ideas that we being egis
lated against by our Allies matters having to do with
postwar trade have been discovered by BurNen S.
Cutler Chief Of the Bureau OF Foreign and Domestic
Commerce He finds that the thorough economic reor-
ganizaon taking place in Europe is ning many OF US
with alarm and the belief in the United States that our
greatest associate is planning national raid the for
en trade OF the world which will drive us from the ed
unless we are speedily retalatlve."
Such hasty assumptions he calls unfair and we should
not be stsmpeded into the enactment Of unscennc or
unsound which viii not stand the strain of new
human relationship brought about by the world conflict
interviews with American business indicate that
Mr. Cutters Interpretation Of vague ideas is not wholly
correct No believes that European economic reor-
anizatlons are deliberately planned with view to the
destruction Of American trade. any more than mail
order house goes into business with the main idea Of
destroying rural retail trade The prime OF the
house is to make money the suppression Of the rural
trade is an Incident In that accomplishment
The prime concern Of European countries, after the
war, win be to cancel, quickly as may be. their
colossal indebtednesses H. in the achievement OF that
design the policy calling for removal OF all economic
barriers gives them free access market Of 100000
people, then their goods instead Of gold" crusade will
mark It's firthest advance the United States Let MT.
Cutler recall his own words Of April A. last:
''Not less than 100000 men Of Great Brtains army
alone will seek Industrial occupation their return
home IN consequence OF which there is likely 10 be
intensive competition between that Empire and our
Selves only in present foreign markets. but also
IN the United States"
That Is his "vague idea" Of the situation with regard
TO "our greatest associate" It is the most enlightened
one he has exhibited
He then goes to say that "the principle OF dis
trbuton Of a surplus has already established and
put into practice by embargo; that principle
Is not altered by making peace-tme surplus what
remains after normal absorption at home Instead Of
what realized by forced economy in time Of war
But a principle established ss a war ezigency car
scarcely be enforced In time Of peace Directly follow
ing The war viii unprecedented European de-
mand for raw and sem-raw materials Of which The
United States Of the most opulent sources, An.
attempt at that time to limit the European sales OF
producers Of pg-lron copper znc leather cotton,
struction materials and the like win be met by insu
persble obstacles Europe viii the world for sucl
commodities in order TO finish them in European mills
giving her demoblized armies work at wages low com
pared with ours, and selling them wherever market
be To quote from Mr.. Cutler, again:
Let not revert to the sale Of materials oi
the scale that characterized export trade prior
1870 for 1t is only since that time, when have bee
selling labor and service that have become one 0
the great economic world powers"
We have manufactures and farm products Of ow
10 consider II would be the sublimest Of nationl
altruism to permit Europe to do our manufacturing
selling to and applying The money TO her debt
but sefpreservaon will sti be the 0rst law after tn
How continue to sell service and labor
leave our market open to European competition ur
regulated by tariff restrictions?
TWO bodies cannot occupy the space at IN
Time and II American goods forced out OF tn
domestic market by low-wase European competition
they win nnd the competition in any other marks
which they seek
Mr. Cutler is TO be thankedfor opening the discusso
Of postwar trade prospects Too long has languishe
in this country while a lively topic abroad II he get
his IDEAS little twisted may ascribe it to the IA,