El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-06
Germany, Seeking Worlds Trade,
Ignores Policy of FriendlineSS
Kiplng's Weird Rhyme Lays Down a Law for Ger
man Guidance Which Government Directed Ger
many Industry Has Not Learned to Respect.
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discriminate in favor Of any other ma
ton with whom she might prefer 70
DO business. II vas a great. efficient
little scheme; and the 1914 plan was 20
duplicate Il; TO have snort. sharp
war with everybody persuaded BY
frightfulness into the idea that Il
was healthier 70 let Germany have
her own way absolutely.
OF course il did not work that way
people instead Of being frightened
were irritated and Germany finds the
whole world antagonistie with absO-
iutely no prospect Of her being able
10 impose most favored nation treaties
or anybody. There are people IN Ger
many who have heard Of Kipling's law,
and they are zpprenensive. Herr Bal
lin. head OF the government steamship
lines. IL one Of them-he has been
educated by competition, for he has
had TO lure freight and passengers
into taking his boats rather than
British craft st non-Germanic ports
where traffic was not regulated by
orders from Berlin He is protesting
loudly; but HIS voice is lonely. The
bureaucrats OF the Prussian govern
ment. who are also the bureaucrats
OF the industries. since government
and big business are pretty much the
same thing in the kaiser land. are
honestly puzzled by his attitude and
have professionally sent him TO the
local variety OF Coventry while they
investigate. But they see little in it.
Granting the fact OF German IN
popularity and the fact Of the worlds
bitter resentment for various and SIN
dry outrages. the German bureaucracy
fails TO perceive what that has 10 co
with business. The text books OF the
various Herren Professoren clearly
point out that trade always seeks the
cheapest goods and SO on, and the text
books make no mention OF emotions
II the worlds resentment Should crys-
e-T mt ~ M
laws that would be another matter;
but sthe dollar has no memories Eer-
lin war talk GIBBS and flows with for
eign declarations about war a1ter
the war'-whenever somebody IN su-
thOrity declares for unhampered trade
after hostilities cease. Berlin wants
more war, and contrariTise. President
Wilson's recommendations regarding
readmitting Germany into the fellow
ship OF nations commercially after the
war, did more TO encourage official
Germany to carry on than the rest OF
the IA articles did in encouragement
OF legislative discrimination Germany
is much more afraid than Of anything
else.
And there are all sorts Of PROPOSE
tions afloat in Germany for dealing
with the post-belligerent trade stu
alton; none, however, taking any &C
count whatever Of Kipling's law. One
which looks as II It might go through
should the war emu N q QcdltJEh. -
for a more thorough gov erEmentaliz-
ing OF all industry with central pur-
chasing agency for buying all raw
materials. For example, everybody in
Germany Who needs copper would es-
innate his requirements Tor six
months and notify Berlin Berlin
would pool the acquisitions and 60
into the worlds copper market with
a giant order which would get the
lowest prices; prices lower than any
individual purchaser could get And
the same way with cotton and every
thing else Germany would have raw
materials at a lower rate than any
other country and as her labor is al
ready cheaper, she would be able tn
lay down finished goods. BY way Of
the German owned liners. cheaper
than anybody else. Similarly, where
there was any object in selling large
orders the government would pool the
German resources in filling them And
as the text books all say that the
cheapest goods command the market
and as a German OF the official class
always believes the text books. the
proposition looks good to Berlin
And the interesting question is how
far Kipling's law is going to inter
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