Evening journal., 1918-03-16
GREAT BRITAIN AS A POSTWAR COMPETITOR.

CREAT BRITAIN is doing much 20 foot her war bill
" through her export trade Exports exclusively
British for the calendar year 1917 otaed E5253o90OO
with e5O62sOOOO for 1916 According to figures
this country took II per cent s2SOOOO00 OF the United
Kingdoms exports last year. compared with i2h per
1905 5O0OOO) in 1916 Our imports from the United
Kingdom last year very nearly equaled the figures for
1914 five months OF war and year under the Democratic
tariff law and exceeded the 1913 Imports nine months
under protection by SSOOOOOO while 1916 imports
country the 1913 record by s33OO0OOO
On the other hand, the United Kingdom purchased al
most exactly onehird Of total stupendous exports
for the three years 1915 1916 1917 the grand totals for
those years respectively being three and one-half nye
one-ha and nearly six and one-quarer billions Of
dollars exports TO the United Kingdom last year
represented increase OF 233 per cent pre-war
figures materials Of course accounting for prao-
ticay the entire increase since Great Britain has
fined her import trade, far feasible TO such ma
terals This capacity Of the United Kingdom 10 hold and
expand her export trade notwithstanding the titanic
struggle in which she engaged is a marvellous example
Of how the Ango-Saxon take punishment without
relaxing his grip. It recalls the ancient rhyme;
"A woman dog and walnut tree,
The more you beat em the better they be-
In military sense England Is not beaten, nor will
she be. on the contrary she will emerge from this
world struggle ndustrially efficient than In
her history aud with the ranks OF her labor enlisted to
full strength from several hundreds OF thousands OF
women competent to engage in the lighter industrial
occupations, and inexhaustbe supply OF trained
obedience and coordinate action the battleneds
Then will the time TO put into operation the pro-
gram engrossng tho attention OF British economists
which is summed up IN the following statement recently
appearing in "Lloyds List" OF London; The finance
problem OF peace Is thus bound up with the trade
problem OF restoring the balance OF trade
20 lessen to bare needs imports and to stimulate our
exports and thus help 10 pay for imports and for
the interest foreign loans; to enable US. In
short 10 pay way IN goods instead OF in gold in
credit"
Our Industrial history is replete with endeavors Of
Great Britain to suppress production in this country
ruthless in their character when we were in the
colonial stage; subtle took the hsblliments Of
nationality is, perhaps too much to say that these
attempts had national aspect they have had In Ger
many that s the Government did not openly participate
in such enterprises but private industry the British
Isles lost opportunity TO place handlcsps
private industry in the United States. The Republican
party ourtaed these operations by the erection OF a
protective tariff wall which America opportunity
20 develop her industries unhampered Does anyone
leve that this will eradicate selnshness and the de-
sire for gain from the nature OF manf II It does then
competition is at end and perishes the race. We
must protect industries that may forward not
back. The time is not ripe for national aRrusm to
capital and labor the right OF Great Britain
20 rearm her belief in the protective policy. she now
plans to do and OF other nations to do likewise. Re
publican must repair the Democratic breaches
In our protective wall