South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-20
GERMANS DEMAND
BAN ON IMPORTS
BUT WANT EQUITY
Industrial Men Raising Cry
Over Influx of Needed
Articles.

Berlin. Aug 2o-So far from
being pleased with the influx OF
soreIy needed foreign goods. as the
result 81 lifting the blockade. Ger
man Industrial men are raising the
err To- government prohibition Of,
forsign merchandise imports or a
protective tariff wall that will keep
the merchandise out Of Germany
The same industrial men. inciden-
tally. seize every opportunity 20 put
In a claim for German equality in
The rest OF the worlds markets. IL isl
case OF Germany for the Germans
and the rest Of the world for the
Germans as well.
Explain How "ShOc Pinchcs"
Hans Goslar, an economic expert.
writing in the Deutsche AUgemeine
Zeitung tries 10 explain where the
shoe pinches. so 10 speak, by taking
American shoes as typical OF the
distress the removal Of the block
ade viii bring upon Germany
Herr Goslar, dexterously ignoring
the cry Of unshOd millions Of his
countrymen. purports % Doe exceed
ingly worried by large quantities Of
American shoes said 10 be stored i'm
neutral countries. awaiting shipment
20 Germany. where. ne admits. they
can be sold considerably cheaper
than German shoes This sounds
plausible. considering that German
shoes at present cost anywhere from
$50 20 500 the pair. Herr Goslar
writes:
Would Close Factories.
The consequence Of importing
American shoes or "A large scale
would be that our shoe factories
which operate at heavier expense
and at present under great difficult
ties must close and throw their tens
OF thousands Of workmen on the
street.
our efforts. therefore. must be
aimed at importing leather instead
OF shoes and thus enable our fac
tories TO give German workers en- !
ployment by manufacturing shoes at
home.
If we apply the principle Of shoes
and leather TO other important in
dustries IL is evident that we must
endeavor first OF all to procure raw
materials from abroad Manufac-
tured goods generally speaking, we
can import only when they do not
harm domestic industries by com
petition"
ConceaIs Obvious Fact
II the idea has struck Herr Goslar
at an that his tens Of thousands Of
German shoe workers. instead OF be-
very well be employed in turning out
German shoes and still be wearing
cheaper American shoes until the
first batch OF the home product can
be put on the market. he carefully
conceals it, Nor does it occur to him
that an immediate lowering Of the
cost OF living through foreign i'm
ports tends 20 reduce wages 70 "a rea-
sonable basis and generally cut the
German cost Of production. making
German competition in the home
market as well as abroad possible as
soon as Germany has the goods to
sell
The textile industry i'm unoccu-
pied Germany views the future with
apprehension" sighed an Essen cor
respondent OF the Deutsche Tages-
Zeitung
Fears English Domination.
The Essen man records regretfully
the passing OF the demand for Ger
man paper cloth and other war fab
RIGS because the merchants can now
obtain unlimited quantities. OF real
'peace-time' textiles. suits cloth and
silks OF English and French origin
can be had in abundance at fair
prices, much 10 the delight OF the
consuming public But the Essen cor
respondent fears that England is de-