El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-08

tine mas come IQr eCuuoullC O4o-heuS
posed during the No other course is understand
able unless the allied powers desire to throw central Europe
entirely the hands Of anarchy and eventually staVe
It to death, which would serve useful purpose
The apDea now becoming widespread for the lifting OF
the blockade altogether atrustic Texas cotton
riser have asked that special consideration given their
product Gotten is drug the market It is hard
70 sell even low price The domestic market and that
which is offered abroad insufficient. Meanwhile
spndles in the enemy countries are idle for lack Of raw
material
The same is true Of copper The copper mines of the
southwest among the greatest IN the world have virtually
shut down While the governments fixed price IN eff
feet the companies could afford to keep producing even If
sales I'D what they should be- When the fixed
price removed and the bottom dropped out Of the
et there incentive to produce Our part Of the
world, if may call it that to distinguish It from the
enemy part is overstocked with copper and the industry
VIII be sluggish until either free flow Of the metal OF
high, artificial price is restored
These but two commodities suffering for lack Of
keen market. They mentioned because they
Of the greatest American products and are suffering most
because Of the continued existence Of the embargo But
there and hundreds Of others which
Decision regarding the embargo Is not up Washing
ton but 70 the peace conference It has been dis
regarded We informed that some the earliest
feTenoes Of representatives in France dealt with the
moval Of the embargo, not only affecting enemy
tries but also those neutas TO whom shipments had been
restricted either because Of their activity in transmitting
supplies to the enemy powers OF for other reasons At one
Of these conferences representatives, Of the United States,
acting the advice Of American trade interests advocated
speedy suspension c. the embargo as one OF the best
Of acceeTang the wheels of in al
tre thus in the Of the allied countries assisting in
the transition from to peace basis No action
taken. however
There are two main arguments against ending the eco
uomc blockade One that it is the best weapon the al
lies have with which force Germany Austria 10 full
I'll the terms Of the aTsce; that the enemy countries
must realize the they up to the mark all
conditions laid down by the allies, the they viii
receive food shipments for themselves raw materials
for their factories.
The other argument Is put forward by French states
France is apprehensve Of losing in the for for
eign France says @OUr chief industrial dis
tt is in the devastated area Our factory buildings are
In ruins; the machinery Is demolished OF carried off by
the enemy; the very themselves have been wiped
off the map The highly trained men and women who
worked IN these factories dead or scattered The OF
gone We thus have bodies Of factory workmeu If
We had there would be place house them and no
place IN which to work nor any machinery with which
make things It viii be long time before Frances manu-
featuring business be built up again
"0n the other hand Germanys manufacturing ability Is
praccaly unchanged except that Of the machinery
needs replacement and Of the personnel is gone
However given raw materials, Germany could resume
and France would be left helpless compete We must
insist that Germany Be held back until we are able to
make goods also"
That Frances argument and there is force TO # But
france Is not without manufacturing ability now It
Is true that the old manufacturing districts have been
wiped out but It is also that France with marvellous
aoty, established factories elsewhere and with them
TUNED ont munitions Of in enormous quantity These
can De converted from to peace basis and
SCI 20 Manufacturing goods in competition with all other
countries What one Is apt to overlook is the fact that no
aler now much German factories might produce If fur-
1shed raw Materials they VIII working for the allies
years 10 come because Of the vast TepaTation fund to
which they must contribute
As foT the Of the blockade as q weapon N for,s
Germany 70 run compliance with terms the argument Is
aot VeEy mertouous For the allies have Germany and