The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-27

TetrecorriEe the necessity Of force to
render the exercise Of authority ef-
fective, forgetting or seeming 20 for.
get that embargo n an act Of war
ana unfailingly ushers In active hos
lllltles and - but the prelude To thr
martial glory OF the tented plain and
the bloody horrors OF the battlefield
Forgetting also, that vigorously and
vigorously applied, II II war in its
most uninvlting aspect In that It's
tlrst victims Bre the non com
batants. The old and young. the sick
the children, the women, the under
nourishcd are the first that sucCumb h
TO the prlvation is imposes
history does not disclose an In
stance In which emhargoes enforced
peace, nor does II show u successful
appleton or administration OF II ex-
cept as an adjunct to active hos
tilities. As an aid % hostile opera
tions IL IL OF great effect In that 1t
weakens the enemys resistance and
Limits the period OF that resistance.
Embargo is put phase OF blockade
In that one nation cuts Off access TO
Its markets and ports by another.
and can only be OF help In the same
manner as are blockades, Embargo
has always been popular In America
despite It's bitter and disappointing
results II was thought that failure
to sell and buy OF England would
compel change In England's co
lonial policy and avert the revolu-
tionary war The result was the
Gripping OF American resources and
Yorktown. Napoleon found that
Berlin and Milan DEGREES but in.
a - a.
on the continent and resulted In de-
privation and loss TO his allies and
the enrichment OF English traders
and manufacturers.
America. despite its experience
preceding the revolutionary war.
again tried embargo and noninter-
course as "A means To force England
and France to recognition OF Amer
lean rights and In the hope OF avoid
ing war. The impoverLhmcnt OF hon
est American commerce, the enrich
mcnt OF the Illegal trader and the
burning OF the national capitol and
the great victory OF New Orleans was
the result. As the result OF the emf
barge preceding tho war OF 1879, on
American commerce, lot tho histor-
ian speak--limits OF space forbid
any but the shortest Of quotations
History OF Embargocs.
Mr.. McMaster In his history OF the
people of the United States, speaking
OF the effect OF embargoes, says:
In the large shipping towns.
business OF every Kind fell OF and
some utterly ceased. Tho rope
walks were deserted. The sail
makers were 1 die. The ship
wrlghts and draymen had scarcely
anything to do. Pitch and tar.
hemp and flour, bacon. salt fish
and flaxseed became drugs up
on tho shippers hands. but the
greatest suffers OF all were the
sailors
Again he says:
The farmers were feeling the
embargo. In expectation OF
ready market and good prices,
they had mortgaged their old
land TO buy new. and had thus
been enabled TO raise greater
crops Of wheat and grain than
ever before. In Pennsylvania, In
tho valleys OF the Mohawk and
the Hudson. In Vermont, every
mill had, until the streams were
frozen over, been grinding day
and night. In some places tho
farmers had been holding back
their flour in hope that the sup
ply near the great cities would
be quickly shipped and the price
put up. In others they were
were waiting for snow to mako