The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-21

and powerful the physical -
ton y strong. One arm =. I'm
is oVeTdeveIOped, and lts o ~s,',ala ~
menf has baea at The g,crtsas hi
other arm. Russia. econo5,,.
one physical respect. ren,inds n
WiiheiTn Hohenz0lIern, Iata !, T. s
STA, now living In Holland ~ Y N
his witheFed. uudevsyoped b.5s A.
Russia andeTeloped industrial \.
just such crippled. useless am n
eFenee 70 the ex-emperor, Wbo I
saving wood Ia Holland, slr,.s,. By
my mind the words Of a greas - ~
economist, List: ''a
"a nation cannot prcuo,A "a
Their Its civilization, it's prognert, !.
It's social progress equally AZ MI I
exchanging agricultural produeta \
manufactured goods as by estaB.u,
a manufacturing power Of ifs az
merely agricultural nation can ~
develop TO any extent a home !,
foreign commerce, with inland ~.
Of transport and foreign naylasr
increase its population In due mara
ton to their we'Ibeiug. or MAKE !.
table progress In its moral. iniela
tual. social and political developnpa
1t will never acquire important nolei
cal power or be placed in a position 1
influence the cultivation and progsu 1
Of less advanced nations and to IA 4
colonies Of its own. A mere agriclH
raj state Is infinitely less poWerhi &
than an Observation-Disclosures
state. The former is always econop
icaIly and politically dependent d
those foreign nations which take from
1t agriculture in exchange for nam
featured goods. 1t cannot determiDs
how much It will produce, it must watt
and see how much others win buy fFoa
it. The agricultural manufactuhn,
states on the contrary produce h
themselves large quantities Of raw a+
terials and provisions and suppy
merely the deficiency from Imprr
ton. The purely agricultural nations
are thus dependent for the power II
effecting sales on the chances Of d.
more or less bOuntifuI harvest in DE-
agricuItural-IHanufaCturing nati0ls
They have, moreover, to compete ri
their sales with other purely agTcu.
tural nations. whereby the power d
sale in itself is uncertain; they are eE,
posed to the danger of ruin in their
trading with NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
ing nations by war or new tariffs
whereby they suffer the double disa&
vantage Of finding no buyers for thal
surplus agricultural products and q
failing to obtain supplies Of the maa
ufactured goods they require. An g
rfcuItural nation is a man with on
arm who makes use OF an arm belong
ing to another person but cannot
course, be sure of having it alWa!
available. An agTicultural-manIst
turing nation is a man who has Nv
good arms Of his own at his dispose
Poland Cited as an Example.
List further points out that the re
alive cultivation Of the agrieulturi
| and manufacturing arms Of a countl
| possessed Of an ample and fertile te
ritory will give that country pop
Iation twice to three times as lar:
as it could secure by the developmei
OF the agricultural arm alone a.
maintain this vastly increased popui
ton in a much higher degree OF COL
fort. Surplus agricultural produce
not necessarily capital in an agrieai'
raj country. Countries which produ
such a surplus and remain depenae
upon manufacturing countries
often obliged to purchase these hlal
featured goods at an enhanced pm
He points to Poland as an exanp
She exported the fruits Of her sou
obtain the goods which she coula ua
Manufactured from it. AS a eon
quence she fell like a house OF "a
when organized nations attackeu !
List considers that had Poland ue'
oped her manufacturing arm pei,
retaining her national indepehue,,
she would have exceeded any "
European country in prosperity
use Lists words: $50 to fallen foi,
and ask its hapIess people now Whe'
it is advisable for nation to Ou!
fabrics of a foreign country 81
as its native manufacturers are
sufficiently strengthened to be aOI'
compete in price and quality WI"
foreigners" =.
Bolsheyism has set out TO suela
political, agricultural and MUS
Russia, and as expect to exam.n ),
effects of communism in each Oh :,
departments of Russian life nav s
down some historical and eerh0t !
truths which must be kept III :
when examining the Lenihe p" -
Copyright. 1870. Western Nswspape'
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