The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-26
By MARX SULLIVAN

National Political Correspondent Of
The lnIc!Iigoncer)
Washington. II. G.. May 2J--Ev"ry-
Ihing cones back /" international! re-
Iailons. WhcH Hoover Was made S"rrc-
,urv rf Commerce, II" instantly Put his
mi"d upon tn" obvious job of that de-
uarrIn"ntwhirh j. To facilitate fnr"Ig n
Ir,dr. The results Of his first survey
were rnfIcrtrd in Il speech which he
made during IN" FIRST week he WAS in
office. In that SPEECH he SAID that the
grra. underlying difficulty is nh" para
iys;S of international trade.
This is the factor which Is causing
economic distress in nearly every ind
du.trv N ih.. n!'cd States. and eS-
urrialiy II In" Turning industry. When
Uoo,cr considered The means Of curing
This trouble and r"riving our export
,r:da ~" encountered a situation when
h, has alluded IL during III" past 70"
DAYS II" diS"oN"r"d ScT"ra! important
rnr,i,r. Governments have entered int"
a practice nt "XciHSiT"ncSS IN laN"r 81
,hrir industries. which renders the cf-
forts az American industries in foreign
countries difficult if not futile.
Thj. cXclusivHncjSs goes 10 '"nS'h
nc ,o-oprrI;!on between government ana
Industry. and OF government sanction
for rho cnn~0ldar ON Of big business
Surh rs We in America have always
unnnscd As It"nvrr expresses II. we
nov, rorc a now ph"n"mcna IN III" w"r.n :
trade in the possibility ~ combinations
&C huyrrs Of our commodities. SUCH COM
bira,ionS are enable. by IN" large VOL
nm, purrhaSrd. 10 greatly I'M !ucnce inc
level of nrirc-. ! do not think thah any
student of the movements of "heh'
nriras in the last twelve months can
ignore the material influence Of various
EurGrrsn government purchases in IN"
depression "f our wheat prices. Su'h
:rrror; combinations not only rNiSt TOT
food but MISC Included in C"riiln c"u"-
tr:cs coal. ph"Sphat">. hides ana I"atn'r
md other commodities in which we are
interested"
what Has Happened
What has really happened J. that Tor
tho nurnoSc Of the purchaS" Of Am"rl-
can goods several foreign governments
either officially ar by 'acit eh""ura I"-
mem have ron~"l dated all their I'M
rnr;rrs 10 tho point Whcr" our An"ri-
can products are h"ngh'. III "il'''' ny Il
single rurcha,ing agent. The diSad-
vantage 20 Ia" American c\r"'0r. WIZ"
mus, sell i'm !, market where all M"
buNlNE TX uNNr ~ ''"' 'Ne''' -
ohy;ous Ultimately. ih'' natural rem
cdy for such Il condition would l." :"
rrriu.; our exporters |" unit" IN a COM
mon selling ag"n"y.
What Hoover has d>"nH"rod ana =
concerned about goes even furthcr thah
his lie found that many nations ar"
restricting development Of naturaI re-
sources within their houndar!HS 10 th"ir
own ri,iZcns. They do not allow clti-
Zrns Of foreign countries IN equality or
opportunity with their own. St!iI tur-
her than this, Hoover discovered that
..yarious governments are. directly or
indlrertly lending Influence and sup
Port 10 secure for their citizens, III
countries foreign tn them. exclusive
roYs.SSiOns over raw materials and the
:mplemcnts az commerce.
The example Of this sort or thing
which is most familiar TO our public Is
thu British and French action with re-
gard 10 oil in MeSopotamia and else
where But tho Mcsopotamian case
merely happens to ho the one that has
became public. The sam" kind of
thing is practiccd in other lines and in
other territories. In our own dnn"n-
dcncy. tho Philippines. VIC face S!tua-
ton in which the British grants nm "N-
cmption from income ta\CS l" BRUSH
corporations doing business there. wh!Ic
America cXacts al income tax from the
American corporations in the Phlilp-
pines dong q competitive business with
the British.
Militant Commercta1tSm
This sort Of thing. Nj. Hoover says.