The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-18

to the people they represent.
 Thfs country, the British Empire
 and Japan possess the three greatest
 navies of the world. What is the use
 of protesting sentiments against war
 in the future if a system is to be pur-
 mitted through which men whose bus
 mess it is to keep their swords and
 guns bright will force the use of them
 eventually upon those who do not
 want war? We see the Japanese build ing the largest and most powerful
 weapons of warfare. and if one coun-
 try does 1t, whether we agree to the
 policy or not, we are bound as men
 and women in our respective countries to allow no one to take advantage of us by getting ahead in the matter of national preservation measures. The League and War There is not country in the world
 in which the people are not burdened with excessive taxation due to the war. Add to the taxation of business and you add to the cost of whosesale and retail purchase, and wage earners will suffer just as much as the ordi- nary man of capital. If this system of
 military expenditure is not going to be rninimized by the common sense of the men who are going to this confer ence-and out in the distant country where I live we believe in limitation of armaments-what is the use of talking about a League of Nations and proposed peace system to stop war? What is the use of a League of
 
 up machinery of war?
 What Is the condition of business men at the present time all over the | world? Today there is not a man in any part of the world who can tell | what the value of his dollar or his sovereign will be tomorrow. Ger | many can undersen any country in l the wor26, due to the depreciation of
 the mark. While in Germany I in- | quired into the value of steel com | modities, and generally speaking any article in that line could be purchased for about one-fifth less than in Eng 1 land.
 "A solution of this problem must l be found, or the world will be driven l into worse trouble in the years before us. The exchange of the world is up- side down, and traders the world over are unable to buy for the future on account of the condition of exchange. Unemployment will not pass until trading countriel can enormously 1n- crease their exports. You man not have felt the devastating effect of the 1 exchange ruling now, but you will l feel it unless there Is something done l to prevent the present system con- 1 tinuing.
 New Conditions
 t'The world must make up its mind that what was right before the war 1 from the viewpoint of maintaining | business must now be altered to meet | the changes that the war has forced upon us. There is no country that consumes to the limit the mater1al US manufacturers can produce. | "PersonaIly I believe that your | country should have a banking insti- l tuition in mine and that mine should 1 have one in yours and that a trader l coming here should not have to draw | upon London for money - that he | should be able to call upon his own | bank in this country and get his | money upon his bill of lading and | note.
 "The seasons between this country | and Australia and New Zealand are l almost diametrically opposite. When we are out of one class of products | you have them and vice versa. We 1 ought to be able to improve trading | conditions between your country and 1 mine very materially indeed.
 'rWe never can forget the fact that we are English-speaking countries. II | is the English-speaking countries thai | ought to cooperate, that ought tc | work to the end of bringing about | better trade relations. I believe that | the genius of our people and the l genius of your people is big enough to ' overcome the difficulties that the wal | has brought to us. We want to co. Il operate.
 II The Race Question u ''I refer to a matter of considerable
 delicacy. We in our country are
 straight out for a white race. The