Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-10
pertaining American tourists, and
American ships are obtaining British

Itertaining American tourists. and
American ships are obtaining British
insurance. This Is q tedious process.
Now while this situation obtains
the American people at the same
tameFare pressing for payment of the
o which Great Britain owes. She
hasn't the gold; W. won't take her
goods; payment in services is slow:
therefore, some other plan must be
Lfound. , -
mere are some commodities which
the United States does not produce
but which the British empire does.
Accordingly, the obvious thing to do
Iis to raise the prices of such com
modities. The United States must buy
from Great Britain and pay hand
somely. This is a way of meeting the
debt. -
This Is precisely what is happening
IN the s Of the rubber tax. we
must nave rubber. That is something
the tariff does not keep out. There.
Tore Great Britain will pay lis in rub
Der. She will not pay us a great deal
OF ubbe for a given sum but a little
rubber for a given sum. In this way
the, debt will be cut down. "
Similar Reprisals Expected. +
The officials at Washington expect
the plan to be extended. There are
other commodities which Great Brit
ain produces but Of which we pro-
duce very little Or none at all. Tin
IS n OF these. It would not surprise
official Washington to see Great
Britain raise the price Of her tin. To
some extent, the price of tea could be
raised although there the production
OF Japan and China would cut dow n
Ythe British monopoly.
!. n American protective tariff Is
built on the theory that. the United
states produces practically all the
raw material she needs. That was
especially true until rubber became
so important. an element in modern
lie. Rubber is the most vulnerable
point OF attack and hat is the spot
Great Britain picked. out. There ARE
not many others to- find, but wherever
there is a commodity Of which Great
Britain has anything like a MONOPOLY
and the United States has a lack, the
American people can make up their
minds to pay. heavy toll.
What other nations will do in the
way OF reprdsals against the Ameri-
can tariff has. not been divulged as
yet, but there lis no doubt that; any
weakness in the American sources of
supply will be taken full advantage
OF. Reprisals may be expected only
from the manufacturing nations, or
the situation would be more
Portable for this country. For in
stance, If Brazil and the Central
American countries did much manu-
featuring and felt themselves tntur-
ed by the American tariff on manu-
featured goods. they would, in all
probability, lay an export tax on cof-
Zee. This would bother the United
states as we raise no coffee. vs. This,
however, is not likely to occur.
It would not be surprising If italy
and Spain should raise, by means of
an export tax, ne price Of olive oil,
Those countries practically monop6!
lie that trade and the United States
Is q great CONSUMER, Italy, / France
and Japan, should they see fit, could
follow n same tactics asisto silk.
One element which restricts the re-
prlsals; which the other countries can
afford to make ID the general con-
sumption OF most of their products.
Under the most favored nation treat
les, no country. could tax exports to
the United States without taxing lex
ports to all other countries. The
problem. then, is to find something
OF which the United States Is. the
principal consumer. Rubber Ii the
most conspicuous example, Rubber
can be taxed and 1.-THE United States
Will be the only country seriously In
jured. GgI5 i AUX S.
AN6WERSs TO QUESTIONS.
@. When were cranberriss first
served with turkey? ~
Az American cranberTiea were
found growing Wild bYSthe early Pill
grimss It - thought thatSathey served