Evening star., 1935-08-25

resentment. Whatever hits o mans
pocketbook or q nations commerce and
industry, either at home or abroad,
brings q quick reaction In every coun-
try.
immigration Attitude.
Americas immigration policy and
her tariffs have brought more indi-
rect resentment and ill-will in Europe
than all her political ideals for world
peace have brought praise. Europe,
as q whole, remains realistic and ma
terialistic. It doesn't believe war can
be outlawed with words or that trade
can flourish under tariff barriers.
When American industry complains
about the meager quotas Switzerland,
or Italy or France impose for motor
cars, machinery, ETC.. 1t overlooks COM
pletely that the tariffs of the Hoover
administration spread wrack and ruin
in the Swiss and French lace industry,
that hundreds Of watchmakers became
unemployed and that hatmakers In
italy went broke. They forget in the
United States that prohibition-and
high tariffs-dealt champagne. Bor-
deaux and Burgundy wine regions q
fatal blow and that loss Of American
markets. due largely 10 the depression,
made a dead village out Of Limoges
and almost ruined Grasse. where fine
chinawares and perfumes come from.
Such anti-American demonstrations
as occurred during the Sacco-Vanzetti
affair had their origin in economic ir-
ritants, although the excuse for the
agitation was political.
The reversal of the tide Of immigra-
tion-there are now more people re-
turning to Europe every year than
there are emigrating to the United
States-also has affected the popular
attitude toward America. Before the
war the United States absorbed more
than 1000, 900 Of the Old Worlds sur
plus population annually. Now. un-
able to earn a living in America, thou
sands of Greeks, Poles, Germans, Ital-
ians and Slavs are returning to their
former homes, to go on ooles or live
with their families and relatives. The
remittances, which once poured across
the Atlantic, no longer fll the mails.
Mussolini, who saw Italy waxing
wealthy on the earnings of exported
labor" now has to turn to Africa for
an outlet for surplus population.
Emigrants' Stories Harmful.
The stories told by returning emf
grants, together with the sometimes
highly exaggerated or one-sided dis
patches that appear in the European
press (the Harlem race riots furnished
man newspapers and were good for
several days sensation in the French
press) Is making the United States
good place. in the eyes of the Euro
pean workers, to stay away from
Picturing this country rs an industrial
hell instead Of O workers paradise
serves its purpose; 1t makes European
workers more contented with their lot
and enables European governments
and industry to more easily reduce
wages. maintain low standard Of hv-
ing and a high margin Of profits. II
European workers knew that shorter
hours and higher wages. and the
N. r. A. and similar experiments
worked successfully in the United
States they would insist upon similar
reforms in their own countries. The
New Deal never was given Q SYM
pathetic hearing In Europe. as whole,
except by radical minorities. Even
the communistic leaders and press
characterize 1t ss an effort to save
capitalism.
Although more Europeans than
ever before are visiting the United
States today, taking advantage OF
the favorable exchange and low
steamship passage prices. the i'm
preston they carry back Is nearly al
ways lopsided or misleading. They
visit New York, washington-end
Niagara Falls-and believe they have
seen America. Nothing could be
farther from the truth. Their re-
actions are as misrepresentation as
those of American tourists who be-
cause they have spent a week in Lon
don. Paris, Berlin or Rome think they
know the soul" of England, France,
Germany or Italy.
In almost every country people who
live CLOSE to the soil" are much alike.
In France and Germany the small
farmer, peasant and villager make up
the backbone Of the nation. Go out
into the French departments or along
the German countryside and you will
find as friendly-if not more friendly
"A reception as you will f1nd in the
rural sections of the United States.
where "city slickers" are still looked
upon with suspicion.
The common people Of all countries