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FLOOD OF BRITISH COTTON
EXPORTSTOU.S.FORESEEN
Europe Hails Underwood Tariff With Delight as
First (Treat Step Toward Free Trade and
Chance to Swamp the American Markets.
Continued From Preceding Page.
Department In the case of nations seis not of the United States, not en
with which we have treaties that en- titled by treaty or convention to ex
title Imports in their vessels to the emptlon from such duty, through bu
same rates of duty that imports in reaucratk legerdemain the extra duty
our own vessels pay. reach the con- never was collected on Imports un
elusfon that In order to avoid allow- mlstaknbly subjei t to ft, the courts
Ing the discount on Imports tn such were never asked to interpret judl
foreign vessels, no discount shall be clally the Interest of Congress, be
allowed Imports In American vessels cause no importer came forward
coming from such nations? extra 10 per cent duty, and all ap-
No Dodging Possible Now. peals to the executive branches of the
Why this reluctance to do justice to government to subject the section to
American vessels? Why this halting, a judicial interpretation steadfastly
grudging indisposition to Interpret the clamoring to be allowed to pay the
law as it reads? Every importer who were Ignored
brings dutiable imports into the But such tactics will not avail when
United States that he considers are a party in interest feels that his right
entitled to the 6 per cent discount to the discount in unjustly denied
will appeal to our courts for the en- him, and so, whatever the temporary
forcement of his rights. If such rights or even the permanent attitude of the
are denied him by the administra- administrative branches of the gov
tlve officers. ernment toward the sub-Section, hap-
"In the case of Section 22 of the pily for all concerned, the courts will
Dingley tariff,” that laid an extra 10 this time unquestionably Interpret its
per cent duty on all imports in vee- application and scope.
Europe Is All Prepared to
Swamp Markets of U. S.
The passage of the new American
tariff law has aroused unrestrained
jubilation all over Europe.
Practically every newspaper of
prominence writes with unconcealed
satisfaction of a measure which,
without containing any clause of
reciprocity, opens the way to flood
ing the American markets with
foreign products
The American this morning adds
to the cabled expression of British,
German, French and Italian opinions
published in Bunday's American, all
these additional reports showing a
satisfied conviction that the new
tariff act will benefit Europe as much
as or more than It does America.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, Oct. 11. —A systematic and
vigorously conducted campaign fol
development of German trade In the
American market promises to be the
first resuk of the new tariff. Whethet
the work is to be carried on through
organization or by the Individual ef
forts of exporters singly la yet to be
determined, but several larger Ger
man commercial organizations al
ready are preparing to give any ef
fort of the kind their energetic sup
port.
Bodies like the Industrial associa
tions, Hansa Bund and leading Ger
man Chambers of Commerce have
already obtained by telegraph the
leading schedules of the bill in Its
final revision and are sounding lead
ing industrial concerns as to their
opinions.
Many Industries to Benefit.
Inquiries among various branches
of the manufacturing industry show
the firms which are taking most ac
tive interest in the newly opened
possibilities of trade expansion are
those engaged in the following:
Cotton, woolen goods, textile fab
rics, porcelain, earthenware, leathers,
chemicals, chemical dyes, foodstuffs,
leather, watch and olook cases and
cutlery.
The Hat leaves out concerns in the
heavy steel Industry, but those, It
was pointed out, could scarcely hope
to compete with American products
in any event.
Speaking of the possible effects
of the tariff revision as Indicated In
the foregoing list, The Berliner Mor
gen Post says:
“It will be seen that the preponder
ance of advantage offered by the re
duced duties may be expected to ac
crue to just those Industries which
come first Into consideration as po
tential factors In American trade.”
The Frankfurter Zeltung. which
probably is the most Influential news
paper in Germany as an authority on
commercial questions, says:
Hopeful of Big Exports.
“Germany's exports undoubtedly
will take a leap forward. This Is true
not only of industries already doing
business In America, but others which
have not yet obtained a foothold there.
“Woolen manufacturers, especially
those in the finer grades, should de
velop a good business, for while
American manufacturers now receive
free raw material, the tariff on man
ufactured articles Is proportionately
reduced. Cotton exportations should
also increase, and paper makers, man
ufacturers of color stuffs, dyes and
porcelains have good reason to be
satisfied.
“This applies also to industries en
gaged In smaller lines of steel and
Iron production, like cutlery and locks
Even German sugar, after 1916 may
have a period of revived prosperity it
the right arrangements regarding
Cuba can be made "
Theodore Wolff, brilliant editor of
The Berliner Tageblatt, which has be
come the recognized spokesman of
German banking and mercantile
classes, says:
“The enactment of the new Amer-
THE J GLASS OF SALTS TO FLUSH
THE »S IFYOUR BACK HURTS
Advises Folks to Overcome
Kidney and Bladder Trou
ble While It Is Only
Trouble.
Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some
form or other, says a well-known |
authority because the uric acid in
meat excites the kidneys, they be
come overworked; get sluggish,
clog up and cause all sorts of dis
tress, particularly backache and
misery in the kidney region; rheu
matic twinges, severe headaches,
acid stomach, constipation, torpid
liver, sleeplessness, b adder and
urinary Irritation.
The moment your back hurts or
lean tariff is an event of the highest
significance. Wilson kept his prom
ise. In less than half a year the
American tariff policy has undergone
alteration The frantic obstructive
tactics of powerful capitalist inter
ests have been In vain.
Not Free Trade Measure.
“The new law, of course. Is very far
from being a free trade measure.
"Through tricky' manipulation of
customs regulations, importers may
again bo confronted with obstacles
not contemplated by tile law itself,
but that can not obscure the fact that
American doors have been opened
wider to our exports than ever be
fore.”
The Berliner-Morgen Post says:
"Tlie law puts America’s trade re
lations with the rest of the world on a
new basis. Our Industries can count
certainly on an increased market. Ex
porters here entertain no Illusory ex
pectations, but in future development
of our American trade now depends
chiefly upon the attitude of the cus
toms authorities In regard to the Im
portant administrative measures.
“Axiprehensions on this point are
exaggerated. The Democrats are hon
estly trying to open their country to
foreign competition.”
The Fraenklsche Kurier, leading
journal of the big manufacturing dis
trict in Central Bavaria, says:
"The Old World Is justified In en
tertaining lively hopes of extending
its commercial activities abroad. It
Is inevitable Germans should regard
this softening of the rigors of ex
treme protectionism with high expec
tations We greet it with confident
hopes that the resulting improve
ment In International trade will bo ac
companied by continued betterment
of our friendly political relations.”
Called Epoch Making.
Commenting on the new United
States tariff law. The Berlin Boerson
Courier, the organ of German mer
cantile and financial interests, says:
“That this highly important event
must have a decisive influence in oth
er countries it inevitable. Foreign
natione will now appear on the Amer
ican continent in the role of strong
competitors.”
The Lokal Anzelger, which hitherto
professed to be skeptical as to the
sincerity of the effort to reform the
tariff, says:
“The downfall of the American high
tariff system js an event worthy to be
placed by the side of the greatest
events in the history of the United
States. One would never have be
lieved that the stubborn resistance
with which this reform was opposed
for half a century would he overcome
How far foreign industry Is justified
In expecting an Increase of trade Is a
question. The new tariff, however, is
an achievement which In any event is
worthy of a special chapter In the an
nals of Dollarland.”
The Boersen Zeltung says “Tne
high tariff system has fallen. Now 1:
will be the first duty of all countries
interested in development of their
American trade to direct their atten
tion to securing reform of the an
tiquated system of appraisement
which must give wav to modern
methode. Not till this end Is reached
can we expect great Increase In ex
ports to the States."
Chance Seen for Germane-
in a bulletin Issued to-day a com
mittee of German business leaders
who are supporting a movement for
the participation In the San Francis
co-Panama Exposition say a:
"With enormously growing popula
tion and the rapidly growing demand
for the products of industry! a de
mand which promises to be quite as
large as the domestic agencies of pro
duction can supply, the opportunity
now afforded for the German exporter
to get a firm foothold on American
soil is most alluring."
As an instance of the views held in
bladder bothers you. get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any good
pharmacy; take a ’ablespoonful in
a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys
will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with llthia. and has been used for
I generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity: also to neutralize the acids
in the urine so it no longer irri
tates. thus ending bladder disor
ders
Jad Salts can not injure anyone;
makes a delightful efferves-ent
llthia water drink which millions
of men and women take now and
th?n to keep the kidneys and uri
narv orgai s clean, thus avoiding
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERIC AN. ATLANTA, GA, SUNDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1913.
Tariff Brings Fame to Simmons
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Capital ‘Discovers’ N. C Senator
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Dodges Society for Hard Work
Underwood’s Colleague Has No
Amusements, and Even Lets
Wife Buy His Clothes, but He'll
Fight Any One for Principles.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—All Wash
ington is casting respectfully admir
ing eyes In the direction of one Sena
tor I urnifold McLendel Simmons of
North Carolina and wondering why
such a paragon of industry and per
sistent work should have lived so
ong in its midst and have gone un
noticed. Perhaps if fie hadn’t been
connected with Representative Oscar
l-nderwood in framing the new tariff
law, Washington even now would not
tie so respectful, and Senator Sim
mons, still a paragon, but unrecog
nized. would be going about his work
•- 1 * 'U. done all his years in
Washington—quietly and unobtru
sively.
When the new tariff bill passed, and
,• ? n^~u, ’ aper nien to It the
• Tn® Underwood -Simmons Tar-
Iff. people began to look up the Sen
ator from North Carolina. What they
found was that here was a man who
has achieved fame, having his name
attached to a great tariff measure,
because of obstinate, persistent and
unrelaxing work. The net result was
P ot achieved through exceptional
brilliancy, or diplomacy, or any un
usual flights. He has worked hard
all the time, and now is coming into
his due meed << renown.
Wife Buys His Clothes.
They found that the Senator from
North Carolina has no recreations
that he does not golf or play bil
liards, or motor, or ride, or do
any of the things usually ascribed to
those who are mighty. They found a
modest, plain, quiet man.
The Senator is a man without a
strain of frivolity. His wife buys his
clothes for him so little docs the
matter enter his mind. And what
she buys is plain and simple.
It Is even alleged that when he
entered the Senate he blossomed out
in a frock coat, but gave it later to
the hired man. The story runs, too,
that In ills earlier days he purchased
a Milk hat. but was so little impressed
bv Its splendor that when a hefty
stranger eat upon it he did not re
place it.
The Senator uses tobacco, although
moderately, fn the form that would be
expected of a plain man *roin North
Carolina. He carries al wavs a plug
in a small case, biting off a hunk
occasionally.
And he never makes a speech un
less he has something to say, so
that he can not be classed as an ora
tor of pyrotechnic qualities. But he
will fight at any occasion, fearing the
size of no antagonist, and counting
no handicap. At that, he Is a rather
small man, with a bare five feet and
six inches to hts credit.
Cares Nothing for Society.
Senator and Mrs. Simmons are not
likely ever to be figures in Washing
ton society. They care nothing for
the gay life of the Capital, enjoying
rather their own home and the sim
ple life of their own North Carolina
mountains. Last campaign Mrs. Sim
mons accompanied her husband
through the mountains, taking pot
luck with him.
When ft became known what man
ner of man the Senator Is. all Wash
ington hazarded the guess, the cor
rect guess, too, that he was a farm
er's son. He was bom on a small
farm in North Carolina, and went
through the common schools and
Trinity College. When he graduated
in law he went to work with the in
dustry that still Is his. He opened
offices in three cities and worked as
a lawyer until his Democratic people
called him to lead a forlorn hope tn
a Republican district. The hope was
not so forlorn as they thought, or
Simmons was more powerful than
they- thought, for he went to Congress.
He was defeated for re-election and
retired from politics until the peonle
of Ills State called hint to free North
Carolina from negro domination. Then
they sent him to the Senate. He is
59 years old.
A very capable and earnest person.
certain industries which heretofore
have not entered into active competi
tion in the American market, it is re
ported that the association of Ger
man aewing machine manufacturers
sent representatives to America to
study the market conditions and re
port upon the advisability of making
an extensive exhibit at the San Fran
cieoo Exposition.
A high official, whose duties keep
him In close touch with German man
ufacturers. said to-day:
Fear Customs Chicanery.
"The provisions of the American
tariff bill plainly warrant a good deal
j of optimism with regard to the future
i development of Germany’s export
business. The people down in Sax
ony, where the textile and porcelain ,
industries are centered, have long >
been waiting for this opportunity. '
Italy’s Wharves Crowded
With Exports for the U. S.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Oct. 11.—The Naples Mat
tino says: “With the Underwood bill
passed, from now on the American
market is open to our products and
ready to receive them in larger quan
tities. Exporters who have eagerly
awaited the news can now proceed to
take such steps as will insure our
export trade a larger share of the
benefits to be derived under the new
tariff
“What a profound difference there
is between the old Dingley bill and
the new one! If Wilson's adminis
tration did nothing else, and we have
reason to believe other important re
forms. identical in nature, will fol
low. this tariff alone would make its
existence worth a distinguished place
in the parliamentary history of the
world."
The Matting also prints the in
formation that in the last two months
hundreds of thousands of cases of
macaroni, oils and cheese have been
lying on the wharves awaiting pas-
SENATOR FURNIFOLD
MLENDEL SIMMONS
of North Carolina, whom tariff
has brought delayed fame. •
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this companion of Underwood fn fram
ing the tariff bill. He thinks it is a
good tariff, that it will reduce the
I cost of living, and that everything
will be placed on a substantial basis
of prosperity.
Aigrette Incident Typical.
Typical of the simple nature of the
man is his defense of a clause which
will tend to prohibit the importation
of aigrettes for the hats of women.
He declares he does not believe
Congress intended that customs in
spectors should snatch aigrettes from
the hats of women entering this court
try. He believes the anti-aigrette
provision Is intended merely to pre
vent their importation as merchan
dise.
Mr. Simmons was much interested
in the reports from New- York that
women had been subjected to this trial
at the Custom House.
"I think such a course is beyond all
reason,” he said. “There Is nothing In
tlie law to justify It, and the framers
of the bill never intended that such
action should be taken.
Thinks Law Misconstrued.
“I feel that the provision barring
foreign feathers was aimed at the Im
portation of them as merchandise, but
that It does not cover individual cases
of women wearing aigrette-plumed
hats when they land from abroad.”
Known In his own State since the
days of President Cleveland- as a rad
ical Democrat—now a progressive
Democrat —Senator Simmons had to
wait for the passage of the Under
wood-Sfmmons tariff law to let the
country at large know fie was not a
reactionary.
They are planning to make full use
of It.
"I should not be surprised if the
first concerted effort to take advan
tage of the new law- came from the
districts around Dresden and Chem
nitz. Under the old tariff most of
these concerns had almost given up
the effort to sell their goods of the
best grade In America and concen
trated their efforts to trying to dis
pose of the cheap stuff there.
"The common feeling, even among
those who are least optimistic, seems
to be that the bill on its face offers
enough inducements to justify a new
and vigorous effort to build up their
American custom.
“The only misgivings I’ve heard ex
pressed originate in a suspicion that
the law may be so administered to
nullify, or at least minimize, the ad-
. vantages it offers The distrust of
| what is known as ‘custom-house chl-
I canery’ is very general in Germany.”
sage of the bill, to be shipped to
America.
The Venice Gazzettlno. referring to
the favorable impression in local
commercial circles, says: “The new
tariff must be considered a distinct
victory for President Wilson and the
honest group of Democratic Repre
sentatives and Senators determined
to carry the measure through, not
withstanding the opposition of allied
industrial interests of the country
which threatened to compromise the
success of the new Administration. It
is a beginning."
1 English Lacemakers
Hope To Be Benefited.
■ Special Cable to The American.
| NOTTINGHAM, Oct. 11.—Jleduc-
I tion of duties on lace goods under the
i new tariff, it is hoped, will benefit
local trade. Already good orders
| have been received by cable. but
! some manufacturers are doubtful of
j gaining any advantage except by the
i reduced duties.
WELSH EXPECT
KN INCREASE IN
EXPORTS OF TIN
Manufacturers Believe Low Ocean
Freight Rates Will Give
Them Advantage.
Special Cable to The American.
CARDIFF, WALES. Oct. 11.—The
tin plate industry is greatly interested
as to whether it can secure some of
the domestic, tin plate business under
the new tariff which was prohibited
under the old.
American manufacturers declare
the duty of 1 per cent absolutely nec
essary to maintain the American tin
plate industry, as the cost of produc
tion of 25,000 tons in America is sl,-
000,000, compared with $583,333 in
Wales. The cost of labor per ton is
$22.95 in America, compared to $12.73
in Wales.
The cost of freight is also a factor
of considerable importance to the
Welsh trade, as it is presumed the
freightage may favor Welsh manu
facturers, whose works are on sea
board with ample shipping advan
tages, whereas the American tin plate
works are Inland with heavy railroad
rates to reach the consuming centers.
Then the opening of the Panama Ca
nal will considerably help the Welsh
producer.
Apart from the tin plates, the Welsh
steel productions, including galvaniz
ed sheets, now' have advantages that
were hiteherto non-existent to enter
the American market. The new tariff
is expected to prove an incentive to
Welsh manufacturers, who produce
such goods that price and quality
insure them a place in the American
domestic market.
Boom for French Woolen
Mills Due to New Tariff.
By CHARLES HENRY MELTZER.
Special Cable to The American.
PATHS, Oct. 11.—News of the sign
ing of the tariff bill caused a trade
sensation here. It Is satisfactory to
France in a general way, but the be
lief Is that this country may benefit
by It less than other European na
tions.
I was assured at the French For
eign office, in the absence of Minister
Pichon, that the naw tariff would be
welcomed here rather as an indica
tion of better things to come than as a
final settlement.
B. J. Shoninger, president of the
Paris-American Chamber of Com
merce, said:
"The new tariff does not show any
material reduction in the schedule
covering articles <4 luxury. The
greatest reduction Is on manufactures
of wool.
“Previous to 1900 France exported
dress goods and other textiles made
of wool to the United States. The
Payne-Aldrich bill made the rates al
most prohibitive, but with the great
reduction in the new law this indus
try should And great encouragement
and French manufacturers can again
look for their former large American
outlet.
“The other textile schedules have
also been modified so that the finer
grades of manufactured laces, cotton
and silk, for which France is special-,
ly noted, will b e more readily able
to find a market in America."
Altogether the French people look
with much encouragement upon the
opportunities offered In America by
the new tariff.
There Is especial jubilation here
among art dealers.
"The new tariff,’’ said Roland
Knoedler, famous picture dealer. "Is
a triumph of common sense for which
all Frenchmen should be grateful to
President Wilson."
M. Charles Sauret. French Govern
ment Counselor for Foreign Com
merce. and leading exporter of dried
walnuts and almonds, said:
“Notwithstanding the enormous and
growing increase of the Californian
production, the United States will,
for a long time to come, depend
largely for its dried fruits, walnuts
and almonds on France, which ex-»
ports to America millions of dollars'
worth of them annually. 1 am there
fore convinced that the reduction of
the tariff thereon is an excellent
measure which must lead to an in
crease 1n the total of commercial
transactions to the mutual benefit of
both nations.
“French nut-growers and exporters
will naturally avail themselves to the
fullest possible manner of the opportu
nity now afforded to extend their
American markets. In the Isere De
partment. the great walnut-producing
district, from which I have just re
turned. President Wilson's efforts for
tariff reform are, just as in other
parts of France, regarded as a fur
ther progress toward reciprocity- and
free trade, for which he is deservedly
honored."
Chemical and Sugar
Plants See Opening.
Special Cable to The American.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 11.—The general
trade of Liverpool undoubtedly will
benefit under the new tariff. The view
is expressed that manufacturers will
have a better chance for many years
of opening up an export trade with
America.
British producers are making ar
rangements to boom their American
trade and leaders of the chemical in
dustry here reckon a valuable acces
sion to business the large number of
inquiries already made by American
manufacturers.
The Liverpool sugar refiners also
hope to do business it' the prices in I
- -a of refined sugar are main
tained. 1
Loss of Art Treasures
Expected by the French
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS. Oct. 11.—The “Agencie Economique et Financiere," a daily
bulletin directed by W. Yves Guyot, the French apostle of free trade.
In a general way expresses its satisfaction with the tariff, adding,
however, as a rider, that if the absurd and corrupt pension laws did
not exist, the projected income tax would not be needed.
The Intransigeant foresees that the chief gainers here by the i
amended tariff will be the art dealers, who have for years past been
collecting modern works for which they will now find buyers in Amer,
ica. It is the art side of the question which appeals most to the i
French.
Gil Blas has just begun an inquiry into the workings of the tariff
law. By most it is supposed that it will lead to a great exodus of
Fragonards and Watteaus. To Gil Blas this is not thought to be cer- ,
tain.
CUSTOMS TYRANNY
SCORED BY FRENCH
Paris Paper Suggests Sign of Statue of Liberty,
“Public Barred.”
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS. Oct. 11.—Paris still is dis
cussing the inanity' with which the
New York customs officials enforce
even the most recent law.
To-day in an ironic article The
Journal asks whether we may not soon
see the allegorical lantern of the New
York Statue of Liberty replaced by a
flaming notice that "The public is not
admitted here.” It protests against
the annoyances which delay and dis
gust those seeking access to the
United States.
Referring to the reported seizure of
ladles’ feathers, and translating peu
in "The pen is mightier than the
sword” into "plume,” The Journal
says:
“eYs, but the American custom
house is mightier than the plume!
Mightier than courtesy. Mightier than
common sense.”
Ex-Minister Lauds Wilson.
Yves Guyot. ex-Cabinet Minister
and political economist, who is uni
versally known as the French apostle
of free trade, telegraphed as follows
to The Sunday American correspond
ent from the Chateau du Bordage:
“I profoundly admire the decision
taken by- President Wilson and sec
onded by Mr. Underwood and Mr.
Simmons. The reform is a success
for free traders of all countries, and
its effects will be useful to France as
regards woolens and cloth, but will
only slightly affect the other ex
ports. It will prove profitable to the
commerce of both countries."
Arthur David Monet, officer of the
Legion of Honor, president of the
Paris Chamber of Commerce and
head of the great French textile firm
‘Free Trade Achievement’
Is One Comment in London
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Oct. 11.—The newspa
pers continue a chorus of approval
of "President Wilson’s triumph,” as
many term the new tariff.
The London Daily News, a free
trade organ, says:
"Since Sir Robert Peel abolished
the corn laws there has been no
free trade achievement at all com
parable to this 'event.”
“The truth is that the protection
ist cause, which seemed invulnerable,
was rotten; it had made the cost of
living so intolerable, it had placed
the consumer so completely at the
mercy of the trusts that directly it
was seriously challenged public opin
ion crushed it.
Needed Man of Courage.
“It only needed a man of courage
and resolute faith to give the lead,
and in President Wilson America has
produced the most courageous as well
as the most constructive statesman in
the world to-day.
“Free competition has made British
industry - so triumphant that the same
cause will have the same effect “In
America, whose development has been
checked by its self-imposed restraints
Its great shipping industry, for ex
ample, which was destroyed by pro
tection, can not fail to revive under
free trade.”
The Daily Mail says: "What the
American Congress has done in
adopting the Underwood bill amounts
in reality to the rescue of the na
tional fiscal policy from the grip of
privilege.”
The Daily Telegraph says: “What
the passing of the new law does is to
prove the emptiness of the argument
that the tariff policy of a country
which sets out to regulate imports in
the public interest is sure to get into
the hands of private interests and
stay there. It only did so in the
United States owing to peculiarly un
healthy political conditions which ob
tained there many years and which
lately have shown a tendency to
mend.
"It has ceased to do so now as a
result of a determined national effort
of will. The change will incidentally
be very welcome in many depart
ments of British trading enterprises.
"Canada in particular probably will
benefit largely by the change, gain
ing without concession much of what
was offered her by the reciprocity
scheme."
“Only Beginning of Reform.”
The Liverpool Daily Post says:
“The passage of the Underwood bill
represents a brilliant triumph for i
President Wilson. * * * Free traders
of this country rejoice that it has
been found possible with the full con
sent of the people to take so decided a
step in the direction of free trade in
the very citadel of protective tariffs
"There can scarcely be any turning 1
back now. Tariff reform probably I
will go along in America by leaps l
of David & Maigret, discussing the
new tariff law with The Sunday
American correspondent to-day, ob
served :
Scores Old Tariff Wall.
“This measure is very welcome to
us. The Chamber of Commerce co
operatively is for freer trade, and re
gards the new iaw as an advance in
the right direction. I am not an ab
solute free trader, believing some pro
tection is necessary for the develop
ment of home industries. But pro
tection should not be carried too far
and should never become prohibitive
For years America has been raising
tariff barriers which threatened to
isolate her from the outside world.
"So far as France is concerned,
matters bad reached such a pitch that
some French politicians and manu
facturers had seriously- contemplated
taking steps toward retaliation. One
of the most satisfactory results of
the Wilson law has been to stop this
movement, as the law shows Amer
ica has at last awakened to a realiza
tion of the folly of excessive protec
tion.
French Appreciate Reform.
“France chiefly exports articles of
luxury, so It is possible and even
probable that other countries which
produce cheap goods may profit more
than ourselves by the reform. The
Roubaix cloth i rade is one which wil:
take advantage of the reopening o'
the American markets, which had
been practically closed to it for years
’’Speaking generally, I may say that
the French people highly appreciate
the reform and are convinced that
good results will ensue from it on both
sides of the Atlantic.”
and bounds, which across the Atlan
tic means that tariffs will be more
and more reduced as the people real
ize the blessings of the freedom of
trade which we have enjoyed so long '
. The Westminster Gazette, chief of
the free trade organs among the Lon
don evening papers, says:
“President Wilson at one step has
made a larger advance toward free
trade than any practical politicians
thought possible a year ago.”
Shipping Challenge Seen.
Discussing Canada’s position, an ed
itorial concludes:
"Canada, we are sure, stands where
she did, and will develop trade with
her great neighbor without diminish
ing her loyalty to the British Crown
The Pall Mall Gazette says:
“American shipping is for the fu
ture to have a preference of 5 per
cent on all cargoes. That is the most
significant fact for international trade
in the whole apparatus of duties and
schedules.
“America is preparing to challenge
the supremacy we so long enjoyed as
carriers for the world. It challenges
it by the same weapons wherewith
she made our supremacy in the iron
trade and other Industries a thing of
the past. She is to-day equipped wit!
a stronger and more flexible system
economic defense than that received
from any former tariff.”
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