Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 2, 1921, Page 2

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An analysis of foreign trade, which is always an important matter in a manufacturing nation like the United States, reveals the world wide depression. Lower prices rather than diminished quantities are responsible to great extent for the decrease in ex- ports from cight billion in 1920 to six and a half bil- lion in 1921. For example, a compilation of exported commodities reduced, so far as possible, toa weight basis shows weight intreases of 34 per cent for the groups of raw materials and of 37 per cent for food- stuffs in 1921 compared with 1920, with a decrease of 4 per cent for such partly or wholly manufactured articles as can be shown by weight. The final totals, including articles forming 69 per cent of the value of domestic exports in 1921, show a decrease in value of 19 per cent, but an increase in weight of 23 per cent compared with the preceding year. Department of commerce figures tell the story. 4 In cotton, for instance, nearly seven million bales 000, while 5,400,000 bales exported this last year brought but $600,000,000; or to express it in percent- ages, there was a decrease of 22 per cent in weight and of 57 per cent in value. We exported 252,000,- 000 pounds of dried fruits in 1920, valued at $42,- 000,000, compared ‘with 112,000f@00 pounds in 1921, worth $15,000,000. Here again we have a decrease of but 55 per cent, while the value fell off 180 per cent. Exports of glucose, glassware, hides, tinplate, leather goods, meat and dairy products, naval stores, lumber, and many other products show decreases in value out of all proportion to the decreases in vol- ume; while there are certain articles which show an actual increase in volume and a decrease in value, comparing the two’ years. For example we exported 786,000,000 pounds of oilcake and meal in 1920, worth $28,000,000, and 846,000,000 pounds in 1921, worth $19,000,000; and of cottonseed oil we exported the preceding year 159,000,000 ‘pounds worth $36,- people of the nation sition quickly and end tions likely to arise fo: The English writer agrees that ceuse of her alliance with Japan, ‘ sympathetic neutral.” He does not admit it, but venture the information for his benefit that that atti. attitude and would more than likely join us. Neither does the English strategist account for China and Korea, with potential man power and certain griev- ance against Japan, and established friegdship with the United States. Such a war as Mr. Bywater dreams, contains so many possibilities that he seems to have overlooked and so much with reference to America that he does but well written romance. War with Japan is very remote. There are two governing problems she will not be able to solve—fi- nance and material and supplies. She will not be foolish enough in the face of Germany’s experience to sent her naval equipment against ours or to attempt to match her fifty-seven millions against our one hun- red and ten millions of population. And besides what has Japan to fight about? ———_—— OUR DIPLOMACY REDEEMED. The American people may view with some degree of satisfaction the high ability and quiet efficiency of our dipiomacy under the direction of Secretary Hughes and the president. The prestige of the days of Web- ster, Seward, Evarts, Blaine, Hay and Root has been restored. Our international policies are clearly stated, maintainéd and enforced with vigor free from va: cillation and respectful in presentment. There is no attempt to lead the world and direct the detail of its affai We “tre speaking for ourselves, and advising and ‘aaing others only requested. The German treaty is a case in point. Reviewing its terms, we have been made secure in all the rights and benefits of the Versailles treaty without involv- ment in the league covenant and the entanglements and disagreements cértain to result from membership therei This is in conformity to the will of our people and is as it should be. The covenant was no’ proper part of the peace treaty. It was extraneous matter in- serted to flatter the vainty of an executive, who, through impractical idealism or ambition sought te force,the league into the treaty in defiance of the people, the whole power, and the senate the co-ordi- nate power in treaty-making. The proper purpose of @ peace treaty. is to settle the differences incident to war, This could have been done and was done in that portion of the Versailles document which did not re- late to the league. There is every reason why the United States should be, and at the time of the negotiations of the treaty should have been a party to all of the agre its re- lating to peace between Germany and the allied and associated nations. The senate was ready to ratify a treaty dealing with those problems and so notified the president. The league covenant, the settlement of boundaries other than, those between Germany and other nations, the adjudication of China’s interest in Shantung—were all matters not properly a part of the treaty of peace with Germany. In framing the treaty with our late enemy, the president and secretary of state have left out all ex- traneous matters, confining their whole attention upon the one definite task of agreeing upon terms of peace and this all will agree has been done in admirable’ manner. In the treaty the United States does not evade any responsibility which, from either moral or legal considerations, it ought to assume. It does not undertake, to wet aside any of the provisions of the Versnilles treaty.) Hf other nations desire te go into a league, we do not oppose. If other nations wish to settle European boundaries, we do not object. If China shall be willing to accept the Shantung arrange- ment, tHere will be no protest from us. The whole substance of our position in those matters is that they are no concern of ours and we will neither approve or disapprove. negotiated. The thoroughly American feature of the treaty ne- 000,000, compared with 283,000,000 pounds worth $31,000,000 in 1921. contributed to the slowing down of export trade. * ess way i 1. We no longer had a practical monopoly on sup-| Ward business agreement in no way plying many kinds of merchandise demanded by for- ihe Versailles treaty, and is just such an agreement eign countries. 2. The devastated regions of Europe are again raising crops and are not so dependent on us for food supply. (This will doubtless be. offset considerably this coming year by the demands from Russia.) gotiated by the president andthe secretary of state The Republicans forecast a drop in exports long be-| i8 that it has been done without fuss or flourish. There fore they took place and the drop did not begin to| has been no tooting of tin horns, no parading of make itself felt until the last half of the fiscal year. ferteeeimettee thie tates hens ens tes i ft ere: a be Aside from lower prices a number of other causes thas fallen fist, for the treaty: ia-a_plaip,. straighifor. conflict with the senate would have ratified promptly if nego- No fault has been found, no fault can be found with the treaty. All rights we should have, have been preserved; burdens we' should not bear have been ayoided. The president tiated, two years ago. 3. Enurope’s pressing needs for raw materials have| 22d the secretary of state have fully met the situa- been considerably assuaged. 4. With exchange rates of foreign currencies dé- preciated to a point which made prices in dollars pro- hibitive, with declining imports, the impossibility of settling the balances already due the United States in gold, the difficulty of arranging further . credit fa- cilities, with cancellation of orders, rejection of goods already shipped, and collection drafts dishonored, it was impossible for exports to continue at the rate of $500,000,000 to $600,000,000 a month, to which they| *7¢ ‘ies down ot graying ashes. Or perhaps it is coal, had grown during the war, and for which the Demo- cratic administration had the sublime effrontery to claim credit. All things considered, the trade for 1921 cannot be considered so unsatisfactory. If exports declined 19.6 per cent, imports also fell 80.2 per cent, thus giv- ing some relief to ow» own'industries. It may be con- sidered that we are getting back to nurmal trade which a protective tariff measure will scrve as an aid rather than an obstruction. ———__ A WAR DREAM. Hector Bywater, & British naval expert, has writ- ten a book dealing with the thoretical situation of war between the United States and Japan. It is written from the British standpoint, and while it may ruffe our pride in some of its chapters, still, from the pen of one who is only superficially acquainted with the ability of our people to accomplish the almost super- human, it is eminently fair. The writer believes that the war, if it comes, will come suddenly, about 1922. That Japan, like Ger- many, will act quickly, and by taking possession of our Pacific island possessions, in a short sharp war we would make terms. The great distance would place our naval forces at disadvantage, and in an ac- tual naval engagement Japan would get a drawn bat- tle, with our ships easy prey for Japanese submarines. Temporarily, the writer seems to believe Japan would in a measure be victorious, but concludes that the United States because of resources both in mate- rial and finance would ultimately wipe Japan from the earth. It is easy to see that the writer has to certain ex- tent based his judgment upon our hesitancy to enter the European war, and he has not taken into account the divided sentiment of the people, the lack of en- thusiasm in making the traditional quarrels of. Eu- rope our own, our traditional devotion to peace, the composite character of our population and sundry other matters and things governing our attitude to- ward the latest war in which we took part. That we would be aroused to a man in any con- test with Japan is true beyond doubt, for the reason we have no basis for @ quarrel justifying war, and if attacked wantonly and unjustly by Japan our people tion and havé executed the will of the people. rel OUR DEBT TO NATURE. “Sitting by the open fire,” ‘reflects the New York Evening Post, “one ponders upon the days and months and years of sunshine and all:the wondrous alchemy of nature émbodied in the logs that break into danc- ing flame, or glowing in the pictured embers as the and ene’s thoughts run back to the ages when sauri- ans splashéd among the trunks and foliage and now pour forth as it were ‘canned sunlight’ for human creatures of today. In a country home one reads by the oil lamp, maybe little refiecting that this fuel, too, was made in time inconceivably remote; that he is drawing on nature’s sayings of stored-up carbon, “Or one turns on the ready current of electricity, and if he thinks about it at all takes it for granted as a manufactured essence, little regarding the fact that this, too, is only a different form of the same thing— nature’s stored-up sunshine turned to power and sent to him over a wire. Likely as not the reader gives no thought to what is added now—the labor of men in mine and power house. “And in the warmth of the fire and by the light of the lamp he reads. Stored fuel again. Service of men again. Prophets and kings, poets and saints, artists and philosophers and tellers of tales—decades and centuries ‘dead’ but still sneaking to anyone who will listen. ‘ “One who reflects upon these things in the comfort and radiance of his fireside, if he be of humble and grateful mind, will look up from his reading, glance ‘into the fire where Nature is pouring forth her hoard for him, and offer his gratitude in the familiat: ‘For- give us our debts,’ ” fof eet - A New Jersey court fined a man for failing to con- ceal his contempt for the court in his countenance. Subsequent to this judicial action by the’ court, the press. ‘ Sa eee “Bootlegger’ and “vamp” have now become regu- dictionary in full membership. a ‘5 About all that can be reported in the English-Irish situation is progress with further time granted to the committee, tg Will someone please inform a palpitating world as cars and States bureau of mines, said at the an-| A short time since, five unpublished not know or appreciate as to make his book nothing AAR man would likely be ordered hung for murder for|/% that would be about what his countenance would ex-|= Jar words and admitted to Mr, Webster's well known was wont to hide behind a woman’s skirt? would be united in a flash and cur revenge would be Z quick ond sharp. It woyld be the sole business of the > PETER RTELET PEER The world should be thankful. 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