s 1’43 3.111.1' .1..-1 1 W'r“1“" for men.. ., HE United States has sh(_.>v1.'1'1 the g a (11151.1 overseas how we can fight. Now the next step is to show how we can make prosperity for down-trodden nations—and at the same time produce a new pros- perity for ourselves. With the war out of the way, every man who works, whether in field, factory, on a railroad, aboat, or in an oflice, can advance his own interests by interesting himself in foreign trade to the extent at least of being for those things which will aid in its development. No Matter How Far From the Seacoast he mi" he. no matter how remote his farm may be from tidewater, if the United States develops a bigforeign trade he is going to gain. The Reason Isl Simple and Plain If a man works for an inddstry selling its products only to one small community the possibil- ities of the g1 owth of the business' 1n which he works are limited. Anything Upsetting General Business in that community immediately 18 felt where he works and perhaps he 1s thrown out of employ? ment. If his name is on the payroll of a company that sells its products th1oughout a state there is a better prospect of steady work If he 1s employed by a company whose products go to half the states the p1 ospect for continued work and wages is still betteI, and a fi1m which has the whole nation for its market has, other things being equal, the best chance of always having orde1s ahead and always having work and wages for men. Nevertheless even firms conducting a nation-wide business do at times have a shortage of orders and have to lay off hands. But if the average manufacture1, either d11ectly or through others, sells goods all over the world, then there are orders coming in on eve1y ship, and all business should by reason of these f01eign orders grow and prospe1. The wo1ld 1s a big place. There are multitudes of people not 110w buying a thing from us who should eve1y day use and wear things that we make. F01 instance, those who plow with a stick and map with a sickle would be better off if they had Ame1 1can implements. So in selling to the world we shall help others while helping ourselves. Instead of Shifting Our Mon “g .. , f1 om one side of the United States to the other as we do when our trade is confined within our own b01ders we shall with foreign trade be bringing new wealth into the nation to em ich us all. With F orelgn Trade sis» them will always be plenty of work for everybody, and no fear of layoffs. Hence, every man, especially he who depends upon steady woik, should know what f01e1gn trade means to him arid to the work that he wants. To Get the Full Benefit of ove1 seas business we should carry our geods 1n our own ships, and get the profits of the carry ing, as well as the profits of building the ships. To see that these merchant ships, carrying the things we make, and bringing back our pay are not interfered with by another Kaiser Bill’s crew, we want to keep our Navy up. These things—foreign trade, a merchant marine and a navy to protect both will carry their I benefits to every man in every place 111 the United States where men wo1k. EVen if Your Job is one that will not directly benefit by overseas selling the development of great markets abroad will add to the home demand for everything, made or grown here, and especially to the demand new. .. «1 11 1-1-1111 111 1 11111;. um”, _‘ ' \.; CONFERENCE COMMITTEE on NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS. Inc: 11.; ‘ HENRY A. W183 WOOD. Char-u ALAN R. HAWLB¥,Tnuum JAMES B. CLARK. 800nm — . “3‘: ,1 "mum. Life 31.11.11... 11.. 1 M-dhén Anon. New York City - :‘ I.“ ‘ff _" 11 a What Foreignm Trade Means to You. . .11-..-.-r:-.Mx.w—;x—. . _. .‘1‘ . .. A < , . ,—. . -,. SATURDAY, DEC. 21. 1915 n 1,...- v-I-. ‘ ”a 1
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