Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...several antidotal thoughts. There is no law compelling any American to go abroad to spend his money. He can be exploited with equal comfort if not equal speed at home. If he insists upon spending his money abroad he is contributing so called invisible exports to the balancing of trade and the reconstruction of Europe. One hundred and fifty million dollars a year is worth while to Europe. If Americans are "robbed" let them try to believe themselves "robbed" in a good cause and be sports about it. Otherwise, let them see America first. Chicago Tribune
...Great War we sent a million armed men to Europe in a few months. Civilization has always been deeply influenced by inventions. No one can doubt what a change was wrought in the ancient world by the use of metals. The improvement of transportation by land and water enlarged trade, and trade brought intercourse with its new relation its enlarged horizon and its temptations to a foreign conquest, until the sailing ship and the mariner's compass opened the whole world to the people of Europe. It has been pointed out that the invention of firearms and especially of cannon...
...duty of the consular Service is to protect the interests of the Government in foreign countries and to extend and protect American trade. It differs in its scope from the Diplomatic service, which is the medium for the conduct of international affairs, but, as a result of its close relation to the various government departments, offers a valuable opportunity for the study of foreign customs, international, maritime, and commercial laws, political and commercial geography, and other subjects of diplomatic interest...
Were American trade with Canada the subject of a discussion, the casual passer-by would probably smile knowingly to himself and mutter the one word, "bottlegging". However vast this traffic may be (and it looms up largest in the minds of those who know the least about it, no doubt) it is small compared to the rest of the exports and imports between the two countries. The fact is that Canada, close to us, geographically, is becoming more and more so in here various interests. The bond that holds Canada to England is probably not so strong, economically speaking...
...reciprocity treaty or anything approaching closer relations with the Dominion. Mr. Fielding, in the recent budget report of the minister of finance, admits that Canada lost "a golden opportunity" and he has expressed the opinion that his country was "predisposed toward a reciprocity agreement which would make for better trade relations and operate to the advantage of both". The Fordney bill is not in the direction of improvement in our increasingly important trade relations. Canada made a mistake ten years ago which is no reason why the United States should make the same error today...