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Show itfiVtei'Tin1fr I jHE High Production Costs ill Work Against Us in International Competition i solute recession in terms of dollar value was less important. The showing of copper exports was approximately reversed, with the absolute decline far more weighty than the relative decline DANA total exBy JOHN Both copper and oil ports. of Street Wall Writer) (Magazine show a moderate trend products reversal economists are since 1937-3Government pretty gloomy over the outlook for World Trade Necessary. postwar exports of our agricultural As the situation is now products. Official inside view is that up, expansion of world tradeshaping is esthe American farmer stands to lose sential for a prosperous postwar much of his export markets in the agriculture. We shall need expanded years after the war, some perhaps foreign outlets as well as retention who Those study of very quickly. home consumption these problems can see only sharpif our farmers are to have markets ly reduced foreign outlets for our for their productive capacity. The cotton, wheat, corn and most other difficulty will be to find these marfarm crops that once were exported kets abroad. If,., we fall short of on a large scale. to use all that the farmer putting is exthat agricultural The belief can produce the prospects for agriports will resume their long-terculture, and indeed our whole econdowntrend once the relief period im- omy, are greatly circumscribed. mediately following the war is over; There has been much reliance in and the potentials of even that period the recent past on postwar relief may fall considerably below earl- needs abroad to enable us to dispose ier estimates. Thereafter, we must of our and surpluses at maintain, reckon with increasingly sharp com- least for some years, a high level world in the market which, of petition agricultural production and exbecause of our high prices and proEstimates of such needs, howports. duction costs, invariably favors the are now being considerably ever, foreign seller. This trend, it is scaled down and in some quarters thought, may be affected but hardly it is whether relief needs questioned reversed by international agree- will be great enough to absorb even ments on world trade in agricultural the food inventories the government products which will be sought by expects to have at the end of the our government in an effort to mainwar. Indications are that agricultain our share in world markets. ture in most parts of Europe has This unpromising outlook appears survived the war in good shape. not confined to farm products alone. What with the strong impetus that Even textiles, especially cotton texwar has given to the trend towards tiles, may conceivably follow much self sufficiency, many European the same course, once countries, except those always shortages the world over have been heavily on imports, will dependent made up. New competition in the soon be to fill their own food able d textiles field by indusrequirements. Thus it is feared nations such as Brazil, that trializing surpluses will again plague Argentina and others must be added most food exporting countries soon to that traditionally offered in highthe war ends. Two years after after er grade cotton goods, and woolens, cessation of hostilities, it is estiby such nations as Britain. mated that we in the U. S. will Cotton Loses Most. almost certainly again be faced with In the iagricultural field, we have the chronic agricultural surpluses of priced ourselves out of the export the prewar era. Realizing this, fedmarket to a major extent, fosteri- eral are agencies ready for ng a big rise in foreign production a pitched battle getting postwar against which now looms as a formidable federal poliparadoxically, gluts; competitive factor in the postwar cy has fathered these prospective era. In copper, low-coforeign and our declining chances. ducers defied successful competition surpluses cotton which is bound to face Take abroad by our own producers. In in postwar intensified competition virtually every field, however, the world markets and additionally prewar trend fcway from multisynlateral trade bore a large share of must cope, increasingly, with averPrewar thetic fibers. exports responsiblity for our steadily retroaged about five million bales angrading position. to Britain, the Cotton, our leading agricultural nually, principally and Japan. continent European export crop, declined most in relat- Wartime reduced to were exports ive importance. In 1929, cotton ex- about 1.5 million bales a year, ports amounted to 14.9 per cent of exe and to Britain total exports; this ratio declined to mainly our to Canada. Today, 7.7 per cent in 1939 and 5.4 per cent port sales amounts to some cotton carry-ove-r in 1940, the latter already 10.5 million bales with a new large reflecting in part the war influences While the wartime and embargo measures impeding crop coming up. been offset by has in loss exports the free flow of our exports. Only home increased consumpsharply slightly less drastic was the decline tion 11 million bales a (around in shipments abroad of petrowar for purposes, leum products. In 1929 these came year), mostly of maintainlittle is there prospect to 18.2 per cent of total exports with a high level after the war. the ration subsequently dropping to ing such The most that is expected of domes12.3 per cent in 1939 and 7.9 per cent tic requirements is about seven milin 1940. lion bales while exports may acThroughout these" years, the ab- count for less than two million bales, solute drop in dollar value was us right off again with sizfrequently far greater than the per- starting annual able surpluses topping the centage decline relative to total carry-oveheavy export volume, largely due to price Our Prices Too High. variations. In wheat, the long-terIt is obvious that we shall be undowntrend was hardly less proable to compete in world markets at nounced, relatively, though the ab- to anything like present prices; aid the will require compete at all of heavy subsidies which in turn would draw reprisals from other D& cotton producing countries and inevitably lead to more restrictive By PHYLLIS BELMONT trade barriers. Besides, this method, freely used in prewar years, runs counter to our avowed desire for greater freedom of trade. On the other hand, we are not inclined to' give up our parity program and and other price bolstering measures at home. In fact, judging from latest indications, the South appears bent on setting the stage for a repetition of the economic tragedy of the 1930s by demanding that the government again intervene to help the cotton planter hold a world market commodity at a price that the world is not willing and not compelled to pay. wheat farmer Question Is it proper to refuse a The course at dinner, if the diner does finds himself in a similar predicant care for the food? ment; he faces dwindling export Answer At a large dinner a guest markets and eventual necessity for may refuse a course without being drastic acreage reduction. Wheat to fude. But at a small dinner it is production this year is expected rude to refuse any dish that is of- exceed one billion bushels compared fered, since the hostess has probaoutput of 759 with average 1935-3- 9 bly taken great pains to plan her million bushels. The world s four countries. menu. Even then though the guest major wheat producing merely nibbles at the portion he U.S.A., Argentina, Australia and fakes, it is correct to take it rather Canada at the end of July had a bi ion fhan refuse entirely. total wheat supply of three billion reone At a large dinners one should bushels, consisting of fuse second and it production helpings because bushels carry-ove- r the progress of the meal. But of around two billion bushels. Esti four af a small, informal dinner where mated domestic needs of these there are only a couple of guests, countries are about 1.4 bUhon bushone may take a second helping if els, leaving 1.6 billion bushels for desired. export and carry-oveWNU Feature. Ledger vis-a-v- is 8. war-expand- ed m war-creat- ed lower-price- st lend-leas- low-poi- nt r. m lihai to mid-weste- if H rn de-fu- ys r. Syndicate. fnn nr '" RICH COUNTY REAPER. RANDOLPH, UTAH Foreign Markets for U. S. Agricultural Goods Will Be Small After War, Economist Predicts Our r THE CHEERFUL CHERUB "GAY GADGETS" Associated Newspapers WNU Features. pkiloaopky, By NANCY PEPPER Altogether, an exportable surplus of 800 million bushels will remain on hand to supplement 1945 production. Here again, our price support policy will make it difficult to dispose of the large surpluses which inevitably will build up once urgent relief needs are met. The latter, in view of the trend towards in foodstuff production of many nations, may be far smaller then generally assumed and competition of producers may further limit our regular export outlets. A Farm Surplus Again. In short, we shall have, not long after the war, a farm problem rather than a fobd problem. Instead of hungry mouths begging for food, agricultural surpluses will go begging for a market. In view of this, agricultural economists are greatly concerned about the governments pledge to maintain minimum farm prices at 90 per cent of parity for at least two years after the war, with its corollary of undiminished high production. Rather, some experts estimate that we could dispense with 20,000,000 acres of farm land after the war and still meet all food demands even with full production. It means that we could easily shift a million or two of workers from agriculture to manufacturing but actually, the postwar trend is likely to be just the other way, thereby further aggravating the over-al- l problem. In wheat, too, hopes of regaining or maintaining our export markets rest on future cooperation of wheatexporting nations within the framework of an international agreement; such an agreement, in fact, already exists but in the light of present indications, its continued functioning is not likely to reverse the down-tren- d long-terof our wheat exports. A more likely longer range solution of the wheat farmers dilemma is further crop diversification, already under way, and modification of our price support policy together with continued cost reduction through mechanization. That such a course would eneconomic repercustail sions, goes without saying, quite apart from the polical considerations that stand in the path of early modification of the governments price support policy. Fortunately, at least for some time to come, we can count on substantial offsets. World demand for our manufactured products, both consumers durable goods and producers goods but expecially the latter, promise to exceed anything so far experienced if present tentative indications hold good. While it lasts, this should go far towards balancing if not offsetting the economic consequences of our declining position in the export commodity field; in point of dollar value, it should more than compensate for prospective losses in the latter category. At the same time, it should give us time for the economic adjustments at home clearly called for to bring about a better economic balance in the light of the foreign trade pattern as it may evolve in the future. In this task of course we do not stand alone. It is must without which a universal the world can have neither stability nor prosperity for any length of time. self-sufficien- low-co- st m far-reachi- ng I dorvt qyite g'et New Tkookt KEEP YOURSELF IN Whats knittin, Kitten? Well, in case you dont know, well drop some stitches for you in this column. All the gals are clicking needles these days. Incidentally, a favorite type of knitting container is a cereal box, covered with wall paper and topped with a braided yarn handle. Half N Half One of the big advantages of knitting your own is being able to pick exactly the colors you want. Lotsa knittin kittens are combining over pieces In my domain I am the boss, vel at my size. 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