Show 4 1 Increasing the Burden ETEn to send end millions o of barrels of American flour to Europe seems to obsess obsess' the United States Grain corporation Julius Barnes head hend of or the corporation declares that it will be sold to En- En rope rope on credit unless Congress authorizes loans to finance the the- sales There seems no end to the munificence of our American officials where Europe is concerned Her cre credit it is made practically inexhaustible the disposition heing to g give ge e it to Europe if it cannot be sold on the cash and carry plan at home Credits already extended to to Europe are aro a burden on the back of the American people Proposals to increase this by a deal in flour cannot strike a responsive chord No doubt the grain corporation is determined to protect the tho guaranteed guaranteed guaranteed guaran guaran- teed price of wheat There is a a. question however howe whether the course taken reduces or increases the American loss European paper is keeping the cost of living lhing in the United States at a n distressing point Our generosity is making it possible for Europe to outdistance us in negotiation of the tho reconstruction period Wo We arc are feeling the competition tod today v but long before the debt is paid we will realize the folly of our course j It is high time time- that the American people were ins insisting insisting in- in s upon a a I little conscientious consideration for for their problems TIll The policy of credit abroad and cas cash at home homa is testing their tolerance They should enter a vigorous protest official acts which are arc destined to t. t prolong prolong- tho the period of readjustment in the United 1 t States Since the grain corporation feels it must give Jour away would it not be better to bestow the benefits at home by making official losses a means mean of facing a n revision of American Amican prices in the right direction di- di tion 7 1 |