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Show TRADE IN FUTURE. f v' Ever since the European war began f1 the German government has been mak- u ing plans for the replenishment of the empire upon the return of peace, for it f was realized at the outset that the eoun- try would he in desperate financial dif- j f iculties and t hat the merchants and j manufacturers would lose a great share of their foreign trade. I'erhaps the government had no expectation of lie- ing I -eaten, but , nevevf heess, it wn jj considered necessary to take all steps I that, could lie taken to prepare for the S fut u re. Si nee the I ' n ite( St a I es ha- i e.e'--d the m ;ir M'n '..,f In- I,- f,,r ;,... nmy 's foreign trade has visibly dark-I ued and the im penal government has een 'moved to still greater efforts to I'eparc for the time when the German ner-'liant vessels a-'e free to travel eross the ocean with the products of he em pire. i 'According to the latest dan a very mportant part in the work of replenishment replenish-ment has been assigned to the German lereantile marine. The German hips re to be employed exclusively for the iermaii trade. The control of all px-(ort px-(ort prices is to be lodged in govern -icnt hands, and . a government guar-utee guar-utee of payment is also to be offered o foreign firms disposed to make welve-month credit consignments to ho German trade. Under such eircum-tanees eircum-tanees it is probable the governments of other great nations will be compelled com-pelled to stand at the back of the home merchants and manufacturers in order that they may have an equal chance with the German overseas traders. Trade after the war is the only hope for Germany. It is equally true that the other nations must sell products abroad if they are to enjoy prosperity. Great Britain, of course, still holds much of the business she enjoyed before be-fore the war, and had ships been available avail-able would have captured a great deal of the German trade. She will have a great advantage, over all the other nations, na-tions, except the United States, and we must have a large merchant marine if we continue long in the field. We suppose sup-pose the government at Washington has this in mind while letting contracts for all sorts of erft. A great mre!ia-ut marine is one tiling we should get out of the vir. |