Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-03-26 | Page 4 | England Holds Danish Fortunes in the Palm of Its Mighty Hand

England Holds Danish Fortunes In the th Palm of Its Mighty Hand Fian HandBy I By Bv MILTON 1 BRONNER NEA Service European Manager 1 LONDON March 26 Denmark's 26 whole population of are as asit asit ast it t were sitting silting on the anxious bench straining training their cars ears for a word from Great Britain which may mean the difference between ruin and com com- prosperity I It is literally true to say that the British government and parliament hold old the fortunes of the little ScandinavIan Scandinavian Scan- Scan kingdom in their hands It is a situation perhaps Unmatched unmatched unmatched un un- matched before in the modern history of oC f the world Big powerful nations have lave before now decided the fortunes of f smaller weaker ones by reason of ol their heir crushing superiority on the field of f battle But this is probably the first time that the legislators of oC one country held the key to the fortunes of f another a a a aThe The whole cause of oC Denmark's anxiety is the British protective tariff tariff tar- tar iff ff policy Other nations America among mong them will be hit by a British tariff wall But those other nations when they lose ose British trade can look elsewhere for furma or markets e I But Denmark is helpless She has so o to speak put all her eggs in one basket and has carried the most of oC ofie the ie contents of that basket to Britain She nc has made it her business to supply supply sup- sup ply ly the British breakfast table with bacon acon eg eggs and butter Of her exports cx- cx ports orts per cent went to Britain last ast year Her next best customer was vas Germany with per cent In other ways too Britain was her best customer because Denmark only took from rom England per cent of her imports so that hat the thc balance of trade with Britain was always in Denmark's Denmark's Denmark's Den Den- marks mark's favor In other words when the mutual bills were settled a nice sum of gold came to Denmark It was different with Germany from whom she bought per cent of her imports So when the British government decided upon a general 10 per cent tariff on almost all aU imports it hit Denmark where she lives 0 Ii The Danes will vill not know exactly where they stand until next summer The British government has announced announced an an- flounced that all aU further tariff ar arrangements arrangements ar- ar will be held in abeyance until after the empire conference to tobe tobe tobe be held at Ottawa this summer At this conference England will tr try to come to some profitable arrangements arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments with the self-governing self do do- do minions If Il they will let down their tariff bars for certain British goods she in turn will let down the bars for dominion exports To Australia AustraHa and New Zealand among other thin things s Britain can offer her bi big market for butter To Ireland she can offer her markel market market mar mar- ket kel for bacon butter and eggs The Danes hope that by taking more British goods the they can continue continue continue con con- to hold their market for the British breakfast table To show their good will some of the Danish papers papers pa pa- pers have dread already taken as a business slogan If you cant can't buy Danish bu buy British British Brit Brit- ish