Show WE MUST l IMPORT ORT TOO OP COMMERCE ROPER has hasp hasI I p performed a public service by reminding us that imports as well as exports are essential essential essential essen essen- to any trade recovery Pointing out out that we wo have no right to expect expect ex ex- foreign nations t to give more generous treatment nt to our exports than we give to theirs Mr Roper said It is s fundamental that we cannot sell goods to other nations without permitting them to sell Bell goods to us This means a mutually profitable exchange of surpluses u This is fundamental to be sure sure but but it is a fact th that t has been lost sight of in the thelast last few Of course it doesn't years follow that we must let et foreign nations tell us how high our tariff rates arc are to be But it does mean that we mu must t be e ready to buy uy as well as read ready to fell pell if international a trade is t to revive |