Show OUR TOURIST TRADE with the statement that what france wants from th the e uni united te d states is more tourists and less advice minott saunders american correspondent in paris points out the importance to eusope of the american tourist trade an item which we are apt to overlook oveil ook in figuring up the balance of trade between the united states and the nations across the big pond the writer points out that before the world war american tourists spent about a year in in IK c it l art ir v t t la europe now it is estimated that they let go of almost of american money in euro europe pe ea each ch year this does not include amounts spent on foreign ships the french say that they have been losing out on the tourist trade for the past few years and that americans are going in increasing numbers to italy switzerland and germany instead of spending most of their time and money in paris as formerly this situation is regarded as so serious that the french are figuring on a general scheme of advertising ver and tourist propaganda to attract this business back to france all of which is very interesting in that it points out how important american visitors are to european prosperity now the free traders are always telling us that we cannot expect our foreign trade to prosper unless we spend just as much money in europe or more than europe spends with us in order to impress as with this fact they quote figures showing that we are selling more to this or that country in europe than we are buying from it therefore they say we are draining the european nation of its gold and it must soon quit buying from us but somehow or other it seem to work out as the free traders say it will one reason why it work out is the tourist trade air ty ir ii fifi mentioned above if american tourists spend a billion a year in europe a and I 1 are arc increasing that amount each year it must be admitted that the sum is a sizeable one and does some good in restoring the balance of gold of course there are other factors which refute the contentions 0 of f the anti tariff man one of which is is that foreign trade is not a matter of trade between two nations entirely for instance we might sell more in europe than we buy and make it up by purchasing more than we sell in india europe getting even in international trade by boosting its business with the tariff schedules are arc to be revised in the coming session of congress especially in the interest of the i farmer the cry will be heard that we are destroying our foreign trade because we sell more than we buy in certain foreign countries when this argument is put up to you just think of the big sum spent each year in europe by american tourists and thinly too of the millions spent each year by american tourists in canada there is one item not to be overlooked in our trade relations with our neighbor to the north of us |