The trade of the world . n who sits down at his din-ner-table, in the modest home of the average citizenof a civilized country, has spread before him anobject-lesson in the value, power, and importance ofskilful trading. The products of land and sea, fromice-bound zones to the tropics, lie before him. Tosecure any one of these articles which he regards socasually, for him alone, would cost the maintenanceof the city he lives in. For some of them wars havebeen fought, revolutions have been planned andcarried out, navies have been built, and weeks havebeen spent by master minds in diplomatic fen
The trade of the world . n who sits down at his din-ner-table, in the modest home of the average citizenof a civilized country, has spread before him anobject-lesson in the value, power, and importance ofskilful trading. The products of land and sea, fromice-bound zones to the tropics, lie before him. Tosecure any one of these articles which he regards socasually, for him alone, would cost the maintenanceof the city he lives in. For some of them wars havebeen fought, revolutions have been planned andcarried out, navies have been built, and weeks havebeen spent by master minds in diplomatic fencingfor advantage. Contained within the history of trading, lie allthe romance and adventure of the sea and thefrontier, the horrors of war, the privations andsufferings of exploration, the rise or fall of nations;in brief, the story of civilization and of origin of the customs duty or the tariff, as it iscalled, is found on the shores of Spain, where livedthe old bucaneers who sent their boats out into the. TRADE STEATEay 13 Straits of Gibraltar to exact toll from passing of our economic purists believe that the pala-tial Custom-house of New York City is founded andmaintained in as much immorality and iniquity aswas the establishment of the pirates of Tarifa whoexacted their toll at Gibraltar by force of arms in-stead of by law. Others have become so wedded tothis method of producing revenue that they con-sider it a panacea for all financial and economic illsof the nation. In England the taxpayer grumb-lingly puts his hand in his pocket and pays his trib-ute to government in cash, and English industryfights its battles unaided. In America the taxpayers dole is taken from himin such a way, theoretically at least, as to bring tohome industries aid that is inadequate, just, or ex-cessive as the case may be. To trade with othernations, a bargain must be made, and those whohave nothing to give, or will give nothing, can ex-pect little in return. The great f
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