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and even of the same price, the person who prefers the article made. in his own country' is perfectly justified in bis aboice, while in the case where the home-made article is inferior but cheaper, the immediate state of his porse may lead him not gpwisely to choose the latter. It would certainly, however, not be true economy for him to purchase an inferics and higher priced article solely on the ground that it was home-made. It will thus be aten that both in regard to the improvement of foreign trade and the growth of the national economy a middle course must be steered to avoid donger. To improve the foreign trade returns by checking imports, which the extremists in Germany and Japan advocate, ie to kill the gnose that lays the golden egge," since it tends to deprive inter- national commerce of it raison d'etre In the eme way the entire en betitution of home-made articles for foreign ones would not only tend to injure that. interchange of articles which is. the basis of foreign ermmerce, but would prove of no benefit to. the national economy, even if it epriched a few individuals.

Ching Hail,

derman Mendacity. We can caly rotice in passing the British Consul General at Munich" (what is he doing there in these times of war?) extorting Swiss merchants to boycott all German trade; and British troops robbing and destroying property. in Antwerp to the value of Fra. 200,000,000. The anguish of this last message is beartrending. Eight millions sterling worth of Froperty, which ought to have been waiting for the good German

Telephone No. 1683 troops, when they were dismissed from that boastful parade entry RAMSEY &CO.

into Antwerp to the more con- genial task of looting. The endurance of the British soldier is truly marvellone, that he could get safely away from Antwerp not only with all his guur, but also with each mountains of plunder. We agree with our contemporary's conclusion that such léperts are not intended to convey anything else than to create a bad impression against those opposing German ambition, to depreciato their en- emies and to exalt their own prez tigo. The utter imbecility of the whole of Germany's "mendacity clearly traves Low their absurd pretensione have completely destroyed their judgment,・ As the Teuson was never much of a sportsman and always a bad loser, it la highly probable that, hia lying campaign is merely the ontcome of his defeated hopes. Neither individuale por nationa can build enduringly on such a rot'en fadħdation,

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18th July 1913,

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