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TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND COMPETITION. 



THE BUSINESS MAN patiently and patriotically 

 submitted throughout the war while the conduct 

 of his business was taken from him through govern- 

 ment control of raw materials, fuel, transportation, 

 distribution, prices and capital. The war is ended and 

 business and industry need free rein, not gradually 

 but immediately. 



Franklin D. Jones, counsellor-at-law at Washington, 

 points out in an address to the American Academy of 

 Political and Social Science of Philadelphia, that it is 

 vitally to the interest of industry that competition, free, 

 fair and unrestricted, be reestablished. "Just as the 

 trade associations, through their war service committees," 

 he says, "rendered invaluable service to the Govern- 

 ment and their industries during the period of govern- 

 ment control, so now they can become a great and 

 constructive factor in the maintenance of competi- 

 tion." 



He points out that one of the great faults of the 

 trade association in the past was that it concerned it- 

 self largely with control of prices, curtailment of pro- 



duction and division of territory, but that its action 

 too often was dictated by desperation of its members 

 over conditions which threatened the ruin of the in- 

 dustry. Mr. Jones declares it is beyond dispute that 

 American industry must now direct its efforts toward 

 securing the greatest possible efficiency in production.,, 

 and distribution because considerations of world com- , 

 petition as well as domestic conditions demand it. 

 The facing of mass competition in foreign trade, 

 the fight of industrial interests of one nation against 

 another must be met. Against these Mr. Jones insists 

 that Aiuerican industry must present a united front 

 and that an association of associations in the United 

 States such as the Hansabund of Germany and the 

 Union of the Metallurgical and Mining Industries of 

 France should be considered. "A similar organization 

 in America founded on right principles and having be- 

 hind it the unlimited resources and resourcefulness of 

 American industries could become a great constructive 

 force in national and international affairs," he says in 

 conclusion. "In the absence of international regula- 

 tion of international trade, it is a national necessity." 





TO PROTECT AMERICAN RIGHTS IN MEXICO. 



BECAUSE of the chaotic conditions that have existed 

 in Mexico during the past eight years with such dis- 

 astrous effect upon lives and property in that country, 

 there has been organized in the United States the Na- 

 tional Association for the Protection of American Rights 

 in Mexico, with headquarters in New York City. Its 

 purposes are to make a coordinated effort to prevent 

 repetition of the gross injustices that have been com- 

 mitted in that country, and to assist in removing the 

 causes of friction between the United States and Mexico. 



Further development of Mexico's resources, with in- 

 creased revenue to the Government, reestablishment of 

 its credit, employment for its people, and an assured food 

 supply are largely dependent upon the continued help of 

 American capital and enterprise, neither of which will be 

 available for this purpose until there is an effective, 

 practical and friendly recognition by the Mexican Gov- 

 ernment of its obligation to protect American and other 

 foreign rights. 



To this end the Association will keep accurate records 

 of conditions in Mexico, will collect data regarding for- 

 eign industries there and keep informed concerning all 

 decrees, laws, and regulations affecting American rights, 

 in order to be prepared at all times to take and prosecute 

 vigorously such legitimate steps as may be necessary for 

 their protectiori. A study of the situation from the his- 

 torical, legal, and economic standpoints will also be made 

 in order to furnish accurate information to the United 

 States Government and to American industry. 



Nation-wide membership is essential and hundreds of 

 leading firms from coast to coast, including several rub- 



