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CHAPTER V

NAVIGATION LAWS

So far I have dealt with tariffs as the weapon of defence and of offence by which our New Protectionists propose to wage "the war after the war." But there are other supplementary weapons which most of them, in concert with our Allies, desire to employ.

Supposing it be impracticable or undesirable to impose an absolute boycott on all German or other Central European goods seeking entrance to our markets, admission under a high tariff being preferable, there are various ways of hampering such trade and confining it to things that are both safe and indispensable. German commercial travellers can be penalized in the Allied countries; German firms can be refused the

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