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protection of our Patent Laws, and can be excluded from competition for contracts. Let German capital be refused the right to "invade" the business companies of the Allied countries; let German companies, or German-owned companies of other countries, be refused quotation upon any Allied Bourse. So it would be possible to "extirpate the cancer of German trade" from our system. But, further, an organized attack can be made upon the foreign trade of Germany, not merely in all Allied markets, by discriminating harbour dues and other hampering conditions, but by adopting various methods of attack on German shipping. Why not refuse to admit into our ports all German ships, or to allow them coaling facilities, whether they carry German goods or neutral goods? Why not "keep British trade for British ships"? or, by the broader doctrine. Allied trade for Allied ships? Some of these proposals ingratiate themselves not only with avowed Protectionists, but with some nominal Free Traders. All,

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