The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-03-27
A "WONDERLAND -
What u Thought IN Germany Of
the United staSs- Aston. = ment
ut Our FayOrabIs Balance Of
Trade
ICor Cincinnati Gaz tie !

NJ Out fhtoraDis hdsAuCe d
Trade
lCor Cincinnati Gsz tie
FRANKFoRT-oN THE MAIN, Feb. III
TIE sple DID balance of trads which our
country has FL joy.d during the past yesr
| IL som.thiDg astonishing TO the good
pofle here and heresbuu,s They IRE
sstoni-hsd, bewilder.d, terrified; for this
TO us a pillar OF light. is a dark, ominons
-hsdow to the indusirie. OF The Cd World
Ii ipspires at once respsct al d fear through
out this Continent. Nothing in fact, that
has happened during the past century,
not excepting the suppression of the
Rebellion, has given the United States so
great a name, and has C mpelled such pre-
.uad respect for our Republic al. over
Eur p,, az ihi, great Industrial and
Commercial triumph. You are playing
the mischief with us over here" said TO
me one OF the great BANKERS of Frankfort,
not thirty six hours ago. He w-s speaking
of our bal snce of trade. you have n
~ord rful country" said he at is a
peri e. marvel. Your implements, your
machinery. your inventions of al kind-
are Invading US in every department of
production. Jus. think of il: 81. o OO0,00
balance in your favor last year, and in nv
judgment that, ia onlv = beginning You
sill go to 81 600 coo, 900 before you stop"
This WAS tn language of cool, c ,lculs,ing
fnanci-r, the head 1T one Of the wealrhiest
and old at banking firms of this old banking
city. And wh,, be said is to be heard here,
in sub-tsnce, every day "Your country ia
riuually. Not all of them, Of courae. speak
L L.
For instance, i overheard, last evening. one
the great wine merchants here asking an
-legan,ly dressed lady at his side wh,t hsr
he had EVER been in Amsrica. "Nein, Colt
-ei dsnk," said che, with emphasis. The
tone of that reply indicated that che
thought go1d old Deutschland was the very
Paradise OF this earth, ard tina, America
ras the country TO which all wicked Ger
mans go when they die. So one hears now
and then. But there Is no national name
hal this day Commands more resp@ct in
than that of the United States |
And this for two reasons First, and above !
ALL becau:e of our financial success in the |
of sp Gle payments sscond, be-
c -use of cur Industrial and commercial |
success, a. indicated BY such balance Of |
-rsde az no other country in the world now
-njys.
This very day Germsn said to me he
-as astoDi-hed at the inventive activity of
The American people. "Why ia ii" said he,
that you are continually bringing out an
many new and useful thinRs?' well, said
I, zone reason If, thst our Patent Laws
rive to our inventors the full benefit OF
heir discoveries; ard m,py poor men
, ave become ,uddenly rich who have hid
vii enough to make them@lves public
'epef ,c'ors." / felt like giving him what
eemed to me another and better reason
" saving that in our country there is per-
ect freedom of iniellecttsl sc,ivify, ard
hat our political and socisl system is
uch ~ to stimulate and encourage il. But
e might not have understood that or he
night have though, it only bit of Yankee
ompast.