The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-01
THAT "lNVAsI0N" STILL On

It appears from a statement made by
Mr.. Conant of the Morton Trust company,
New York, and recently from Paris, that,
the american INVASION which has
started backward England into the adop-
ton of our system of consolidation and
mechanical improvements, so promoting
economies, is taking effect in France,
where American life. insurance COM
panies are doing a large and growing
business and Americans are establishing
various industries and are bidding for
several of the new suburbs contemplated
in Paris, and have put their money into
several tramways of that city. Some of
the French business men express fear lest
Americans will get control of everything
in France, but most Frenchmen of influ-
ence have no objection to receiving the
benefit of our methods Of organization as
a sure means Of securing better indus
trial development of their country, where
there has been limited promotion of mod
ern econimies in production and transport
tation.
In England it is noticeable, In this con-
nection. that the American INVASION. has
led to the construction Of many new fac
tories in Lancashire, where the cotton
spinners have been losing money for some
time, the new industries being electric
works, chemical manufacture and motor
car works, branches which were but light
ly touched before the American In
vasion" began.
The United States of America has, in
fact, stirred up the whole civilized world
| by its superior and aggressive industrial
and financial acuteness. John Bull has
been shaken up by an earthquake from
center to circumference. So has John
Bulls great competitor, Germany, which
has taken lessons from US, and France is
to be put through term of education.
Mr.. Conant notes a suggestive feature
of his observations when in Europe. He
says: =. ...: - =. r., T.
must have met dozen leading bankers
who spoke English auently; among; them ;wer,
three at the BanQue Franchise, OF which M
Rouvier, the new Minister Of: Finance wa
president. Many stock brokers make FIRE
| quent visits to London, and many Frenc1
| fnanciers have been in New York or hay
studied English in the schools. I was toll
that I could not have encountered any sucl
condition ten or fifteen years ago. Taken Il
connection with the extension of English il
the Orient, where it is almost the only com
mercial language in Japan and the Chimes
ports, Its extension over Europe Is maxim
itself practically the ruling commercial Ian
guage Of the world Educated people, wheth
. er French, Germans, Russians or ,Italiant
are beginning to feel that English Is one
- the vital elements Of liberal education
young woman on the steamer told me the
she had belonged to a golf club in German,
where nearly every member was Of a differ
ent acknowledgement, Russian, Dutch Be-
gians and Americans. I asked her what lar
guage they used. "Oh, we all spoke English,
+ was her reply. '>'.-'*t-z = ; - $40 - :
French was once the language hear
! round the world. With French a
American could travel without embar
rassment in every country in Europe. H
can do so now using his own Language
) The 130,000,000 of the iEnglish epeakin
} countries, are rapidly making their Ian
) guage the dominant tongue of civilization
, The Emperor OF Germany predicted in
recent speech that Germany was destine
i, to make the German language familiar t
} the whole world-the ultimate universe
+ language. She Is distanced, for the Ger
4 man speakers of Fatherland number hr
! 50,000,000 The Germans in this countr
are merged in the body of English speak
J. ers. The English language increasing
r dominates commerce. II Tennyson
9 parliament Of man" ever assemblies, I'll
r Language spoken will be English. n