Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-16

me,slous denatA for food products
anu Noit are one sof the main countries
TO SUPPLY 1t. r should think In the
long run u SHOULD mean q general
trade boom for the United States. and
this war will hhve taught many the
instability OF many other kinds of in
eest:nents and make we'll selecte-,
rarm mortgages stand out strong in
that respect. a.
Investors At Sea.
l am afraid 1t is too early to form
an opinion as to, what will be the at-
titude of investors after the. war. AT
the moment they seem very much ut.
sea, and will be for some time.
Little Immigration.
hardly think the end of the war
would mean Il large immigration from
these countries to yours. If the war
would mean the surplus stocks Of
most things required would be very
much reduced. The workers will also
nave been reduced by hundreds of
thousands. If not millions. Those two
Things alone should help to create
boom conditions here. More work
ana better pay, and strange as it may
seem to you. l believe the great mass
OF the workers here will be only too
giad TO settle down and try and see
II the improved conditions cannot be
taken advantage of to help them to
catch up. They are all very well used
70 heavy taxes over here now. And
the payment of the new war debt will
nave 10 be spread, not over years,
but generations. 1t is true the inter-
est alone will be a great burden
should the allies win there is sure to
be period Of good trade in Great
Britain, France and Russia, and I can
not see where we can expect an in
crease In immigration from these
three countries. But with. Germany
ana Austria it might we'll be different.
AS you no doubt know, the immigra-
ton from Germany has almost ceased
FOR the past few years. But if they
lose in this war they will no doubt
be III very bad way of business, as
the greater part of their foreign trade
Will have gone. Most of their colon
les Will have gone, and there will be
a considerable feeling against them in
many countries. These will all effect
their trade, but ] think only for a
time You cannot suppress a nation
OF to'Uoo,oOo people, even il one
wanted to, and there is no one here
that wants to kill Germany as a. ma
ton, but we do want to kill their IDEA.
or Prussia's idea of military brute az
eresslon. Therefore You might we'll
expect for time'a new flow of immi-
grafton from both Germany and Aus
tr1a- But 1t is hard to say until one
knows the nature of the peace terms
l quite agree with you it would
seem to us who know America that
those poor downtrodden people that
have the means would get away from
such conditions. But we know they
did not even before the war, and in
most cases they were bad enough
then. The question must have risen in
your mind when over here as it has
done In mine many times, why do
these people stay here under such
conditions. with America only ten
days away from them? There are
many answers no doubt. But the
main one, think, after the means.
Is they do not know America as YOU
and | do, and it seems we'll nigh inn
possible to make them know it.
Then there Is the lack of nerve and
courage to make the plunge. Country
takes fearful hold on us. I know
1t for I broke away myself once. But
it's quite mistake to millions of
those poor people, but 1t is there as a
hard fact rs.