The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-05
Foreign Exploitation Will Have to Cease if Teu-
 tons Are Victorious
OPINIONS OF BANKER ! OF CONSTANTINOPLE
Backwardness of Ottoman Nation
 Comes From Ignorance He Thinks a> and Not Deliberate Aversion to Progress-Protect Investor

Constantinople. August 20.--(Corres- pondence of the Associated Press A banker of considerable prominence Tn Constantinople has given the Asso- Siated Press correspondent some idea of what may be accomplished Tn Turkey in event of the war having a favorable outcome for the Turks. Al though the banker stipulated that his name should not be used at this time, his position and knowledge of the country are such that his statements. rven appearing anonymous. may be considered as of unusual importance.
 Discussing the essentials that would make Turkey a strong and seIf-con- tained political unit after the war. ha said at the outset that what Turkev needed today most was an economic policy that would leave something for conlng Generations. In other words. eApioitation would nave to cease.
 The undeveloped resources of inc ottoman empire are enormous" he con- "'hueo. Turkey. for instance. could meet The entire grain shortage Of Flu rope If Its soil were adequately til.d ana marketing facilities provided. Turkey could supply all of Eurona wifi, 1ruit and ship fully one-half of the meat now imported by European coun- "les from South and North America
 ana New Zealand The in- t"sent cultivation of cotton would piace Turkey next to the United States es producer of the staple The olive oi inous'ry could be increased a thou Sand times. More wool could be ex. ported. Ports of Anatolia and Syria are especially suited for the raising oi plants of great medicinal vaIue Even coal for fair value could he shlpped to the Mediterranean conn tries" 'ouh-
 Before any of these things could bo made possible, however. said tbe hanI,ar the ottoman government would have 'o realize that a stable economic nolicv vas necessary. Some of the Yorns turks mad already arrived at such a oonciusion. but little had been done wen py them, he asserted
 Patience is Required
 but We must De patient IT. ; hardly two years now since tbe Tnr,rs themselves have taken to work Trn 10 mat time the Turks held the erron oous notion that work was not nartia uiHriy ennobling. that work, after ali ,, lor otners-kur1s. Greeks and Ar 'hehiahs. With the Turks holdine tho reins of government this vieu, oo,'s eau put 10 one result-a total lack of iounu. economic thought Wbatevor as oone had the meeting Of imn,ad iate needs as it's objective. Exploitation thia mos. ruthless nature ensued. Under ms system the splendid foreets oe Turkey were destroyed: tbe noa,'. was taxed to death and given m onnon .uh.ty to improve, either himself or hi s iano honest investors Were l,ert a,,s Tr~t ine country with the result that .urney today has no industries and IS obliged even to shin its oIi1, VI 70 Italy for refinement The absanoo nf a.i economic understanding on the mart VI those In power under the ola ,o sime was appalling. Those wishing to establish themselves in some industr,, or ousiness in Turkey were usually asked to pay for the privilepe ir th y form af a bribe to some official
 Aiready conditions have improved put there Is much room for betterment yer: But I am not one of those who Malntain' rnaliciousiy. think, that the Aurk Is constitutionally averse to progress He simply does not ,s . rule. understand that what may hano ct Tit others. will benefit him. The Turl. ie suspicious of all strangers. he is ALSO covetous enough to envy the for eigner whose skill and enterprise lead 70 success He does not understand that similar qualificat tion and exer- tion on his own part would produce a like result ''
 Such a condition could have but ore result the stagnation one finds in all parts Of the Ottoman empire Religion has nothing to do with that. hay, many Turkish friends who enjoy ma terial well being along with their religion and l am quite sure that the Anatolia r peasant Is capable of relishing bott 0aviare and vaudeville, if he could hy, secure them"
 Needs Railroads Badly
 Turkey needed a rapid extension o, It's railroad system" said the banher 'It needed more roads, though nara. doxical as 1t might seem Turkey bad never had so many good roads as bo1 been built during the war. Then. ths peasant would have to be trained anf relieved from much of the Deity inter. ference he Is still subject to Conmerc. ought to be given the opportunity of de. veloping under the impetus of unrest,tct cd competition. Manufacture should h, placed beyond the reach of govern, inent interference. with the control 1ef, entirely to the circumstance that Tur. key. as sn open market, would alwav, enjoy the price regulation resulting iron competition between the home and for. eign manufacturer
 Among other informants. the corra. spondent found some who held that Tur. key was incapable of formulating a souns