The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-31
By Isaac Wolf, Jr.

By Isaac NOilt Jls
 American business men should awak- n to the fact that the greatest chance or trade expansion is going to come the United States as a result or he war. and that there are great op- .ortun!ues for trade expansion with 'ermany and Austria.
 Germany and Austria have a com ,ined population of about ll5OOO GOO
 The manufacturers of the United rtates should arouse themselves to he fact that these two countries are -oing to offer a supurb market for ,merican goods. The goods which were hitherto imported from Great lritain and Ter colonies, from France
 nd from Rus-ia. can. in large or
 CT. be supplied hereafter by the manufacturers of the United States
 The harvests in Germany last fall were almost normal Tho yield of we exceeded that of previous years " mill on and a half hundredweight
 nd ryc forms tho staple article of 'ooo.
 The commodity market shows con- iderable increase of prices, but the government has enacted various meas lres to regulate the sale and has put maximum prices on nearly all food tufts. to prevent undue and unwar- qnted burdens on the populations by 'nscrupulcus dealers. The essential act is evident that there is no dan ger of tho country being starved. and alsIng the country at large German conom'c life shows all signs of es- abllshed soundness.
 In scrutinizing the future of Ameri- -an exports into Germany 1t can be -afely said at the outset that soon at- CT the war tremendous boom may Se expected. Three conditions. how ,ver, govern this desirable and hoped or situation viz.:
 First. the friendly political relationT old between America and Germany will continue.
 Second. That the same commercial 'elat.ons continue unharmed on eith- 'r side by prejudice or envy.
 Third, That American exporters 'eal with their German customers di' .ect.
 As president of the American asso ,ation of Commerce and Trade ir 'erlin desire to impress upon all he trade organizations in the United 'tates the power they possess in dis 'eminating seeds Contrary to the acts as they evidence themselves to- 'ay) for the development of civiliza- on and fostering the international rade-a power which murt and will bring about a, better understanding md more friendly feeling among all he nations of the universe.
 (ey Prof. George S. Atwood)
 Many are the conjectures risked as 10 what the prospects for American .rade with Germany will be after the war. It must be acknowledged that The present feeling among all classes of Germans is that of hostility toward | everything American. Still, business Is business and will. be carried on af- ter the war with renewed vigor, as business and personal likes and dis l'kes are not factors of business mat ters. Of one thing we may be sure; there will be no boycott of American goods, even if trrmpeted forth at the present time by insignificant provin- ,ial sheets.
 Germany. for instance needs Ameri- can apples, as good apples are not raised in Germany, at least to any great extent. although they could be. For the same reason the United States farmers need German beet and other seeds. although they could raise hem themselves; but we are a young country and time is money, and if we ,an save time by getting other peo- ,les to raise our seeds. as only one notance. we do 1t to save our time md money
 Tn the case of shoeI and footwear, ,,,offft ,rrfil 4,,rn fho ooo1n In favor