Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1917-10-18
Natural Thrill and Economy
Promise Rapid Progress
EXPORT BUSlHESS GROWING
Our Great Ally Possesoea Roeuper.
alive Powers Which ~ ifY Belief
That She viii Meet and Solve Tri-
umphantly the Problems Which Con-
front Her After the War.

With Paris bouleyards eChoing with
''vives" for American troops our inter
est in the welfare Of our aiIY vastly
increases, and the facts are uot lack
ing TO encourage the belief thal she is
already on the road TO recovery from
the blow of invasion by a ruthless en-
envy.
One of the most important deyel-
opments is the announcement that
one of the largest banking institutions
In America concerned with foreign
trade, the Guaranty Trust company
of New York, has opened q Paris
branch to handle the rapidly inefeas-
ing volume of French business
This action may surprise many per-
sons who had thought Of France as
bowed under a calamitous invasion.
The bank, however, gives figures indl-
eating that France is not only meeting
her military and civilian problems win
a stout heart and never failing eour-
age. but is re-establishlng her export
business with this country.
In 1914, the year of the outbreak OF
the war, imports from France to this
country totaled $141, 446,252. This to-
tal was reduced to $7715S,74O in 1919,
but last year the value of French I'M
ports to the United States rose 10
s102,077, $50.
"A nation that can achieve such a
commercial recovery while her terri
tory is being ravished by the invader,
says the Trust company's statement,
possesses recuperative powers which
Justify the belief that she will emerge
from the present conflict prepared TO
meet and solve triumphantly the PROB
iems which confront her"
The commercial and Industrial rec
ord of France, following past wars, In
dfcates that she should recover quickly
from the actual physical destruction
inflicted In the present conflict. Inc
reconstruction of railroads, the erection
Of factories TO replace those destroyed,
and the replacement of the mechanism
Of industrial activity that will be re-
CURED and that is In part already
planned, offer peculiarly inviting
field to American capital and enter
prise. Tentative steps have already
been taken by representatives OF Amer
lean engineers and business men In this
work.
Aside from its attractive business
aspect, the enlistment Of American
money and effort in the great task of
reconstruction that VIII remsln at the
end of the war viii tend to cement still
more closely the ties that bind the two
great republics together, and VIII en-
able Americans to discharge In part
the debt they owe TO France for her
friendly interest in the welfare and
progress of the United States from
the beginning of its life as a nation.
In Judging the Industrial status of
any nation, Its production and con
sumption of coal, iron, and steel and
the growth of Its transportation sys-
TENS are highly significant factors.
In 1859, French industries consumed
n million tons of coal, of which 1875
millions were taken from home mines.
In 1912, the consumption was 81 mil
lions, Of which al million tons were
taken from home mines.
In 1859, the French output Of cast
iron was 1,3S0O00 tons, and of steel,
100000 tons. In 1914, France pro-
duced 6,S11, 900 tons of cast iron and
4,8S6.000 tons of steel.