Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-31
GROWTH OF WORLD
TRADE n CENTURY
Accumulated Wealth Two Billions
in 1913: Was Fifty Bill
lions Il 1919.

The chief causes of the growth oi M
eernational commerce trom less lhah
1000 900 oOQ in 1918, to approximately
$50 Ooo, 600, 600 IN lolS, y discussed IN q
settlement mad' public hv 'hr National
CITY Bank of New York Growth IN popu-
lation. chcarcning W transportation, ana
division of labor among groups ol men
he world over were. according to the
bank the rhlcl causes IT tins expansion.
"Ne can .rarsclv rcailr.' the state
mont said that man. Who he'd only been
aide ~ build ~ world trade ct 5000.
unO mo year ~ al the centuries oi his
i've upop tk,. elrhr. should haNr suddenly
IN ON, century increased . to so Uhn COO,
naO " hen Dan Il l'od, a Virginia engine
builder. cquic n 1915 Ia \cW York then
holding unl, 6O0n" poplr hlitd with The
lca that be- eoul hmld IA nunc which
would driVc vessel across thr Ntlantic,
and persuaded l'rtncI- lick"l tn hWld 10"
,hp 'ur hlnl, the, lpintly and on' section
ui TIC ioundatnn lor the tremendous
growth II world commerce l'hr Others
are the ralrpad. the tclcgraphs thr tcl"-
thon"s and IN, financial and banking
.N~tcms
1t was ust I'm years ago that tho
tti, tcau.rr th, SaNnnlh hmli n
N,v Anr Tor ~, transatlantic yNJpri
neri Iu->,d out 81 \rw York - S:,,aI
nah, Go, winch port Il lrit i lew months
l4tcr on rs ~4y.V~>iul venture g,re> th,
ocean - Winch h, s'ctuship Wa up
H. that tuu, unLnuwp liy l~1O uorld
International rai, h1d y vn q : tNW
uAl.usl hA laOo II va SO nnn.oF' lNu
laIs so. .nlu un 'spn aud I'll th, N,tH. u..t
ending .rrrr, g.tgd r,b3hlN 80 uoOlpu
tHN when u,t stred nj thr lutat.d .ss.
rtnc, ~ th, pr, nt i,Upd Meantime.
vollo ral'ON ,d rlawu Isl II Gtn
ualcs 4 Is Z tl,u.. {, fc.,l., tht sul
loo N,ai, gga th, world h3l ro 81, ,t ~up
crossing fh n,, s. uyt ma, a railNaA 30
X loot - Telegraph aeran edible ST f,.
iar ;clephuu, Ntf.l, t,l,rrtrhN III
H.tat teh. tines A. d rfelI, ID
th. pre-. III (, n,uf..a
M, ul sau',d au, 'la' duuu. II.
centuN 80 power iTtu,@oriatlu ISIS
a. lal,, th ufl ..sm~ ip- .rv &.
about - rNl OnO pef TONS. S.'' glly II
thc bcglnuu. FL the .tt, Mt bout
S-tssl lpNUn. whlp ta world rall
roads hid GROWN ~ .1 fun u,b,. ufh =
yalu. pr.ha' Il o' SruNonnonO'
.Nlth III. spi m.f,a-. Els 1rd pra.
duetIau u ih E-t ,,I,r' afarN tt,
statrnput ,aiftuuri ', faonrN ~ thc
world ha. 81 a.wu 'rum >In0uuuo oupO n
lSa6 ta 4hunt sie.utsf nN oIp u th,
beginu III ID q, European
lhea Nth th oe.o-~ti, far r,ai<
currency which i3li ,ut. a ti u.t,n-
- war ramc ~ uarmn.~ nfiauln a'.i
'he world mon.l IL. lalng Ri, En-
aovcrcd paper IS noV ,aut SO nOu
~ 600. The banking puVct 4, thD
world which Was estimated - srccrtcd
afAarl.~ i: los Than S.nlu ont UOn
ln ia am $1,000 0sn Oao iu l>an +, rs
r-utahlv - .npc pon np0 HI Iali .rf
sa~ j. ralr~, cuolmau~'V increased ..ur
ng ths W..r reris. ul haul lHf rea,rt &
It'll extremely important fut .r Il. v.t.t
trade an4 pdl, Il. -ra. ne II Hi,
auce.
The prin p,i .lsc ti,c fr.-
mendous Int,rn.l rI cv.t.ret- ul. f
t4v. grown with such un,N mn = r4,5t.-
;t within the las r,n'.ir, e.r 3. t4t.I iu
,ipcle and vcrl Inst phrt-, dI,l-.au
4: llhor, ~, assignment Il t,rt. .fr area.
and thetr peaIa, Il tae prndl Dou IT
certain srtelc- tnT ntcr iu51 II Wu,l
,umnerr, J. vt~ uul p ( tam
IN. could pra.g., nh,it uaf, -I#o ---
ul', than c,rtau ,'hrr ar rI n -
was tr!, alea ~ d r#t,rene &. t.r t.r
great requirements mal ..-s. urs
ug4f, faa. ca.'., cotton, n se5 -.lh rof,
corp.r I'm. iamh,' ln3m r.ahc. .ni
manaiact ,rc~. tni That the r.~p.,t tlts
areas mlls -s.f.3 - fl, tn ti.t.ot 81
the, lrd.ylduA .rt.eie~ uad araau.-
th,m muck uri, p4AlH ari .,ll4
than could ether .aut- -,4.ai.u- .t,r.
espcclallv j - II. Ataa,ut. +
cheap and plentiful '-su>i i,sr'.t4oh ia.Il.s
tIes these 1rtlrl,, ealh. i. r,4ali uDt.I
from 'hc ulsr 81 prplue-lnu a. tAt pl4e..
Vhcrt required Co~t E. trar> >portatlou
llas teeu - reduced that B-Ifi>h work. :
man ,auld u lal0 pay with en- da, s
labor. IA. ,-' 81 transporting s Wear s
supply - hrtad md meat from tu. N,I--
G,-Ipm Valley q IN own Ipor ni ~,
application . yewef - farming had nadr
a. posslt !, u 1910 - produce a hI>hel 81
wheat WITH feu muutes =. humm labor
against tiree hour, ~ labar s,lurcd 70
produe" $ hushei IN, hutdr,d wears
earllef