The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-02-26
(From the Type Metal Magazine)

by fifty years Of trading relations
We have been advertised.
8. We have a merchant marine
that we never had before.
4. We viii lnow export, manufac'
tured products where In the past we
have principally exported raw mater.
ials.
S. We have better worldwide bank
ing facilities than ever before in our
history.
6. Most of the worlds financing for
developments, improvements and res.
toration must be done here, and 1t is
only natural that the purchases Of
materials and supplies will be made
here.
Z. Germany will not be competi-
tive factor in the future, as in the
past, for reasons Of prejudice and the
fact that her trade attention will be
confined to Russia and the Far East
for many years to come.
8. The profits from foreign trade
will circulate here in America and
bring increased purchasing power,
prosperity, to our own people.
9. Our allies and our enemy are
more war-worn than we, with their
more than three years of war; they
will not be as able to supply world
markets as quickly as America, for
it will take a longer time for them
to get back into industry.
10. We have found in the past
four years that we can produce more
and better goods, and cheaper, with
our well-paid labor than Germany
with her low-paid and child labor, for
the reason that our labor does more
work in ag iven time.
II. Being manufacturers for foreign
trade rather than just exporters of
raw material, our payrolls will be
larger for more purchasing power,
prosperity, at home.
IL. We have learned to produce at
home what We used to import-the
money we used to send abroad will 10
the future stay here.
10. We have spread knowledge Of
American manufacturing and trans
portation methods in France, which
means that hey will want our pro.
ducts and machinery in adopting
them.
IA. We have learned that waste Is
criminal, which will aid our future
prosperity.
Is. The young men returning from
abroad will have better health, de-
mand higher standards of life, and all
for their greater productive and pur.
chasing powers and to greater gener
al prosperity.
16 We have learned to use the
tractor on the farm within these four
years of war, and which will mean a
greater innovation and as much to
our added future prosperity as the
introduction of steam into general
industry.
II. Think of the boom to the tex
tile industry and merchandising in
dustry by more than four million men
buying civilian clothes.
Is. We may be unprepared for
peace, but if we are as unprepared
for it as we were for warmly, may
the Lord help our trade rivals!
10. Even prosperity we have occum
ulated will make a purchasing power
that will keep us generally prosper
Gus for three years.
20. America has lost little man
power in the war; Europe has lost
much.
81, Our shelves of ordinary require
ments are now empty.
%. Our cities require vast build
ing projects.
20. Our railroads require repairs
requirements and extensions, and
which is in itself a very large con
tribution to our prosperity in pur
chasing power.
"a. If we can stand the test of wal
in prosperity. we can stand the tes
of peace in prosperity.
%, More people in more parts o
the world have been made receptive
to new ideas and new utensils of lif,
than ever before, by reason of this
war-they have been introduced Il
artificial ice, sanitary devices, laun
dry machinery, and everything dowI
to the safety razor-the demand fol