El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08

saw so much money in circulation and
all American money, too. except the
subsidiary coinage. With an OCCASION
al Cuban coin the equivalent or our
silver dollar. Even their % cent con
e nickle- Sugar lands are out OF Elsnt
and they are filling Up sUamDs and
draining them to get more auslr
lands OF course. the reaction VIII
come some day but there IN Cu1a
Is the boom and prosperity as things
stand today. Gambling Is wide open
and money IS IN the air. 90 70 SPEAK
witnessed a bail game mat ne
Cubans call jall' 10 was more thrill
ing than baseball and that ia saying
something for an American IKE me
II was PLAYED between two pairs OF
hfrhlv skilled contestants and u was
said that $4,000 changed hands On
the game. Gambling is government
MONOPOLY. This includes the lot
tsries"
Although the natural resources %
the United States seem % atagger
the estimating mathematical mind
yet there Is a limit % the qrolQc-lN1-
ness OF our farms and forests. mines
and rrauufacturers. and b. would De
wen for Us 20 remember that Wnl-a
farming and manufacturing have al
WAYS sustained peoples. an countries
that have made and malnralned 6r7A-
wealth have Accumulated tneF sur
plus BY way Or foreign conn e-es5
said John B Gordon OF New lura
CITY. Until the world war We nal
such an enormous home demand ana
were 50 busy developing our own
resources that we did not find q nee
essary TO force our goods on ot1er
countries, in fact, had been una1-a
20 supply the demand made on US
Conditions have changed and p e
must meet hereafter the compeL1llol
OF England. France, Germany ana
Japan II We would maintain the imam
cial position the war has given rs
Il our PEOPLE consume 50 much az
they now seem % require We m-tA
produce more than we have been a1-
uustomed and must sell an enormous
surplus IN foreign markets. we can
not destroy as much as we now are
without making a great ceal more
money than al present our c1nsuIlp-
tion pace has passed our proQuc-4o-
position II we SIT SIN ana a---.
the other countries 20 form tra-s
routes and supply for some tine rl1
Boobies thar should belong % our
commercial interests. a1t-r WINE
when we need TO sell them, We c-l-
not. Trade routes are Ike n4olls -
that when once formed are n-Il -
break after a people have oeen ISIS
certain goods for long perlo-s rs
Is exceedingly difficult 20 make them
buy anything Just as gocli OF even
somewhat better
The United states cannot Al-1--
to count the cost OF securing me pest
available men for couuse-s and trade
experts We must learn from anclent
Mediterranean cities. the league o.
cities Of medieval Europe, and moo
ern EncIand and Germany. the secrets
OF trade. and realize more FULLY -l-t
wealth comes most surely ron
foreign commerce, wealth ls the bass
OF national strength The tremendous
force that Germany sent against the
allies was accumulated largely from
made in Germany articles tnat even
vet may be found all over the Worll-
While il Is not pleasing FOR ula1
TO see on the back OF DIS l.1-a ----
SIN 81 imperial Germany. be may
learn a lesson from q however mucq
re- nav condemn himself tor havlns
innocentIy furnished some Of the
powder and projectiles that sent MS
fellows into the spirit world