Show THE DOLLAR Al ARK The Goddess of Liberty has reason to feel proud of the American dollar mark for bv that sign the United States is conquering the trade of the world The pound sterling has gone down with the waning financial power of London and the dollar has taken its place in the markets of manv nat ons E en Jetters of Credit made out in dollars are pre ferred in most of the fore gn countries to those made out in pounds as the value of the latter is constantly flue tnating while each and everv American dollar is worth 100 cents Bv using the dollar letters the traveler can keep tab on his balance If he ses the pound sterling letters he will not be able to enter np in bis private a co nt the exact amount of exchange and may have to wa t some time before obta n ng the exaot information In the view of American representa tives abroad it would be dec de 11 ad vantageous to American financ al inter ests as well as matenallv ass st tro elers if the practice of iss ing dollar letters of credit could be adopted geu erallv by the bsnkers of the United States to that all foreign banks might become accustomed to them and ne er fall to accept them This a expert opinion and the advice should be frl lowed Let us get the world used to everything American while the oppor tuntty presents itself and bv the t me the war ends the foreigners will d s cover that thev cannot get along w tho t ua Let them understand that the dol lar mark representa the great American eagle ornamenting an nllm ted nun ber of gold p ecea and the rest will be com parativelv essv at least as far as en change is concerned B siness me of the leading nst ons already nierstand the aifuatlon and nd time abo Id I e lost in teaching the peo le of solated an 1 fsraway countries that tho financ al cen ter has been moved a d tlat the dol lar the sin ght do lar of the ner ca s Is s pren o n the con le cial world |