Show MIGRATING l MONEY l I IN N the ten years since 1922 American money to the extent of a year has migrated from the United States to foreign countries for investment purposes s. s That's nearly eight billions In such circumstances if all goes well the money eventually trickles back at the rate of 3 4 maybe 5 per cent a year thus taking from twenty to thirty years roughly speaking speaking speaking speak speak- ing to come back as a per cent profit on th the investment At the end of that time also if things go well abroad the principal sum returns In cases where the securities run for shorter terms the gross amount of or orthe the profit may be much less but in any event if everything is propitious there is a profit and the original investment comes back to the original owner of the money Just as a cow reaches through the barbed wire re to get the greener grass on the other side of the fence investors in foreign lands put pitt their money to work in America and Americans with idle dollars farm theirs out outto outto outto to foreign governments and enterprises There is something near a balance maintained maintained main main- tamed in this way but the ambitious AmerIcan American Ameri Amen can dollar goes gallivanting all over the world to a greater extent than do alien coinages Just how much money from abroad is at work in this country Is not revealed in available available available avail avail- able statistics but it in no wise approaches the vast investment of American funds in other lands Though it will settle no questions questions questions ques ques- prevalent in these days of economic upset it is an interesting way to employ spare time time to to speculate on what would be the situ situation sit sit- u in the United States if this was still at home and at work |