Show an English mans view of Us herbert N casson london editor has written a message to american business men which is in part as follows you have half the gold in the world and half of the machinery and most of the automobiles and all of the skyscrapers sky scrapers you have the greatest home market in the world and the largest corporations that the world has ever seen you are ruled more by ideas and less by tradition than any other people in the world you have usually done what you thought you could do how can it be possible that a progressive nation of people can be wrecked by the speculations of a little handful in wall street the prices that were forced too high had to come down today all prices are too low there is now a golden opportunity for every man who has eyes to see it dollars are now being sold for thirty cents at A IS ual 1 every security in the united states is now being sold at less than its value the way to create a fortune is to buy from pessimists pay your money and take the ask anck started his career by buying coke ovens in the slump of 1873 carnegie made by buying steel plants in slumps hundreds of fortunes have been made by buying from pessimists in five years from now most american business men will belong to the 1 I wish I 1 had club then it will be too late to buy a dollar for thirty cents the opportunities will be gone when a horse balks the balk is in its head not in his legs he moves on when he thinks he will and when an americana business man is depressed the slump is in his head there ii noth ing serious to prevent him from making money if he thinks he will when fear rules the will nothing can be done but when a man casts fear out of his mind the world becomes his oyster to lose a bit of money is nothing but to lose hope or lose nerve and ambition ambr tion that is what makes men cripples this silly depression has gone on long enough get rid of it it is inside of you rise and walk |