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Show I AT THE END OF THE WAR. When the wax is over. Germany, France. Belgium, Austria -Hungary and England will suffer industrial paralysis. para-lysis. The restoration to normal con diilons will be slow and the foreign trade of those countries will be at low ebb This means that tho United States must begin to seriously consider how the deficiency is to bo made up There will be a great falling Off in our exports ex-ports to those countries as the people, peo-ple, being reduced in their consuming power, will buy less and what they buy will be nothing more than necessities While the conflict lasts, America will enjoy a good demand for cereals and the accoutrements of war. but thereafter will come a radical transiormation. Before the foreign trade crisis arrives ar-rives the Industries of the United States should make persisent efforts to expand their trade with South America, Africa and the Orient China j must not be overlooked American travelers, familiar with Uhine.se trade. I picture China as a field of great pos-j sibillties, If developed by the manufacturers manu-facturers of this country Our exporters should push their business to the utmost while the world cataclysm is wrecking half of the civilized world. They should obtain ob-tain the trade of South America at al cost, so that when peace comes, 1 the reconstruction period will not find us unprepared to meet the financial finan-cial and industrial upset |