It seems to be generally thought among commercial leaders in this country that a big trade boom will follow the war. This trade impetus may have to be conducted along somewhat novel lines, but the demand will exist, and will be not confined to the countries of—the Allies but to all neutral nations whose commercial life blood has been for a long time in a state of coagulation.
In any cate, it ix noteworthy that the feeling of apprehension which undoubtedly existed some time ago is passing away, and that, while there may be considerable stun gency in the spending power of the wealthy, the circulation of money will set in among other classes with redoubled energy after the war. Even now, for instance, shopkeepers all over the country are noticing that purchasers on a usually humble scale are now embarking on what they would once have regarded as luxuries, and as it is inconceivable that wages will ever recede much even from their present high posi tion, one can anticipate the time after the war when the proletariat may have far greater scope of gratifying ite natural inclinations in the direction of comfort and even 2 measure of luxury. It is on an economic condition of this nature that the lifeblood of 2 manufactur ing country thrives.
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