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FINANCIAL ITEMS.

IN those days, when the world spoke of the five "Great Powers", money was called the sixth "Great Power" and that with füll right. It is a fact, that money means power, and that in a wider sense of the word than is generally accepted. The power of a State is limited, the power of money is unlimited, it is international. It seems ever to rejuvenate and augment itself, and it constantly draws bigger multitudes under its sway. A man who is a power in financial circles, plays his role in the world. England owes its enormous influence in politics and national eco= nomy to money. There have been other countries possess= ing great ridies, but the working, creating and ruling capital, was English.

Previous to the English, German tribes were known on the sea. Daring mariners left our shores, and did a thriv= ing business in all parts of the adjoining seas, where they founded Settlements in the northern waters, and on the Baltic. How is it, that Germany has not gained ridies, and why has it not participated in the treasures of the world, whidi, up to a few hundred years ago, were lying open to every= body? For the most part the unfavorable geographical position is to blame. On all sides, hemmed in by foreign countries, it had to suffer wars upon wars. A hundred

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