The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No 8 (August 22, 1919)] . -calledMan Power bill, providing for thedrafting of aliens owing allegiance toco-belligerent countries. That amend-ment passed the House, but wasstricken from the bill on the demandof the Senate conferees. The excusegiven was that the State Departmenthad under negotiation treaties with theco-belligerent countries providing forthe drafting of aliens. The machineryof the State Department, however, wasso slow that the emergency passed be-fore any action was taken. At the time of the signing of thearmistice, American boys at the age o
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 1, No 8 (August 22, 1919)] . -calledMan Power bill, providing for thedrafting of aliens owing allegiance toco-belligerent countries. That amend-ment passed the House, but wasstricken from the bill on the demandof the Senate conferees. The excusegiven was that the State Departmenthad under negotiation treaties with theco-belligerent countries providing forthe drafting of aliens. The machineryof the State Department, however, wasso slow that the emergency passed be-fore any action was taken. At the time of the signing of thearmistice, American boys at the age ofeighteen were subject to draft, and allAmericans between the ages of eigh-teen and forty-five were held liable formilitary service. Every availablesource of man power in this countrywas subject to the call to the colors,and in the face of that necessity itwas estimated that close to two millionaliens still remained exempt and freefrom all liability to serve. The alliedcountries had taxed their sources ofman power to the limit. Every man{Continued on Page 30). TN the Middle Ages,cotton came by cara-van from India to Cairoor to Constantinople,where it was traded forgoods of Europe. Shipsof Venice or of Genoabore it West. During allthe tedious journey andtime-consuming barter-ing of the traders andmoney changers thecapital represented wastied up—useless. Modern CommercialBanking THE commodities of modern commerce arecarried, not over shifting trails and on crude,uncertain vessels, but over highways of steel andon great ships regularly plying the ocean lanes. The complex organization which exists to bringthe raw material to the manufacturer, and thefinished product to the user, depends, for itsproper functioning, upon the assistance suppliedby modern commercial banking. For example, at no time in the progress fromseed to cloth does cotton represent idle grower may be financed through his localbank; the buyer and the mill may secure capitalto carry on their operations
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