Business: 34 of 1% of the Nerve

Lustily boastful of U. S. wealth, chidingly scornful of U. S. attitude was a bulletin issued last week by Harriman National Bank & Trust Co.

After presenting percentage figures to prove U. S. dominance, the bulletin continued: "On the other hand, we would seem, by the pessimistic sentiment prevailing, to have about1%, of the courage, three-fourths of 1% of the nerve, one-half of 1% of the force and power and one-quarter of 1% of the backbone of almost any other country—England, for instance—struggling along carrying gigantic...

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