AMERICA'S HEIRESSES.
w\i 1S nhtei *<V the New York TVorld that five hundred Americui heiresses have married Europeans "with in a comparatively recent j.rrioii." ]iul aa accurate estimate of the amount of capital thus withdrawn from American r.erprises on that account j„ imposo.oie. Since, however, marriage sett'en'nn ™ t r, '. m ? ! r T £m m to £801),000 are stated to have been so numerou* us not to excite remark, it is mwd that something should be done to equalise matters, either by taxing imported bridegrooms or taxing the dowries of American brides of foreigners. Such imJpo6tS_would seem unconstitutional, but American legislative ingenuity, it i< thought, might solve the problem, and would doubtless be enthusiastically supported by American suitors who have been jilted in favor of distinguished luiglishm'on or other Europeans The New York World concludes: "At a time when legislation \n directed to conscrv;ng the country's natural resources it IS a mistake to permit the free cxportalion of cn,pital for the repair of ruined castles in Europe." It is an old controversy, this question of the exodus o! .uuerican heiresses. Tt reappears whenever n foreign nobleman* engagement on this' side is announced, or, fnilinUnit. regularly even- spring-time American suitors complain liitterlv that k'dies are dazzled by the prospect ol titles and position, and Hint Ku-O'ioans give more time and zeal to the business of courtship, so that natives, j n mi-'t respects desirable, are often badlv ban dicapped in the competition fo v hear!and fortunes. The Xew York WovV I anpnrentlv endorses the advice of MisHetty Green, Willi • street's shrew-' ivnmnn-financier, that "am- hard-work ing, sober voiine- Americui business man is good enough for the richest American girl -who ever lived. Let us keep our goods) ia the country,"
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 138, 10 July 1909, Page 3
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288AMERICA'S HEIRESSES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 138, 10 July 1909, Page 3
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