To the revolutionary mind the American vista must have been almost as incredible as Genghis Khan's first view of China - so rich, so soft, so unaware.

By 1910 he had become a financial columnist for the New York Evening Post. In 1922 he became the principal writer on economic issues for the Saturday Evening Post a position he held until 1942. 1916 at 38 he became the executive editor of the New York Tribune.

Garet Garrett (February 19 1878 – November 6 1954) born Edward Peter Garrett was an American journalist and author who is noted for his opposition to the New Deal and U. involvement in the Second World War.