The North American is Europe's nightmare. Statesmen, publishers, manufacturers, and workers of the Old World lose their sleep when they think about him. Their imagination gives him a colossal seize. They see themselves as mere Lilliputians, whereas their offspring across the Atlantic seems to have acquired the enormous proportions of Gulliver.

The historic hour of departure has sounded. All aboard! Nothing will stop the colossal convoy as it advances toward its destiny.