Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-29
THEDUTCH TAEEHOLLADD
"A Loud Call ON the United States to Recip-
rocate for Some of the Amsterdam Cash
"A Worlds Exposition Com ng--The
Sunday Law in Now York.

rocate for Some of the Amsterdam CasI,
"A Worlds Exposition Com 'ng--The
Sunday Law in New York.
[Gath Letter.D
New YoRK, Dec. 28.-The agent of the
Holland worlds exhibition which begins
nex' May at Amsterdam, talked to me
while to-day about tho matter. He said
America has been creditably exhibited in
.ne k'eneh- English and Austrian exhibi-
tions' nations wi;~h hold no nearer rela-
tlon to ou: republic than Holland. from
which the United States got both the Ia.
OF its government and it's name. The
United States of Holland, otherwise the
United Netherlands, gave the device to the
United States Of America. Holland and
her colonies contain $45, 100000 people.
In proportion to its resources and people,
Holland has been the most munifcent In
vestor in American stock, securities and
lands of any nation. During the revolu-
tiouary war John Adams raised a loan of
large amount in Holland by his personal
e1ertions, and, keeping up the credit of
the United States, and meet
ing its drafts rather recklessly
drawn upon him, he engaged the good will
of the Dutch nation in all fiscal things to
the present time. Holland was the Oldest
originator of great investments in Ameri-
can land, beginning in the time of Robert
Morris, making large purchases in P enn-
syivania and with the Holland company in
western New York, whose agency enabled
VIM. d. Seward to derive his financial in
dependence and to become useful to his
country. The Dutch have always taken
iberaliy Of American loans. In founding
the state and city of New York, the Dutch
people claim large share of the glory Of
the United States. There are in the United
States probably 100000 people of direct
Holland stock and one president of the
country, Martin Van Buren,, has been
of this blood. The Dutch are per
haps the largest owners of any foreign
people of the land and American bonds of
American railroads, north and west of ST.
Louis, extending as far as Denver and
beyond it through Iowa and Minnesota,
and if these railroads bottomed on Dutch
money were to show their agricultural and
mineral products, agricultural imple-
ments, schools, homes and models of
towns, ETC., they would attract great atten-
ton at this exhibition. Holland gave
shelter not only to the pilgram fathers of
New England, who set sail from oppres-
sion, but it reared such eminent American
families as the Livingstons, who made the
constitution and purchased Louisiana
Dutch influence extends into all the states
Gen. Schenck is one instance and CARL Van
Dorm, the confederate general, ls another.
New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland had
large colonial settlement from Holland
| direct. The Dutch banking houses are
nearly all represented in New York. Dutch
help has made the fortune of many an
| American millionaire like Mr. Willard.
The United States voted $4,000 to the
/ last European exhibition. We do not ex-
pect as large an appropriation for the
Holland exhibition, but there ought to be
reasonable one, so as to show that Amer
lea takes an interest in the only CONNER
|-ciaf power of any note, sxGept Spain,xhich
is rival of England IN commerce aud
colonies.
There are now two lines OF steamships
from New York to Holland, one running
to Amsterdam, and the other to
Rotterdam. The fare is about $75, and
the time only thirteen days. The exhibi-
tlOn is to be open three months, and the
superb internal commerce of Holland and
her steam communication with Denmark
and Scotland, Sweden and Norway, Russia
and her own quaint and poorly visited
states, will give Americans a remarkable
opportunity to prewl through a country
whose beauties are only half understood,
and which is full of bric-a-brac, SO much
in request here now. The Dutch have
more money to their population than any
people on the earth, and they have more
population to the square mile thnn. any
state in Europe. The individual Dutch
man has more savings, more plate,
paintings and valuable collaterals
than any representative man. Being a
people remote from the travelled highways
of Europe, their knowledge of the United
States is still but Indifferent.
The government here sought to make a
very thorough exhibit. The Dutch at the
American centennial exhibition gave a
very munifcsnt subsidy.
Rev. Robert Collyer's attack on the Sab
bath of Calain, as opposed to the Sabbath
of the nineteenth century, the former be-
ing sought to be revived in this state by
the new code, has attracted great attention
from Its sincerity, simplicity and COM
pleteness. He notifies the religious ele
ment that if they can, by the power of a
majority, shut up all the resorts of
the people, the people can do the
same thing with the churches in
that near future, when the control of indi-
vidual liberty ceases to be. He made the
point on the law that it was coward
when it arrested the newsboy, earning his
few pennies on Sunday, and did not dare
to lay hands on the newspaper press,
which was revolving far into Sunday morn
ing.
New York is now in middle condition
between the sobriety of Scotch Sabbath
and the joyousness of continental one.
The theatres are open here on Sundays for
what are called sacred concerts, term as
hypocritical as the appearance Of closing
up the bar rooms, while they are really
going all day long. and every officer Of
the Law knows it. These
sacred concerts give music of all
kinds, but there are no other performances
than solo singing and recitst ion. How
this city would vote ON the question of
making q secular day Of Sunday after