Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-08-09
uY IouN \. SPRING.

In addition to a very sensible article in the "Star' of Tucson, allow me to say this:
 About eight months ago l was visitor t1 family in Guadalaiara, the capital of the State of Jalisco, republic of Mexico The head of the family, an old patriarch ur nearly lOO years, was charmed with my Spanish. "Where," said he, did you learn our language? And 1 confessed, that learned 1t in our ever glorious ter ritory of Arizona.
 Arizona said he, 'is that one of the West-ludian IslandsY'
 No, my friend said |, Arizona IS that place which mistaken people call desert aud people of sense and thought say will some day outstrip California in ii- productions and show the world that
 Never mind, said he, If you are travel ing for a firm you can get an order from my son law, because you can speak to him: there come the English, Germans, French and POrtugues, and everyone gets an order, and large one; but there come some men who will not or cannot speak our language and are furthermore over bearing, thinking that they know it all or command it all, because they are from the United States.
 The retail dealer of Vera Cruz, Mexico (cily) .Jalsco, Guadalaiara, Topic, Leon, puebla, Guanaiuato, Queretaro. Zacate- cas. Durango. etc, Is, as a rule, poor. With him the commercial agent has to denl aud the world knows, that the sue cess of travelling agent consists mainly in the power of persuasion. vulgarly call ed the gift of the gab" Now the retail dealer of Mexico has not the advantages ui the "hacicnderO. who is rich from the e.i3dle because he had q fine estate left tO ham and sends his sons to a college of the Uhiled States or Europe They turn ont to La gentlemen of leisure; they know every modern language more or less and look about the cities seeing to what degree of boRdage they can reduce &a,ly the peOn or daily laborer
 They call themselves the aristocracy of Mexico. They will not ride in Q street car with the 'yulEo' They will either put them on or c9ll the nearest police man to pull mm off aud in that great 6publc there are many policemen who 4iil put man on one side of the road that little puny dude may pass MT. Zabriskie may tell you about the glories of the Presidents court. but l will tell you shortly about the miseries of the people. Dia2. president? Mol Diaz dictator! Non Daz imperator? No!l Dlaz tyrant! Yes indeed Caesar was murdered for less. This is all true.
 But my republican sentiments which would have all the empires and kingdoms abolished. the Pope included have taken me away from the subject in hand, which is the usefulness of the study of Spanish language.
 In view Of the fact that Mexico, Cuba San Domingo, Guatemala, Honduras Al,fss .l. ufrtrp Grauada, Costa Rica. el Fern. Chile. Nene suela. kopnblica Argentina, Ecuador Bolivia. Paraguay, Urugay and large part Of Brazil speak the Spanish language it wonldseem malmostpeaessary thatay youn& map of commercial pretepsions Of th' United States should learn that language As before indicated, if man has any thino to sell he must speak to the buyer in an accommodating manner. As beIor' indicated fhe merchant who sells in Mex icon generally poor, comparatively, an' therefore not educated like the aristocrac mentioned before. He speaks and under stands the language of ths country an no mora, and think he Is right when h eays. ifyOu come to Rome, do Gs th Romans do:
 | have seen and spoken to about thre hundred commercial agents. yulgo drum
 
 mers. although they had as good merchai disc and could offer aa good condition and whose trade would have been in ever way more acceptable denied an orde because they could BOt speak the lal guage of e small trader
 Toiell the honest truth. l would Tatht syrle letter in English than in any oth' language. because 1t Is 50 short sXpre .siye aul practical, but when you rePr sent e,almercial house in Mexico ( any of the Spanish speaking republics, !laYe any nateJial success, you mu speak Spanilh.
 When a travelling agent of my cou 4,y comes to- store of MeXican me chant. who likes ilie house the former tiuvrling for, he is invited to partake Che hospitality of said house, provided behaves himself like gentleman ar .pegks Che Spanish language. He is ! vited ly all social gatherings during Il stay and eommercal intercourse IS once established gpd he gets good ( der
 The American trayelhg agent heret fore ias been conspicuous for i,is owe bearng qualifications. He says, l spa English, therefore you must know til language. 1 seii American goods, thel fore you must buy th6Rl What else he sayY lie may be at home the mt accomplished lady killer, be may be lion du salon;" it will do him no go here.
 The study of the Spanish language for nn American of persergerance- difficult but iaborioHs. The coGstu tiOn of the verbs. indeed, will give sol trouble us the richness of the langun and especially the terminations of verbs, regular nnd irregular, diiier much from the easy and facile Engi piammer. But if seems to noe that, seel thut young America has always Oyerco and always will overcome all difficult if can also overcome the small difficult al a language which, as | have tried show, will remunerate the student in e' beades opening to him vista of beal rul literature and drilling his memo for to learn Spanish he will have to his brain
 Many arc ihe questions addressed to as lo what books to use? That depe entirely upon the education or the son. would never recommend Q D which says: Spanish self teach For a person who really wants to le and will apply him or herself to a serl study of the language would recomm ihe grammar of 'De Toruos' membe ihe academy of Madrid, and a eorrespC ing reader; still it would be necessar have teacher for 3 month or two teach the correct pronunciation of ( word.
 In view of the commercial openin think that every Normal or High sc should put upon it's schedule the Spa language. and it would perhaps be we three hours per week could be given
 m every public school. This wonld
 of se,make the pupils perfect Spa scholars, but it would give them suc start in grammar, that it would need
 about three months of stay anon