Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-26
TO YOUNG MEN.
Learn the Spanish Language-His
Reasons Therefor.

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words spoken to a New York Star re-
porter by Senior Eduardo Gogorza, one
of the foremost South American mer-
chants, located for long time in New
Spanish American commercial union,
and knows whereof he speaks, are well
worth the while to study, especially at
this time, as through the influence and
the deliberations of the pan-American
| congress recently closed, great oppor-
tunities may present themselves for our
| enterprising young men with our Span
! ish-American neighbors Virgin fields
will no doubt soon be opened for new
| commercial and in 1ustrial enterprises,
and therefore our young men should be
ready at any time to embark in any en-
terprise when an opportunity offers
| itself.
| Mr.. Gogorza said: 'sThere is grand
| opportunity for the young men of the
| present day. My advice to HIM is:
| Study the Spanish language; read every
thing you can concerning the South
American country. You will find it will
be Of advantage to you before many
| years have passed.
Americans speak the Spanish language.
Ten, yes twenty, Spaniards speak
| English where one American speaks
| Spanish. That is one of the reasons why
America has not succeeded in making
| more Roadway in getting a fOothold in
| the South American trade. The Ameri-
can who speaks Spanish and has a capac-
| ity for business invariably succeeds in our
trade. The South American trade is
now in its infancy. Think of it,
"There are 40, 900, 900 people in South
| America, IN country blessed with all
| the natural advantages of the North
American continent, but as yet the sur
face of its resources has only been
scraped. Each year will bind it closer
| commercially and socially with the
United States. The pan-American dele
gates will go back and tell their friends
| what grand country this is and what
great people the Americans are. What
ever prejudice there may exist will soon
wear off, and in time we will possibly be
enc people.
with the products of that great
Southern country coming to these ports
there will be new era in the prosperity
of this nation. A young man of to-day
who realizes the glorious possibilities of
the future should not hesitate to take ad-
vantage of this. The American who
speaks Spanish will be valuable aoqui-
sitton to any business house, even should
he not have the good fortune to be able
to embark in business for himself
cit would more than recompense any
one for the study, outside of business
consideration, to be able to read Don
Quixote' in the Spanish. 1t is the most
beautiful of the languages, and the most
easily learned. 1t is replete with poetry
and no one who studies it will ever regret
it,
These words do not only apply to South
America, but also to Mexico and Central
America, in which lands 1 have resided
for more than twenty-five years, and 1
have studied the reasons why Americans
have generally failed to progress III those
lands. Many Americans have gone to
Mexico and Central America with view
of gaining permanent foothold there
and, no doubt, would have succeeded
but for the want of a knowledge of the
Spanish language, or even a limited
knowledge, sufficient to get along with.
AS it is a language so easily acquired
very little study is comparatively neces-
sary, yet they failed to apply themselves
to its requirement, and the result is that
a great majority of the young men who
have gone to these countries failed to
succeed for want of that knowledge.
1t Is altogether different with the Ger
mans residing in those countries, and
they may be looked upon as the most
prosperous and successful of all foreign
ers in their enterprises, especially in
mercantile pursuits, in which they may
be termed the leaders.
All the young Germans who come to
Mexico, for instance, upon arrival are
able and capable to step Immediately
into lucrative position in any CONNER
clal or industrial concern, because before
leaving their country they have studied
and acquired sufficient of the language to
make themselves at once useful, and
therefore find no difficulty in at once be-
ing employed. This, unfortunately, is
not the case with our American young
men, the majority OF whom :gnore the
Spanish language completely. The re-
suit is utter failure. For these reasons 1
coincide with Senior Gogorza, and would
adVis every young man who can POSI-
bly, do so to study the Spanish language
and improve the first opportunity to learn |
it. They will find it really pleasure, il |
being considered the most beautiful of |
languages known. AS the idioma de las |
flores Language of flowers) it is also one |
of the richest in literature, besides beng |
perhaps the easiest language acquired |
in the world. Hundreds of young |
men would find ready and profitable en-
ployment either in Mexico or Central |
America by being able to speak the Ian
guags.
Our intercourse with Mexico is daily |
being extended and becoming more and |
more important, and any suitable young
man may at any moment be called upon
to go into that beautiful country. OF
course he will have but little chance If he
does not understand the language; for
that reason recommend to you to learn
the Spanish language, you will be more
independent, as new and entirely vir-
gin field is opened to you for explora-
ton. There are hundreds of good and
lucrative positions on the great lines of
railroads, constructed or being con-
structed, as well as at the great mining
and agricultural baciendas, or the hun
dreds of mercantile or industrial enter
prises, If you can speak the Spanish
language. GRNGo.