Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-31


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AID he set sss.
Hs was 20 DO commodore OF Long
Island SQUAD II he Succeeded, and gov
ernsr sensrsl If Cozstable's Hook. Hs
was. ~ contract. permitted 70 retain
oae-tenth of al gold. silver. pearls.
precious stones aAd pelfs found on the
voyage after the costs had been de-
dactsd
The biographsr Of Columbus tells Us
thar the story sbost Isabella having
pawned her Jewels TO tx out Columbus
on ms trip win not do Al al. She and
Eerdls just siEiply cast an anchor TO
windwara. hoping to get = controlling
interest n the STANDARD Oil company be-
fore anybody else did 50.
And so the story gradually comes down
10 the spinal column Of lust for gold. not
only on the part Of his royal hackers, but
even Columbus and his crew were out
fer the dust and that alone. What q
commonplace tale AFTER our schoslboy
wonder aad admiration Wherever Co
lun,bns Landed he asked if gold existed
there. IL not, he assessed the natives so
much cotton per head When there was
gold. il was a hawks bill Of this metal
per man and calsbssh Of gold per
chief. The rstundisy Of the earth did
not WORRY him 50 much IS his own
rotundite.
Finally Columbus got to lying again.
He gave Offices - his relatives. not only
to his wife's family. but at last he got
reckless and began 70 hsad out Offices to
his numerous children. 1t was then
time TO cal! halt. as the local Genoa
papers so truly said. and when he offered
to open up "A slave trade between Spain
and the Bahamas people lost faith in him.
1t is pretty well settled that Columbus
drew the prize for first seeing land.
when as matter Of fact one Of his men
was first TO soc it, and that he put the
money into watch with . peach Stone
charm on the chain
Columbus had been dead $50 years be-
fore he learned that his discovery was
not a part of ASA We can imagine
him now. IA he rode along the Jersey
coast, inquir.ng for the All Khoond Of
Swat. to whom he had letter from
Ferdinand can sec him now at the
Potter building or the Mills building
asking for the khan of Tartsry, or try
ing to find his telephone number on q
pink pamphlet at the ferry.
Yet we might as web give to Colum-
bus the glory Of this great discovery,
whether he did it accidentally or from q
mercenary point Of view purely. We
viii let that go.
The time is ripe fer celebration. Let
Us celebrate. When Columbus came
here Patrick Henry had not even been
surmised. Henry Clay had not been
thought of.
The application Of electricity had not
been dreamed Of. and the pink tea was
yet uabo-n. oh, what strides have been
made even in one century. aud in 400
years the change has been most marvel
Gus. The use OF ensilage at the time Of
the discovery of America was yet in its
infancy. Lots of people did not know
what it was. 1t is so even now.