The Oskaloosa herald., 1899-12-14

and articles of that sort, It viii never
show any great increase until We are
wise enough to do as others do asho now
enjoy the 90 per cent of South Ameri-
can trade. We are great an dsmartt
people, as whole, but on this line OF
trade with the twenty-five millions OF
people of South America we are IN the
kindergarten class, while the Germans,
the French and the English are away up
in the high school, and having nice
time with the girls and the pity of 1t IS,
there does not seem TO be any real earn
est hustle on the part of those most in
terested to get away from the baby-days
of the lower school. 1t takes more than
resolutions of manufacturing bodies TO
accomplish this on these lines. or the
getting out of handsome catalogues-in
English where all are Spanish-and the
Europeans have pointed the way-by es.
tablishing certain, swift, sure lines OF
communication, banking accommoda-
tons, and houses carry stocks to meet
all demands-and none of your sample
book sort either If | was statesman
now, would like to say what, IN my
opinion, should be done, but | am not,
as YOU web know, and can only look at
this from the lifelong standpoint OF a
newspaper man, dearly caring for the
last prosperity of the men of the work.
shops that dot our land from Portland
to San Diego.
| spent 80 days in August and Sep
TENDER in the Eden of South America
if not of the whole American continent.
Paraguay it would take columns OF
the Gate City in which to tell or It's
beauties, its scenery, its great rivers and
simple people. Before the Paraguayan
war, I865-I87o, when Brazil, Argentine
and Uruguay piled on" it was the most
prosperous of all South American lands.
It had the first railway, it led in many
ways, but the war and Lopez, the Die
tator. destroyed about 70 per cent OF ITS
population, and wrecked it in horrld
way The allies piled up debt on 1t OF
about $3oo, ZOO, 900 by way of indemnity,
and bismarck had before him tne
sample of what the victor can compel
the vanquished to sign. Uruguay has
long since forgiven her share OF the
debt, cancelled it, and delivered the
bonds back, but the others hold on to
their claims and will There is no sec
ton in Iowa more lovely than Paraguay
and when | say that you will admit that
the land of the upper river has made
decided impression on me. 1t is healthy,
has pure water, finest of land, timber I'M
surpassed by any in the semi-troplcal or
tropical world, and where you can sleep
out of doors the year round; revel IN
tropical fruits that you never even heard
of; ride in forests of oranges, sweeter
than any you ever tasted at home, tor
leagues and leagues; hear and see the
tropical birds with plumage like the rain
bow, palms, monkeys, bananas, cocoa
nuts, pine apples, and so on to the salts
faction of even a dreamer. AS | rode
or walked in its valleys and forests with
a congenial American and the acting
bishop (Catholic) of Paraguay as COM
panions I counted the time spent most
pleasant and profitable. l mention the
bishop so that you may know that l still
cleave to godly and goodly fellowship
even in antipodal regions. It's a way
newspapers have See Paraguay and
know that it was the original Eden! Be
side they are our friends.
All that is said and done against the
administration of President Mckinley
finds early and eager repetition in the
Spanish press here. Everything anti
republican is held up as the American
thing and until the guns went off and
the bows showed the world what they