El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-06
IMPRESSIONS
> OF EUROPE
How things On the Contine Mt
= Looked To Mr..
Kohiberg.
EUROPE IS FOR BRYAN
Tn, Foreigners Think The United
States u GETTING Too Great aad
To, Prosperous Undhr Reoubli
can Admint STATIONS and They
. Want a Change Obs .rv All rs
Df Interest.


Of Interest.
All Europe is for Bryan this year.
said E. KohIberg who has just return
ed from a nine-months tour of the con-
TRENT The business element there
thinks that the United States is be-
coming too much OF a power in the az
fairs of the world and they feel that II
Bryan is elected that il will have a
tendency to- check this country ana
prevent IL getting such hold on the
! business of the Orient. The people over
there actually take more interest IN
| the political affairs of this country
than they do in the politics OF their
cAn country This is explained.
think. in the fact that that country
is very well settled in governmental
affairs and the recent efforts OF this
country to acquire territory in the
Orient and everywhere it can has
S~ndercy to crowd out. the trade OF the
olS.er countries in Europe. This Is es-
peciaIIy the case in Germany. where l
spent nose of my time. Germany Is
the most prosperous country on the
continent and the people are better
satisfied there than in any place have
been"
Mr.. Kohlberg travelled all over Eng
land Germany. Austria and Italy and
made the business methods of the diff
ferent countries a special study. The
people are satisfied with their lot and
think the methods of doing business
could not be improved upon
Every government and railroad en-
ploye holds his position for life and
cannot be removed except for grievous
faults which happens very rarely
IIe also says there is no such thing
- treating at the bar in that country
Each man pays for what he wants and
says nothing to others. In the even
ings people generally will take the |
fs mfIy to cafe or garden or course I
a man viii not get drunk in the pres /
enee OF his wife or other ladies
Air KohIberg thinks Germany will |;
soon reduce the high duty on Ameri- !
can beef and cereals. They have dis /
covered that Germany is d greater in /
dustrial country than it is an agricuI- !
tural county" he said. and manu- 1
Featuring will hereafter be their CHIEF |
vocation There are no. enough meats
produced in that country to supply the /
demand and the people will he forced
TO buy their meats from the United
States l
Mr. KohIberg was well pleased with
Alstria but says il is apoor business
country 1T is a pleasant country to
travel in he said. but the people
are greatly dissatisfied. There is
something of interest for an American
to see on every side but the dissatis- In
faction OF the people is great. The {
political differences of the people keeps
the country in a turmoil continually :
as on account of the obstruction in the I
Reichstag All Legislation is handicap I
ped Vienna is an interesting city but ]
will not compare With Berlin in bust |,
ness. The laws there are peculiar in e
hnsny respects. IL is said that Vienna lc
is nothing like the city il was a few y
years ago Ia
Leaving Austria Mr.. Kohlberg went {
to Italy and there found the most in
lcItSliHS Guilty iof LouIISLS ne saw O.
IN his entire trip. The country is r
kept up by tourists he said. and
but for them il could not support its .
population. The hotels are filed all n
the year round with sightseers from IL
every part of the globe who revel in n
Italy's wonderful treasures OF art and >,
relics OF ancient civilization. "
Il did not go To the Paris exposi- Il
ton said Mr.. Kohlberg. FOR ] was u
tired and wanted to come home. =,
One matter in Germany interested il
me particularly said Mr. KohIberg. m
and that is in regard TO pensioning i''
the aged and invalids. This does not fr
refer alone TO the government or rail- OF
-oad employees but also the teachers. 10
Jerks. factory workmen. servants and n.
III classes of labor. Every wage earn co
II is Obliged to pay small per cent TN
IF his earnings and every employer W
or each of his employees to a fund in as
.harge of the government. After the of
reaches a certaip ,.,a o, :; be
ase of invalidity he receives a pen- -,
ion from the government for the bal de
nee of his life. which arrangement co
revents absolute poverty and does ho
way with the cares approaching old
ee OF invaiidity often seen in this re-
o-,t,v ENGLAND has n, ,,.a.a,,, nm by
ba
or consideration move to adopt the wi