Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-05
Aprl s, 1903
Carpenters Letter
(COntlnued from Sixth Pase.)

thuS GAbANSoSu ~ " tue
other day:
He is the business head Of this busi-
ness nation. He knows more about our
German industries than any other man,
and he does more than anyone else to push
German trade 1t is he who keeps us alive
by his brains and farsightedness. The
trouble is he has no money and the coun-
try is poor. II he were king of England
or had country like the United States
he would make It boom and in time he
would commercially conquer the earth. As
It is he is manacled by. lack of resources
and lack Of capital. What he wants is more
land and more money, and for this reason
he is anxious to have colonies"
Said Consul General Guenther OF Frank
fort:
''The kaiser is not appreciated in Amer
lea. He is a genius, not only from busi-
ness standpoint, but from almost every
other standpoint. He can do many things
well. He can paint, write poetry and COM
pose music. He is a great thinker and In
everything a leader. 1 have never known
q man to work as he does. He frequently
comes to the watering places near Frank
fort for a vacation. At such times he gets
up at 6 O'Clock and goes to work. He keeps
at IL all day and often far into the night.
The next day he is up again at 6 as bright
as a dollar"
In many of the factories visited through
out Germany 1 have been told that the
kaiser knows all about them and that he
often visits the industrial centers. He hao
close connections with the Krupps and fre-
quently studied the gun factory. He makes
the crown prince go to such places and
plans tours for him by which he is acQuir-
ing a practical view of industrial and COM
yualI aS military GpTmanX
The kaiser has visited all the big fac
tories about Berlin. He attends every ex-
position and during the last year has sew
eral times honored the Dusseldorf exposi-
tion with his presence. At the same time
he keeps track of the various commercial
and manufacturing conventions and appar-
entity looks upon the whole empire as his
business field, regarding it his duty to push
It in every possible way.
Indeed, the emperor OF Germany and
President Roosevelt are much alike. They
are of about the same age and of the same
intenEe nervous organization. Roosevelt
has an iron jaw; so has the kaiser. Roose-
welt Is brown from exposure to the air and
sun; so is the kaiser. Our president has
piercing eye, and so has the emperor OF
Germany.
Each man is full of elf-conhdence. On
his way to Washington from Buffalo imme-
diately after the assassination of President
Mckinley Mr.. Roosevelt was asked II he
was not afraid Of the responsibility which
that death had thrust upon him. He re-
piled: mot a bit" And he was not The
self-conhdence Of the German emperor is
notorious. He has frequently said that he
believes himself divinely appointed and is
charged of taking the place that Moham-
med held as the pretended mouthpiece of
the Almighty. The old czar Of Russia, in
speaking of this, sarcastically said: Der
Gott weisst allies, aber der kaiser weisst
allies besser." Or, in other words, "God
knows everything, but the German emperor
knows everything little better
Both Mr.. Roosevelt and the kaiser are
plain in many ways and extravagant in
others. They both believe in physical de-
velopment, both like plain meals and both
can be satisfied with little. Roosevelt has
a plain breakfast with his family, the kaiser
eats with the empress, and is satisfied with
an egg, a roll and a cup OF tea. Their
lunches are more generous and each can sit
down to dinner of many courses and enjoy
1t. l doubt whether either ever had the
dyspepsia. and If he should have it, he
would not go to a doctor, but would jump
upon his horse and ride 1t of.
Both Roosevelt and the kaiser are fond
of horses Both ride often and ride hard.
Roosevelt keeps a number of saddle horses.
The emperor can afford more and has more.
His saddle horses are carefully selected.
They are noted for their speed and staying
powers. They must obey quickly and they
must be exercised daily in order to stand
any kind of strain put upon them.
Both the president and the emperor are
good family men. They are good husbands
and good fathers. They rule their own
households, and, as far as ! can learn,
neither will have any foolishness as TO the
education or training Of the children. Some
Of the Roosevelt little ones go to the com.
mon schools in Washington. They have
limited allowances and do some OF their
shopping at the Seventh street stores.
The kaiser's children are brought up to
work They have 10 mind their teachera.