The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-09-07

the United States. My national pride
has been increased because of abun-
dant evidence l have seen of altruis-
tic interest taken by Americans in the
people of other countries. No other
Nation can show such record of be-
nevolence and disinterested friend
ship. My love for our form of govern.
ment had been quickened as l have
visited castles and towers and peeped
into dark dungeons, and am glad that
our Nation, profiting by the experience
of the past and yet unhampered by
traditions and unfettered by caste,
has been permitted to form a new CEN
ter of civilization on new soil and erect
here a government of the people, by
the people and for the people,
q also return more deeply impress
ed than ever before with the respon-
sibility which rests upon our Nation
as an exemplar among the Nations,
and more solicitous that we. avoiding
the causes which have led other Ma
lions to decay, may present higher
ideal than has ever before been en-
bodied in National life, and carry
human progress to a higher plane
than it has before reached.
Il desire, moreover, to acknowledge
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Indebtedness to the American officials
who have everywhere shown us all
possible courtesy and kindness,
Suggestions Made.
Il do not know that / can better
show my appreciation of the welcome
accorded me by my countrymen than
to submit some suggestions drawn
from observations during the past
year. A japanese educator, address
ing me though an interpreter, said:
81 wish you would find the worst
thing in Japan and tell lis about it,
so that we may correct st.
81 commended the generous spirit
which he manifested, but told
him that had not visited
Japan in search of faults, but
rather that / might find the best
things in Japan and take them home
for the benefit of my people. Each
Nation can give lessons to every other,
and, while our Nation is in a position
to make the largest contribution, as
l believe, to the education of the
world, it ought to remain in the atti-
tude of a pupil and be ever ready to
profit by the experience others"
Mr.. Bryan then touched on the peace
of nations and told of his presence at
the meeting of the Interparliamentary
Union at London.
Speaking of the education of the
Filipino, he said:
in so far as our efforts have been
toward the education of the
Filipinos, we have rendered them a
distinct service, but in educating them
we must recognize that we are max
ing colonialism impossible If we in
tended to hold them as subjects we
would not dare to educate them; self
government with ultimate indepen-
dence must be assumed if we contem-
plate universal education in the Phil
ippines. AS soon as opportunity Of
fers | shall discuss the Philippine
question more at length, and l shall
also refer to English rule in India, for
1t throws light upon our own problems
in the Philippines, but these subjects
must be reserved until l can speak
more in detail"
He favored a change in the election
Of United States Senators whereby
their choice might be brought closer
to the people.
He said the income tax had the en-
1orsement of the Old World and he
'elt sure the justice of the plan would
come to be recognized by this nation
A Two-Edge Sword.
Speaking of the labor question, he
said
"The strike, the only weapon of the
employe at present, is a two-edged
sword, and may injure the workman
rs much as the employer, and, even
when wholly successful is apt to leave
/ ranking in the bosom of the wage
Garner that should not be there.
Society. moreover, has something
1t stake, as well as the employers and
employees, for there can be no consid-
,rable strike without considerable loss
o the public. Society, therefore. is 1
justified In demanding that the differ.
'nces between capital and labor shall
'e settled by peaceful means. If
impartial board is created
o which either party of an industrial