Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-10-08

acts yesterday have gone lar to win
him a warm place in the hearts of the
people, whose destinies have been
placed in his hands. His speech at
the opening exercises of the Univer-
sity of Havana delighted the people.
They were also greatly pleased when
it became known that Taft and Bacon
had cabled for their wives to join
them here.
Still another act of Taft's is warmly
commended as illustrative of his
thoughtful consideration of the humb-
Ter classes. Learning that many poor
families occupying the temporarily
disused barracks at Camp Columbia
were about to be summarily evicted
by order of Cuban authorities in prep
aration of the occupation Of the quart
ers by the brigade of marines, Taft
directed that these people remain I'M
disturbed in their hons for Is days
and that the marines remain under
canYess.
News of this act of humanity spead
rapidly and received the highest
praise. These evidences of American
good will have earned such generally
favorable comment that the landing OF
a battalion of marines caused hardly
a ripple of excitement.
IL ice
last night to receive arms from the
rebels from various points in the cent
er of the island. The laying down Of
arms by the rebels in Havana will be-
gin today.
Address at University.
In his address before the university
here yesterday Taft urged upon the
Cubans the necessity of patriotism,
of educated men in commercial pur-
suits and the working together in
harmony of all classes to insure the
success of the republic. ut is per
haps necessary that the Cubans
should be warned that the founda-
tions for self-government must be
broad and solid rather than high and
conspicuous" said Taft sit is sad
dening to me to be called to Cuba and
still sadder to President Roosevelt,
who was also identified with her liber
alton, that we are here at the time OF
a stumble in Cuba's progress toward
popular government, but it has given
us an opportunity to assure you in
the name of the president and of the
American people that we are here
only to help you. With our arm under
your arm. we are lifting you again on
the path of that wonderful progress
you have travelled. We shall, l am
confident, be able to point with pride
to the fact that the United Safes is
not an exploiting nation, but that she
has such deep sympathy with the pro-
gress of popular government as to be
willing to expend her blood and
treasure in making the spread of such
government in the world successful.
1.-THE hope of this country is in its
educated youth. While do not want
to lar or make uncomfortable those
youths who are entering active life,
I must speak the truth. There are
on or two traditions still persisting IN
this civilization. The first of them is
that the learned professions are the
only pursuits worthy the graduates OF
this university This is a great mis-
take. University education is not an
obstacle to success in commercial
life. l am afraid that young Cubans
are not sufficiently infused with that
mercantile spirit Of which we have
too much in the United States.
Need a Desire for Money!
what you need is the desire to
make money, to found great interests
and carry on the country's prosperity,
the young Cuhans, or rather most OF
them, ought to begin in business.
There would be no trouble in forcing
yourselves ahead in the next genera
ton. so that banks, commercial
houses and shipping interests of Cuba
would be in Cuban hands instead Of
in the hands of foreigners. You must
have foreign capital, and the debt OF
gratitude this country owes that great
man, Estrada Palma, is that he real
ICES more than other Cubans the nee
essity of bringing in capital and con-
vincing the world of the conservative
character of your government in or
der that foreign capitalists might de-
pend on its security. But the right
of property and the motive of accum-
uIation is the basis of all modern sue.
cess and civilization, and until you
have a community of political infiu-
ence and control which is affected by
the conservative influences OF prop
erty ownership, successful popular
government is impossible.
Humility Makes for Success.
Therefore, 1 urge the recipients OF
these diplomas, IL they have Cuban
estates, to devote themselves to the
betterment of these estates, and that