Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-08-02
STURDY NORSEMEN
GLOWING TRIBUTE TO THOSE
HARDY NORTHERN EUROPEANS
s.. WHO ARE HELPING DEVELOP
THE NORTHWEST.

A glowing tribute is paid the sons
of Northern Europe who are Just now
doing SO much to develop the great
Northwest, by Herbert N. Gasson, a
writer for Munsey's Magazine. Each
OF the three Scandinavian nations is
given separate mention in which the
national traits are described and the
leading men are named. OF the
Danes. it is said:
The Danes are a peace-loving,
good natured- people. You will search
through many a public institution be-
fore you find one. They are seldom
winners of the big prizes in the race
for wealth, not because they lack
force, but because their energies are
used for higher things. Their bumps
OF. acauisitiyene are low & IS Z.
The Norwegians get this bouquet:
Next come the highspirited Norwe-
gians. They number about twice as
many as the Danes and two-thirds as
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many as the Swedes. No race makes
nobler type of American than these
proud, free-natured people. In the
Iisolated valleys of their homeland
they have learned to be independent
Eof authority They think their own
Thoughts and live their own lives
They have fought for centuries with
the mountains and the sea, and finally
I'have developed a type Of national
Icharacter which all the world
I respects. In the cold, clear air OF
1 Norway the germ of servility sickens
and dies" "a
And the third branch of the family
gets this:
Passing on to the Swedes, we fine
Ia great army of 100000, half Of
i whom were born in Sweden Next tt
4 Stockholm, Chicago has more, swedet
1 than any other city in the world. New
4 York has nearly fifty thousand:
{ many as its total population a centur.
! ago. And Minneapolis has fort!
{ Thousand or more.
It is simple fact, and not fattery
Ito say that prosperity follows thu
;ISWede They are neither lazy am
1 seldon unskilled. They mix brain,
q and muscle. No people produces y
4 smaller proportion of drudges Q,
! kickers. They. SO at their work witt
vim and cheerfu1ness, whether tbt
. pay-enyelope be thick or thin. Z
q In conclusion the writer sums up al
4 his praise for the subject Of his arti
.jcle in the following 1audatory climax;
(; Such are the Scandi nayian tht
4 artistic Danes the practical sWedas
i and the independent Norwegians
Il They have won the highest respec
Il from all other Americans, BY deserv
ing it. They are honest Industrious
/ wholesome people. They make NJ
Il trouble. There is not a Scandinavia
#fsltlm in any American city In NOR
i ality and in intelligence they ranl
j with the best of us. They are al
READERS. not only of their own news
4 papers, of which there are 14o, but q
t papers and magazines in general.
We have been obliged to raise Ia
barriers against certain classes q
foreign immi grants; but so far as TN
/ Scand inayians are concerned, the
I have a standing invitation to com
across the water and join the 3,ooO,0 90
LET their own people who are here nov
Z In fact. 1T is safe to say that II ta
whole three nations decided to moys
bag and baggage, to the Unite
: Il States we would throw all the gate
wide open and give them a heart
welcome.