The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-05-11

travelled through d large portion OF
this country and have seen how
much bene1t Italians derive from
moving here, how many of them be-
come wealthy and others have very
comfortable living. and another fact
which I know is, that the United
States receives more and almost all
of the people which Italy exports.
many more than any country IN the
world; now another thing which l
md and which I appreciate is. that
large part of the public works OF this
country have been built by Italians.
or at least, the Italians contributed
to it by their work, their intelligence
and their integrity; you find Italians
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Oceans, from the Gulf of Mexico to
Canada, the whole of this country
bears Italians and their splendid
work, and we see that while this
country has been progressing and
becoming richer and more wealthy
from 1t, italy. although to a small
extent, also has been progressive;
even with all of the Italians which
have settled in this country, Italy has
made very rapid progress during the
last half century; just to mention to
you the progress which my country
has made during the last century,
why a half century ago it could not
have been called country, and
which is now one of the largest. i
saw, reading one Of the America
papers the other day, a test made of
the wonderful and marvellous pro-
erosion of electricity in our Italy
which has been made in the last half
century; it is wonderful that it has
made the great wealth which it has,
they no longer hate one another. but
have a most kindly and friendly feel
ing for one another, and my idea of
this wealth is that it could only be
derived by the detriment of one
country to another, the wealth of
Italy to America and Of America to
Italy.
The POSTMASTER then said: sin
my official capacity as POSTMASTER
l now propose the health of our
guest of honor, our Italian Con.
sui, and ask that Senator Murphy
Foster deliver the toast" which
was delivered with thrilling and
masterful eloquence, as follows:
Mr.. Toastmaster, Mr.. Consul and
Gentlemen:
1t gives me much pleasure to per-
form this task which the POSTMASTER
has assigned to me this evening. L
S-l- l.
with our countrymen. Mr.. Consul. and
extend TO- you a most hearty welcome |
to our beautiful little city. l am ex.
ceedingly glad that you are with us.
not only because you are the repre-.
sentative of a large government, but |
am glad that you are with us and
can understand how your people are
getting along In our midst and what |
progress they are making
The prosperity which they are en-
joying and the good will and fellow
ship which is existing between them
and the citizens of our little city
You are visiting to-day, you will
pardon me in my pride. one of the
most beautiful spots in this country,
you will see acres Of land with
beautiful crops smiling upon them.
You will doubtless recall upon your
trip to-day many of the associations
in your beautiful country. The blue
skies now shining down upon our
beautiful and rich crops and hospit-
able people must remind you of your
own land. We welcome you here
to-day, Mr. Consul, because you are
the representative Of great people
and of a great country. Italy is no
longer small country, but she is
now a great kingdom. The Italian
has worked out magnificent achieve
ments upon the seas. Italy gave to
the world mighty Michael Angeles.
Your ancestors gave to us the man
who moved the land of Italy up to a
state of excellence and perfection {
which had never been reached by
man up to that time. Italy's achieve I
ments are written In the history of I
the world, they are written In Rome. I
italy gave to the world the man who
1rst discovered that the earth moved {
around tn sun instead of the sun =
moving around the earth, and no man b
has ever contradicted him except '
Uncle Remos, who says THE sun still | I
10 move" Some of the most dis Q
tnguished men of the world were a
'iven to 1t by Italy. This country b
'ears the name of your navigators. n
md the district upon which the o
;apital Of the nation Is built bears d
he name of Columbia, in honor of d
our great Columbus, and for these h
easons and others, this country and
our country are strongly tied to-
ether. 6.
Now, Mr.. Consul. our people and n
ur government are glad to have 4
our people in our midst and we well T
ONE them as immigrants and as =
ltizens. Italians are welcomed into g