The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-04
THE GERMANS I'M AMERICA
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN=

these are such men as Prof. Kuno
Franck of Harvard, the foremost au-
thority on German literature; DIR. Her
mann Knapp, the highest authority on
eye and ear troubles In America, Prof.
| H. T.. Won Hoist, the historian and BIZ
ographer; Prof. Friedrich Hirth of Col
umbia university, America s oracle on
China and Chinese affairs; Mrs. Maria
Kraus- Boelte, the woman who intro
duced the kindergarten; Prof. Herman
V. Hilprecht of the University of Penn
sylvania, the recognized authority on
ancient worlds; and Miss Margaret
Muller. the head of the department of
German at Wellesley college.
The number of Germans in our or
chestTas has never been computed but
prominent musicians claim that every
fourth man is OF that race, The fore
most orchestra leaders in America are
German, among them being such men
opera house, New York; Franz Kneisel
! of the famous Kneisel ouartette, and
p A. Schneider Of New York, who has
written more church music than any
other man in America
The Pintsch and Welsbach lights are
wonders of German creation The
Brooklyn bridge. the eighth wonder of
the world, was built by John Roebling
The two greatest telescopes in the world
were given by James Lick, the phian-
thropist, and Charles Yerkes, the street
car king. DR.. John N. Schaerberle Of
Lick observatory has discovered three
comets David Rittenhouse is the fore
most astronomer In America Charles
P. Steinmetz is the inventive genius of
the General Electric company of Schen-
tnI It- Il
chief engineer of the American Bridge
company, and Henry Wehrum was the
at Buffalo The great Nevada tunnel
was executed by Adolpb Sutro.
In finance there are Charles NJ.
Schwab, Henry Frick and Frederick
Weyerhauser, recently claimed TO be the
richest man in the world. The Amer
ranks such men as Claus Spreckels, the
sugar king; Henry Fink. the railroad
president, and Henry Miller, the cattle
king. Adolphus Busch and Frederick
Pabst are the world S greatest brewers.
The Germans have always been prom.
inent in politics. OF the men holding
seats in the conventional assembly in
l774 six were. Germans, and in the
IehhSy lNanld ueleSdtlon TO congress
there has always been from five TO ten
Germans. Richard Bartholdt. in the
lower house Of the National Congress
from Missouri, has been made president
of the Inter Parliamentary union.
Frank Stcinhart, the brilliant Consul
General to Havana, is of German de-
scent.
Christopher Sauer printed the first
American Bible in any European Ian
guagc, and Pastorlus wrote the first
American school book. George Anshutz
was the first Pittsburg iron maker.
Thomas Mast was tho first great Amer
lean cartoonist. Gustav Boyer has the
largest collection of American beetles.
p. A. B. Widener Of Philadelphia has
the finest private art collection IN
America, Peter Miller was the first to
translate the Declaration of Indepeud
encc, reproducing ii in seven languages,
and John Wsnnamaker, who is today
the foremost merchant of America, ele-
waited the department store TO its pres
ent broad scope.
We derived many Of our superstitions
and folk lore from the Germans, The
seven wears Of bad luck supposed to
attend one who breaks looking glass
Is the result of their imagination, and
those who fear to start a journey on
Friday arc indebted to them for the
idea. Those who plant potatoes and
onions by the changes of the moon or
have their horoscopes cast once dur
ing the year owe their ensuing luck TO
the same source The grounding as a
weather prophet received his first rec
ognition in the Fatherland, and the
feather bed is a German contribution
to our civilization.
The Irish in America will be the sub
iect of Mi. Haskin's s letter in The Trib-
ppe Tuacday morning