The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-07-09
Rev. CilIer's Fourth Of July
Oratiou at the Ovid Celebration

orer into the camp OF the enemy,
and 10. they we're sheep like himself
These high walls have been tori COVE
Bu, = few years ago . union religious.
service would have been az i'n1-ossi-
bili,y. Today they are held il ever!
narrle, and village. and nore progress
il christianity and more .egeneration
o. churchanity has occurred IN tee
Las, ten years THAI in any other period
since the adven, OF Christ
| By means OF the iai,o6uction Of ir-
riga,ion the vast deserts OF the vest
have jbeen made to blossom as the
rose. We are so familiar 10 this
western country With irrigation and
its products tha, We fail 10 appreciate
What . tremendous blessing this
has been ~ the American people
With The establishment OF irrigation
ana the improvement OF our Aneri-
can citie>. We have seen the establish
ment Of a. high . degree OF culture in
! our land As can be obtained in any
foreign county. The father who used
70 send his daughter 70 Paris. and
found her . perpetual parasite upon
his pocketbook, can get better sdvan-
,ages in his home city for his daughs-
er nov than be formerly could in the
great ART and literature censers Of the
Oriental world. The Yankee busi-
ness genius and invention has been
able 70 produce everything that We
needed. SO that if . high vail should be
built around the United states. ex-
cluding all foreign products, the aver
age American table would not be
wanting for anything, for is could all
be produced in the home land.
A few years ago We heard great
deal OF criticism upon our American
navy. The public press. and . num-
Der OF orators told US in glowing de-
scription that our navy vas not near.
ly up to the standard Of the navies Of
some Of the foreign countries, 1t was
greatly doubted if ve would Be able 70
maintain our dignity ~ nation up
On the seas. and re certainly should
appropriate great many millions Of
dollars for The building Of = more
thorough equipment for larger and
more efficient navy. In 1898 re found
it neoessary TO administer . severe
ehassisement TO Spain. 1t only took .
few days, in fact few hours, for our
American gunners and our American
hassle<hip " completely finish the
Spanish Armada. and send them with
McGinty 70 the bottom OF the sea,
and since that time the American
Eagle has been higher in Internasion-
al esteem than ever before, and ve do
not hear The complaint Of our Ameri-
can navy that We formerly heard.
But in spite Of all this, We have our
problems- Freedom has brought these
problems 70 US:
Lea Enelshmen sbou. fos Edward. their king.
Let Russia hurrah for her Car:
Let Irishmen Asht for their banner Of green.
But ne for The stripes and the stsn-
The red. white and blue is the nag Of the free.
Its oolors were caught from the sky.
No people on earth are 20 happy as ve-
With our Flag and our Fourth Of July.
The FIRST problem brought to US by
our freedom is the problem Of the i'm
migrant. He is in our midst. New
York City has within its corporate
bounds . Hebrew city larger than
jerusalem: German city larger than
Dresden; IN Italian city larger than
Venice: Scandinavian city larger
than any three cities Of Norway and
Sweden. We trea, this problem Of
the foreigner who is in our wheat
fields. our beet fields. upon our rail-
rusds, doing our manual labor, q good
deal like al old bachelor towards =
little baby. He does not know now 70
hold him. OF what ~ do With him. and
be is an1ions to unload the care upon
some one else WhA, will We do with
the foreigner: We must either civil
ize him. or he will foreignize US. We
must give him = glimpse Of our
flag and Influence OF our public school.
our atmosphere Of freedom. our liber.
~ under Law. and the Christianity Of
our Christ
The second element is the growing
desire for equality. and leveling up
And . dividing up. Of all the moneys,
incomes and public utilities. But
THE cauoot be. Our men Of talent.
our artists caunos paint cabbAges.
II Edison has larger income than
nine. il is because Edison works
harder and produces more than l do.
If one nan has more gifts than l, and
does succeed in secumulaiing bis mil-
lions. he gets no uure fr1m them than
get from life: be does nos enjoy the
sunshine one whit better, the beau,i.
FOL Landscapes, the fresh mountain