The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-19
THE NEW ENGLAND
YANKEES
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type of men and women would
no doubt recent being called
peculiar. According to their be-
lief they are the only genuine ar
ticle, and they pride them selves
upon their family connections,
their ancestry, their shrewdness,
and all that sort of thing. So
let us admit that they are not
peculiar, but-Yankees, instead.
! The Yankees are shreWd, and
there is no mistake about it,!
! They manufacture things, big
and little. cheap and expensive
but no matter what the cost is,
there is always IL profit for the
Yankee. Fi,ril factories and
places OF business may be small
and squalid, or large and magni-
icent-there are plenty Of both
kinds. Bnt their esta bliShmentS
are run Just so? And if the
Yankee can afford it he will have
horses or automobiles; but if he
can't afford these luxuries he
will ride on street cars. No
banks failed il Massachusetts
Iduring the late panic. Most of
these Yankees raise boys and
girls, land when they retire at an
early age, their sons, sons'in-
laws, or perhaps the daughters,
take up and carry on the bust
ness. The more prosperous
ones have their summer homes
| by the sea or in the mountains,
land the poorest of them have
been to Europe at least once.
Some of them may have crossed
the water half dozen times, but
| the probabilities are that they
have never been farther west
than Chicago in their own coun-
try.
| I have had occasion in a bust
mess way to go somewhat into
the records of a few large con-
Germs during the past two years,
and in nearly every instance have
found that the great volume of
their business comes from the
west and middle west. Many OF
them will tell you that their own
section of the country produces
| for them the least amount OF
business. Oh! 'theI west" they
tell you, lis immense" but the
chances are they never have been
there. They love their own
| Yankeeland too we'll.
The eastern people are good
people, and it is not my purpose
to write disparagingly of them
in the face of their wonderful
progress and accomplishments
that would be ridiculous. But
they certainly are Different from
the rest of this United States of
ours. I have travelled in every
section of the country, and have
noted the difference in the Gus.
toms and mannerisms of the
many localities, but nowhere ex-
cept in New England will you
find class of people who reverse
the common law of presuming a
man innocent until he is proven
guilty. The minute you approach
a Yankee you know he is scrutin-
lizing you. and searching every
thing about you, and you almost
feel that he can see the dark
spots on your soul. He believes
you shave come to do him." and
he is slow to convince. If he
can see 1OI percent in your pro-
position he will do business with
you-if not he is very busy, and
"will think it over" And he
will keep you on the anxious seat
for a few months until he tires
you out or revises your PROPOSE
ton to suit his own wishes.
These suspicious Yankees lay
their carefully laid plans before
the susceptible people OF the
west. and they win every time.
Now it is altogether different
in the west, and that's what
makes it so easy for the Yankees.
The westerner believes in doing
things quick, he prides himself
on how easily he can see good
thing" and instead of believing
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