The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1909-10-23
NATION OF 0PT|M|S7S
Lord Northcliffe's High Tribute
to Our Temperament.
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Il have observed that the difference
between the Americans and the Eng
fish Is that the former are all optimists
and the latter are all pessimists." said
Lord Northcliffe, who controls the Lon
don Times and sixty or more other for
eign publications, on his recent visit
to Chicago. Everything Lord North
cliffe saw was target for his COM
ment. For America he sees great
future.
Your whole nation, the members Of
which have been described to me as
frenzied money grabbers," he said, II
find to be dreamers-a whole nation Of
dreamers
do you know, 1t is ludicrOus to me
to look at some of your papers and see
how old fashioned they are. Look at
the American papers today, all discuss
ing whether there should be an income
tax or not, what wages women should
receive and all these old labor prob
lens that we buried years ago. You
are whole decade behind Europe. Do
you people realize that?
America Like Big Boy.
"Why. look on America as would
look on some young boy just of for
college or as would on young couple
newly married. The country delights
me. / am enthusiastic over it. You
have great future, but your troubles
are all ahead.
"You have one tremendous figure
here. l mean your late and future
President Theodore Roosevelt He is
a splendid man. One nation does not
produce more than two or three men
like that"
do you believe that he will again
be president Of the United States?'
"Why can doubt it? Everywhere
have been the people have talked
Roosevelt to me- You worship him
There is nothing like 1t In Europe
such hero worship And he deserves
| It too. He is tremendous figure"
"Do you believe be will be ranked
among the great statesmen of tht
| world r
"Assuredly l do. We are still close
to him, however. and 1t Is hard tc
tell. Certainly we have no one like
him In Europe today
Speaking Of the difference between
the English and the American temper
ament, he said:
1.-THE Engishman Is a born pessi
mist He is never content with sur
face Indications: he is always looking
beneath to find something rotten
something warping. something wrong
he Is never sure that he Is prosperous
4 no matter how rich he is.
/ "You Americans, on the other hand
are radical optimists. A glance at thu
surface satisfies you Every one Q
you believes that America is the great
est country in the world and tina
Americans are the greatest people
You are taken up with dreams Of
great future.
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"And believe that the future o
America is great. You should pre-
duce the next great. musical compose
hero. do not know that ysu will
but you should, for you have all tn
elements--a Teutonic strain, Slavoni
strain and fine enthusiasm every
where. The two greatest artists of re
cent years were Americans, Whistle
and Sargent And your standards 1
the higher fields Of culture are grow
ing yearly"
After visiting the University of CHI
cago Lord Northcllffe said: John L
Rockefeller could make no better us
Of his vast wealth than the foundin
Of your wonderful university. 70
should appreciate your rich men-fo
the wise use Of their millions"
He was asked his opinion Of ]. Piel
pont Morgan.
y. Plerpont Morgan?" he replied
why, If he had lived in the middl
ages he would have been another L.
renzo de- Medici--another Lorenzo til
Magnificent
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