The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-11-04


of the world at percent, than to
own the world" he laid the founda
tion of the present credit system o.
| Great Britain. Once in debt no man
expects to pay out. Credit is main.
tanned by paying the old obligation
with new one.
The public debt of Great Britain will
never be paid. British honesty is too
well known to ever permit the debt
to be repndiatcd but Tor all that It
will never be paid-it never can be
paid. Everything and everyone are
taxed to the limit. Both life and death
are taxed, and yet this tax does not
pay interest and current expenses
the debt is actually growing A poo
pie of less Inherent strength, would
have gone into bankruptcy years ago.
No people other than the British, have
| the strength to carry such burden.
DO not for a moment think the Brit.
ish are Il people of no wealth, for they
are among the weathiest of nations.
We have our steel trust, our meat
trust, our leather trust and many 9th
Crs. but they are only infants when
compared with the money trust of
Great Britain. "a very small number
of men control all the money of Great
Britain. The low rate of interest
quoted by the Bank of England is for
the bankers only-no others have the
collateral The farmer and merchant
of the country districts pay a higher
rate than such men pay in Nebraska,
and there appears no relief in sight.
This is my last letter to The News
at this time as | shall leave for home
in few days. This trip has taught
me that while one may see much that
is pleasing to the eye by touring Il
country as a tourist; yet if he wants
to learn much of the country that will
be of any real value to him, he must
go out among the people who make
that country, and live with them, and
labor with them in the way of helping
them to solve some of their many diff
licut problems.
Every day that ! remain in coun-
try, only brings me nearer to the poo
pie, and in some Instances it has
been with many regrets that ! was
compelled to leave them.
The Whole World Alike.
Another thing one learns is that
after all people differ less than we
are inclined to believe, that the world
is but one large family. Go where
we may, children are playing the same
games; lovers are breathing words of
eternal love and confidence into the
ears of their sweethearts; middle age
is occupied with the real activities and
responsibilities of life; old age, more
likely than not, is repenting of the
mistakes of an ill-spent life-these are
the things common to all mankind,
and when all has been said, they still
make up the chief items of life.
Europe has much the best of us in
years, but whether we speak of any
one, or all things, for which life is
worth living, it is Europe that suffers
by the comparison. This does not
mean that no good can be found over
here, for go where we may there will
be good and there will be that which
is bad, but always more good than
bad. The beautiful home life of rural
France; the courage and persistency
of the Hollander; the Briton's great
love of honesty and his strict enforce
ment of law, are all worthy of our
emulation. The French and British
systems of building roads and market
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careful study.
Upon the other hand this should
not be construed to mean that all
is we'll at home. We have national
troubles of our own, trusts, railroad
regulation, graft and other things,
but the people who have made a
United States in three centuries, can
be trusted to meet any emergencies
that may arise. We have minor trou-
bles in our home state. but the intelli-
gence of Nebraska will take care of
the future. We are young when COM
pared with Europe, but the people of
Europe are today our pupils. The
more | study the people here, their
poverty, their ignorance, and of the
better people their hopes and ambi-
lions, the more firmly | am convinced
that the American schoolhouse and
the American school teacher have
been the most potent force in Ameri-
cas- greatness. The native ability of
the BritOn is the best in the world.
True genius even an
embryonic stage is running loose here
upon the streets. but there is no
American schoolhouse, no American
school teacher to develop it. This
makes in Great Britain contradictory
condition. She is the most intelligent
yet at the same time the most ignor-
ant of peoples. One man king, an
other creeping, servile thing.
A Message to the Farmer.
Through The News | have IA mes
sage to deliver to the Nebraska farm
er. 1t Isl Pillow better, plant better
using better seed; cultivate better,
and harvest and care for your crop
better. Conserve the fertility of your