New Ulm review., 1910-06-15
Official Paper of New Ulm.
Letter from St. Paul.
Editor Review:

a resident of New Ulm for nearly fiss.
teen years, and never lost an oppor.
aunity to urge persistent effort on the
part of the well-to-do residents toward
securing manufactures for the city, ]
may be permitted to congratulate the
people of the city in the certainty o1
having a shirt and overall factory
opened there as a branch of a success.
ful factory in st. Peter; and while in
the mood why should I not congratu.
&aGe Postmaster Peterson on his new
quarters in the palatial new Govern
snent Postofice building? And at the
same time [ should also award need
OF praise to DR.. L. A. Fritsche for the
active and effective part he took in Sc
curing an admirable location for the
building, although at the time the To-
cation was decided upon, was not in
favor of it.
cannot pass mention of the very
appropriate and patriotic trend of
Ghought expressed in some of the add
resses delivered on the late G. A. R.
Memorial day, particularly in this
State, suggesting that the G. A. r.
veterans should make in an effort to-
ward universal peace pact. Having
fought the good fight of the civil war
which [ believe made permanent peace
for the United States, the voice of the
e. A. r. whose sacrifices cemented
the Union as never before, what body
OF men more fitting to lead in move
ment for general disarming of here
tofore hostile nations and cessation
OF constant preparation for war in the
construction Of great navies, which
impose upon Isalready overburdened
peoples enormous expenditures and
annual increases Of taxation? A not
able address Or appeal for universal
peace was that of Maria Sanford, who
served almost a lifetime as Professor
IN the University ofs Minnesota, on
Memorial day ina Minneapolis, in
which she urged the veterans of the G..
A. r. to unite in a movement for
worldwide peace; and in keeping with
Aer appeal was the published letter or
proclamation of ex-Gov. Van SAINT as
Grand Commander of the G.. A. r. in
the same line. If peace hath her VIC
series no less renowned than war, and
d believe greater than war, who other
than the veterans of the Civil War, so
capable and influential as thew who
tasted the bitterness of war and won
Its glorious victories, to win a greater
crown of glory in securing, or at least
giving impetus to movement now ap-
parently ripening in favor of univer-
sal peace among the leading civilized
nations of the earth?
Through the courtesy of young
lady connected with Manchester Col
Aege, whose family are old LIE Sueur
acquaintances now our nelghbors in
st. PauD my daughter and myself were
Furnished tickets to hear the renowned
Booker Washington, President of
Iuskegee College in Alabama deliver
Che commencement address for Maca-
lester college in the large Central
Presbyterian church, near the State
Capitol, Wednesday forenoon. I had
for many years an anxiety to hear this
notable man of more than national
reputation, who is the foremost cham
pion OF his race in educating and up
lifting them to a plane of responsible
: ity and usefulness, and I was amply
repaid in listening to his hours talk,
for | have never heard more forcible
= orator, nor one who gave utterance to
more practical and useful thoughts
His theme was 'From Servitude to
Service" and he impaired some new
conceptions of the higher and unseIish
view Of life. He illustrated more or
less of the duty of mankind by narrat.
ing his own struggles from childhood
in slavery to noble manhood in free
dom. Among many other interesting
truths he would inculcate was that
what are commonly spoken of as sac
rifices are not sacrifices at all, sucl
as struggling through poverty, ant
suffering it might be under hardships
which only give strength to lift u
ones self and those around ono. Oh
the contrary, he regarded his own ear
ay slavery and struggles to rise as
constant pleasure, for it finally en-
abled him to assist in lifting member
of his race to higher and more use
full manhood and womanhood. Mar
row, selfish views and actions in life
he characterized as servitude; while
broad, unselfsh manhood, is freedom
From his appearance one might cor
clude that Booker Washington is NJ
more than quadroon, but whateve
his portion of negro blood. in liste,