The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-12-09
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cleany in their lives so unafrected,v kindly n
'ie[ impulses and successful in wringing a
W nM ,aoie hVlng FOR so large population from
so small an area of land For the amount Of good
SOIL IN the country the population is one of tho
most dense on the globe, and vet the peon,e live
De''el tnan almost any other among whom have
spent any length of time on any continent.
IN oWltzerland begging is unknown abject pov.
erty IS nowhere In evidence. Rags are not seem
nor IS there speck of dirt avoidable by known
means encountered on the persons of the people
III the homes they occupy in the streets Of
their cities. These characteristics of persons and
streets, Of homes and furniture are not merely
common or general; they are universal to the ex.
tent or being almost without exception No Swift.
ger Is dirty not one is ragged none seems to
want any or the common necessities of life. So
with the homes and their furnishings; they are
all clean So are all the streets Of all the cities
And the kindness Of manner is almost If not
quite, as nearly universal as the thrift and econ.
omy Ihey are never rude, ever thoughtless.
This country so wonderful in scenery Is only
$4,000 square miles in extent. Yet 100000 of
those wonderful people wiring a good livelihood
from that handbreadth of territory. That is not
the full extent Of their achievement. The little
patch is composed of larger extent of waste
land than any other where considerable popu-
iation lies 1t does not seem as if any possible
use could be made Of half the area except to az
ford coasting ground for the grown-up children
OF Europe to slide on the Ice. We easily recall
the song. Everybody Works but Father" 1t does
not go in Switzerland In the wales and on the
small plains, along the hillsides and up to the
eternal SHOWS on the peaks of the Alps, these
people all work They begin in early infancy and
do not quit until old age is decrepit indeed. Yet
they all get pretty good education few of them
not speaking two languages, most of them three
and hundreds of them four. have met a few
who had pretty good of all of six or eight
tongues They all read and know something of
the world and it's ways My mind turns from the
gories Of the scenery to the admirable traits OF
character that seem to be common among the
and women grandeur beauty is to the
mountains and vales the valleys and woodlands
of fair Switzerland.
What do they all do? Ask rather What do they
not do? They do their own work and good deal
for other nations. Lying in the center of Europe.
with railroad lines going out in all directions,
with three great tunnels through the Alps through
which trains from the farthest limits Of Italy
from all the seaports of that country to the Baltic
and eastward to Russia, Switzerland has become
a great distributing point for goods from all over
the world 1t has amazed me to note the amount
of wine credited to this country from Spain and
Italy; so Of olive oil and of oranges and lemons.
Only small portion Is used here. But all Europe
is made to pay tribute for these products of the
south. Think of the commerce Of this small ter
ritory Of ice and rocks, amounting to 1851 548O47
year The imports show to the extent of $780,.
774.764 and the exports to $3.50 O83 1856. Spending
more than they makef Do not mistake. They
are doing nothing of the kira The Swiss do not
consume all the goods represented in these i'm.
port figures. They go to feed house and clothe
the hundreds OF thousands OF visitors
The people cultivate every square foot OF soil