The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-01
Secretary colton,s Address.


Among the important excerpts from
EST. Cotton, secretary Of the Foreign
work committees address, are the
following, which was listened to with
intense interest as he spoke of the
new work in South America, where
the foreign workers of the Keokuk
association have transferred their in
terests for the next five years, from
Bangalore, India, where splendid
work has been carried Oh and in which
the gospel has been spread through
the efforts of the KeoEuk Y. M. c. A.,
united with those of other cities OF
the land.
In part, Mr. Coulton spoke as fol-
lows:
II found in South America that the
average citizen OF that country has
the conception that the United States
is trying to annex one by one the ten
republic there. The conception this
North American country has Of
those southern republics, is a confus-
ion of states. We cannot ignore the
states of South America. We cannot
ignore the Argentine nations, we can
not ignore nation that every year
pays the British interests quarter of
billion dollars, that has 100000
population and has commerce with the
great nations of the world.
"Italy and south of Europe have rec
ognized the Importance of these South
American states
Germany is making a desperate ef-
I fort and even Japan is reaching out
an arm to beat out British interests
4 and the Importance of those states
/ are recognized. The whole continent
lis being penetrated by railroads that
4 ave reaching far into the interior.
There arc two great outstanding
! facts, REGULAR that makes the South
! American continent a field Of oppor
/ Unity for the Y. NJ c. A. When you
/ are in the great cities of these south
i ern republics. you are in the midst oil
EUROPEAN culture and progress and
when you are out of them, one is in
! the bush so to speak.
zone of the great temptations o.
/ the men of this South American cOun
4 try are the surroundings of CONNER
cialism which is sweeping through
/ them.
\ "Selfishness is the great weakness
of the Latin nation of South America
/ 1t is one of the underlying traits o.
Il weakness that threaten them morally
socially and otherwise. They canno
! stay together long enough to accomp
4 fish any real good.
5, 'Intemperance is almost unknown
in these Latin states. This holds trus
I I'm older South America. In new Scutl
i America, drinking is a habit that ha.
y crept in with European settlement.
7 "One bad vice of the Latin coun
tries is gambling. Street car com
panies there knowing the hold of lot
terry dealings upon the people, ISSUE
|. checks of some inflnitesimal value ant
j, furthers their disease of corruption.
sThe dark spot on the continent O
4 South America is the social evil
which is looked upon with little in
!. terest and no effort is being made t
: put down things the inhabitants rea
| lie are wrong.
Il congratulate you upon the OF
portunity that you are to have il
linking your lives UP with the YounI
| Mems Christian Association of Ri
: de Janeiro. The work has been sprea'
: in Bangalore and all India, and
5 nothing had been accomplished.
: great work wonld have been done jus
the same. 1t is the same in Sout
America and those Latin Republi
: cities, where the bible is little known
( that there is a great work for vol
$ You men who have i'll past years bee
5 making possible the work in Bangalore
: now have an opportunity of carryin