El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-02

+" WASHINGTON. D. c., Sept. a.
NJ In describing the new
schemes OF Uncle Sam, pa
triarch. ii Is well 10 know something
Of the men at their head President
Taft of course. bosses every job, but
the detailed work is under the cabinet
ministers. Take. for instance, secre-
tary Charles Nagel, the chief of the
department of commerce and labor,
with whom 1 have been talking today.
DE Is fit manager of great under
taking. Six feet in height, as straight
as an arrow and muscularly well
formed, at the age of 81, he is one Of
the most energetic and efficient Of all
: those who are managing Uncle Sans
business He is broad gage man.
fitted by wide training and experience
for his place in the federal machine
Born IN Texas. which we fasteners
look upon as part of the wild and
woolly west he was educated first in
St Louis and then in Berlin, the pro-
gressive and aggressive capital of Ger
many. After graduating at the uni
versity there. he came back to st.
Louis. where he made a great reputa-
ton as q lawyer. and where he was
practicing when he was made secre-
tary Of the department Of commerce
and labor by president Taft.
How Nage1 Came to Texas.
In my talk with the secretary asked
him how he happened to select Texas
as his birthplace He replied that his
father was an immigrant, and that he
came from Germany TO this country in
1913, settling IN Colorado county, Tex
as The old gentleman was mem
Der Of one of number of colonies
which were established in our great
southwest at that time by certain
wealthy citizens Of the German nobiI-
ity. The immigrants belonging to
these colonies were men of fine educa-
ton Many OF them were university
graduates. and they had Civilization
far above that Of the hordes which
secretary Nagel is now allowing to en-
ter this country. For instance. the
secretary's father had been a physician
in Germany and he was a graduate
of the university OF Berlin. The secre-
tary's school teacher in Texas was a
graduate OF the same university and
Mr.. Nage1 recently found printed
speech Of the great prince Bismarck
which was made in reply to paper
written by his Texas scboolmaster.
Upon my speaking of the German
revolution Of 1S4s. during which so
many prominent men left the father
ID nUs dSkSQ MT. wager IL II was not
then that Carl Schurz and Joseph Pu-
liter came to this country.
The secretary replied that Schurz
came several years later, and that Jo-
seph Pulitzer must have landed along
about the close of the civil war Said
he:
II knew Mr.. Pulitzer during my
early days in ST Louis and while he
was still a. reporter on the Westliche
Post. Later on he bought the Post
and united it with the Dispatch, maxi
ing the St Louis Dispatch, which
he still owns. 1t was from the money
that he made from the Dispatch that
he came TO New York and bought
the World
Creative Features of Uncle Sans
Work.
The conversation here turned to the
development of Uncle Sam, patriarch,
and secretary Nagel referred TO some
OF the great creative works now under
way in the various departments. Said
he:
Every one Of the administrative Of
fees is taking on creative features
The postofffce. which was formerly a
mere transmitter Of letters. has just
started postal savings banks, and it
is protecting the people from frauds
through the mails The department. of
wax. which is the great national and