The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1912-01-18

cl@1nly N their liyes. unarectsdly kindly IA
heir Impulses and 70 successful Ia Wrtngfnz q
comfortable living for - large population from
90 small an area of land FOr the amount Of good
sob IN the country the population IA one of the
most fsnfe on the globe. and yst the people live
better than almost any other among whom have
rpent any length Of time on any continent
In Switzerland begging T. unknown AFFECT pOv-
erty IL nowhere In evidence Rags are no, seen.
nor u there . Epeck OF dirt avoidabe By known
means encountered on the persons Of the people.
In the homes they occupy or IN the streets o.
their cities. These characteristics Of persons and
streets. Of homes and furniture. not merely
common or general; they universal 10 the
tent OF being almost without exception. No Swift
zer ia dirty. not one II ragged. none seems 20
want any of The common necessities Of life 30
with the homes and their Furnishings; they
ell clean 80 all the streets d all the cities
And the kindllness Of manner Il almost. n no;
quite. nearly universal az the thrift and econ
omy They are never rude nor ever th0nghtleas.
This country 20 wonderful 10 scenery IL only
isO0C square miles IN extent Yet 3.G00.00O %
those wonderful people wiring a good livelihood
from that handbreadth of territory. That II not
the full extent Of their achievement. The little
patch II composed of a larger extent Of waste
land than any other where considerable popu-
iation lies n does not seem as n any possible
use could be made of half the area except 70 ~.
ford coasfiug ground FOR the grown-up children
Of Europe % slide on the icc We easily recall
the song Everybody Works bat Father" Il does
not 20 10 switzerland IN the wales and on tho
small plains along the bllEides and up 10 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 an get a pretty good education. few o. them
not speaking two languages. moat of them three.
and hundreds of them four I have met few
who bad pretty good use Of an Of six or eight
tongues They al read and know something OF
the world and M ways Ny mind turns from the
FloTies Of tie scenery 20 the admirable traits Of
character that seem 70 be- az common among tho
men and women aa grandeur or beauty is 70 the
mountains and vales the valleys and woodlands
OF fair Switzerland
What do they all do2 Ask rather What DO they
not DO? They do their own work and a good deal
for other nations Lying in the center Of Europe.
with railroad lines going out In an directions.
with three great tunnels through the Alps through
which trains pass from the farhest limits Of Italy.
from nl the scapOrts of that country 10 the Baltic
and eastward 20 Russia. Switzerland has become
a great distributing point for goods from an over
the world. n has amazed me 20 note the amount
u wine credited 20 this country from Spain and
Italy 80 of olive Oh and Of oranges and lemons
Only a small portion "a used here But all Europe
Is made 10 pay tribute Tor these products n the
south Think Of the commerce Of this small ter
ritOry % ice and rocks. amounting % 1861 5fs047
q year The imports show 10 the extent Of 1890,
774.7Gf and the exports 70 1870 0s3lzs5 Spending
more than they make Do not mistake. They
are doing nothing OF the krd. The Swiss Do not
consume all the goods represented 10 these i'm
port figures. they go TO feed. house and clothe
the hundreds Of thousands Of visitors.
The Deo1le cultivate every square foot Of soil