Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-01-05

1a0oAAy Al o1ciE AVSs 80 unamectedIy kindly IN
their impulses and so successful in wringing q
comfortable living for SO large a population from
30 small an area of land. For the amount Of good
soil IN the country the population is one of the
most dense on the globe, and yet the people live
better than almost any other among whom have
spent any length of time on any continent
IN switzerland begging is unknown abject pow
erty Is nowhere in evidence. Rags are not seen
NOR Is there speck Of dirt avoidable by known
means encountered on the persons of the people.
IA the homes they occupy in the streets Of
their cities. These characteristics Of persons and
streets, Of homes and furniture, are not merely
common 0r general: they are universal to the
tent o. being almost without exception. No Swift
ser 4 dirty, not one IL ragged, none seems to
N0nt any Of the common necessities Of life. So
Nlth the homes and their furnishings; they are
G1rE "a. So arc III the streets of all the cities.
xn4 (Q kindliness Of manner Is almost, II not
Qnlt4 Haarly universal as the thrift and econ
Om3s are never rude nor ever thoughtless.
n 1&f& fry 10 wonderful in scenery is only
160o miles in extent. Yet 100000 Of
tAG14# kpl people wiring a good livelihood
ffQN &4breadth of territory That 10 not
thSs1 mn Of their achievement The little
.nat6 psed Of larger extent of waste
VII INN other where considerable popu-
M does not seem as If any possible
made Of half the area, except to at
Sfing ground for the grown-up children
70 slide on the ice. We easily recall
Everybody Works but Father" It does
- IN Switzerland. In the valeS and on the
~ plains, along the hillsides and up to the
Stelnal SHOWS on the peaks Of the Alps. these
people al work. They begin In early infancy and
40 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 few
who had pretty good use of all of six or eight
tongues They all read and know something Of
the world and its ways. My mind turns from the
eories Of the scenery to the admirable traits Of
character that seem to be as common among the
men and women as grandeur or beauty is to the
mountains and Wales. 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 pass 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 It 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 $561.548.0H
a year The imports show to the extent OF $780,
774764 and the exports to $3.50, $685. 65. Spending
more than they make! Do not mistake. They
are doing nothing of the kird The Swiss do not
kpnsume all the goods represented In these I'M
.Sort figures. They go to feed house and clothe
Abe hundreds of thousands OF visitors
Ik The people cultivate every square foot of soil