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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

Despite the fact that no other race is
go readily assimilated or hts better into
our institutions. we have. 10 large ex-
tent. become GeTmanzed II YOU do not
think So just consider the delicatessen
stores. the sauerkraut the rye bread.
the frankfurters. the lager beer and the
kindergarten.
Consider the German names you con-
stantly encounter while reading by the
Welsbach lignt. itself German inven-
ton. More than likely your American
made piano bears "A German name. and
more often than any other you hear the
compositions OF Germans-Bach, Bee
thoven, Liszt. Strauss and the rest
played on It. At the opera you listen
oftenest TO German masterpieces, and TO
Wagner most OF all.
Nearly every American city Of any
tions under 5000, have German newspa-
pers and periodicals (there are e03 OF
them. or which Wisconsin has seventy
nine), yet practically every one OF them
is simply an American publication print
ed In tho German language, showing that
the Germans here have been as much
AmerIcani1ec As tne country has been
GermaTIzcd.
Next In number TO thc German singing
societies are The benevolent associations
OF this peculiarly humanitarian race. But
such work is 10 be expected OF the peo-
pie of the nation that hrst brought 10
perfection the old age pension system
and the employers liability and work
mans compensation They have estab-
! immigrants. but the most noteworthy Is
the Legal AID society Of New York.
which IN th!rt"slN years has assisted
over 550.0oo persons in securing their
rights. without regard 10 nationality.
Nearly million ana quarters dol
lars have been collected for these poor
| clients. and free OF cost.
The most comprehensive of ali German
| societies in the United States is the Ma
| tional German American alliance. found
| ed eleven years ago with tie purpose OF
| promoting all that IS good in German
| character and culture and partic llarly
| that whcn might add 10 the welfare OF
! the United States. the adopted home OF
go many millions of the race, The presi-
dent OF the alliance, which now has about
! two and a half million members. is
| Charles J. Hexamcr OF Philadelphia. who
! should really have been included in my
list OF prominent German-Americaus in
the field OF industry. BY profession q
| civil engineer. ne has been awarded med =
ais for inventions. is the author OF nu-
merous technical books and has been
decorated ny the Emperor OF Germany
| for services In diffusing German culture
J in America.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
Ahead of the Pilgrims.

Facts very recently brought to light
showing the important part the Germans
played In the early history OF this coun-
try viii he surprise for most readers
and should make the heart Of every lig-
ing German American swell with pride
l have said that they made history on
this continent years before the Pilgrim
Fathers thought OF coming over. / might
truthfullv have said nearly century be-
fore, for away back IN 1888 a German
printer named Cro,nberGer got as near to
us as Mexico and IN that year set up Z
printing Office in the City OF Mexico.
While Hudson was the dlscoverer OF
Hendr!ck Chrstiansen. followed closely
after him and was the real explorer o!
the river and surrounding country. He
made eleven expeditions TO this region
and was the founder of New Ams.er-
dam
And here comes a shock for the Dutch,
Doubtless al who read this had been
taught, for II is so written III al our
histories. that 1t was a Hollander who
made 'fat famous purchase OF Manhat-
tan is.n~d rom the Indians for S2t
The i"v;h is that q German made that
bargain. ,ie was Peter M!unewit Min
ut is thc usual sPell!ngl. native OF
Wesel. He was director general OF New
Netherlands and IN 1921 closed that
trapsa ctior with the Manhattan MAN
hattec) Indians. purchasing the island
for the Dutch 1t was he who erected
the lortifcatlon in the present Wall street
region and put the colony on success
ful footing.
Another German, Jacob Leisler. from
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

other farms are so carefully cultivated,
so We'll kept up or so generally produc-
tive as those Of the Germans. and no 9TH
ers are so homelike They are the best
home builders Prosperity follows the
Teuton. Wherever he settles, a superior
quality OF citizenship is sure TO develop.
A number of our states owe their pros
perity largely TO the Germans, who not
only went TO them, but stayed and raised
descendants who also stayed Among
the states where this is particularly the
case are Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New
York, Maryland, Virginia. Ohio, India ma
Illinois. Missouri Kansas, Nebra ska,
California, Oregon, Washington and
Wisconsin. The last-na med state stands
at the head OF the German farmer ele-
ment while the five states of Wisconsin.
Minnesota, Iowa. Illinois and Nebraska
contain half of our German farming
population.
In Louisiana IL was the German farmer
that, through intelligence applied TO irri-
CATION, made the cultivation Of rice prof
liable, In Texas the cotton from the
plantations OF Germans is considered
hest
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
German Vote Turns Scale.

Naturally such n hardy, numerous and
intelligent people has had a marked influ-
ence on American politics and has pro-
duced many citizens who have distin-
guished themselves in this line. I have
often heard IT maintained that the Ger
man vote cannot be controlled. 1t
doesn't have TO be. The German is a
good voter and can be depended on 20
exercise the franchise intclllgently There
Is evidence that in every important eec-
ton for the past fifty years the German
vote has turned the scale
Germans IN politics date back To the
beginning OF affairs in the United States.
The first speaker of the house of repre-
senta tives was German, Hc was August
Muhlenbcre. son Of one of the greatest
of revolutionary heroes and grandson OF
Henry NJ. Muhlenberg, founder OF the
Lutheran church in America, which now
has over 1000. 900 members
And since | have reached the logical
point FOR mentioning that great denom-
ination. / want to pause to remark that
while there is no better evidence Of the
power OF the United States 10 assimilate
races than the ease with which the peo-
pie OF Teutonic blood accept our language
and amalgamate In our culture. there un-
doubtedly Is, and always will be, the
spirit Of German natonalism here, and
the Lutheran church will do more than
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
Leaders III Commerce.

Through their skill, their genius,
their stability and enterprise, the Ger
mans have always been leaders IN IN,
dustry and commerce, and now that /
German names in any of our epldemlcs
of big swindling enterprises. German
industries are built to stand.
To the Germans in America we owe
the first paper mill and the first type
foundry; the Germans established
the first chemical factories and the
greatest in the world are still run
by Germans here, They established
the first leather and gun factories,
and glass works.
Pioneers in Pittsburg iron and steel,
long before Carnegie, were George
Apshutz. John Fritz and Andreas and
Anton Klomann. and German names
that will always loom large in this
industry arc Henry c. tTick, largest
coke producer in the world (25,000 tons
day); and Charles NJ. Schwab, next
to Carnegie the master steel maker of
the world, both descendants Of the Ger
mantown, Pa, Germans. From that
band of Germans and their descendants
have also come Bayard Taylor, poet and
traveller; John Wanamaker master
merchant; Charles Yerlzes, traction mag
nate; James Lick, philanthropist, and
many others,
In business the Germans also have
the Spreckels and Havemeyer families
in sugar; Frederick Weyerhaeuser,
John D. Rockefeller, because Of his vast
timber holdings; the Roeblings, father
and son, who first spanned Niagara S
gorge and linked New York and Brook
lyn with marvellous bridges, and found
ed cable wire spinneries in New
Jersey town that now bears the family
name, George G. Boldt, of the Waldorf
Astoria and other famous hotels, who
sets the standard; +. Augustus Heinze,
| ing history; Heinrich Wehrum, who
founded the great Lackawanna Iron
and Steel Works at Seneca and Buffalo,
n. Y.
Henry Miller landed in New York as
raw butcher boy, away back in 1847.
and became the western cattle king
owner of $4,000 cattle and 100000 sheep
upon a range more than equal to the
combined area of the twenty smaller
states of the German empiie.
Then there is Ferdinand Schumacher
the grocer boy who became the pio-
neer oatmeal manufacturer Of the Unit
ed States and really started the break
fast food epidemic Charles Steinmetz
the noted inventive genius Of the Gen
eral Electric company, who stands sec
ond to none in the practical applica
tion Of electricity, was born in Ger
many.
In the front rank OF the industrial
wonders of America are the big brew
cries Of the middle west, and large
ones in nearly every section of the
country Whether we look upon this
CO, los, ,633 barrels-a-year (amount man
ufa ciured last weary trade as q curse n,
a blessing. there is some justification
for the claim of the Germans that the
introduction of lager beer with its low
percentage Of alcohol in place of the
heavy, very intoxicating beer produced
by the nglo-American brewers ex
ciusively up to 1850, had a good TEN
perate effect upon our people.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

Do YOU call that race phlegmatic
that issued the first written protest
against slavery, right here away back
in 1882
Do you call that race stolid that
printed the first Bible on this CONT
nent7
Do you call that race stolid that pro-
duced the hero that first faced trial
and suffered imprisonment in order that
the freedom Of the press might be
esta blished in Americas
Is that race phlegmatic that fur
nished five of the chief officers OF the
Revolutionary army, that furnished
10000 fighters to the Federal army
in The Civil war, OF whom 3OOO were
officers, among them niue major
generals and thirty-three hrigadier gen
erals, when the conflict ended
Is that race stolid that has a lways
tbrouohout American history tougnt as
we'll as pleaded for liberty. that fnr-
nished all of the 100 men that, under
Herkimer. fought the battle OF
Oriskapv, the bloodcst conlllct OF the
vyar for indepcndcnce: that fought from
The siege Of Boston 10 orktoWn; mat
sent the first regiment TO Washlae-
ton when President Lincoln called for
volunteers; that took the bridge al
Antietam. held Cemetery Ridge at
Gettysburg. stormed Fort Fisher, and
marched with Sherman to the sea
Many of our most celebrated living
Americans are of German birth, and
il is greatly to the races credit that
eminence in scholarship and music
stands first among them, can name
at least fifty German professors IN
our universities whose names are
world famous; | can name more than
thirty distinguished German musicians
in the country. IN commerce. art, re-
lgion, law, literature. .pohucs, me,
cbanics. Germans stand in the front
rank in surprising numbers.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

any other agency to maintain It, BY
establishing German symnasiums. hos
pitals, orphanases. schools and seminaries
for training teachers, these congregations
VIII never let the rationalism OF the
fatherland die. And the German Catholic
church Is also n great force.
There have been a least seventeen
governors, six United States senators
and more than hundred members oi
the house OF representatives OF German
blood, and of state legislators ] would
not attempt TO give an estimate. Woman
suffrage has not found them wanting
In some ways the most active and USE
full member OF the Colorado general as
sembly is a native German woman. Agnes
Riddle, elected last November for he1
second term. She is also one of the best
Il. .hI... In. In G.nlArnln
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
Patrons of Art and Music.

It is a notable fact that the German
never gets so absorbed in sordid bust
ness as to have his love of music, Of
art, of the finer things Of life, sub
merged. There is evidence Of this in
every community, for tho German bust
ness man is always patron Of the ar
tistic, and his patronage usually is pro-
portionate to his income.
Adolphus Busch of st. Louis, who is
one of the gepiuses of our business
world, has been liberal patron of art
and he distinguished himself as chair
man of the art committee of tho St.
Louis world 's fair. Captain Frederic
Pabst was, all during his business ca.
reer, n leading spirit in the promotion
OF things artistic in Wisconsin.
Charles f. Gunther, master candy
maker of Chicago, is an authority on
early American history and has n nota-
bio private collection of Washington
and Lincoln relics.
Richard Hermann, master cabinet
maker Of Dubuque, La, Is an authori.
tative writer on geology and American
anthropology and is the founder Of the
Museum Of Natural History in Du.
buque. All four OF these men were born
in Germany and came here as immi.
grants. The list might be extended in.
definitely.
Music. especially song, to the German
is sort of worship. Every German
knows the songs Of his country and
sings them every time occasion arises
That fact has had a wonderful in.
huence on tho social life Of this coun.
try. believe that the German sing.
ing societies have done more than any
thing else to create and cultivate love
of vocal music in the nation, There
are more than 900 of these societies in
Greater New York. eightyfour Of which
are in the borough of Brooklyn There
are thirty eight such singing societies
in St, Louis, and more in Milwaukee,
] The great orchestras, such as the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
Carl Schurz.

II is doubtful that any other man az
any race ever stamped his personality
| upon this country moro deeply than the
late Carl Schurz, and In so many ways
as soldier. scholar. political reformer,
statesman and pupc!st. He Was OF the
second great period OF German immlSva
tion. The first period was from 1852 to
by RELIGIOUS motives. The second was In
the 'ins OF the nineteenth century.
prompted by political considerations, the
period that brought 10 MS the famous
forty Fighters. about 10000 OF the very
best Germans OF thai generation. They
were The patriots ol that German revo-
luton o. lSiS that failed What this
country owes 10 the zeal the statesman
ship. the Ia ttling qualities ol those young
patriots who had been ngh;ing for free
and united Germany Is lnestiinable.
Fighters, writers. orators, they naturally
became leaders. Carl Scburz was one OF
them. A Carl Schurz profcssorsh!p en-
dowed With $50. 600 Mas recently estab-
lished by the University o! Wisconsin.
and the chair is filed by professor Sc
lectcd from university IN the father
Immigration. beginning with 1850. had
purely economic character
The immigration reached Its highest
volume IN 1852, when 250,630 came from
the fatherland. From that year Ia grad
ually fell until 1898, after which date II
slowly rose, From $4,000 TO $4,000 per
year have been coming 10 us during the
Inst decade.
So marked has been the influence OF the
Germans I'm the United States upon our
industry, our customs. our daily life, and
so widely are they distributed. that the
traveller from the fathcrland has no need
to look upon this as foreign country.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
First Real Colony.

The first Germans 20 come for the ex-
press purpose OF establishing A colony
from Germany. by religious persecution
arrived In Philadelphia, in 1852. Theil
settlement was then. and still is. called
Germantown. the city's best-known sub
, urb. Much American history, and OF The
very best kind. was made by these Ger
mantown Germans They printed ihe
first bible on this continent; thcy built
tho FIRST paper mill: they nodded the frs;
periodical. and il was there that the ight
against slavery was begun.
Thousands OF prosecuted Germans kept
1oching To this refuge and were widely
scattered over Pennsylvania and thence
eastward and westward, always furnish
Ing the hardest pioneers that opened
the new country and made the soil Yield
its richest harvests. When the rerolu-
sand Germans in Pennsylvania
First in war and first In peace can
truly he said Of the Germans in Amer
lea. Captain Donders men were the first
man newspaper, the Philadelphia Staats~
bote, was the first to herald the birtn ol
the American republic after the signing
of the Declaration OF independence.
The outcome OF our war for inde-
penoence might have been disastrously
different II II had not been for that no
BILE Prussian officer Earon von Steu-
ben. who arrived when Washngton's few
thousand discouraged men were suffering
in the desolatc winter quarters at Valley
Forge. Without pay. this former adjp-
iant OF Frederick the Great took hold OF
the updsclplined colonial soldiers and
transformed them into efficient fighters,
a recent history proc!aims him as the
true originator Of the American army.
This same historian also declares that
II seems very doubtful that In the Civil
war the preservation Of the union might
have been accomplished without the pa
triotic support Of the German element; He
points out that large numbers OF these
German soldiers, especially the officers.
had received practical training In the war
academies and IN the armies OF the Ger
man empire and that the presence of so
many efficient officers and men was or
the gres test Importance to the north. as
at the outbreak OF the war the Copfed-
crates had far the greater number OF Of
ficers trained 1T West Point.
To tell the complete story OF the
services OF General Peter Muhlenberg
would almost be TO write the history OF
the Revolutionary war Peter the
Devil they called this Lutheran minis
ter, who was easily one OF the greatest
heroes, as we'll the most picturesque
figure among the generals In The war.
Heroes all were Cart Schurz, Franz Size!
and Peter Osterhaus In the Civil war;
and the supreme hero among the officers
In the Spanish American war was Ad-
miral Schiey who also was of German
stock
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

frankfort was the first to arouse In
the colonists that feeling OF community
interest which eventually led to the over
throw of British rule and the formation
of the United States. After the annex
alton Of New Netherlands by the Eng
ish. and during the foment in the colo
MES caused by the crowning OF William
III, the people of New York elected Leis-
Ter as their temporary governor To
combat The attacks OF the French, he
called together the first congress Of
American colonies. lie was tried on the
charge OF being a dema gogue and was
hanged in 1891. Leisler was that first
martyr in the struggle OF the American
people for liberty referred to above.
II was only a few years later that
Peter Gender, a young German printer.
started a weekly paper IN New York and
made himself so unpopular with the offl-
cals by constantly criticising their ac-
tions that they first publicly burned cop
los OF his paper; then when he kept
on criticisinS he was imprisoned and
was that first man to suffer In the cause
Of a free press In America.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
|AGNESLUDWlG RIDDLE,
Member of the Colorado
Legislature.

Philharmonic in New York, the Theo-
dore Thomas in Chicago and the Boston
Symphony, are German in origin, in
leadership, largely in personnel, but cos.
mopolltan IN support. All of us like
them. Theodore Thomas, Anton Seidel,
William Gericke, the Damrosches, Emil
Paur, Gustav Mailer, Frederick Stock,
Carl Muck, Josef Strapsky and a long
list Of other brilliant conductors have
made Americans quite as familiar with
German composers as are the people in
the Fatherland.
Among other resident German musi.
clans, we have Frank X, Arens, com,
poser and conductor; Franz Knelsel
violinist; Leo Schultz. cellist. The late
P. A. Schnecker, Il famous New York
organist, wrote more church music than
any other American musician, and the
late P. A. Stoeckel, who was profes,
sor in Yale university for ffty-eight
years, was often referred to as the
HGrand Old German of Music -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
Ru WILLIAM w. YOUNG.

ormerly editor Of Hempton's Maya
md now editor OF the Mcclure
Wspaper Syndicate.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
1913. by the Mcclure
wspaper Syndicate.)


r.opyrIght. 1913. by the Mcclure
wspaper SyndicateD
lIrO other nationality has stamped
III itself so indelibly upon the pop
N ulation map Of the United States
II as has the German, There is not
Rate in which the German American
ss not stand well at the top OF the
ealled foreign population, and in
bnty.nine states this nationality
ds all others.
btolid and phlegmatic are the two
iectives most frequently used in con
stion with the German. None but the
iorant or unthiuking would use them.
Do YOU call that race stolid that
hved the tcrrors of the Atlantic
4 made history or tnis continent
hrs before the uilgrim fathers
mcht Of coming over!
Do YOU call that race stolid that
pished the first martyr in the strug
OF the American people for liberty?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02
TO THE GERMANS WE OWE :

TO THE GERMANS WE OWE:
The first Bible printed this continent.
The first protest against slavery.
Our first steel mill first paper mill and hrst
type foundry
Our first chemical and leather factories
That famous purchase of Manhattan Island
dians for $24.
OUR GERMAN POPULATION
In twentynine of the fortyegh leads all other
foreign natonaties
Forms % per cent of the total white population of the
United States
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-02

in a
Great Many Professions and Arts They Are the Iopnd Now 1t Is Shown That
i
the Fight Lot Other
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-03-18

II Is astounding that such a plea should have
20 be made No private business concern would
tolerate ,Iovenly bookkeeping for a moment r.
heiency and csscn-ss are the watch words in every
industry Or business Why should the various
State government. tolerate the inefficient manage.
ment Of the States bus.ness} he State should de-
mand a. good efficient service as is demanded by
"a private employer
Texas s IN thoroughly satisfactory case as Ear a'
the conduct OF the vital statistics bureau Of the
State health board is concerned We have irequt-
iy found occasion 10 commend the Jealous expert
direction ~ Registrar Babcock lie has done his
bes,-aud his beet s dong we'll under "a handi-
cap that s SERIOUS netcusabe That handicap BE-
the refusal OF failure Of TOO many local health an.
thoutes 10 comply with the registration statute
The REGISTRAR letters his protests and complaints
do not avail lie BE- not prosecutor and be and
The other State health board attaches have too
many demands on Official service 10 have time 70
devote 10 the usually hopeless task Of urging State
attorneys 10 compel compliance with % misdemean
or statute
STILL We would like to see the registrar publish
to the State .t oi those cities and counties ~ha So
health authorize have not obcyed the registration
statute Texas must devise some means Of meet
ing the necessity for complete reporting OF vital
statistics When these are reported there will be
accurate regulation None who is familiar with
the operation Of the office in the State house ~iI
doubt this statement Waco News