The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-05-02

had looked forward to, and we left
disappointed. Berlin is great city,
beautifully improved and perfectly
paved, but the public buildings and
residences of the rich are not to be
compared to those in England and
France. No country approaches Eng
land. She is superior to them all, the
United States excepted. Berlin ap-
pears new and is largely so. Aside
from the time of Frederick the Great,
there is not much of importance that
is very old. 1870 seems to be the
starting point, and of course they
have not had enough time. Bismark
is distinctly their most beloved dead,
and he almost has a monopoly of the
remembrances to the distinguished
citizens who have passed, the royal
family excepted. The Germans are
the busiest people in Europe though,
and are doing their best, and if they
prosper financially they will do greater
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of over-refinement which weakens ma
tions, and they have much to accom-
plish before they will be on the brink
of any such danger. They are the
plainest people we have seen. They
have less social life and dress far less
than the English or French. | attend
ed the opera in Frankfort, and did not
see six men or women in evening
dress, and it was just the same in
Berlin, although Berlin is supposedly
as gay as, any capital in Europe.
The whole of Europe is very much
worked up over our tariff legislation
and Germany is licking her chops
hungrily. England expects great ben
efits, so does Denmark, and / hear sc
much to this effect that l feel BIZ
doubtful as to what the result will bt
at home. An Englishman said fret
trade would be such a great benefit tt
us, and asked him how we could b.
benefited by buying abroad. o, HI
: said, it would lead to ultimately lowe
prices for labor and material, and tina
we could then compete with the world
and at the same time live cheaply H
; said labor would be forced to accep
the same wages paid abroad to ge
employment, and thought, how woul
five shillings per day appeal to Hal
p tiesburg carpenter, $4,000 per mont
to engineers on the fastest trains, rs
per day for farm laborers, white a
: that.
- Denmark is more interesting to tn
n square inch than any country we hav
g visited. Her exports are phenomena
q and they say they have no poor in tn
common sense. They live MOI
economically than any people we hav
seen. The laborers wear woode
shoes, and are tremendous worker
visited a farm with the owner, WI
is a prominent business man in Cope
hagen, it was three miles from tt
center of town, contained 400 acre
and was valued including stock al
all equipment, at 100000. 1t is
seedery, he simply grows seeds fl
the market, and sells many in Il
United States, some of our be
American" seed, no doubt being h
He pays his general foreman 6
| krones per year (S162,OO) and boar
him. He was a very capable ma
Blacksmiths get 10c per hour, Fol
men over small forces Toe per hol
and ordinary workmen Sc per ho'
The milk girls and men about t
VI farms get about to II dollars I
10 month, and some provisions, I belle
fresh meat, milk and some vegetabl
ii | visited the most up-to-date ia
- in Denmark, and saw them usi
~, milking machines, it was extremely
"a teresting. The machines, howev
NO are not in general use, and sim
coming into use. enclose
ms picture and some descriptive mat
Ia which you will find very interest
SEES and profitable.
The statistics of exports of
,ts' country do not seem believable.
by will give them to you upon my rett
but they sell live COW to fore
ury countries to each fifth of a SOU
)wl mile, or 5 to the square mile, and
horse to the square mile. They