The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-07-30
THIS COUNTRY OF
OURS.

so you want some facts about the
bit of country | have the honor to
represent in Consular way-and it
has been real pleasure to be here
and in this town and meet with its
good people-and that bit oil country
is the United States of America.
Suppose, now, Mr.. Anton, we just
have a bit of an interview on the
subject, following in line with the
stately procession of countries Of my
Consular colleagues that the 'PiCtor-
ial' pages have shown these several
weeks past in such interesting way.
History tells how much of a row
was raised in and about tea cup,
and all that followed after it. ! am
and always have been, a great lover
of tea! Which reminds me to say
that since we began counting the
emigrants coming to the United
States--that was in 1S20-we have
taken in no less than thirty-two mil
| lion, and they have done their full
part in the glorious work of develop
ing a new country. AS for those WI
came from Great Britain-the Eng
lish, the Irish, the Scotch, the WelsL
we got nothing better from any
where, for they came with a great
unshaken love of liberty all around
| that counted for 50 much on ever
| lasting lines, and none more so than
the noble few who brayed the seas
and all dangers-those of the May
| flower!' To one who has seen much
of the magical development of new
CONTEMPLATING it right from the
raw as it were, it is marvellous
| seeing these men and women stag
gering along weary trails into rich
| lands, building dug outs sod houses
and doing all that pioneer life calls
| for; rich in it's privations and char
ALTERNATING, and then passing over
the same sections in the after time,
and finding what?--fne farms in ev-
cry direction, great in steady produc-
tion towns as lovely as poet could
dream of; schools and colleges, and
universities, and the whole line made
practically free to every child having
the brain and body to do the march
from the kindergarten up to where
the Dons are to be seen in cap and
gown of honored distinction! Free
dom never before had such an oppor-
tunity in hand, and humanity never
used the chance to greater glory OF
life and common benefit of the
world And in all that which has com
prised this wonderful development,
the work and the spirit of the Christ
ian faith has been everywhere pres
ent and marked, and the eloquent
words of DR. Page, our Ambassador
to the English court, as spoken at
the unwilling of the Pilgrim Fathers
| O. %
ern Esplanade, could well be repeat
ed here
THE railway made the develop.
ment of the great, fat, wild stretches
of land possible-and now about for
ty-five per cent. of all the railways
in the world are found in the United
States-say 100000 miles, connecting
every part and zone, with a rate OF
fare for passengers and freight hard
lily equalled anywhere outside the
State-owned and controlled lines.
with all this has come a develop
ment of commerce in value and vol
ume astounding to the man of tigur-
es, and what it will be when all the
newer methods find thorough adop-
ton and practice let the world watch
and take note Of its coming. There S
about nine billion of acres Of land
found over there; we have only about
one hundred millions of population
now-but the room we have is for six
or eight times as many more-Which,
under thee peration of all these mod
ern sanitary acts and deeds, will be
crOwding along with a rapidity that
will knock to pieces all the basis OF
calculations of all the Mullhalls and
other doctrines on earth! Nature Is
on a high old caper with us, and III
happy mood.
Some sixteen years ago, we be
came. along with the rest Of the
Jorld. a colonial power. Yes. we got
il: paid for the most of it at a good
figure; some fell as the loot of war
and we were assured that as we new
er had any experience in dealing with
such dependent people we would
make bally mess of it. Did we? Not
by any means. Rather the other way
round-and right quick too! Do you
know that about the first thing we
did in the Philippines-after settling
the Aguinaldo squabbles-was to SEND
shiploads of school teachers ovei
there-bOth SeXes-at about ELS pei
month. with free transportation, anC
a three year contract. And the young
were caught in the meshes of the on
lily thing that fits people of any LAND
to live-schoOl training. 1t is fact
that our teachers got fine view Of
the little human body in its natura
form. unimpeded by calicoes ant
things of that sort, but being sensible
American men and women matters
soon adjusted themselves - and sc
did the clothes! Many of these brown
kids were as wild as deer, but they
were captured by kindness. and II
due time they will be men and WON
en- uplifted into such as those lovely
islands have never known. Even the
old folks were weaned away from
many evil things, and the time will
come when those islands will be on
self-governing basis, following the
lines of life's present development.
Nov. here's Government picture
of an lrrigote company constabulary
tsaid the colonel. pointing to a fine
body of native troops). You would
not dare to print a picture of these
same men taken three years before
The constabulary maintains the peace
| of the several islands, and the men OF