Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-04


the battle of Oriskany. the bloodiest con-
fliot Of the war for Independence that
fought from the siege Of Boston TO
yorktown; that sent the first regiment to
Washington when President Lincoln called
for volunteers; that took the bridge at
Antietam. held Cemetery Ridge at Gettys-
burg, stormed Fort Fisher and marched
with Sherman to the sea-"
This distinguished American said: ITO
the Germans in America we owe the
first paper mill, the first type foundry.
the first chemical factories, the largest
and greatest in the world, the first pow.
der mills, the first gun and leather fac
tories, tho first glass and iron foundries."
George Anschutz. John Fritz and An
dreas and Anton Killman we're the po-
reer foundrymen and iron and steel men,
antedating Carnegie in Pittsburgh. Henry
c. Frick, the largest coke producer in tho
world; Charles NJ. Schwab. the master
steel-maker Of the world; Bayard Taylor.
John Wanamaker, the department store
king; Charles Yerkes, traction magnate
James Lick. the phllanthropist; the
Spreckels and Havemeyers; Frederic
Wyerhauser, the millionaire lum-
Der king; Battnedorfer of Davenport the
builder of locomotives shipped to all
parts of the world, who has fought the
locomotive builders and corporations of
the world successfully; the Roeblings.
father and son. who linked New York and
Brooklyn and spanned Niagara Falls,
founders of cable wire spinning; George
Boldt OF the Waldorf-Astoria; f. Augu-
tus Heintze, copper king; Henry Web
rung. founder of the great I.ackawanna
Iron and Steel works at Seneca and Buff
falo: George Miller, cattle king in the
7os and sos; Ferdinand Schumacher, ce-
real manufacturers; Charles Steinmetz,
the inventive genius OF the General Elec-
trio company, are among the Germans OF
note in America, and there are in addi-
ton thousands OF experts in the indus
trial world, whose names are a household
word. Great candy makers, confection-
ers and bakers, brewers, contractors and
manufacturers who have hundreds of
millions invested. Adolphus Busch and
Frederick Pabst philanthropists, who
have given away millions; these and
hundred OF thousands came to America
with an education and muscle and honesty
and character.
In music the Germans represent much,
HAOdlCI NO" 1OTh Slly ndNlnB singing
societies, Chicago over a hundred; thirty
eight in st. Louis. and the same ratio
all over America. Seidel, Gericke, Dam
rosch. Stock, Mailer, Stransky and hun
dreds OF others. Then there are the noted
professors in astronomy. painters, sculp-
tors designers, architects, engineers, and,
in fact the Germans can and must be
associated with all that is grand, up
lifting and wonderful in America
In the army and navy we find Rear
Admiral Hugo Osterhaus, Brlgadier Cen
eral Theodore Schwan and many others.
Adolphus Busch. millionaire brewer. and
chairman of the art committee of the st.
Louis Worlds fair Wilhelm Funk, noted
portrait painter; Carl Muck. conductor Of
Boston Symphony orchestra; Prof. Kuno
Francke. curator OF Germanic museum at
Harvard.
There are more Germans in New York
than any city in the German empire. ex-
cept Berlin; there are more Germans in
Milwaukee than in Bremen; more in Buff
falo than in Heidelberg. over 80 per
cent OF the population in Kentucky ara
German. Twenty-eght per cent OF the
population in Washington, d. c., are
German.
There are, approximately, 1000 Ger
mans coming yearly. Compare them with
other nationalities. In 1911 the class
were as follows and that is a fair sample
of what is coming in later years: Seven
thousand three hundred and eighty were
farm laborers, 1856 avowed farmers, l ,72S
merchants, zoos carpenters, 1911 clerks
797 bakers, $50 tailors, 1853 musicians, 1O9
electricians. 2S5 professional engineers, 1853
teachers In languages, etc. This shows
the class of people coming from Ger
many, and you can judge for yourselves
as to their citizenship. At all ports Of
entry corporations have men soliciting
the Germans to come to their cities
There are 100000 Germans, including
men, women and children, in this coun-
try. Some estimate the number at 1900
0oO There is practically no lliteracy
among this nationality, and not 2 per
cent coming are classified as illterate
Many states owe their prosperity largely
10 the Germans who not only settled as
farmers and mechanics and merchants,
but remained and built up the munich
palities and states and farming country
This is particularly true of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey Maryland, Virginia, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois. Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska, Minnesota, California and Wis
consin. In the states of Iowa, Nebraska
Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin over
so per cent of the farmers are Germans
They have cultivated the sugar beets and
made profitable the rice culture in the
southern states where before it vas a
failure.
Take Nebraska with 1,l92 ,214 population,
oc which 266, $50 are Germans. In Omaha
we have 124,O96 population, of which num-
ber 22.573 are Germans Naturally, such
a hardy. numerous and intelligent people
has a marked influence on American
politics and has produced many citizens
who have distinguished themselves in
this line as congressman, governors,
state, county and city officials. The
first speaker in the house of represent
/ tves was German, August Muhlenberg,
son of one OF the greatest revolutionaries
and grandson Of Henry NJ. MuhleDberg,
founder Of the Lutheran church in Amer
ica, which now has over 10000 members.
The Germans accept the American
language and amalgamate with our cul-
ture and the spirit OF nationallsm here
and the Lutheran church will do more
than any other agency TO maintain It.
As early as 1888 a German printer
named Cromberg got a. near IN the