The Monte Vista journal., 1916-05-20

try to avoid conformity in England, they
established conformity in this country
All of the colonists had to worship in the
same way, in the same church. but there
were number of individuals who disliked
this and Roger Williams and Anne Hutchi-
son were expelled from Massachusetts Bay
Colony and went down to Providence on
Narragansett Bay, and there established re-
ligious liberty and Rhode Island became
the first modern community having abso-
lutte religious federation. People of all re-
ligions and even atheists were tolerated in
this community, and this example was fol-
lowed by the Federal Government and
the rest of the nations. The constitution
prohibits the establishment of any definite
church, or the prohibition of any creed
whatsoever. People may worship as they
choose according to the Federal Constitu-
ton, ard each of the separate states has
inserted a similar provision in it's consti
tuition The United States was the first
country to establish absolute religious toll
erance. Here, one may worship as he sees
fit. He may have whatever belief he
wishes, or he may have no belief whatso-
American religious conditions are more
conducive to satisfactory worship than
conditions prevailing anywhere else, and
our conditions have been model through
out the world, and have gradually been
adopted by some of the most progressive
nations.
We have also had material success in
wrestling great continent from Nature
we have opened the mines, cleared the
forests, irrigated the deserts and connect
ed the whole country with the best system
of railroads in the world We have be-
come. a great manufacturing nation; we
excel in many manufacturing industries.
Our surgeons are known throughout the
world. In dentistry we lead the world !;
we have developed one of the best systems
of business organizations that the world
has seen. Other countries are trying that
system, and just recently, in the year 1913,
an English railway company appointed an
American engineer as manager.
America has done more for women than
any other country in the world. America
was the home of the womens rights move
ment Here woman was first granted
equality with man. Woman has been
given equal and private rights. Woman
may hold property and dispose OF IL as
she sees fit; she has full control over her
own wages she has been given an educa-
ton equal to that of mans she has been
admitted to most of the trades and to all
of the professions She may vote ana
hold office here, and here was first regard
ed as the equal or complement OF man,
The American woman is the most indie
pendent, most self-reliant of anywhere in
the world and American conditions nave
been striven for and achieved in New Zea-
land Australia, the scandinavian states
and in other parts of the world American
conditions have been followed by women S
rights advocates.
America has also been the home OF the
immigrant We have opened our doors
to the oppressed people of Europe. We
have assmilated these people even, IN all
their number has reached one million q
year These immigrants have not only
been given things in this country but they
also have brought much to us. They nave
not merely built our railroads ana WORKED
our mines and produced wealth in our rae
tories and on our farms but they also have
brought with them new appreciation iof
our free institutions. Sometime thlnK