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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29
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illustrated by the size and character
of this great gathering Of Hoerdcr
Rapid Growth.
We are all familiar with the main
lines OF the history OF Norwegian i'm
migration, especially since it began 10
swell some fifty years ago The i'm
migrants from Norway have crossed
the continent in all directions and
established themselves in all states
and territories as far as Alaska and
Hawaii. Norwegians are found and
NIL their tasks IN all CallingS. They
are tilling the sol, aud sailing the
seas; they are razing the giant woods,
digging treasure on Of the bowels
OF the earth and hauling riches from
the depth of the waters: they are
found in shops and factories: and in
the cities and villages we find thou
sands OF them as merchants, manu-
]facturerS and bankers. They have
discharged their civic duties as good.
wide-awakc and loyal Americans.
They have shed their blood for the
country on land and sea and acquitted
themselves honorably in places OF
public trust, from the modest neigh
borhoOd office up the line to the more
responsible positions as Judges. gov
ernors and lawmakers in the capital
Of the nation.
Considering the small population
Of Norway. their growth here has
been marvellous. In less than a cen
fury they have increased ten thou
sand fold. not counting that large
host who have gone to rest from their
.laborS. The Sloop party OF some
fifty people in 1895 had swelled to
more than 100000 men and women
in 1910, and the number Is not less
than 10000 now. Adding their chill
dren born here, We had a million
N~orwegians in round figures in 1910,
and at present have about 100000
And it we take account OF further
descendants we have at least two mil
lion people of Norwegian stock in the
United States, or about four-ifths OF
the population of Norway.
The Norwegians came here to get
land. and they have chosen well.
Nearly two-thirds Of them have made
their homes in hall a dozen of the
most progressive and prosperous,
states in the Mississippi valley, the
f~airest and richest norton OF Gods
earth
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Noss a tiny boy OF six year some
sixty-odd years ago.
Our citizens of Morse stock have
met every crisis confronting the ma
ton with clear Judgment, foresight
and courage, and have used the power
OF the ballot for the best interests Of
the country and the people at large.
hat has been true IN the past; we
may be sure it will be true in the
present emergency when the republic
is facing new issues and new tasks
with new duties and opportunities ;
and we trust and belive it will be true
IN years to come.
Their Deeds and Name will live.
In the light of this rapid glance al
the lie and work Of the Norwegian
people in America, we have the right
TO say that they have wrought well
and have reason TO be proud OF their
Ninland saga. And old mother Nor
way may Justly be proud OF the sons
and daughters she has sent here.
Their record III their new home is an
honor TO her as we'll as 10 their new
mother. Ii shows that the Morse
heritage OF the republic is part OF the
best in the land. Norway may well
mourn the loss of such a great host
OF her strongest people; and yet, in a
wider sense. they are not lost to her.
A Norwegian need not be untrue TO
himself to be a true American-hiS
lie and work are instinct with that
spirit that has made Norway great
and America greater. Some day all
shades OF race and nationality will
have disappeared in the land. But il
the young and the coming generations
OF Morse blood walk and work in the
ways of their pioneer fathers, one
proud distinction will remain. In
those far off days to come it will then
be said of this great Northwest; This
is the best part OF the American re-
public, and here we have the cream
OF the nation, the most law-abiding,
moral and progressive people, the
best Americans of all for the people
here are OF Morse stock"
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The FISH susBER co

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iroIie. .
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DEBORAH, Iowa.
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Extent and Value OF Norwegian Farm
Holdings.

The holdings Of the Norwegian
farmer, are. a, we know. pretty well
conferred in the best parts OF the
country. the northwestern and adj
Joining states. In 1910 there were 81
Norwegian farmers m Michigan; 9S2
in this great state OF Illinois, 4.Oi4 in
Iowa: iI,48s in Wisconsin; 1920 in
Minnesota; 5.3SI in South Dakota;
1880 in North Dakota; 1000 in Wash
ington. besides hundreds in each OF
The states OF Montana, Nebraska,
Kansas. Idaho and many other states.
or 10000 IN all.
How much land and wealth do
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29
The Norwegians
in America.

A Glance at their Work and Win
ninps in their adopted Land--Their
Equipment for good Citizenship
and true Americanism-The hard
lest Element of Progress in the
United States.
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lnIte Senoer, Der iieuOte gorses Ditto
rie ira ben btitoriite Sios geghnoelie
I'll i'm egeu Sio paa en- Brit Serere
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hdr t'ltalt mig mere emo ~3ecordhsS go
item" og "Gso grusn", bois "Smaaruf"
euoog er meger iutere5iant, ioroi Sors
f]Gttereu er oad Retiioeu.
Sgrbs0lglt
8. %. Sborot.
Stous6tou, isis, 17oe sept. 1915.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29

Address delivered at the annual meet
ing of "Sondre Hordalands-Laget"
at Morris, Ill, Sent. 9TH, 1916, by
Nicolay A. Grevstad, formerly
Editor of "Skandinaven" and U. S.
Minister to Uruguay and Paraguay.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29
What the Vikings Did.

Some books tell us that the vikings
were pirates and robbers, cruel butch
ers of innocent victims. 1t is true
they did not go about pussyfooting.
But they were honorable warriors,
and while they committed many
cruelties they were not guilty OF
greater atrocities than we have seen
in the present war in Europe. How
ever, wal was only one phase OF the
viking movement. The vikings were
merchants; they were seafarerS, the
first of all to sail the sea- beyond the
sight of land; they were discoveries
and explorers Of hitherto unknown
seas and lands; they were ~colOnizcrs
on a very large, scale, and they were
c~onquerors. And where they estab-
lished themselves, where they crushed
rotten governments or a rotten social
order, they planted a stronger and
better rule built upon the free and
manly principles of their hOmelands.
Here we have the Well of Miner of
the political wisdom of succeeding
generations up to our own times
the source Of the broad principles OF
liberty that in the fitness of time
blossomed forth in the free social
order of England, the political re
birth of Europe brought about by
the Reformation, and the imperish-
able organic law of the United States.
Here we have the seeds of the real
New Freedom of the world today.
History" says the French histori-
an Mallet, "has not recorded the an
nails of a people who have o~ccasioned
greater, more sudden or more numer-
Gus revolutions in Europe than the
Scandinavians. New societies were
formed animated with a new spirit.
Is it not we'll known that the most
! fourishing states Of Europe owe
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29

originally to the northern nations
whatever liberties they now enjoy.
either in their constitutions or III the
spirit OF their governments The
famous French historian Tame says:
with what completeness. in what
duties the Morse spirit can employ
itself under moral ideas we see in the
case OF the puritans." The Amerl-
can scholar De Costa says I'VE
fable in q great measure when we
speak Of our Anglo-Saxon inherit
ance. Ii is rather from the North
men that we have derived our vital
energy. Il freedom of thought and,
in a measure that we do not yet US
IpeCt, our strength OF speech The
American historian Losing traces the
effects OF the Morse inheritance upon
current American lie when he says:
l"It is back to the Norwegian Vikings
we must look for the hardest ele-
ments of progress in the United
States"
The people of the North were,
even more then than now, in reality
one people with common faith and
kindred ideas and institutions. The
regeneration Of European society was
their common historic mission. But
Norway had her outlook to the west
and the southwest, and it followed
that her activities were directed main
ly that way; she was the main re
preventative Of the viking power III
the western and southwestern seas
and lands. Hence, when we are to
trace American principles and instr
tutions back to the Scandinavian
North our first and most direct con
n|ection Is with Norway. The Nor
wegian America line Is really a very
old line.
So it is not out OF place TO rcmem-
Der. briefly, these things OF the past;
for they are living forces today. They
live in the institutions OF the country
and are part and parcel Of the life OF
the Norwegians who have settled
here. The Norwegians in America
themselves should know who they
are, and their fellow citizens also
should know it. AT a time when the
| Americanism OF some groups OF citl-
zens is under suspicion we may pro
perly show that no such suspicion
can attach to the N~OrwegianS; that
they may even claim the rights OF
the elder brother in their adopted
land: that they really were good
| Americans before they landed on
American soil; that they are thor
oughlv at home here in every respect
and. as the American historian says.
torn the hardest element of progress
in the United States.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29
Roots of American Liberty.

The roots of American liberty reach
across the sea TO the rocks Of the
Scandinavian North. The spirit OF
independence and the fighting power
of our forefathers saved northwestern
Europe from thralldom and laid the
foundations for the free institutions
developed in the. course OF time in
Europe and America. The mighty
wave Of the political system created
by the Roman empire had enguIfcd
all of Europe. even England, guarded
then as now by the sea. This system
had established law and order but
without liberty and free men. Liberty
was dead, and the manhood. honor
and enterprise of freemen were dead
among the people. But the onrush-
ing wave of this semi-oriental des-
potism broke against the rocks OF the
Scandinavian North. The Norsemen
remained free and independent and
preserved their political order and
institutions. They were even strong
enough TO attack and invade and con-
quer many countries held i'll the yoke
of despotism. As warriors. they be-
came known to the rest OF Europe as
Vikings. and this outpouring of the
strong forces OF the free north. a
movement spanning over centuries, Is
one OF the most important epOchs of
HISTORIAN epoch known as the vi
king age.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29
The Farmer the Typical Represen
tatiVe.

The farmer IS the most typical re
preventative of the N~orwegianS IL
this country. and it is meet in thi-
connection to give a condensed re-
view of his work and winnings.
To begin with, he had the right
kind Of schooling in the old home.
where he learned the lessons of hard
work and hardships, OF perseverance
and close thrift. This was the best
kind OF equipment for his task as 4
pioneer farmer in America. in the
front ranks of the advancing line oi
settlement. He came to get land, and
he found it here, better land and more
OF it than he had ever dreamed. With
rcsolute and unbending will he went
to work TO subdue and till it, and this
work was the biggest and most neCes-
Sary thing &c be done in this country
at that time. We know today, mucl
better than formerly, how immensely
important to the welfare OF the coun'
try it was that the great mass OF
Scandinavian and German imml-
grants left the cities of the east be
hind them to take up land in the
west. BY so doing they became the
most needed and most important
NNdllI llldNNl III many NlhNNN ilNlA II
fertile but unproductive landS-tht
main producers of the great staple
that are the foundation Of the eco.
nomic structure Of the country.
A comparison OF the Norwegian
immigration with the new immigra.
ton from Europe in recent years
sheds additional light upon the i'm.
portance OF the scandinavian immi
grants leaving the cities OF the cas-
behind them to take up land. The
people of some Of the other races who
have come from other lands in Eu
rope have hocked to the large cities
where they create a fearful congeS
ton that i, rapidly becoming a grave
economic peril and a social menace
Organizations have been formed anC
large sums OF money raised to move
them on land, but with indifferen
success. No such efforts have beer
necessary TO get the Norwegian i'm
migrant out OF the big cities. Th'
struggles and opportunities OF piOnec'
farming were exactly what appealed
to him. He was longing for this VERY
life and made a bee-line from The
little plot OF ground on a hillside II
| Norway TO the princely 100 acre
waiting for him in the west.
He has had his rich reward. Blu
the country has also rcaped its re
ward for giving him the opportunity
As a landowner and producer he ha
strengthened and s~afeguarded tn,
foundations Of its social and politica
structure and added immensely to 1t
wealth and prosperity. As it is "
do not produce enough in this coun
try, and the cost OF living is a problem
of growing difficulty. Any one ca.
figure out for himself how much NOR
acute this problem would have bee
today if the Norwegian immigran
had remained in the cities as a con
sumner. as millions OF other immi
grants have done, instead og goin
on the land to become a strong pro
Queer OF the prime necessaries O
life.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29
Early Norwegian Emigration.

Norwegian emigration dates back
to the earliest times. As a matter OF
historical record. the quest for new
homes in new lands was one OF the
causes and main phases of the great
Viking movement. And the outgoing
current of Morse blood has been run.
ming ever since. At certain periods
il has been stronger than at other
times: but we a trace ITS red lines
upon every page of Norwegian his
tory. The greatest outflow has oc'
Cured at the two periods OF Morse
history farthest apart from each
other: During the Viking age and
the age of today. In this sense, the
Norwegian 'l~andtakers' in America
Ito use a literal translation OF an old
Morse term) are the modern Vikings
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29
The leading Land Owners.

n leadlnS Ldnu OWHeAs'
Germany. Scandinavia and Canada
have furnished the largest percent
ages OF our foreign born farmers.
Taken together the Scandinavian
countries are second on the list; II
they be considered separately Sweden
is still second and Norway fourth.
The figures. in round numbers, as
given by the Census OF 1910 are "a
follows: Farmers born in Germany
Ell 900; in Sweden $1,000; in Canada
$4,000: in Norway 10000. Among
other countries We have Denmark
with $4,000.
In proportion 10 their numerical
strength. the Scandinavians head all
other groups of people as land own
ers in the United States, not only the
native born OF the older stock. but the
Germans a. well As between the
three Scandinavian people there .,
very little difference in this respect,
as in so many other things. Every
sixth Norwegian in this country is a
farmer, and As he as a rule represents
a family Of at least FIVE persons II will
be seen that only a comparatively
small minority OF the Norwegian i'm
migrants are engaged in other occu-
pations.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29

eign born. And that is really what
they have in mind, those good people
who inveigh against hyphenated
hyphenated allegiance. or course, we
agree with them. We do not believe
in divided allegiance, and there is
none of it in our ranks. With Mr..
Hughes. we believe. heart and soul, in
undiluted Americanism.
True Americanism.
While we are touching upon the
subject OF Americanism we may look
at the question in a broader light,
with special reference % citizens OF
Morse birth or stock. True "Ameri-
canism" is not determined by the
birthplace OF the citizen, nor has II
relation merely TO the ordinary duties
OF citizenship-to what a mar or
woman should or should not do in
dealing with pending questions. The
term has a broader sense and applies
TO the general fitness and capacity OF
a maj or woman-mental, moral and,
let us add. historical capacity-to un-
derstand and grasp the spirit of Amc-
rican institutions, their character,
aims and purpose. And looking out
over the land from this point of
view; al the millions upon millions
who in the course OF time have cross
ed the waters TO come here to work
and struggle and build and make his
tory; at the clear current from the
shores of Norway running with this
flood OF humanity-with this view be
fore us we can see very plainly that
the people from Norway have not
come here as strangers. The spirit
of the past and present OF their race
had gone before them; they found il
in all its strength in the new land.
1t is the main spring Of American
liberty and had been one OF the
strong factors in moulding American
political institutions. SO we may say,
in a broad sense, that in coming here
the N~orwcgians merely came into
their own, to a country OF their own
making.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1916-09-29
The Hoerder as Leaders.

Now it may be of some special III
terest to this gathering to remember
that the Hoerder have been leaders
in both OF the great movements OF
Norwegian emigration. Old chron-
icles tell us that the first attempt 70
invade the eastern coast of England
was made by people from Hordaland
as far back as 49,. They found no
homestead law to make land-taklng
cheap and easy-we may assume,
however, that England will have. or
get some sort of homestead law when
the great war shall end; there was
no homestead law, but that did not
bother FOUR ancestors; they took
what they wanted. The food OF land
seekers kept up and spread out like
a fan from the SHORES OF Norway I'M
til all the smaller islands in the west
ern seas had been taken and settled,
while strong Morse settlements or
governments were established also in
ireland, Scotland, England, France
and other parts OF Europe. The at
tempt to settle Vinland. which was
discovered by the NOrwegians, failed.
1t was to be LETT to the Vikings OF
our own days 10 do for America
what the old Vikings did for so many
parts and countries OF the old world
In the new movement also Horda,
land furnished the leaders. Clene
Persen, father Of Norwegian emigra,
ton, was from Tysver; and in the
Sloop party OF 1925 were men from
Skiold. Knut Slogvik from Skiold
was one Of the founders OF the first
Norwegian neighborhood established
in the West, the Rock River settle,
ment; and TO what extent HordalanC
in the course OF the succeeding years
has sent out people to follow the
trail OF those early leaders is wei