The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-11-12

some time ag, We met man WI" -
,.,o ,r ,hr advisors OF the President al
,,h.na. and he told US ~ a novel snGs"S-
inv, which he Thought might he adopted
-, w., urw Rrprbl!,---;hat they "hou!H
n.,,. = uual;fving examination Tor h'cil-
hers Of congress: that ever; '''''tt
uu,lu.-d himself a. ri'I'!a"" '',,"
waS. wh" rs l""p!v Were, """t
sources !. had. what It's pr"Srr't? ""
md what ITS relations with l"E''h"
Countries had hc"H. a,,,d
II We could har" our Wa We ", .itn
say To our foreign born. one " -"
me and will show y"I America.
WI would civ" TO the man "h"ih vi
wished t" Amrr."an!zc (arier u" ia"
I,:tri, Il the lanGuar" 81 laIs at,t" 80
Inny.lrd.c Of the physical America 50
AS 10 &C.; an admiration. not ON! ~ -,
s.r.nrih 81 ITS resources. nI "'"t !.
r"i,,G do AGAINST the world but that NJ
might have p"Id" in ih:S as i l",'t ~
hone ard a land IN when men ma" Won
out FiGu:aliHriN W" W""Iu '"N'
acres, the continent. o,,on nan
w. would show him the H.oVu.oVr.
farms which I'D Europe IN h"r h"u! 80
need We would tab" him our my
rtah and sh"w linn that m"u"'''" ,bs
copper ;hry ar, tearing down Al nhI
rate ~ Is 900 tons PER day. We M"Miu
take him to the highest dam ~ lnr
wurld III Idaho. And "" W"nl9 .v. i', ,,I
see tn" water come lNinp'hE Wv" 49,
b,.irg transformed into power. ana tna.
mower being used 20 pump wat"r tnHs
.u-.ads over the fields and MAKES
.rcat gardens ont Of what ten years
ago was the drir&t "t deserts. ,,o
We would take this man mo Inf
s,uth and SHOW him som" OF its schools;
We wound take him int" tn" n"F;H Hh"
show him IN" cut-oVcr lands OF -
corsin and Michigan. which Az, w."
aud id1~. W" w"u.d TAX" MN I'M" NV
terrmrnis "" would show him inc
kind Of. sanitation that exits III som" "'
our cities. "" would shm" hilh ~"
good and til" bad. w" would Sh"" MN
, the S,ruugl" that w. ar" making |" NY
prove the bad conditions. W" w@u'"
tell him not that America ~ n"rit'N
that America is u finished country "uS
We would say to him. "Amcr:ra - an
unfinished land. Its possibilities Sna.t
never end and your rhanc" mere ana tne
chances Of yomr children shall always
be in ratio to your zeal and amhltl"h,
America will ever remain untlniSnen;
! Nv on. can say "" shall nav" r"'iN"""
All our lands or found all our minerals
or made all our people as happy as they
might h.. Rut out nf our b"n"tlcrnt
political institutions. out OF IN" WIZ u
Of our hearts. out Of our Ecarh!hSH l.t
! higher intellectual accomplishments
there shall h" aInu" Spac" ana means
! for thu fulCillmcnt of dreams. TOT IuI
| Their growth. for constant Improvements
That is our ambition.
/ W" would have that man see Nuicr't'
! from tn" reindeer ranches of =, AlaSka 10
the Everglades uf Florida. We would
max" him rcali2" tina: W" have wiihin
! our soil every raw pr"duCt essential /"
! tho product Of any industry.
! We would give to that man 4 Know m;,,,
edge Of America that would make hiin
! as; tho question: How did this come
/ 20 be-" And then he would discover
that thcr" was something more To our
! country than it's material strength.
| 4 has a history. 1t has tradition.
, We would take that man to Plym"uth
! Rock and ask. What does that Rock
saw to YOU" We would take him down
on the James river. to its ruined church
and ask. What does that little church
saw to YOU" And we would take him
to Valley Forg" and point out ~" nuts
| in which WashinGton's men lived. a'"VO
OF them struggling for the Independence
! Of our country. And we would ask.
what do they mean to you What
caused them. what induced these colon
| lists To suffer AZ they did-willinGly",,
And then we would take him TO the
! field OF Gettysburg and lead him to the
| spot whore Lincoln delivered his imfnor-
| tai address and ask him. What does
| that speech mean to you? Not no"
beautiful it is! But what word does Il
speak to your heart? How much OF II
do you believe"
tiago de Cuba and We would ask. '"hat
| does that bay mean 10 you?'
And We would take him over to the
Philippines where 10000 native teach
crs every day teach son.o0o native chill
dren the English Ianguage: and We
pines to the Hawaiian Islands. where
recently. in Honolulu. procession or
school children. presenting before us
| the flags OF their countries laid twenty