Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-21
INDUSTRIAL DIVISIONS
OF THE u. S.
Daily Letter BY Frederic J. Haskin

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-What
the development of communication
has done to bring all parts of the
United States more closely together,
the simultaneous development of a
variety of interests las partially Off
set and a point has been reached
where the term. a citizen or the
United States, is not a narrow lden-
titcation. The fact is that the
United States comprises a number
of nations. the people of some Oh
which are as different from those OF
others as though they belonged to
foreign nations.
Industrial development has
brought this about and high rail-
road rates are intensifying the ten
dency.
Imagine an enlightened inhabi-
tsnt of some other count VINO a
never heard of the United States and
did not know that the territory from
coast to coast and from Lakes 10
Gulf was one political domain. AS
sumo that he travels all over the
United States, talks with the people
and becomes familiar with their
ways of life and opinions, but by
some trick or conspiracy is pre-
| vented from learning that he a
spent his time all under one flag. In
all probability he would tell you
hat he had visited five nations
| some of which showed much sim
ilarity while others were quite d.
verse.
Among the five separate countries
which he would be likely to find
would be: First, a territory embrac-
ing New England and the Atlantic
Coast States down to Maryland, and
including New York and Pennsyl-
vania. Next, he doubtless would
| discover a great ouEtry known as
the Middle West. This would COM
prise the great States of the Ohio
and Mississippi basins. me entTo
nation doubtless would be the South,
and would include approximately
the one-time Confederacy. For the
| fourth country he would discover a
strange new land FOR which he
would be at a loss 20 find a name.
II would be the territory embracing
the Northwestern States, such as
Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana.
Idaho and perhaps Iowa and
Nebraska. The fifth country would
be the pacific coast.
Our imaginary traveller o n
q general similarity of language, but
by no means an identical language
IN these five nations. Indeed, he
might find that a native of New
England would have no little diff
Guilty in understanding the every
day %colloquial language OF a North
IC%arolinian. All nations would write
an almost identical language, but
each would have a distinct spoken
tongue which would confirm the
traveller in his belief that he visited
various countries.
Industrial Differences
The traveller would find that the
fundamental differences which diff
ferentiated the five nations were in
dustrial. A nation is formed by its
interests and m to think along
lines dictated by its material we'll
being. It's politics invariably are
governed by such matters as manu-
features and soil.
The most compact and self-suf-
ficient of the five nations which the
imaginary traveller would visit would
be the New England and Atlantic
Coast nation. Its capital would be
New York and its people would have
ALMOST wholly industrial interests. 1t
would be a country of careful man.
ners, of luxurious living. of fashion
able habits. 1t would have an air
of and a pride of tradi-
ton which would be reminiscent OF
Europe.
The next country would have more
the air of the newly rlch. Ihe
country called the Middle West
would be a hustling land with every
body trampling on everybody else in
business hours, but with rather
homely and ~d-fasnioned manners
during the social hours. Half the
people would talk about how rich
they were and the other half about
how rich they were going to be
There would be considerable imita'
ton of the and customs
of the New England nation but also
a careless contempt of eastern eff
~feminacies.
The nation called the South woult
be a strange land to the traveller
He would find a new world in which
people lived and thought almost a
though they dwelt on another
planet. In the South he would fine
the greatest differences of speech
land manner. There. too. he woult
find a good deal of tradition ant
old-world mannerisms, but 30 thor
oughly altered by native conditions
as to represent neither Europe no
New England. while partaking o
some things of both. Our imaginar,
traveller would be convinced that tn
New England nation has either con
lduered some territory or establishe,
Icolonies in a few places in the South