Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-21
Weahagton, D. c., Nov .1s.-Waat
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has done to bring all parts of the
limited States more closely together,
the simultaneous development Of a va
raety Of dnterests has partially offset
and APPOINT has been reac hed" win
the tsrfn, q citizen Of the United States
Is not a marrow Identification. The
fact Is, THAT the United States com
rrtses a number Of nations. the peo-
pie of come of which are as different
from those OF others as though they
belonged t otoretgn nations. "a
Industrial development has brought
this about and high railroad rates
are i~ntensifying the tendency.
Imagine an enlightened dnhabitant
OF some other country who had neve
heard OF the United States and did not
know. that the, territory from coast to
coast and from Lakes to Gulf was ali
one political domain. Assume that he
travels all Q the United States.
talks with the people and becomes fa-
mtliar with their ways OF Fife and
| opinions, but by Rome trick pr con-
spiracy DIS prevented from learning
that he has spent his time all under
one flag: In all probability he would
tell you that he had visited tive ma
tons, some Of which showed much
similarity while others were quite d.
verse. =. sS D .fa q
Among thS five separate countr1ea
which he would be nkeoy TO find would
be, first, q territory; embracing New
England and the Atlantic Coast states
down to Maryland and including New
York and Pennsylvania. Next, he
doubtless would discover O great coun-
try known as the Middle West. This
would comprise the great states OF
the Ohio and Mississippi basins. The
third nation doubtless would be the
South and would include approximate
Xly the 5one+dme Confectionery. For
Ithe fourth country he would discover
a strange new land for which he
would b at q loss TO find a, name. II
would he the territory embracing the
northwestern states such us Mime
sofa, the DakotaS, Montana, Idaho
and perhaps Iowa and Nebraska. The
afth country would be the Pacific
our smaginary traveller would FIND
q general similarity OF Language but
by no means as identical language
in these live nations. Indeed. he
mlsht .find. that a native Of New Eng
lend would haYyssnosglt%tle dsff.cuAyssin
UNDERSTANDING the every day coNboquia1
language ora North caroanian. AM
nations would write an aim ost identi-
tcal language, hut EACH would have
a ddsMnot spoken tongue which would
confirm the Traveller in his belief that
he visited various countries.
Industrial Differences.
The travsler would. lind ta1at the
~fundan1etnal differences (which dHf-
ifsrenttAted the live nat5ons wore In
dasts1al. A nation = formed by IT'S
Interests and comes to think along
adncs dictated by ats maxec,iaa Well
being. III poAAaps dnVaxdabay are
governed by such raafers Dis manu-
factures and soaI.
THE most compact and s%elf-sulri-
Client of the ave nations @wdhtch Ahe
ama8tnaxy trayalr wnDad visit would
be the Nsw England and Atlantic
ICoast nation !. It's capital would be
New York end Up people would have
a1mset wht1y 1ndustGaa interests, n
would IS Z oountry Of careful man.
neTs, OF auxut1ous IytnE, of fashion-
able habits. u would have an air OF
Arrogance and a pride Of Tradition
which Tot7d b reminiscent Of Eu-
rOpe.
Thssnesi cpuntry would have more
1.-THE ar of the newdy rich. The
cosptsy cadle9l the Afftddae west would
ibe q hust1tnI iAsd with everybody
trnampatnS on everybody ,ehae In b,,sd-
nea.s hour. but With Ssthsr h6rr1cay
and c1-taslaoned manneFs durins
the e6rf6a hours. Han the peopIe
90 tall ;about how Ech they were
lfhey Wlre gofssg 10 u. 49, x,ossI1
bc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES al tn NAV
netps 4aA customs - the New Enaland
1rtttoa byt 0AS0s .e4rele. contsiNpf
o6 aeaetern e1keytdiiAcio6. n
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