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Show SEE, AMERICA TIRST. Speaking of seeing America first,-the idea extends ex-tends further" than people generally think. .-In the East the wealthy do not take kindly to the proposi-tionr proposi-tionr They prefer the Old World for several reasons. There is no more comfortable traveling in the world, to people who i are not afflicted with mal-de-mer, -than on a fine -steamship.- Then Europe has her " capitals, her beautiful cathedrals, her art galleries, - her. ruins, and a good deal of reasonably fine scenery. Then it is a pleasant thing for an American in average society to remark: ."When I. crossed the Alps," or "One day when in London,", or "In a t picture gallery in Milan, near the cathedral which, by the way, is the most beautiful in the world I ysaw," etc.;.'. . . : ; : . ' There is no use trying to coax men to see America Amer-ica first. But when the proposition is jumped across the Atlantic, the responses are cordial. ' . Last year more than a full million in Europe took up the cry and responded to it. They were willing to leave. Sunny Italy, La Belle France, the beautiful hills of Norway,' the works of art of Berlin, the Highlands of Scotland, the green fields, of Erin, the solid .splendors of England, Eng-land, the sunlit shores of the Adriatic, the glories of Switzerland and to fight for a chance to See America Amer-ica first - ;- They come by thousands and tens of thousands, by millions, to the new land, that hope might be awakened'and ransomed souls might cast off hereditary hered-itary despair. And the land that can take, annually, from the outside world a million of its workers to set to work in its own fields, that can find room and occupations for them, can draw around them comforts that they never enjoyed before and kindle in their souls such dreams of independence as they could never before cherish, nee4 not grieve if some of its own children do not appreciate their native land at its worth, or '- realize how poor, by comparison, all other countries . seem. There is not much needed save a little time to equalize things. We need some art schools, some more textile schools. Such arrangements should be - .made that American students would not think it (necessary to go abroad to complete their educations; the Nation should at its capital have one art insti- - Hute that would not only satisfy national pride, but which should draw art students to us; there should more children be given practical edu- - cations; the thought should be that whereas we' now have ninety million people, that number will be doubled in the next forty years; and all the children as they grow up should be taught to do some needed things which would make the world come this way for teachers. And when that is done; when the great millionaire get more in the habit of outdoing a grand thing by doing something still more grand, which will be by providing pro-viding higher schools and offering scholarships to the more worthy; then the attractions will come which will cause all the world to want to see America Amer-ica first. There are many things that need adjusting yet in our country things are not quite right yet but the work is progressing; mine and field and factory are providing the means to perfect things; the great industries are all in full blast; the Old World combined com-bined hardly balances our own country, and a few years hence to see America first will leave little else . to be seen. |
