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Show HAVE THREE VOTES TO SELL. jH LUXURIES OF HOLLANDERS fl Some Get but One Vote, Others Two ani )fl and Three, according to Means. ' IH Queen gets $50,000 a Month. Interesting' Letter from Mr. John A. Hendrickson. I The Hao.uk, Holland, July 34, '03 While the Netherlands arc a comparatively com-paratively small part of the earth It has many things, and there are many circumstances of which it Is proud. It Is Indeed interesting to observe tho people In their steady, unalterablo ways. The people aro honest and Industrious In-dustrious and none aro afraid of work. Many of their old time ways seem peculiar to an American. DOOS AS HOUSES. Standing on a street corner, a person per-son will sec onc cart after another with a man at the rear pushing and two dogs In harness underneath the cart pulling like too little Shetland ponies. When the man stops in front of a house to do business, the dogs lio down to rest. WOMEN WOUK LIKK MEN. In Holland and Rclglum women work ln tho Held like men. The old time way In Utah of cutting the hay with the scythe, the grain with the cradle, raking and binding by hand, is the present method. Women rake, pitch, load and haul hay, pack brick and do various kinds of work more adapted to men. STATE OWNKUSHll' IN IIKLOIUM. Just at this present time when Logan Is rejoicing over tho prospects of a municipal ownership of an electric elec-tric light plant, It might be interesting to your readers to hear a few of tho advantages of state ownership in tho little Kingdom of Belgium. To a very large extent she owns her own railways. rail-ways. Hor revenue from them last year -as $50,000,000. The milage, compared to ours, is very cheap. A yearly pass costs but $123. A workman work-man can ride 15 miles and return six times a week for 75c. Regular mllege is a trifle over one cent. Her revenue lost year from telegraph lines was $2,000,000. You can send 15 words for 10 cents or 50 words for 25c. There arc 37,000 miles of telephone, but the earnings I did not get. All telegraph and tclcp'iono lines belong to the government. r-KCULIAll VOTINO lMtlVILEOES. The voting privileges hero differ materially with ours. In America, a tramps vote counts as much as the Prcsidenl of U. S. Here a person over 25 years is entitled to one vote. A person over 35, who has children, and pays at least $1 a year "house tax" or It but 25 years old and owns $400 In property, or who has for two years received $20 annually from his government gov-ernment bonds, or savings bank-account, bank-account, is entitled to 2 votes. Graduates Grad-uates of colleges havi three votes. 3 H THE 1'IUlltI.M VAT1IEUS. Hl Returning to Holland, to tho old l city of Rotterdam we aro here ford- ftl bly reminded, from this place, or 4 rather Dcirshaven, onc mllo away, the (il Pilgrim Fathers sailed In 1020. Tho " church In which they worshipped, TH after their banishment from England, 4l still stands and Is In use. The bible Ml from which Elder Robinson took his H text Is on the pulpit and the photos H of Miles Standlsh and Elder Bruster iH hang on the wall. That noble crowd ll of faithfuls lcrt Dcirshaven on July 22, H 1020 In the little boat "Speedwell" jH which was later abandoned at H Southampton, Eng., and the "May- H flower" purchased . to complete the jH trip to America, it is well known to jH students of history, to this band Is JH due the early settlement of "New iH England."' iH THE "IIUIS TEN 1I0SCH." jlH The "House in the Hush" situated il in "Ten Haag" (The Hague) is some- ll thing of which the Dutch arc very ll proud. Tuls bcautirul mansion, the il home of tho old kings of the Nether- ll lands, situated as it is, out in the ll woods about onc in lie from The ll Hague proper, is In very deed, a place il of rest. That the World's Peace Con- fl fcrence was called to meet at The ll Hague has been a financial blessing - iH to Holland and moro especially The ; j Hague. Thousands or visitors from I u America and all over the World, come H to sec the place largely on that f account. The paintings in the room lH where the Peace Conference was held, H by the world renowned Flemish artist, P. P. Reubens and his students, are lH simply wonderful. jffl THE QUEEN'S SALAHV. IH While Holland is not much larger ; H than two counties such as Cache, stic H has a population of over 0,500,000. H Tho queen who is a bride of 22 years, H is greatly beloved by her people. She H Is bcautirul, kind and generous. H Wliile President Roosevelt who pre- ijH sides over more than 00,000,000 people H receives $50,000 per annum. She, H queen of Holland, who's domain has lfl but 0,500,000, receives an amount equal ', H to $50,000 per month. It is true she iH has expenses such as our president fl docs not know, but tho salary to an il American seems exorbitant. il l'KES. ltOOSKVKLT FROM HOLLAND. Hl The Hollanders take much pride in ll claiming to be the great grandfather jH of our worthy president. He Is sup- il posed to be not a very distant flJH descendant of tho Dutch. It is true ll this little country has turned out fl some great characters, In art, scholar- il ship, music, and war. flH |
