AN AMERICAN VISITOR
-0 — ! INTERVIEW WITH ME. EAGLE.. . .In ;the courso of an interview with an "Otago Daily Times" reporter, Mr. Ed,ward E. Eagie, of New York, who. is visiting New Zealand on a commercial mission, after a recent tour through lius'eia, Japan, «md China, and who intends to' go to Java, tho Alnlay States, Singa])ore, Jndin, Egypt, France, '.Belgium, Switzerland, and England, remarked that in America there is no "go slow" policy. "When the average American has a task to perform it is performed in as quick a time as i;i possible, and as efficiently. The working man there iX more interested in'making enough money | so that he can give his family the com- ] forts of lift} than he is in agitating strike; and .'go slow' policies. He wants to be considered an efficient workman, and ho is'.not .content to remain .just n workman.. Ho'strives to. become.foreman, manager, and. .'officer* of tho company in-which he is employed. Tou will only liavo to read the-hiatories of great Americans to ascertain the truth of this. Tho 'American is no more interested in making money just for the Jove of, it. than are the British. On the other hand, an American feels. tJiA.t. he is placed in .tho •world to do something. A-man without ambition, without a-desire to better his •condition in.-lifo and. that of. his. family and of others, in the eyes of an American ia uselessly occupying a Jot of other people's space. A largo bank account just for the sake of the money does not appeal to the American as does the thought that money earned honestly-through ins industry, initiative, and perseverance,. is ft monument to Ilia name. Americans do not love money any more than you, neither are they more boastful than.you.
> "1 have been asked often here how President Wilson stood in the estimation of Americans. .There is no about it, even in the eyes of Mr. Wilson's opponents connected with political organisations other : than his own, he has been considered a President who lias worked for the best interests of his people as lio sees the-'right. The majority of the .American- people consider Mr. Wilgon' America's leading -and most trustworthy. statesman, and are willing to follow his lead. ' The Democratic Party to which lie belongu has sektoin pioituced a great lender who 'has made tho accomplishments Mr. Wilson has. He is 'disliked by party politicians, who place partisan interests Wore the interests of the people. Mr. Wilson to a great extent plays a lone hand. Mr. Wilson dominates, and is'-lmt a great believer in arbitration of ideaSj especially when ho feels that his own ideas are correct and iare for the betterment of the whole. Because: of. this dominating instinct, and because the people, have been to a great extent in sympathy with his policies. Mr. Wilson has had, I believe, more good passed.by. Congress that, .carries great -benefits to our people' than aiiy other American President. I do not entertain any doubt 'but that history will include him ns one of the three great outstanding Presidents. The other two ■were George. Washington and ..Abraham Lincoln'.
"I rend in the papir the other day that the largest consignment of wool ever landed in the United Slates nt a single time had just, nrr.vcd from Australia. A letter just 'received from America informs me that America is in special need'now of tallow and wool. The output of American industries is very great;' and her population is 'between 100,000,000 and 105,000,000. Australia has appointed a High Commissioner to foster closer trade relations with America.'Her first commissioner wns one of Australia's leading business men, Mr, 11. Y. Braddon (tho Australian head of Messrs. Dalgety and Co.). May I venture to suggest that New Zealand should do likewise? A New Zealand mission to America now would be quite acceptable. You may not have an over-supply of anything to sell us now, but New Zealand is pushing forward, not backward. Probably you havo somebody there already; but if yon have, he is certainly keeping to.himself, and there cannot be many who have heard of him, judging by letters I have recently received from America inquiring about' matters that could have been ascertained in America if you had somo really live, progressive representative, dispatching to New Zealand producers .information regarding the American markets."
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 12, 5 September 1919, Page 9
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