These people coming from Germany could :not afford. to. sendi their children. to .the best schools and colleges. but -they. secured. whateducation was possible in the public schools in their home communities. As their families grew and they. became more prosperous they did not miss the opportunity to.better educate their children. so tozday in every walk. of life in. this. country. you. will find. people of German. descent who. take a: prominent part in. all the trades and professions of -thecountry.. I can remember distinctly. as a boy. when living on -aitfarm in Illinois. of seeing.- these German immigrants coming) to. that country. with no other property except: what few belongings they -couldcarry in a bundle. some. of. them -coining to. my: fathers farm and unable to talk the. English- language and .that -my mother. was the only oneon .the farmwho could communicate with them in. the German language. somei of them -being. employed to work. on.-my fathers farm. at that- time. Farm: wages then were small. but being economical -they. saved.a..ptirt"of. what they earned..and as yearspassedobn..I have seenthesesame men acquire famn% and other property and become very useful- and: influential menin thecommunity.
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