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THE END.
We toiled while daylight swept
from east to west,
We sowed In spring, nor
stayed that we might
reap;
Our children garner. As for us,
we rest.
We toil no more, praise God,
no more to weep.
Pray for us gently, kinsfolk, as
we go.
Pity us not, nor judge us
scornfully.
T wrung from earth our sub
stancedo ye so.
Pying. we left earth richer
so shall ye!
Robert Gilbert Welsh.
ALSO A CATC ASIAN PERIL.
An Interesting summary not mere
ly Interesting because It Is a compi
lation of perhaps unexpected Inform
ation, but because It affords material
for much deep and perhaps dubious
reflection Is that given below. It
Is from a recent number of the Chi
cago Record-Herald. It gives some
bald facts concerning the relative pro
portions of the Immigrants to the
United States who are of the Cau
casian race.
All one needs to convince him of
the utter undesirability of a very
large proportion of these people as
habitants of the United states Is the
evidence presented him by a trip
through the mining and manufactur
ing districts of Pennsylvania, New
l-.rk. West Virginia, New England or
any other section of the country
wherein great numbers of Poluks,
Hunn, "Dagoes" per se (if the expres
sion miiy be allowed and "there are
Dagoes and Dagoes.") In some of
those districts are grouped tens of
"thousands of Ignorant and brutal peo
ple the victims of centuries of op
pression, political and industrial who
cannot by any alchemy of free gov
ernment, free schools and real liber
ty be i"ade citizens according to the
Ideal American standards inside of
three or four generations. The re
pression of their racial characteris
tics and development of qualities
which will make them really desira
ble citizens, must be continued with
painstaking thoroughness for the
next three or four generations. In
the meantime what is left of the first
generation of comers, and the all
too-slowly decreasing proportion of
the dangerous element In their de
cendnntr will be a menace to our
form of government and schemes of
progress.
The immigration of these people
began in great numbers to the United
HUtes about 40 years ago, at the be
hest of the great manufacturing and
mining corporations, who demanded
cheap and Ignorant labor that could
be herded practically according to the
formula by which bond slaves are
controlled for 364 days In the year,
and voted with the same servility on
tie 265th Cay. Corporation Influ
ence was responsible for the Impor
tation of this element in the begin
ning, and It is responsible for the fact
U.at nothing is done, or can be done,
to restrict the immigration of these
people at this day. They are too val
uable a voting asset now those of
them who can be controled while
these who cannot be controled are
resentful and dangerous toward those
who become Identified with any at
tempt to restrict the further Immigra
tion of their countrymen and clans
men. The proportion of this element to
that of really desirable European Im
migrants Is very large much more
than DO per cent, though not so large
as that of the coolie class compared
with the educated and unobjection
able ckiBftes of Mongolian Immigrants.
Once here, however, from It are re-
eruited the anarchists of the Czol-
guBz class.
American Ideals and schemes of
government are more In danger from
the J mod of Ignorant, gross and un
controllable European emmlgrant
voters along our eastern frontier than
the non-voting "ycllovr peril" along
the western frontier. Now what will
you do about It In either case? !
The Record-Herald summary Is as
follows'
A very Interesting map and table
n the annual report of the commis
sioner of Immigration give a clear
Idea of the racial elements Included
In the Immigration for the fiscal year
endng June 30. 1906. From them It
appears that out of a total of 1,100,
733 immigrants 40S.903, or more than
one-third, are classed In the Slavic
(panj division. Next comes the Iber
le. North and South Italian Spanish
and Portuguese, with 2S3.S40; then
the Teutonic, 211,910, and this is fol
lowed by the Keltic. 116.454, and
others whose contributions ore rela
tively speaking small.
These grand divisions, however, are
broken up into many sub-divisions.
Though the word Slav Is more com
monly associated with the ' Russians
than with any other people, the Im
migrants classified as Russian num
bered only 6S44. But out of Russia
there came 125,234 Jews, 46.204 Poles,
13, 21 Finns, 10,279 Germans, 13,697
Lithuanians and 937 Scandinavians.
The Jewish total Is placed at 153,74 S
the Polish at 95.S35, and Austria
Hurgary contributes to both and
p-esents a most Interesting variety as
follows: Poles, 43.S03; Bohemians,
12.625: Croatians, 43,157; Slovak, .15,-
550; Dalmatians, 4424; Roumanians,
19.S.11; Bulgarians, 3224; Italians
(northt 1914; Ruthenlan, 15,698;
eJws. 14.S84; Magyars, 42,848; Ger
mans, J, MS. or these people all but
the Jews, Magyars, Germans and Ital
ians are classified as Slavs.
The German total, made up chiefly
from Germany, 31,855, and Austria
and Russia, Is S6.S13; the Scandina
vian is F.S.141; English, Including
Scotch and English blood, 45,079.
These with the Finns and Dutch make
up the Teutonic element.
Under the Keltic color are Includ
ed: Ireland. 31,953; the greater part
of Scotland, 15,048; Wales, 2168;
France, 657; North Italy, 40,940, and
part of Switzerland.
The largest single race contribution
under the subdivisions Is southern
Italian, 231,921. Grouped with It as
Iherlc ire the Spanish, 1707; Portu
suese, 8198: Greek, 19,396, and Syri
an, 4353. There arls some few Greeks
from Turkey, and Jews, Roumanians,
Bulgarians and Turkse from the ter
ritory along the lower Danube and be
tween the Adriatic and Black sea.
Tn a comparison with the preced
ing year the commissioner says:
"There was an increase In the pro
portion of Iberic from 21 per cent
In 1905, to 28 per cent In 1906, wnlle
the .Teutonic and Kjeltic decreased
from 22 and 12 per cent respective
ly in 1'ior,, to 19 and 11 per cent In
1906. The- Slavic
same."
How-and Where Panama
Hats are Made
remained the
ON THE "DECLINE OF FAITH."
Some striking editorials on the
question of the decline of the belief
in a future life have been appearing
in rccer.t issues of the Wall Street
Journal, of which Sereno S. Pratt Is
the editor. Mr. Pratt had best con
fine himself to a discussion of finan
ces nnd other phases of business life,
for In the first place his assumption
of "a decline of the belief In a fu
ture life" Is a postulatlon pure and
simple, with no more reliable premi
ses upon which to found regrets and
arguments than to assume that the
level of a tub of water will not be
raised by putting a fish into the tub.
There Is no decline of belief In a
future life, unless possibly In Wall
street and among the victims of "the
system." And it is not easy to as
sume even this, since the victims
certainly ought to believe In a fu
ture life, while the pcrpetuators and
apologists of the "system" certainly
will be excused for hoping that there
is not.
The formulas of thinking are shift
ing continually undergoing changes
Just as certainly as do the outward
forms of public worship. Put there
never waa a time when the people at
large represented by "the average
man," had a more abiding, simple
faith In a future life than now. This
assumption is based upon a knowl
edge of the average man his habit
of life and thought, his traditions and
experiences: not to any great extent
upon his church membership. It is
a safe assumption that practically all
those In the churches believe In a
future life; It Is presumption pure
and simple to say that because a per
son docs not belong to a church that
therefore he does not believe In a
future life. Tf the editor of the Wall
Street Journal knew more about hu
man nature and had a practical
knowledge of facts upon which to
base his Judgment, he would not enter
upon such an academic discussion
and arrive at such a foolish conclusion.
It Is Interesting to know how and
where the Panama hats worn In large
numbers In Umatilla county, are
made.
Consul P. P. Demers states. In a
letter from Barranqulla. that one of
the Important Industries of the repub
lic of Colombia Is that of making
palm hats, known as Panama hats,
of which nearly $400,000 In value are
exported annually.
This Industry follows In Importance
those of coffee, gold, hides, cattle, to
bacco and rubber. In the order named,
and Is carried on In the departments
of Cundlnamarca. Tollma. Antloquia
and Santander. but mostly In the lat
ter, where It Is the breadwinner to
more than one-half Its population.
There are no regular factories, but
the hats are hand made by thousands
of peasant women In almost as many
households and sold or traded In the
local stores In exchange for provis
ions or articles of clothing, the hat
being In these regions a convenient
medium of exchange; the house wife
exchanging the product of her labor
for so many pounds of flour, sugar,
etc.
How Panama ITats Are Made.
Panama hats are made with the
veins or fibers of a palm leaf, the
tissues of which are scraped off or
combed In much the same way as
hemp. The palm (Carludovlca pal-
mttai. called locally "Jlpljapa," Is
very small In appearance and grows
In great quantities on the low and
swampy lands of the upper Magda
lena. It grows wild, but is alBo cul
tivated, although to a limited extent,
in the largest hat districts, the palm
producing In a little over a year.
The preparation of the fiber after
the tissues have been combed off,
consists of boiling same in water con
taining salt and lemon Juice for the
effect of whitening and rounding Its
surface; this operation takes a few
hours. The straw Is then exposed to
night air for three consecutive nights,
after which It Is ready for use.
The material employed In the
making of a hat Is marketed at from
15 to 40 cents (equivalent thereof)
per hat. according to the fineness and
whiteness of the straw, the youngest
leaves generally giving the best qual
ity. It takes a woman four days to
make an ordinary hat. elgnt days for
a good one, and as much as 15 days
for the finest hat made In Colombia.
The salary of the peasant woman
employed In the making of a "Jlpl
Japa" hat Is reckoned at . 10 cents a
day, Including her food, which can
be calculated at 10 cents additional.
The best hats exported from this
country are those called "Suaza."
made In the city of that name In the
department of Cundlnamarca. The
next In order are the Antloquehos,
made In the department of Antloquia.
Then follow the ones made In the de
partment of Santander. called, re
spectively, Zapatoca, Barlchara, Bu-
caramanga and Glron, from the vari
ous cities where made, and varying In I
quality and price In the order named. j
But the Zapatoca, althouch the most
expensive from Santander, are sup- I
posed to be of less duration. j
The best Suaza hat exported costs
on the premises $5 and the cheapest
from that place $1, the Antloquenos j
one degree cheaper, the cheapest of j
all being those from the department j
of Santander, which range from 50 1
cents to $2, according to the quality. I
Indeed, some Panama hats, made at !
the rate of one a day, sell for less '
than 50 cents, but these are made ex
clusively for home consumption nnd
in no way exported.
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