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THE SUNDAY HERALD
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Augusta, Ga., Sunday. Jen. 7, 1906.
Coolie Labor.
('oiimiM.i naral Ragsdale, of Tien
tain, reports a movement no* In full
operation by whtrb, with the approval
of i he Chinese government, eooiiesnra
Indentured to the gold mine owner.*
of the Transvaal. The rootles are em
ployed aa unskilled lahorera and Si«
rate of their wagea ranges from 36
rents lo 00 cants a day.
It was found Impossible, ao ways
the report, lo employ white lanorand
even laborers of the Kaffir class
proved insufficient. White men who
engaged In the work were dubbed
• White Kaffirs" which they resented
The experiment of placing white and
Mark together met with disastrous
tsllure and this succession of adverse
circumstances impelled the mine ot*n
era to seek out the coolies of Cathay.
This report I* accurate, but there Is
nti economic aspect to the question
The reason assigned for the failure
of white labor Is that the wage rate
did not permit the laborers to live
In any morn comfort than the Kaffirs
They became on this account a trou
blesome element as might be expect
«•<! A contrary condition of rate wage
would havi produced, Inferential!),
contrary effect*. The mine owners of)
the Transvaal are the captains of In
dustry of that country. They are pll
Ing up wealth at the same rale as did
our mine owners lu Caltlornls. hut
they are constantly on the alert for
cheap labor Hence the difficulty and
hence this last resort of solving It.
When Ort succeeded McCall there
were no Itnuquett Perhaps the office
expense fund wa overdrawn
Ib>»nittt Diimayvd.
Boston literary circle* are Juat now
at their wlta «*n«l to know how to
classify I bain Some few year* ago
lison became the vogue of a season.
There waa a great deal of noise. mot
■pbortcally, fn the literary depart
tnent* of newspapers and magazines
o\er the new atar that had boon dis
covered In the (Imminent of letters.
Kvorjr hlur slocking who ever lln|«‘d
a phrase to the admiral lon of n “liter
ar> circle' and every deoorona critic
ol words constructively and artistlc
ally strung together, placed their
Wreaths mi the altar of the new deity.
)t was lliser then, now and forever
more It wa> Ibsen everywhere V
Knowledge as accurate as that evinc
ed concerning the gastronomic pro
pensities of the Dardanelles by Mrs.
Col. Mulberry Holler* waa every
where ami forcefully in evidence and
jet the rage went on When the lb
aen plays were styged In Boston the
audltortum of Its largest theatre was
Inadequate to satisfy the pressure for
seats. K very body spoke of Ibsen Not
to ring In hla name, were you discus
aitig a new article by way of a eon
venlonco of reference, would be to
expose a lamentable Ignorance of
current literature All this commo
tlon led up naturally, Indeed spasmod
ically, to a desire for Ihseu's bio
graphy, which was forthwith prom
ised.
After waiting several years a d!s 1
appointment. appalling amt disastrous
ha* been dealt out to the lbacnltes.
Abanrtanrr of limn and even a corn
ucopia of auggestlve aid were circa
by th,- literary fervor of this country
to those in Europe who were regard
rd a* being in po*»es*lon of the key
to tae tragic lock of the Ihsen sec
ret. Notwithstanding this patient re
straint wljieh admiration imposed on
glowing siuteiy, this cold leash which
discretion tied fast to erupt ire do
site, the pe tervid emotions of sub
limated expectation in the minds and
it. the hearts 3rd in the bosoms of
the Ibsen tat* liav* been rudely, aye
even wantonly, disregarded. In lieu
td Jt blogtaphy they only get the l.et
tel* of Henrv lbaen, and such let
ter*:
IRELAND TO HOLD
A WORLDS FAIR.
DUBLIN, lan. ti.—lreland Is to hold
E, Worlds Kafr In ISO'. It will em
body the results of the imlustrlsl re
vival which has swept over that Is
land during the past decade. A large
plot of ground In nubllu has iwen pur
chased, work will bo begun on the
buildings in n few weeks, and in the
•uninicr of next year the Emerald
tale will Invite the world to come and
visit It.
Plans for this unde taking have
been maturing for some years. There
hit'/e beet) n.ant obstacles to over
come. . it the utoicuieiit has been led
bj auch indomitable uivu a* James
A WIDESPREAD FEELING OF OPTIMISM
PREVALENT AS TO AVGUSTA'S FUTURE
There Is undoubtedly a widespread feeling of optimism deservedly
prevalent among all classes of our Ictlxens as to the growing and
glowing future that awaits Augusta And this feeling la being barked
up dally by the constantly Increasing evidences of a moat substantial
faith and confidence,
Wholesale and retail trade have never been better than during
the present months and there la every Indication that our hustling mer
chants are not going to be simply content with what comes to them but
that they are making all possible efforts to widen and extend and In
crease their trade facilities and territory. The sgltatlon for a deeper
river means more facilities and lower rates and the consequent profit
able extension of our trade territory many, many miles In every direc
tion
In the cotton industry In all Its branches, factorage, exporting,
storage, merchandising and manufacturing Augusta has made a most
striking snd profitable showing. Bach year has shown more and more
the strength snd development of this trad*- until the time Is not far dis
tant, when thla city will be looked upon as one of the most Important
cotton centers In the south, perhaps the most striking development In
thle branch of trade has been the successful Inauguration of large stor
age fire proof warehouses for cotton In thla city. In these new and
Improved warehouses, It la given out that Insurance rates for one thing
have been reduced to one-fourteen' it of their former cost, which along
with other savings Instituted bids fair lo revolutionize the cotton bus!-
nn*a These things are significant because they mean other Improve
mente In the trede, they msan more warehouses, more compresses, ami
an Increasing volume of trade In future year*.
A new winter hotel on the Hll! la also practically assured. For *
number of years tha tourist business has been steadily Increasing snd
lhe city has grown and grown*ln popular favor and appreciation. Ex
pert and competent hotel nu n declare that there is already enough busi
ness here lo make profitable this new venture and them la no doubt hut
that aueh a hotel In capable hands will add its own drawing power to
those already so firmly estshllai.ed In thla section. Bach year, too,
soet more and more of our winter guests who desire to become regular
residents, either In ihelr own cottages and home*, or temporarily, at
lease. In rented furnished residences.
The n* w Chamber of Commerce will start Its work at a most aus
pietoMs time. There la no doubt of the enthusiasm and loyal support
that It* launching baa awakened among our people. It has hen ably
and efficiently officered, and The Herald la confident that thu promin
ent business men and citizens who have been put at the head and In
charge of this Important movement, will not fall to make as great t
Biiceeas of this public movement as they have already shown their üblli-
Itv to do In private business affairs. All told, the future of Augusta on
the beginning of the New Vear Is brighter and better and bigger than
at any oilier time In her hlatory. Il offers greater possibilities for fur
ther development and Ih* Herald Is confident that her citizens during
the present veur are going In live fully up to every opportunity.
And In the record for Ihc New Year. The Herald proposes to give
the people of Augusta. In Its various editions, a better and bigger pa
per each day us the times and need* of our people demand.
JOINT DEBATE AT CO LUMBUS.
On next Wednesday Columbus will be the Mecca of thosp Georgians
who have leisure and Its Incidental advantages together with n keenly
appreciative Interest In the welfare of the state. On that day the two
most conspicuous gubernatorial candidates will meet in Joint debate and
Columbus Is the place agreed upon where this contest between giants
will come to pas city of Columbus Is to be congratulated on th# dis
tinction conferred upon It. for the pvent will lie worthy of more than the
traditional page in Its annals, and Its residents will assuredly evince their
appreciation of being thus singled out h.v doing the honors of the occa
sion.
The two men who will enter the lists of forensic contention are foe
men worthy of earh other's steel, and, doubtlessly, the keenest follower
of tin; combats In the parliamentary arena Is now whetting hla Intellectual
appetite for the advance, the parry, the thrust and the graceful recoil
which hts anticipation prepares for his entertainment. Mr. Smith Is a
national figure. Ills personality fills a apace in national history creditable
to hla executive ability and honorable to hla high purposes. With this
enviable coign as n background he steps into the realm of his native state
at a Trials In her affair-* Ills altitude on t(|e perplexed question upper
most In the public mind not only of (Seorgtn hut of the entire south is
clearly and definitely set forth. The question of tin* franchise will not
down by a simple appeal to tho maxim let well enough alone. Indeed
It Is the very untruth of the nmxlni which makes the condition it Is in
voked to cover an Imperatively unsettled one. There an* many states of
the galaxy that go to form the union which have a restrictive franchise.
Kven till this day a property qualification Is necessary In some of the
orlngal slate:- Will It he said that property is r qitalifleation more
essential than Intelligence? Will it bo urged that the absence of a bank
account is more deplorable than the absence of conscientious responsi
bility? Not in these days of enlightenment. Not at a time in our history
when the aroused conscience of the nation colls upon Its component
states to reform their electorate, to eliminate the mercenary vote from
a factorship In attaining results on the order and In the line of high
minded cltirenaltlp ami capable government. The general principle of a
restricted franchise is an Impregnable one. Oiven the need of honest
government honesty and eapstdllty in the election must be the Inevitable
demand. The whole problem Is thus set forth. Mr. Smith's position Is
in appoktte sympathy with what the polity of intelligence renders un
avoidable. ami It is no argument against it to appeal to conditions as
they now stand.
All tin- policies which go to make up government are experimental,
tiovernment itself Is experimental To l»e satisfied with minor defects In
Its machinery because In the general product their influence effects no
crash Ik th* most accentuated form of indolent opportunism. The whole
Instrument of government must he brought into a harmony of parts
and the smallest detail of incompotency must he set aside as useless
and even as menacing,
dr. Howell stands for a tradition in (ieorgla politic* which is'rot
in keeping with up to date progress. Corporate iuteresUi have swayed the
pendulum of (kiwi r In Ids slu eto their own advantage. They have ruled
tic primaries and dictated to the legU'ature. They have placed their
agents >n position and ha\e held the "big stick" over their doings It Is
now tli v- that this method of rule come to an end. The enlightenment
and interest of the state exact it. The political advancement and In
structed conscience of the individual citizen will be content with no In
enmhent of the gubernatorial chair whose hands are tied by corporation
string*. That condition Is the uadtr of political debasement. State In
terests meet have a paramount ascendancy. Corporations must be treat
ed a« creatures. They must not hold the place of masters.
Shsuks. ex-land Mayor of Dublin, aud
they determined at the start that they
would not fait. They have at latit
raised the necessary guarantee fund,
aud the enterprise Is on a most
promising basis.
The malu feature of the exposition
will be the exhibition of home manu
factures, Every thing w ill be done, by
the erection of suitable buildings and
facilities for display, to make the Irish
, section a show worth going any dis
tance to see All trades and every
handicraft will be amply represented.
Cottage industries will be given a
prominent place and the native art*
and crafts will have a great display.
Thl* is a rare opportunity for the Irish
manufacturer, who. unless he exhibits
abroad, has never had surh crowds as
lie will have in 1907 to see his pro
ducts.
The nnt; avelled irishman will have
ins first opportunity in many years to
see the newest things of foreign Man
ufacture. Furthermore, Irvlauu's
greatest need just now is for markets
for the wares which are the first
fruits of the Industrial revival now in
progress. The promoters believe that
these markets can be found In no bet
ter way than by the holding of a
"world's fair." All these things show
why Ireland is looking forward eager
l.v to the beginning of work upon her
greatest exhibition.
Incidentally, hundreds of thousands
of visitor* will be drawn to Ireland
by the exhibition for the first time.
It Is expected, too. that this exposi
tion will form a magnet which will
draw- thousands of Irish-Americans
lack for a visit to their old homes.
It is no wonder, then, that Ireland is
looking forward to great things in
1907.
Mr. John Sharp Williams opines,
however, that It is better for the Dem
ocrat ie linen to lie washed in public
than not to be washed at all.—Atlanta
Journal. k
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
"Th# Thabo Lot."
When the lights In the windows las
sen.
And the elty'a clamor stills,
My thoughts wing far to the north
ward,
To ih.- Land of the White Hills;
And there in a quiet upland.
Whose leafage throbs and thrill*
With the kiss of the wind I rest me.
Till with gold the east's cup fill*.
Oh, the Trebo l<ot—the Trebo I sit—
In Memory's pleasauncea a sunlit spot,
When April searches
'Midst the young white hlrchea,
For the first pale star of wild forget
me-not!
I hear the flute of a robin;
A blue Jay’s strident cry;
The far-off hall of the wild geese, .
Dragging their harrows high.
Paeon of dark plumed hemlocks;
An sspen's quivering sigh;
Lift of a minstrel bluebird,
Binging that May la uigh!
Oh the Trebo Lot—the Trebo Lot— j
In Memory '* pleasauncea a sunlit spot,
When be •* swim over
Purpling -as of clover,
Whose channels, flaming Illy beacons
dot!
I breatiio the breath of the Pine
woods;
Odor of new ploughed ground;
Drowsy balm of the elderblow
Fringing the headlnnds round.
Fragrance of wild grape blossoms.
Where locust horns first sound;
Spicy scent of wild cherry trees,
With rosy fillets crowned.
Oh the Treho l*ot —the Trebo Lot— I
In Memory's pleasauncea a sunlit spot, 1
When from Tansy thickets
Pliant the autumn crickets,
All the feverish rapture of their brief
sweet lot!
I see the rock crowned mountains;
I The valley stretched below;
Orchards of plum and apple.
Where silver waters flow.
• A little drowsy village,
With elm trees row on row.
i Guarding the quiet homesteads.
In time of leaf and anow.
Oh the Trebo Ix»t—the Trebo Lot
In .Memory's pleaeaunces a sunlit spot,
When snows are gleaming.
And the maplea dreaming
Of the dead fair Hummer, never quite
forgot!
Through the rustling sweet fern
bushes,
My dream child comes to me,
A little lad barefooted,
Whistling sturdily;
Wind tossed fir, like silk o' the corn,
Eyes as blue as the sea.
In whose steadfast depths the presage
Of the king one day to be!
Oh the Trebo l.ot—the Trobo Lot —
In Memory's pleasauncea a sunlit spot,
When [sipples quiver
By Dream's lilted river.
And all wave the vanished days of
youth Is not!
—Frances Bartlett.
JAPANESE INNER LIFE.
Kveryono In our Western world un
derstands vaguely that Japanese civi
lization is in no small measure Influ
enred by Budhisni and Shinto, those
rime-honored religions; but just what
fundamental differences In thought
this implies, when the eastern is com
pared with western civilization, is not
ho well known. The grand difference
between east the idea of pre-existence
is universal and colors every thought,
feeling, act. and. in no slight degree
i lany common words and expressions.
From the tines! interpretations of la
pan esc Inner life which any foreigner
has been able to make or offer to the
west, one learn* that in Japan this
belief In pre-existence is widespread
ami practically shared by all. Front
the same works of interpretation.now
voluminous, one may glean many oth
er interesting facts pertaining to the
Peculiar mental bias and attitude of
the Japanese. Some of the most note
wdrthy of these sets here follow;
Closly allied with the idea of free
existence come/ the Oriental idea of
Karma, the latter being a natural uot
growth of the former. Every Western
er of Intelligence has a more or less
dim conception of the meaning of
Krama. Concisely put. Karma would
seem to mean a survival of tenden
cies elniraoterizetK one in a former
state of existence determine his pres
ent; Just as his present tendencies
will shape his future existence. The
thought of Karma Is continually with
the Japanese. If one's fate Is per
verse, the Japanese universally set
It down to Karma; that Is. it Is the in
evitable result of all the deeds in
one's past lives. If pne Is sinful the
Japanese say It is because his sins
were not overcome In former exist
ences on the earth; and the Karma
therefore Is evil. If alms are thrown
to a mendicant or lieggar. he express
er his gratitude and hla belief in Kar
mn at the same time; for In way of
blessing, he wishes that his benefact
or may he fortunate in his future
births. Implying the wish that his ben
efactor's Karma may he bettered.
When children are playing and some
misdeed occurs, the mother comes
IT’S THE
FIRST DOLLAR
deposited in our Savings De
partment which lays the foun
dation for ample means for fu
ture ueeds. It will be a real
pleasure to add to It weekly or
monthly—to see It grow week
by week, by the month or year,
bet us talk It over with you.
Have money in the bank at
FOUR PER CENT.
j
The Way
’Tis Done at
Dorr’s
i
The stxing up of
a client’g person
ality, the under
standing of his desires,
the cognisance of his at
titude, the application of
suitable style, the artis
tic ability necessary to
design it, the know-how
of fitting, the taste dis
played in finishing the
garment—are only some
'of the problems that
must be BOlved In pre
paring DORR Clothes.
That’s why the lowest
priced suit. w e make has
more sty!* and character
than some of the highest
grades of other produc
tions.
Let us make you a
really high class suit. It
will cost scarcely more
than the ordinary.
August
Dorr’s Sons
Good Taste Apparel
Broadway, Augusta
The Russian crown jewels have been
sent to the Bank of England for safe
keeping, not to the banks of France.
Russia owes the French bankers too
much money.—Kansas City Journal.
The best that can be said of the
Ohio boy of 12 lender years who has
written a comic opera Is that ir is an
agreeable change from the boy evan
gelist ami the hoy orator. — Denver
News.
chiding, with a warning aliout its es
feet on their future births and its in
fluence on their future lives. By this
warning she would save tiie wrong
doer from developing an unfortunate,
unfavorable, or evil Karma. In house
hold sayings and proverbs, in pious
and profane exclamations, the univer
sal belief in Karma and in pre-exist
ence is continually shown in Japan.
Along with the notions of pre-ex
istence and Karma shared by all Jap
anese classes, save tho few more
emancipated and modernised minus
among them, is the Oriental idea in
regard to the soul, which is wholly at
variance with the Occidental idea. 11l
the west, the individual soul is con
sidered to be one and single. In the
east, it is regarded as liiuttple or
composite. Religion and philosophy,
both, in the east, concur, it Is said,
in this idea of a composite soul. All
Japanese thus regard the soul as cont
pound. One sect even attempts to
name the number of souls which any
individual may have, at most allow
ing nine, and at least Doing perhaps
to or three, or four to a person. Out
of such universal belief in the com
plexity of soul sprang the contempt
uous remark of an old Japanese to a
cruel and wayward boy; “Anyone
would know you had only one soul!"
Think of the low-down s'tate Implied
by this contemptuous expression,
when In the speaker's opinion any de
cent person ntay have and does hae
several souls!
On first thought, the Oriental idea
as to the multiplicity of the individ
ual’s soul seems amusing and absurd.
On deeper reflection its basis in fact
appears. The Oriental Ego is "nu
aggregate or composite of inconceiv
able complexity—the concentrated
sum of the creative thinking of pre
vious lives beyond all reckoning." In
the light of the modern idea of evoli
tion the inevitable complexity of the
Occidental Ego is clearly seen; since
it draws it* nature from milllonH of
other lives In the past, by mere here
dity. And it is Just here' that west
ern setnee joins bands with eastern
philosophy, the Idea of o:implexlty
Of soul obtaining with both; while in
the west "former existence" means
existence only in one's ancestors,
whether human of ante-dating the hu
man, and In the east it ntay mean ex
istence in lives other than human, ns
well as in numerous human lives.
"It i* incontrovertible," says a care
ful thinker and observer, “that in ev
ery individual brain is locked up the
inherited memory of the absolutely
Inconceivable multitude of experi
ences received by all the brains of
which it is the desccndane." In wav
of mere heredity alone this is plain
ly true. Tuq Japanese, having a dis
ferent explanation for his beliefs
however, does not think of his soul
as single. He regards himself as
multiple. This common belief, shared
even b> Japanese peasants, consti
tutes at once, as may readily be seem
one of the chief grounds of differ
ence between the common people of
the west and those of the east, and al
so one of the chief grounds of unit /
Ik-tween the pnilosophers of the west
ami, of the cast. One who has been
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better abue than most others to ob
tain facts pertaining to Japanese in
ner life, and be;ter able than most
others to grasp and present the facts,
writes luminously of the Individual's
soul, whether Oriental or Occidental,
as the sum of ancestral memories In
calculable, the sum of countless bil
lions of trillions of experiences,"
The emphasis which the Orient puts
upon the past, as opposed lo the em
phasis which the Occident puts upon
the present and future, may well be
allowed to color Occidental thinking
to the extent of making it more rev
erent toward the past and more fully
conscious of the past’s continual pres
ence and influence. To be aware ot
the multitudinous impressions, emo
tions and impulses, in the past, go
ing to make up the present, Is to en
large the sense of the wonder of one's
own being and of one's duty to other
lives to come.
"Pre-existence," "Karma." and
"Composite Souls.” are. when viewed
I in their strict Oriental meaning, ideas
I which can hardly be expected to find
favor with practical Occidental
minds; but when considered in their
kinship to “Heredity,” "Destiny." and
"complexity of human nature," throw
interesting side lights upon those
widely accepted western notions. To
know that a people coming up under
influences and customs diverse from
our own, have arrived at ultimate
conclusions, having not a little in
common w-ith our own, is very inter
esting. In a world in which nothing
can be very satisfactory proved to
one who is out of sympathy with It. a
concensus of opinion upon serious
points and questions is valued, even
If Ineradicable differences are inter
twined with the harmonizing views.
“Heredity" and “Karma' have in
festing resemblances as theories as
well as marked points of divergence.
“Karina signifies the survival, not of
the same composite individuality, but
of its tendencies which recombine s o
form r new composite individuality."
Hence tire analogy between the ideas
of Karma and of heredity is at once
real and imperfect. That whatever
has been lives on, and that whatever
is will persist in the future, is the
common basis in the views of Karma
and of heredity.
From the insistent consciousness
of wiiat. has been, as implied in the
doctrine of Karma, the tendency to
ancestor worship comes readily. And
it is In the force of ancestor worship
that the Japanese are specially re
markable. To the Japanese the dead
are not only living, but continually
influencing the destines of those still
upon the earth, and the love of an
cestors forms a "real, powerful, pene
trating. life-moulding, religious emo
tion” in Japan. From the ancient
and honored religion Shinto the Ja
panese draw their strongest opinions
and feelings in this matter of ances
tor worship. "Stated in the simplest
possible form, the peculiar element
of truth in Shinto is the belief that,
the world of the living is directly
governed by thp world of the dead.
That every impulse or act of man Is
the work of a god, and that all the
dead become gods, are the basic, ideas
of the cult." To most western minds
this influence of the dead is thought
to operate through heredity; while
to eastern minds It is believed to be
a direct and conscious interference
on the part of the dead. Here is at
once a great difference and a great
sameness.
“That Intimate sense of relation be
tween the visible and the invisible
worlds which is the special religious
characteristic of Japan among all
civilized countries” is somewhat akin
to western spiritualism. "To Japanese
thought the dead are not less real
than the living. They take part in
the daily life of the people, sharing
the humblest sorrows and the hum
bles joys. . . . And they are uni
versally' thought of as finding pleas
ure in the offering made to them, or
the honors conferred upon them."
The dead become the "powers above."
the “upper ones" and are to be rever
enced. if good, and their blessings ob
tained; or are to be propitiated. ; f
lied, and their evil influence averted.
Fortunately the sunt total of the in
fluences exerted by the gods is re
garded as for good.
Among the moral sentiments devel
oped by Shinto is loving gratitude to
thr »ast. and emotion which has no
real parallel in the west, where the
great host of the unnamed and tin
namable dead receive little or no
thought. The Japanese, however,
feel gratitude and love not only to
their Immediate ancestors, but to the
millions long dead whom they regard
as real kindred. He're is a vast
chasm between the eastern and west
ern thinking and feling. To western
ers the Japanese habit of mind in re
gard to the dead seems more akin to
that of our own race in earlier-times,
when the gods were believed to have
placed and part in human destinies,
among western nations. Whatever
one's opinion may be of the Japanes*
ttndency to aucestor-worship. it is
profoundly interesting to study the
wafx in which east and west agree
or disagree; and for the light which
enables us to do this we must feel
continually indebted to those who
have so carefully observed and so
sensitively been impressed that we
share the knowledge they offer of
Japanese inner life.
Close upon the tendency to ancesto*-
worship. and -not at all out of har
mony with belief In evolution and her
edity conies the Oriental idea of
"composite ideals," along with tha> of
composite souls. Vnder this head it
has been said that "the emotion of
beauty, like ail our emotions, is cer
tainly the inherited product of unitu
aglnablr countless experiences in an
rtmcaeurable past. In every aesthetic
SUNDAY, JAN. 7.
stnsation is the stirring of trillions
of trillions of ghostly memories bur
led In the magical noil of the brain.
And each man carries with him an
ideal of beauty which Is but an infi
nite composite of dead perceptions of
form, color, grace, once dear to look
upon."
Some ingenious person has attempt
ed to "figure out” In practical west
ern tashlon how many other lives go
to the making of a single present-day
life. "Allowing three generations to
a century and presupposisg no con
sanguineous marriages, a French
mathematician estimates that each
existing Individual of this nation'
would have in his veins the blood of
2C.0f10.1t00 of contemporaries of the
year 1000. Or calculating from the
first year of our era. the ancestry of
a man of today would represent a to
tal of eighteen quantillions.” By
such reckoning, "composite ideals"
arc matters of course in the west, al
though in the far east, they derive
their power through "pre-existence”
rather than heredity. Indeed, it is
interesting to trace the parallel that,
ir. part, exists between eastern and
western thought, which in so many
ways are strikingly divergent.
JANE LAYING.
The Negro Must Bestir Himself.
(Manufacturers' Record.)
A clear ray of light upon the eco
nomic feature of the negro was thrown
by Mr. Alfred H. Slone, of Mississippi,
in a paper read last week before the
American Economic association and
published on other pages of this week's
issue of the Record.
Mr. Slone is a planter with a leTol
head for the study of developments
around him and with an admirable
knack of succinctly stating the results
of his observations. He has contributed
quite a number of valuable papers to
the discussion of the south's pressing
labor problem. His latest is by no
means the least valuable. In It he
argues from practical experience that
the great fault of the negro is not
improvidence or shiftlessness, but un
reliability. and he gives the friendly
warning that unless that failing be
corrected the negro cannot stand
against the certain and increasing
competition of white labor. Indicative
of the end are facts gathered by Mr.
Slone from a comparison of Italians
and negroes on the Sunny Side planta
tion in Arkansas. When the present
operators of the. plantation took hold
in 1898 they merely accepted such la
bor as they found on hand. 38 families
of Italians with 200 working hands
and 203 negro families with 600 work
ing bands. The Italians were culti
vating 1,200 acres of cotton and the
negroes 2,600 acres. At the end of
1905, according to Mr. Stone, the Ital
ians numbered 107 squads with 500
working hands, while the- negroes
numbered only 38 squads with 173
working hands, and the acreage culti
vated by the Italians had increased
to 3,000, while that cultivated by the
negroes had decreased to 900 acres.
Moreover, the Italians were raising an
average of 403 pounds of lint ppr
aere and of 2.584 ponnds per hand,
while tho negroes were averaging 233
pounds per ncre and 1,174 pounds per
hand.
These are but a few of the sig
nificant facts presented by Mr. Stone,
which indicate the line that tho his
tory of the negro may hereafter take.
With his present character unmodi
fied In the right direction the negro
cannot possibly keep pace with the
white in industry, and, not keeping
pace, must ultimately go to the wall.
The man who tells him that and who
gives him indisputable facts to con
sider is a benefactoy to the negro.
More of such facts as those collected
by Mr. Stone may result in turning
the present movement of foreign mi
gration to the south into a real bene
fit to the negro. If competition of
foreign-born whites shall develop in
dustry, frugality and reliability in the
negro, the south will offer to him his
greatest opportunities in the world. If
he fails to measure up to the test now
confronting him, he must pass as
members of other inferior races have
passed.
If there is no breach between the
mayor and Murphy, there should be.
What has the son of General George
B. McClellan to do with this gashousn
politician?—New York World.
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