Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-03-28
MloRATloN a Law OF NATURE.

Preserve the RastAs Equilibrium.
II has become q well-established fact
that the vast bodies which populate
space were kept in motion by two forces;
that the one. the centrifugal force, sup.
plies them with the impetus 10 fly far
out from given center, while tho other,
the centripetal force, draws them rs
powerfully towardsi It. Ifeither Of them
should overpower the other for one
short moment, the equilibrium would be
at once destroyed and the body would
either fly toward and crash against the
center or be hurled ut random into
space, to meet fate Of which we natur-
ally lack even the dimmest conception.
These same fOroas. however, manifest
themselves not sGSlusively in the plane
tary system. bat aro found ut work even
in The human mind, balancing each
other there with tho same precision as
elsewhere. II appears to many won
der why some nations have remained on
low plane of civilization, while others
have reached high standard Of culture,
and they seek to solve The problem by
denying to these nstioAs the eapsbllity
of culture; but 10 their ssvAgsry not due,
rather, to the fact that for various rea-
sons too numerous 10 b counted here,
they have remained stationary? May
it not be Oonjeotured that. II The cur
rents of immigration and emigration had
produced a healthy cirsulStion Of blood
they might have risen intellectually,
morally, and industriAlly TO the same
height which is occupied by those ma
lions which have had the opportunity
of atomic circulation BY migration:
Wisely, however, the oeutripetal force
Is balanced by the centrifugal force
here also. Behold the yearuing ct the
child to see other places; behold h Tho
youth the eagerness 70 sock his fortune
In far off countries, his bolisf that the
further he goes TO seek Il. the suror his
chances of finding Il Behold our love
for all that ID strange, and behold the
success Of the stranger. Has the reader
ever CHANGED to observe that, In svate Of
all the advantage which the native born
has over the stranger, In spite Of better
knowledge of his surroundings, Of men
and things, It Is always the stranger
who succeeds? How many families re-
main and prosper for several genera
tions in the same locality? And Il they
do, when we reach backward but few
hundred years, we find that the oE1gi-
nator of the illustrious house or family
has come and settled down. stranger
in these quarters. Has the reader ever
observed that it Is the visiting strange
young girl who is sure TO fsscinste the
young men of y place, or that the
strange young man is the most danger
GUS rival. and sure to win the affection
of the other sex? And has the reader
ever tried to explain to himself why
this Is so? Both the yearning to leave
the parental roof, and the success which
the stranger always meets, are the
manifestations Of the centrifugal force.
which wills that the atomic particles
shall not remain ut rest, but shall ex-
change places and combine in new form.
Migration is a law of nature. AS the
sea is stirred by the storms, or the
atmosphere by the currents OF wind,
thus are the atoms of which humanity
is composed kept in circulation by the
innate desire of each to leave its place
and seek another abode. II may be
daring assertion. vet venture to make
It. that the marvellous development OF
the human race during the last
century, on which we pride ourselves
30 greatly, has been made possible
and is due to the greater facili-
ties offered to migration. and that,
in the same ratio as these facilities
and migration increase. humanity will
rise upon the ladder of civilizations Our
historians tell us-and endeavOr to con-
vince us of The truth of their statements
that Europe has been populated by
the overflow population of Asia: that,
thousands of years ago, Asiatic tribes
crossed the Balkan or the llellespont
and entered Europe from the East. The
migration of swarms of barbarians
moving from the northeast toward the
southwest of Europe. which began with
the appearance of the Cimbri in Italy,
and. after having shattered the Roman
Empire, ended with the Crusades, are
historical facts frequently dwelt upon.
hut large as these expeditions may have
been. what are all the migratory move
ments that occurred during the known
ages Of history, in comparison with the
extent of migration which has been
made possible and taken place through
the inventions of the last century? The
migrntions of the past We're tribal or
national. A tribe or nation. impelled
nv the centrifugal force. would break
up quarters and move on to other places.
For the safety and success OF the indi-
vidual. it was absolutely necessary that
the whole tribe should march together.
exactly as it is of absolute necessity for
the birds that migrate in winter to
southern climates To unite into large
swarms. To-day migration has become