The Portland daily press., 1893-07-24
NEAR THE SUMMIT.
A French Scientist Ferstells the
Good Times Coming.

the Human FamiIy--ExtehsioA -
pean Races--A Free Field For the Whites
of Europe aud America.
1t appears that the human race Is apouI
10 reach the summit of the epoch calleo
the reign of humanity. The great dis
coveries made in LATER times. the exouc
countries explored lorna a connectlon OF
circumstances which win establish new
processes Of civilization and a more
powerful contact between ofIIeren1 nu-
man races. And the races themselves
what will become OF them? This ques-
ton the distinguished aathropolog1st, M.
zaborowski, has attempted to solve. The,
globe has now a population OF ooo,ooe,-
900 of people, and indications are that
this wiil be doubled in a very short tune.
Now, it nrust not be forgotten that all
parts of tae globe are today visited by
people who represent about one-ffth OF
humanity, and these are gifted with a
power Of expansion which has never be-
fore been realized But all distinctive
race peculiaritdes Will eface themselves.
The great digestive power of the Esli-
mo, the velocity and facility with
which a reserve fund of food is supplied
By the rapid fattening Of the Bechiman,
the siiuian mobility, the feline agility of
the dwarfs of the forest, will become I'M
necessary by the rapid approach Of civ
i1ization. Civilized man has no need of
these.
Progress will also result in the in
crease of hereditary elements Of charac-
ter, and by this the rapid union of the
human race, for, after all is said, human
ity does not differ much. In some opin-
ions the most degraded savages will
some day become civilized, although
others consider eve intellectual differ
ences between neig nboring races as ire
ducible. According to M. Zaborowskl
it is necessary, above all, to preserve all
colonies from the encroachments of mere
adventures and to remember that their
intelligence will only be increased by a
corresponding development OF their i'm
plements, their manual dexterity, the
deiicacy of their senses, their social hab-
its and their needs. Notwithstanding
appearances, there Is no cosmopolitan
human race, as there is in general no
cosmopolitans. It is useless to signalize
the dog in this manner, for it is only a
hypothesis which has been acted upon in
identifying wild dogs with the dogs of
oriental towns.
1t is reduced to nothing by the single
fact that different dogs were found in
different regions at the quaternary epoch
when there were as yet. no domestic an-
finals. Man, thanks to his intelligence
and to the resources Of his intellectual
development, alone enjoys the power of
acclimation. He mobiles by artificial
means tho place where he is called to
live, and he knows how to extenuate or
charm away the noxious influences Of
different climates. This faculty, how
ever, has its limits. Thus in spite of all
the advantages and the pompous dis
play enjoyed by the English in India,
they have never been able to raise their
families there. ALI the intertropical re-
gions are In the same way almost for
hidden to the races of the northern zones
of Europe. At the same time mental
differences are caused by places and
climates. and there are profound differ
ences which never disappear by which
races are separated and distinguished.
In effect, to all apprenticeship greater
part of the races will disappear from
the fact Of the rapid extension of the
European RACES. For it is necessary to
remember that in the movements which
are important to the actual world eco
nomic influences oeaselessly intervene
and change the provisions of science.
For long time it was supposed that
Algeria would never be colonized by
Europeans, but the colonies have trans
formed the climate, and by the careful
management of the water have made Of
Algeria relatively healthful country.
But for long time in certain con-
ditions of climate there will be a place
at the side of the European races for
very different races, endowed with ability
to work, and thus capable of competing
for a great part of the globe. These races
are not very numerous, but at the head
is found the admirable Chinese, who
alone represent one-third of humanity.
But there are others who will disappear
in more or less distant future. Among
these are the Laps, many Of the inhabi-
tants Of ancient Asia, the Veddahs, the
Malays, the little blacks of the Philip
pines of Borneo, and all the other people
who, for thousands Of years, have re-
fused themselves to all culture and are
lily the survivors, surprising to them
selves, of an almost vanished age Also
the Indians Of North and South America
and the natives of Polynesia. For in
stance, In 1853 the Marquesas islands,
according to official statistics, had 1000
native inhabitants, in 1879 but 5000,
and this decrease was almost always
caused by diminution Of BIRTHS. The
Polynesians have an organic repugnance
for persistent effort, and when sick give
up quickly ''as tired of life"
This leaves the field free to the whites
of Europe and America. The differences
which separate those who survive or are
reformed will be much smaller than we
observe today. If distant, the reduction
is certain, but it is not yet possible to
foresee the disappearance or the fusion