The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-25
NEWS HND COMMENT

y writer in MCCmre's make an interest.
ing study Of the growth of the Anglo
Saxon race in territory ard population
in so years as compared with the Latin,
the SlaN and the German races. In the
year hoo, We are told that the Anglo
Saxon numbered O00,000 and that he ruled
$4,000 square miles. that the Latin num-
bercd 2l,OOOOOO and ruled 1000 square
miles; that the Slav numbered 5000 900 ard
ruled GSO0O0 square miles; and that the
German numbered 100000 and ruled 3lO-
900 square miles. In 1898, We are told, the
Anglo-SaYoG numbers $4,000, 600 and rules
l1,OaO,UOJ square miles; the Latin numbers
2jj,OOO,0O0 and rules 1850 600 square miles ;
the Slav numbers 100000 and rules 9,05J =
rHO square miles; ana the German num-
bers l35,OOO0OO and rules 23jO,OO0 square
miles. These ClassifCations and estimat tes
are rough, but they are sufficiently ac-
curate to show how rapidly the Anglo
Saxon is acquiring supremacy.
In the present excited condition OF the
races in certain sections of the south" :"
says Booker ~. Washington, the noted
colored educator, II think it is the auty
OF all good citizens, black and white, to
be cautious and thoughtful and not add
fue! to the flames. The mass of colored
people have always been law abiding
citizens, and they will continue to be. It
is especially important that the colorcd
people do not get discouraged. 1t is also
important to bear in mind that while
there is trouble i'm a few sections, there
are ten thousand places in the south
where the two rGccs are living peacefully
and happily together All can not pe
smooth sailing. We must have the clouds
as well as the sunshine. If the Colorcd
people continue securing education, prop
crty and character, and cultivate in eV-
cry manly way the friendship OF the peo-
10 Nl,.f.. III.
what their color, our future is secure. In
the future, as in the past, there will be
temporary backsets, but we must not be
these discourage US
An answer to the question: What is av-
| crage success? is found by summarizing
the earnings Of workers i'm this country
says Charles f. Wingate, In his new
book, "What Shall Our Boys Do for a
LiVing?' Teachers, ClergNmCn clerks
and bOOkkeepers earn from $500 to 81 900 a
year. The 100000 railroad employees aver
age $50 "A month. The 10000 government
employees, excluding heads Of depart
mcnts, receive from $50 to $3.50 a month
Even in New York few professional men
| earn more than a competence. The av-
erago income of doctors and dentists is
| $1,000, and 81, 200 to 81 500 that of LAWYERS,
| College professors salaries average from
Sl47O TO S2,0l5, including those paid to spe-
Ni"liSls' SoN'IhOls ol Nne states on an
average receive only $1,000. There We're
| 2O935 names on the New York civil list IN
| 1896 The following were the average sal
aries: Teachers, under $1,000: policemen,
| $1,000; flremen and postmen. $1,000; health
| and building il spectors, $780, department
| clerks, 81, 200 TO $500.
Thirty years ago a read like the Penn
sylvania was i'm the habit of earning 22t
cents per ton per mile for freight and II
| was some years later before the average
| earnings on freight got below Genus.
| Now n great deal of freight is carried at
| from to mills per ton per mile. The
| rates for passenger and freight in the
| United States ana some of the leading
| countries of Europe are as follows:
For freight