The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-18
AFTER THE. RACIAL upL1Fr, wHAr9

A problem is bound to present itself during the
coming century. growing out of the racial uplift
which constitutes of the most marked and
markble features of the development of this country
during notably, the last half century. We have
the migrants from the countries of Northern Europe
and Great Britain escaping conditions there. social
economical and governmental. which absolutely bar
red their innate capabilities making for better and
higher conditions of life, coming here taking first
the class Of labor for which their old country life
fitted them, doing the ubberfting. the hard manual
work of the industrial world and gradually, under
the freedom of opportunities developing abilities
pressed in the lands of their nativity and rising to
vocations requiring more Of mental than of manuai
power. We have seen this rise completely changing
the vocations the or third generation the
place of the first being taken by of the
other nationality.
Within two three decades there has come a
notable change, the Latins and Slavs beginning to
come in increasing numbers and taking the places
demanding mere muscle vacated by those of North
ern races who have lifted themselves to higher
plane. But already there indications that these
are also Of progressive races, capable Of something
Ibetter when repressive conditions removed. We
find the Lans and Savs, the Huns and Czechs get
ting into trade, manufactures agriculture, rising
more slowly than did those from the North but ris
ing the less surely. Their children educated In
our schools, are feeling the inclination for
that takes thought more than muscle that children
of native stock feel and yield to. This some
times regarded rejecting upon the dignity labor
but it is really the Identifying Of it, It is merely the
very natural and legitimate impulse to do that kind
of work for which feels oneself best ADAPTED
But however regarded it is plain that it inevitable
And still the world demands the lubberlifter be-
cause it has work for him to do. 1t has work that
takes the minimum of thought for it's performance
that needs only muscle and industry; and, in spite
the displacement of muscle by machinery the point
needed There must come time, also. when the IN
fuX of unskilled labor from continental Europe the
home of the progressive of the world will pra
tcaly cease. Then the Industries of the land will
have to face the problem of the supply unskilled
labor men to be rousabous lubberlifters to do the
hard muscular work of society
True, we will always have with us our own in
capables men and with deficient mental
force but they will be sufficient in numbers even
II they will take to manual labor at ALL 1t is this
class now from which the tramp Is developed men
without selfinitiative, but yet feeling the effect of
their environment and avoiding their proper field of
manual labor 1t seems clear that the only solution
to be found will be in opening Industrial if not
our political doors, jealousy, perhaps wisely.
closed to the races whose intellectual development
was arrested at point which qualities them for only
the Kind OF labor that requires sturdy enduring phys
lcal strength. Some of the Southern states have
reached this condition already forced to it by the
seItImentalism that enfranchised of full phys
CAL but OF inferior mental development, by withdraw.
ing from them the suffrage unwsely bestowed while
utilizing their capacity for muscular labor The
North free from that unfortunate complication is
steadily moving toward problem the solution of
which now seems to be along the same lines.