Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-07-14


stronger. harder, ADLER and more At II
| every way than the man behind tht
wall He has third more brain thar
the man behind the wall. With brair
and muscle combined he can accom-
| plish from two to ten times as much
He win live 80 years, and the man or
| the inside VIII only live %. There is
| needed for him only the incentive OF
advancement and gain. and he will
break down the wall. As we ali know,
| that, lies within. And in he must 60
| and WILL
Professor MCGEE was asked whether
there was hope for the Chinaman If he
adapted himself to progressive meth
DDS and whether the road TO his saliva
ton lay through Christianity.
I'm the worlds economy" was the
| reply, there is place for the China
man, as there is for the Indian and the
| negro. We have seen how contact with
the worlds strongest civilization has
affected the Indian. So much for even
Qualities. 1t is through the sweat of
his brow that the Chinaman can hope
longest to perpetuate his race. He
must be taught to use tools, how to
SOW and to reap, how to work in the
home and In the mill, how to dig in
the mines and toll In the factories. He
must go to work and develop his king
dom; he must build and help operate
the railroads and telegraph lines and
factories necessary to that end. In
doing these things his brain and body
Will grow. The money of his stronger
brother will induce him to work at
first, and more money will keep him at
work, for by nature he is thrifty and
Industrious.
'In the immediate future there lies
but little hope OF Christianity's doing
the Chinaman any good. The reason
for this is that you cannot Christianize
the present day Chinaman. He is emil
nently untitled as a subject for Chris
tan missinary work, for he cannot
conceive or live up to the fundamental
concept of Christianity-the golden rule.
Northumberland, the doctrine of the
fire and sword and Of a material Nee
ca, will convert thousands among the
people Of the Chinaman's grade of in
telligence where the precepts and dog
mas of Christianity fail utterly to con-
vert The Chinaman's brain is not up
to 1t.
I'm time q different state of affairs
will come about. The white man is
going into China, and will continue to
go in, government policies, ETC., to the
contrary Notwithstanding. The stron-
ger and more progressive of the China
men will take TO the new ideas. The
weaker and more decadent of the Chi
nese coming into contact with their
stronger brethren and with the white
man will die. The race will improve,
and following the lines of least resist
ance will push out into Asia and other
parts of the world. The Chinese will
mix with one another and with for
eigners, and that portion of them who
are fit to survive will in the ages 10
come form part Of the great cosmop-
olite race which will dwell on the
earth. Whatever there is that is good
in China will remain to humanity.
ut is commonly feared that the
peace of the world and the predomi-
nance of the white man will be endan-
yered if tools and arms are put into the
hands of the Celestial. This fear is
The Chinaman is handi-
capped by the white man in brain, in
in knowledge, in intelligence
end in years. He can never catch up,
for even as he progresses the white
man must continue to go ahead and
away from him. No, the white race
has naught but gain coming from the
of the Chinese people. The
United States especially will profit
greatly both now and in all time to
come by the creation of a mighty hive
IF wealth producing industry in the
east
THE Chinaman must have men Of a
higher skill to make tools for him at
first and afterward to direct him in
using those tools. To make wealth he |
will have to spend 1t also. The poten- |
.ial demand for manufactured goods |
n China is inestimable. Once started, |
this demand will outrun any possible |
domestic supply for years to come. |
Nor will the higher paid American |
craftsman be ruined by Chinese cheap |
abor on the day that China's products |
,ome in competition with our own. A |
ow grade man must do low grade Ia |
oor. The toll and drudgery of today /
will be passed by the American crafts
nan on to the Chinaman of tomorrow,
md the American will seek and find a
higher plane OF employment.
From the Chinaman militant there
9 little to fear. a low grade man
makes a low grade fighter. The per-
onnel of an army is what counts. Be
ore the Chinese soldier comes up to
he plane of our present American vol
inteer the white race viii have COW
red the earth"
1t was suggested that the recent his
DRY of the japanese showed what the
,hinaman might do IL a fighting spirit
8 aroused in him.
''Ah," said Professor MCGEE, lit is
light there that you are reckoning
Without your host! The Chinaman has
lot the brain; the Jap has. 1t is not
known that in proportion to
is size and weight the japanese has
he IarOacf hrair, among man In, rncinf /