Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-07-07
The Survival Of the Fittest.


the white man in BRAIN in muscle, in
knowledge, in intelligence and in
years." says Professor ]. W. McGee,
who has charge of the bureau of Am
erican ethnology in the Smithsonian
institution. "He can never catch up"
continues Mr.. McGee, "for even as he
progresses the white man must con-
tinue to go ahead and away from
| him" Mr.. MCGEE discusses the China
man and his future in most instruc-
| tive and interesting manner advanc-
| ing the idea that in attempting to
drive out the foreign devif he Is not
only arraying himself against the
great powers of the world, but is act
ing in opposition to the same irresist-
able force that is urging on the pow
ers; namely, progress. The China
man is opposed to progress. He wants
to live on and on forever as his father
and his ancestors did; but he canpot
do as his forefathers did. Call this
what you will it is the inevitable des-
| tiny of mankind--a fate as sure as that
the waters Of the river will run on
ward to the sea. 1t is written in the
stars that the strong man will triumph
over the weak, and that the inferior
man will go down in the unavoidable
struggle.
Pursuing the subject and going back
to the genesis OF the human race in
his argument, Professor MCGEE says:
"The better to realize just why the
Chinaman must and will follow this
law and eventually go under 1t is bet
ter. perhaps, to go back little. There
is much scientific basis for the belief
that all mankind was not begotten of
common ancestry; that one mated
pair were not the parents of the white,
or Europena races; the yellow, or
Asiatic races; the red or American
races; and the black, or African races.
On the contrary, 1t is probable that
the order named, the white man hav-
ing come first into the world the yell
low man second, the red man third
and the black man last. Measured by
almost any standard that can be ap-
Piled this classification holds"
OF the development Of the white
man, the learned ethnologist contin-
ues:
His race is the oldest, he is furth-
est evolved. His brain is the largest
in the world, his body is the strongest
among men and the combination be-
tween brain and body is finer in him
than in other men. 1t is needless to
say that he knows more, can learn
| faster and do more in day than his
nearest competitor, the yellow man.
His life is far longer and his constitu-
tion is immeasurably stronger. In the
qualities of which | speak, the quail
ties indispensable to individual and
national grattness, the English people
are ahead of any other European ma
ton, while the people of the United
States lead the world
Since their creation the Chinese,
the Indians and the negroes have been
progressing, but their progress has
been slow. The Chinaman today is
physically small because perpetual
peace has left him alone to multiply.
He is small-skulled and all-brained.
He is one of the most perfect of ma
chimes, but that portion of him that
originates, plans and invents is lack
ing.
AS to the future of the Chinese ma
tion Professor MCGEE says:
The empire must die and the pres
ent day Chinaman must pass away. His
race has mixed too little, has pro-
gressed too slowly. 1t must quicken,
grow quicker, or perish; for the mixed
people sand the strong peoples will in
herit the earth. The chance will not
and can not be given the Chinaman to
work out his salvation alone. The
| white man is going into China and
VIII COHtluue W 81 III, government poi-
| icies, ETC., to the contrary notwith-
| standing. The stronger and more
progressive of the Cinnamon will take
to the new ideas. The weaker and
more decadent of the Chinese coming
into contact with their stronger
brethren and with the white man will
die. The race will improve and fol-
lowing the lines of least resistance will
push out into Asia and other parts of
the world. The Chinese will mix with
one another and with foreigners, and
that portion of them who are fit to
survive will in the ages to come form
part of the great cosmopolite race
which will dwell on the earth. What
ever there is that is goodin China will
remain to humanity. The white race
has naught but gain coming from the
betterment 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
of wealth. producing industry in the
east.-Columbus Dispatch.
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