The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-04-14

Tue Of self-rellance There Is courage
which confronts resolutely known
danger and a courage which faces per-
us unknown or vague. Now II is this
latter quality self-reliance which
characterlzes those who have migrated
the oftenest and have migrated as In
divlduals.
The Amertcan's faith in himself and
confidence in the friendliness OF the un-
known may be due to his enligh,en-
ment; but II is more likely the unop-
prehensiveness that runs In the blood
Of pioneering breed.
For economy greatness perhaps no
quality Is more mportSn. than fore
sight.
since under modern conditions abun-
dan, production is bound up not so
much with patient toll as with the pos
session Of ample capital, Il is eviden,
that. In the economic rivalry of races,
the palm goes TO the race that dis
counts the future least and is willing to
exchange present pleasures for future
qualification most nearly at par, The
power to do this depends partly on a
lively Imagination OF remote experiences
to come, partly on the self-control that
can deny present cravings or resist
temptation in favor OF the thrifty course
recommended by reason.
I'VE may in fact distinguish two
types OF men. the sensori-motor moved
by sense-impressions and by sensory
images and the idea-mo;or moved by
ideas For i is probable that the prov
ident races do not accumulate simply
from the liveliness of their anticipl-
ton OF future wants or qualifications,
but from she domination OF certain
ideas. The race that can make ideas
the lode stars of life is certain to sup
plant a race Of impulsivists absorbed
in sensations and recollecttUnS or anti
cipations OF sensations.
Between the economic type and the
military type there Is abrupt contrast
and the social situation cannot well
favor them both at the same time The
warrior shows passionate courage and
the sway OF impulse and imagination.
The trader Is calculating. counts the
cost ana prizes a whole skin. From the
first century. B. c.. the substitution ot
this type for the old heroic Cncinnatus
type went on SO rapidly that n recen,
writer finds congenital cowardice 20 be
the mark Of the Roman senate and no.
bnity during the empire. We all know
the brilliant picture that Mr., Brooks
Adams in his Law of Civilization and
Decay has given Of the replacement
Of the military by the economic type
in western Europe since the crusades.
IF this hypothesis BE- sound the val
ue- e-perceiving sense is to be looked for
in old races that have long known
cities, money and trade. The Jew came
under these influences at least twelve
centuries earlier than did our Teuton
ancestors and has therefore had about
forty or fifty generations the start OF
US in becoming economic. Equal or
even greater is the lead Of the China
man. 1t is then no wonder that the
Jews and the Chinese are the most for
midable mercantile aces in the world
today.
I'm direct competition with the more
economic type the Anglo-Saxon is han
dlcapped by lack Of patience and finan-
cial acumen. but still his virtues in
sure him a rich portion. His energy
ard selfreliance locate him in cities
and in the spacious. thriving parts Of
the earth where the economic reward
is highest Warfare is becoming a
costly form of competition and struggle
lin which nations shed each others treas.
urs rather than each others blood
AT the same time that war is grow
ing more expensive it is becoming less
profitable. Wealth is a means Of pro-
curing victory but victory is no longer
means Of procuring wealth. A nom
martial race may easily become victor
ious bv means Of its prosperity but It
will be harder and harder for a non
economic race to become prosperous by
means of its victories
Henceforth this principle Of cosmo-
poltanism must have to Re reckoned
with. Even if the Chinese have not
yet yanquished the armies Of the West
With Mauser rifles supplied from Bel.
GUM, there is no reason why that me-