The sun., 1901-11-15
TAKE cAREoF HoMEINTEREsTs

or rightly be sought mt the expense OF the
domestic conditions-the home life-of
the American people. There is a ncceS-
sity here for Il continuous rise III the do
nestle standards. In that is not only in
volvcd the continued governmental abil-
ity and power Of the people, but in IT also
is involved the future business and in
dustral conditions Of the country. The
school houses in which the children are
being trained, are the sources Of both
domestic and political aspiration. Mutual
training necessarily raises the standard
Of taste and creates the demand foEmore
and better things, which must be met by
the increased ability Of the people TO
produce more and better things; just as a
knowledge Of history and Of governments
creates and deyelopes the patriotic aspi-
ration out of which comes good citizen
ship. Thus the schools become the slim
ulat0rs Of trade the stimulators of trade
in the greatest and best market of the
world. The schools are or ought to he
the most forcefnl and effective opponents
Of low wages for labor. Intelligence
ought to make people economical in the
sense of resources and care against waste
and prafigacy. Doubtless they work cf
fectnally in that line. but it also ought to
make people generous and just. We read
recently where some one called the
American government a cooperative eff
fort. We like that idea. 1t seems to cN
press something that has hitherto been
lacking in the conception Of our govern
mpnt Cooperation involves 4 case each
for ALL There ought to be III co-opera
tion no promotion of interests that in
yolve injury to the masses Of the people
The over stocking Of the markets with
foreign goods injuries home manutac-
tureS. and hence the thrift. The over
stocking the market with cheap lahnr
from the old world lowers til" value Of
labor and inllres the masses Of the peo-
pie, hence there should be Il reenactment
nf the Chinese exclusion act aud a more
rigid supervision, mud II possible rcStric
tion Of immigration in general. Hitherto
the spirit Of liberty animnting and i'll
spring this people have enabled them to
perform maryelS in the assimilation of
the foreign material that has tlocked t.
this country from Europe. There is,
however, noticeable strain upon our ahil-
tiles in that direction. We do not like
to say that the home standards Of thu
people have been lowered by this inflow;
but wc may be allowed to suggest thnt
these standards arc not as high rs they
might have been under other circun-
stances Ii is generally conceded. how
ever, that we have come 70 place whore
the most Of the desirable immigration
has been exhausted, and that we have
come near ID the limit Of our powers Of
assimilation With this condition ar
rived We find the exclusion act about to
expire hy limitation, and there IS \ prop
ositon moi 10 recnnrt il. The chief rca-
son given for this Is the necessity for
fostering trade relations with China. In
support Of this il il said that the law il
q costly one to enforce, and its enforce
Inrnt il incffectual Behind these claims
We find great transportation companies
preparing 10 open wide the gates. and
for thu flooding nf tho country with tens
OF thousands Of people from the ienselS
crowded clties Of China. We think the
most artive trade relation which it is
SOUGHT Il promote is the trade in men
and women. This il undesirable" There
can BE- no trade relations of value great
enough, as We have said. to pay for i
lowering nf standards Of our domestic
life. Til" inflow Of tens uf thousands ol
Chinese would 90 that. # should he pre-.
vented. The cost Of prevention should
not ~ considered. Mems lives and
mems fortunes have been given with
prGligal generosity t. maintain the ILL
rrty 0f this people and 50 promote thcil
interests ~ 10 make each and I'LL moi
only worthy Of the lhrrty they enjoy
but t. be capable If the high duties III
yblviuE upon thrm ms citizens. N'hat
has been gained should moi be throwl
away. The SchnnlS promote this end
The schools stimulate trade as VII hay,
shown iii the very best market Of tht
w0rllt the home marKct. The highes
intelligence. The greatest patriotism, ar
the things sought. Both the general in
tellisrucn and The patriotism ~ tn,
pennlc will be lowered if tile propose
influx If people from tho Orient is per
educated to compete with any propl,
abroad, but with present conditions il i
d0uhtful if that can be done with til,
competition brought to onr own shores
Ii the labor markets are oyerstpckcd
and the wages Of labor cut down. til.
schools may become depleted Of pupils
Poverty is an enemy of education Ppv
erty is the enemy Of trade. Ignoranc,
and poverty beSet vice. and these thre,
can only be suppressed hy the school,
that raise the standards Of intelligence
that develope the capacity Of the people
making them wise, comfortable and cap
able These things sought and foilnd
will be the greatest trade stimulators.
PRESUMPTION OR WHAT?
Our highly esteemed, very intelligent,