Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-01-10

lean Republic" Mr.. Weston appeals
to statistics to show that in Massachu.
sets there are 1,743,71O persons Of
foreign birth and foreign parentage in
u total population Of 2,SOG,346. "Thc
population of Illinois," he adds. "is
ASH $50. or these 06G, TAT are foreign
born and 1,40S.473 of foreign parent.
age. so that the proportion of genuine
Americans In this typical Western
state Is no greater than 1t Is IN Penn.
sylvania. In California 1t Is less. The
native element is stronger I'm the
South, but 1t Is not due to the produc.
tiveness of the American, but to the
productiveness of the Negro" Taking
the country as whole. the foreign
birth date has gained on the American
birth rate until 1t is four to one. It Is
the rule for families to decline as they
are more and more removed from their
foreign origin. Nowhere, not even
in France. Is the problem SO serious
us 1t Is In the United States. History
may he searched In vain to find par.
allel for "a country dependent OH for.
eigners for Its vital strength" Mr..
Weston does not go into the causes of
the decline. but he quotes apprOvingly
from Il writer In the Popular Science
Monthly as follows: 1--WE have not SO
many people as we should have had IL
immigration had never come to us and
the native stock had continued their
old rate of Increase" 1t Is question.
however. IL this old rate would have
been continued. and It Is doubtful IL
there Ii much force In Mr.. WestOn's
warning that "only homogeneous PEG.
pies ever become great" Homogen.
eous at most Is only a relative term,
and the French, whom he does not
rank among the great. are perhaps
nearer homogeneous than the British.
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| The scientific sharps Of the country
are wondering whether DIR. Charles w.
stiles, Of Washington, is n dlscoverer
or second Joe Mulhatton-a first
class liar or an explorer from away
back. The doctor, you know, has dis.
covered that laziness IL a germ. lie
has even named the bug that gets into
the human system ut times and makes
strong men into hOboes and panhan.
dlers. II he Is right. and he says he
Is, all TINT Is necessary to give this
country an impetus that will Jolt II
centuries ahead Is to follow uncinar
iasis to Its lair and eradicate 1t from
the human system. Watch your boy
dress on cold morning. It takes
thirty minutes to get him out Of bed
unless you apply Hath, and when liz
comes down stairs he wants to EN-
breakfast clad In a shawl. The laxi
ness docs not affect appetltes. After
breakfast he hunts for his shoes nnt
dawdles and asserts that he Is goine
to hurry Gin a minute" and you Jus,
succeed In getting him started Il
school In time to save him from q
tardy mark. You have worried ovel
that. Some mothers have tried t.
whip lnxiness out of their children and
have daily wondered: II don't know
what will become of Horace when ht
gets big II he Is as slow than as he Il
now" You might apologize to the boy
DIR. Stiles says he has uncinariasis
Can't blame boy for what he can,
) help. Perhaps he Inherited the blamed
thing. Men have 1t. 1t comes In Au
gust, when the world seems content (,
sit In the shade and loaf. and listen Il
the grasshOppers 1t comes again Il
the chill days Of winter, when the fir,
burns brightly and the biting wint
bowls outside. We are nil lazy a
times. II Is good for us. 1t make,
us work better when necessity spur
us OH and the cOal pile nears the bot
tom Of the bin. In fact, lazIness TO
boys ana men. at times, IL n blessed
, | privilege. ana there doesn't seem to b.
any pressing need for DIR. Stiles In
vestigations or n remedy for unclna
riasis.
One Of the bureaus OF the, Treasur.
| Department, charged with hlgh-grad
technical work, recently found that
young nun on Its payroll was lncOnl
petcnt. He was asked tn resign. =.
I few days afterward Il prominent Con
! gressman drove up to the Treasury an,
visited the bureau which proposed t
discharge one Of his constituents. IN
. deed, his visit was expected, and hi
Grand was known before he stated II
The reason was soon explained, an,
the Congressman did not contradict tn
assertion that the man was unfit TO
! the place. But" he asked, chow niue
were you paying this man?" When Ii
was told that the saIary was only sey
, enty-ilve dollars month. he put tn
I case thus: "NOw don't you think m
time In Congress Is worth more thu
that to the United States Government,
cannot do my work Mt the capitol III
!, til this fellow has a place. lie Is afte
= me all the time, and he hus influential
friends In the district who are chasin
= me. | believe 1t IL worth the cost t
. have me relieved OF this interruption.
The useless man was accordingly sen
back to his desk and he will continu
to draw his salary indefinitely. Sue
= an incident as this grows naturally on
e of the patronage theory OF public Ofiic,
3 and as In many ways typical of wha
i Is taking place In the government SCI
s vice wherever political influence" cor
@ trolls appointments. Some politician
J, try to make fun Of civil service reform
g But nothing they can present In tn
Il way Of inappropriate examination pa
I pers Is SO grOtesque as the feature o