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.oo.-n and interest to US of this dear old State;
and yet i has only made more paansacS s connectcut
shs sses gap he as she sEs
as %nea an S
sorbed the markets another had to
nauray not ra soon utilized the boys and nd, girls
Hooked to the shops and ane m ths ,bs % May farms in the
BACK towns nation m the midst nj ea1 OF in
9ast1ai or We aGprsca,e ho
old Connecticut farmer red as M aW for fh the
Tben again. farm work has fallen into disrepute:
so that soer the bGy an ~na the hard wok
arres at home and makes fhg st W "a are Quite
forgetfui Of King Davids s,a,esmanlts, pcilGy E9r
when In response s to rosh dnw to the battle 50
shall his share be that tarrieth by the s'ui' ''S
soneNhat tardily amends have been made. III, IN
Teatd nea by 5he "
WESLEYAN University In his . S sInyrs sr
urai College whereby young people arc trained TO 70
become scientific farmers Ent the Tony thn c,en g"
ttac' farmers it estimated that from !" to % per
Now, in what respects 1t be said that any. any
G he sps hs
between MT Hutchins ana W tb itnnti"n
are, that these most unfavorable symptoms are
shes GseSr endare 1aan bat of Wholly
First-Immgraton Paradoxnsl Id AS @ that II n,hS 1hs
mmgrant far from bens d ss2ng m probm ii In % az the
waste places State tie is responsive To- IDEAS
that have failed to appeal To the native; His c-
dren are numerous enough to compel inc opening
of the old schoolh0usc. and h" brings into conf
munity different point OF view Ills presence l. "A
tonic a bracer and a stnulant. for many who see
his new ways soon learn that the newcomer mas
good ideas. , -,
second-Troley systems, summer homes aml i
good roads arc also potent factors i'll redeeHlilS
the back towns and the remote farms. or conrS'',
the silent, persistent work of our cnurcn"S eos on
bining together will soon make inipoesihe conal-
tions such as the Rev. MIR liutchins found ram,
pant. IT is better that fostering sore snoulo
be located and treated than that ~ Sh%nln nc pc
suffered to lie concealed until the condition become
chronic. and hence incIrable phySl"lan huT,s I
that he may heal and moral diseases often require
| heroic treatment. WILLIAM HENRY HAYES.
Chaplain OF the House oc Representatives,
Audoyer Conn, Marcn 5. 1906
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SALVATION IN IMMIGRATION.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In respect of the whole subject treated OF by
Mr. Iiutchins in his report. Would Simply say
the following things:
Ffrst-Ry the laws OF evolution. exemplffied IN
human history, degeneration is as common d lae'
as deyelorment though we hope it Goes not in
ciude so many persons. ANY one fafnlllar Win inc
arabic and fertile farms of the West and with the
rate of wages paid in the manufacturing towns OF
the East will not be surprised that the young men
of New England do not care to plough d FothS
hillside to reap a sCanty harvest Ihe most 'liic
and euternrsing part OF the New-England popula-
ton has to a large extent, migrated ana le1t inc
portion of the population which, 10 oesIee' !"
vitality mentally and morally weak
SeCond-The foreign population In the city OF new
p.xe, cnn,nosed largely Of Swedes, Danes Italians
and Russian Jews industrious. economical tnrlItS
and certainly reproductive. The principal OF one
Of our public schools. who has been teaching IN 1he
city for More than forty years and who Is 1aiiiar
with the children Of tho Immigrant population too
mo some time since that in his judgment the
children # the present immigrants are an I'M
prorement over the children of former immigrants
lie SAYS these children are bright industrlous.
capable. and ss they become young men
and women they dress neatly ana are quite Aneri-
canized As long II is true that the olrth rate
among tho native Enganders Is less than the
death rate, there VIII be a place III E>e"-Ehsido
for immigration
There seems be a wise provdential economy
in having ordained the settlement OF New-EnE-
land 10y i OF people 50 virlle, Intelligent ana
capable the Turitans and Pilgrims. and In having
ordained alsn. the migration OF their descenoants
westward plant the institutions OF schools,
churches, libraries and forth, which are so bene-
| fetal 10 mankind. and In bringing mixed pop
| ula1ion from many lands 10 Ncw-England whose
children shall be educated in the institutions or
! New England and largely formed in character
/ thereby Looking 1t rhe matter thus broadly, II
seems on the whole tn be wisely ordered both for
| the good Of the United States and OF the world
! The greatest and useful nations of the world
/ haze generally been composed of 4 people OF
mixed blood.
What the financial genius 0f the Jew, the artistic
| and musical talent of the Italian and the heroic
/ strength Of the Scandinavian when combined with
| the enterprise of the present American will pro-
! duce remains o be seen. But let US be hopeful
WILLIAM ". M'I.ANE.
NnU- Haven, March :, 1903
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HIS HOPE IN THE FOREIGNERS.

" q the Editor OF Tile Tribune.
Sir: Regarding the statement of tho late Henry L.
Hutchins would say that my own experience i'll
Of the small back town of this State leads me
TO the same conclusions, and il seems {" mo that
shere is doubt TO the degcueracy OF some Of
fhe old American stock III many Of the small towns
II these small hack towns and the back districts
Of larger OF the State To hc reclaimed
and reinhabited, it seems 10 that II must hc
Through the influx Of foreigners, spoken of i'll
Gr. 1Iutchins's statement. These foreigners arc
replacing glass in the long broken windows of the
once happy homes Of cid American families long
since divided and scattered dead, they
claiming the old farms reinha biting the back dis
Ericts. and best of all. they bring with them ideals
and morals as regards the family and the marital
relations which put to shame the conditions low
tdeais and morals which exist in many Of the
communities of our State whore the people more
sreiI to do and better educated.
Most OF these foreigners have we'll defined ideas
of religion and a high moral standard regards
the family but il rests with to teach them true
patriotism and q real love for this their new coun
try * the conditions in coming generations are to
be those desired by all clear and clean minded
citizens. Respectfully yours.
+. c. BCTTERFIELD.
Superintendent calvary Industrial Home
New Haven. Conn, March g. 1903.
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d,tions that one may not be too positive in assert
ing that an absolute moral declension has occurFeo
even in a locality where the facts apparently war
rant the statement. =,
The ability OF my late colleague. the Rev H. L.
Hutchins his knowledge of the conditions upon
which he seemed to to take an alarlnlst view
his candor and thoroughgoing honesty compel d
belief in the data he gathered and formulated WIN
such care There are very few country ministers >
who are not familiar with conditions similar 10
those which Mr. IIutchins detailed. not only In
Connecticut but other States well but they are
not so gross and dspiritng the first glance
would seem to imply.
This is largely because. many facts Hghten up an
otherwise omnous and forbiddinS picture In deal
ing with a subject of his nature must be care
ful To avoid the Scyll;i of eXtravagant sta tement
and snap Judgment and the Charybdis of blind op-
timism thus contentng ones self with relative
not absolute. statements
President Eliot of Harvard. with his usual keen
insight has called attention in recent utterance
to tho childlessness Of Harvard graduates, fact
that touches not only the average college man
and woman but also those who have only matricu-
lated in the University of Experience which. after
all is the school where all learn the most on
during and helpful lessons.
Nor Ia this all. One Of the common and hence
most pathetic sights be met in these back coun-
trv towns is the ruin and degeneracy that have
oyertaken the names high the calendar Of Puri-
tan Colonial and post-Colonial days. or course.
the ethics of the situation forbid any reference to
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IMMIGRANTs LOVE ORDER.
Disorderly Element Recruited from Scions of
the Old Stock

TO the Editor OF The Tribune
Cir: I very largely agree with MI. Hutcnins that
the cure for the degeneracy OF our country towns
in Connecticut. at least must come from the In
1ux of foreign immigration. ] have been long
.;nne arriving at that conclusion. but a somewhat
extended acquaintance with country towns has
<o-oa5 mo ,o 1T The foreigner. !
ouainted with him in the country town. is gem
orally lawabiding. industrious and thrifty. He is
s,nbi,tous for the education OF his children
In the town in. which 1 have lived for some
>aar, n ss a noteworthy fact that the dsreputable
element is composed of degenerate native stock
The lads who roam our streets at night disturb
sne the peace are children Of American families
We have here Italians. Germans. and SWedes. but
NO commemorative from them belongs to the dis
,-ds-Iy- element The old type OF inha bitant OF
-.b,ch pye have been deservedly proud Is without
so,,b, diving out from the country town Very few
ere IA be found and they will leave no successors
-, nv own experience and observation, have
81 hesitation in saying that expect more from
.hesa large families OF the thrifty Immigrant than
= 40 from fhe degenerate scions OF an old stock
40 uot care to he alarmist or tax from
81. stsndno,nt OF a pessimst, but must stale
w agreement generally speaking with MI
yIutch,ns Certain statements he has mace may
-.rhs,s he oyerdrawn SO far as the state at large
q. o,ncer,ed but that the general principe OF ''e
s., ACCOMMODATION Of her couF':- fn~hs ne so
,hs,,c.I,v sets forth is true l II rertaihiy ny
tnIievn Mr. fIutchins very sutte eNSi.! ~
srorx a man Of keen obserVatloh OF ti,e .iaixtry
SarScter and of long experience IN tne 80.
Es would not knowingly exagseF@'s n'' ss
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NEW BLOOD Is NEEDED.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Degeneracy is not racial characteristic: 1t
is universal privilege. There little degen-
eracy in early New-Engiand. not because there was
no such thing in those days. but because few de-
generates had the hardhood to face the conditions
of pioneer life. But the New-England stock is
subject to the same laws Of degeneration as the
rest Of humanity. Not only in certain rural neigh
borhoods but in larger places well. find dis
gusting moral and physical degenerates OF the
purest New-England lineage. They neither bet
ter nor than degenerates who come to US
from foreign shores.
The one salvation Of degenerate neighborhood
Is the infusion of blood. 1t makes not partt-
Gle of difference whether that blood Is American
or foreign II only 1t is pure. II Is not question
Of nationality but Of character. However as a
matter OF fact, young Americans of the better
strain do not seek homes in degenerate conmuni-
Ties while 1t is often the case that tbs foreigner
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FINE STOCK AMONG NEWCOMERS.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: DR. Iiutchns specialist in his work
for the Bible Society. He gathered a certain set
of facts upon which he prepared his paper. These
facts need he taken together with another and
larger set OF facts easily procurabie in order to
lead To- any safe general conclusion No one denies
that the old New-England stock in many OF the
smaller towns IS thinning out. and it is too true
that it is non-productivc, compared with the
foreign clement which to extent Is taking its
place.
This dWndling of the old stock should not. how
ever be regarded as It's extinction. for. attracted
10y the wider opportunities Of the cities and Of the
great region which lies the west. it has to
enrich society and the state there
Nor II easy. ofhand. to pronounce any opinion
upon the value of the foreign population which is
coming in. 1t is certainly nothing against given
human factor 10 say that 1t is of foreign origin
All the inhabitants OF our own Sand, except the
American Indians are more or les remotely of such
origin including the old w-Engiand stock itself
to come here necessarily a dlsc9uraging teatnre
Many Of the proudest old New-t.ngland families
boast descent from toiling ancestor who dressed
in leather breeches
Some OF the foreign population which throngs
our cities and in measure 1e our our
c!ally. morally and otherwise On the other hand
some OF as hopeful foreign stock - settInE among
coming into Maine across the border numbers
OF Canadians Of English descent. who DO not suffer
by comparison with the immortal voyagers Of the
Mayhower. There are large numbers OF foreigners
OF Scotch. German scandnayian and other eh-
who I'm industry, habits and al! that goes TO make
good citizens beneficial addition to our popu-
lation
Nevertheless. to strike a balance and so arrive at
convincing conclusion this matter would re-
quire careful analysis OF all the data than
A'' '''iA'eo 10 give A' sc s. +. TIIRAsHER.
Secretary Law and Order League of Connecticut.
NeW-iiaVen, March g. 1903
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NO HOPE IN IMMIGRANTS.
One Clergyman Thinks Salvation Lies An
other Way.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: What Mr. Eutchns says about some ~ our
hill towns IS all too true. The population Is d'-
creasing Births few. The morals "f many or
the tnha bitants far below the standard De
generates are too common The poor foreigners
who settle among them usually have large famiile@
They have also, as rule, much regard for at least
the forms of religion, > they hdv" been acclls-
toned to practise them in Europe They ar" par
ticular to have their children baptized and con-
firmed They cultivate and practise the domestic
virtues to good degree. They are industrious and
frugal! and in many ways are help TO the com
munities where they dwell.
But 1t does not follow that the old Connecticut
stock is committing suicide. nor that the poor
Immigrant with his large family and old country
ways, will solve the problem OF these hill towns.
1t must be borne In mind that the towns in which
these sad conditions prevail arc awfuly rough
rocky and inaccessible. The soil is not fertile. even
where soil be found. The climate is stern. y
scaut subsistence UruH5 from this stubborn
soil even in its best days. " hardly sIfficed when
the style OF living almost mUnastic III Its sim
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aught In malice" I say this because nave
known his motives to be assailed ,. ,,,r,
To sum up should say that the rorelsn nnntry Il,r
grant OF to-day. know him In our eouit of ths
eighteenth century and the early part OF the nlne
teenth to be means of salvation to our ceu,ib.t ht
towns Certainly the degenerate element OF WIZ t
we call our native stock has neither the aolt! 'he
will Tor the desire to be SUCH -. -. ,.
has been accomplished i'll our country towns oS & ti,e
noble and helpful and women or past gen
rations hui in too many their sons ana
their daughters have gone to wider fields OF LABOR
and are making themselves felt there. ,.
I believe in the country town and am loohlils
forward hopefully to its future. when with rele"ra
vieor ft shall take the place it has had in days
past through the foreign Immigrant; at Wh9H W. We
are sometimes disposed TO look askance lie mas
his faults but he has many virtues. also
~ (RevD +. COCETRYMAN:
Pastor Congregational Church.
Nnrfh Rranford Conn March IL 1893.
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AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW.
How Missions Are Working Hard to Better
Local Conditions.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In so complex question as the conoltloh
and needs Of a whole State il is easy to dosmatze
a 20 mako misleading statements. There are
nlaeue suots In every community. rural or URBAN
As rule tho evil is more talked about tnan the
eood A lie travels faster than the truth
That changes both of business ana popula.'o, II
b.ye taken place in Connecticut in the last halt
..rturv of vast import cannot be overlooked The
s+.ternents made by the late Rev. II. II. Hutchins
,u do great good in turning attention TO this too
much neglected fact
There has been constant oralh i'oih tne M
, +o the manufacturing centres and the
vest" Between 1880 and 1900 IS per cent OF the
s,ote.s native population en1igrated- 1t Is like
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skirnmng the cream from the PAN Inc degch-
eracy of native stock is inevitable
Immigration is a patent fact The population OF
the State Increased 1872 1862 during the decade. or I'll
per cent This increase is OF Foreigners. as We
say. forgetting perhaps that We need 10 20 oach
only a few generations TO find nobody but Tor
eigners. except the Indians In 1870 Connecticut
was S79 per cent foreign; now we are 6o per cent
Tho Immigration Of the last quarter OF a century
was from the northern tier of European nations
II o nlS iifethe most
vrile life in world. The immigraton which has
type. The Latin and the slav are contendng for
jews 5aS "i IN Sew-Haven with many Italians.
We face new problem ,,,, 49,, .,, ,
pessimistic view Good roads: better school
Water nower into electricty the .'Old Home Week
movement, the growing idea that the city is
Bosrder e1afa the purchase % Of lands college
grounds :, ereeon a Of Tonsh gifts . old he resi- 81
dents the Improvement OF church properties are
PIT The 5ae' Missionary Society of onnectcutorgan
been s wsTk for nz the small na IL tpwn Ssn
kept the of the State have con- ,
only il per cent has been expended In the State
There s no question that there is deInand ,tI t6r
in the year three young women especially edu- t-
snsea, saed fSr work. thf in thg
Ten thousand of our siSty-fo,r thousand church
different natonalities being represented Statistics
abundant to proHe IN he mon nn to- our T
ewes TO see the rapid increase of the foreigner So
far as their education leads to the Sacredness OF
the marital relations their example must be help help
ful And the children Of these sturdy peoples must,
of course. furnish the raw material for new
achievements while it is to be remembered. as
Ilr Horace Bushnell said In 1S47 that "a new set
Element of the social state involves a tendency to
On the whole there is every reason for hopeful;
earnest. intelligent service. The CONGREGATIONAL
churches for 1852 show net gain of about one
thousand members. The hope for the future Is not
In any patent device great revolution but IN
the building up of character The individual. in
the last analysis is the determining factor There
fore the home life must be pure, the community
oficial must be honest. law must be honored. the
interdependence and mutual responsibility OF every
man must be made plain.
It is easy to point to the failures of the churches
But after all is said the hope for Connecticut AS
for all men everywhere is in the revelation Of God
to men in Jesus nrist. Who does this,
whether in the organized church otherwise. is
doing his part toward the consImmation: which Is
sure to corne-the perfected Kingdom of God
JOEL 8. IVES.
Secretary Missionary Society of Connecticut.
Hartford Conn, March g. 1908
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FIGURES FROM NEW CENSUS.

The needles ami pins. needles a0i pIf'~. VI. !
tho old rhyme leads infer hIN'' 'ri' Tf"'
ton tn the troubles ri married uiv'. mike q"
enormous showing IN recent census reports -,
though they count for littie iudiN IuCHtNy N -.
matter of size Thu, II appears that Ia tn yea
1850 nearly lo.uNNHt-D toilet pins u,illuId
urrd IN this country. while the number II Hredi's
turned cut nearly tWlrr As EIrit nv.
amounts would allow about one hUnGrrd 81
forty toilet pins ami nearly thrr" hundred r'fI'G
tn every and child I'm tho li1'
States. which. seeing that people nm
use for needles and murn l,N~ f'r t"llrt ~,
seems To he highly nLt-.il tiIuwautF- T'v
tn" same SQUIRE" l"drn that IT, tho stTI' -
AOOp steel terrell l'
and about l'.Il pencils, hS'
which bear eloquent t'stim, IN thTT Wv :,
the fact that ptuI'l". mu'h GlNFii a..
writing. How far the "ll spinning ~hrt! am
way Of making stu, king Nh:.-h our Grdndnotn't
followed have h''''n -" gated tn rear n'SN ~
inferred from tho statement that uf hos" anu T.,
hose 29Sl,bD dozen pairs were uIanulaStLleV -
the United States III l%Q.-lLrslie's Weekly
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A CONCRETE INSTANCE.

T, the Editor IF Tn" Tribur"
Sir: We have in this town Sprnkl.uE - Swell y!
families eight families two villages, who ea.~l
be sober. INDUSTRIOUS. honest and chase To-
Is certainly much more than b. said ~ = \
backward portion IF the old stock That Po--:'
should estimate At orn-ffth OF one-fourth OF I: >
whole and II would he fftly described by aGjtcr.s
exactly opposite TO those applied the S7s1es
A slight infusion of German blood. by mar-tac9
with Americans. seems TO have proved StrecSth- -
ening factor In the children and grard1Hi!drr-.
OF two families IN which I have observe! r.
FRED'k III. MEANS
WIndh1m. Conn. NaEch 9. 19;-
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who is willing to leave the city and make home
for himself and family in the country Is or the
best stock. physically and morally. that comes 10
shores. ~
IIutchins's idea that the hope of many rural COM
munitie is in the influx Of foreign allo
this is not because the New-England stock IN gen
eral is getting hopelessy decadent. but because S
the best of that stock has been drawn on to pulld
up the West and the cities. and the best or tne
fereign stock to the country leaving the 1pf
ejcn degenerate in the cities. where more fL MS
kind are found CHARLES F. M'kINLEY.
Pastor Union Congregational Church.
Rockville Conn, March 9, 1903
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THE SITUATION ANALYZED.
It's Causes and Its Remedy Pointed Out by
Chaplain Hayes.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Regarding the moral and material conditions
obtaining in Connecticut. particularly IN the 'hack
towns ! would saw things not black they
seem" The moral conditions are bad enough dear
knows, but there are many slleviating ciroum-
stances that relieve the somDrs hue OF the Fcon.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-05-14
Cheap Canadian Lands for Sale.

1000 acres Of good wild land, black
loan, clay subsoil, wood, water and hay
plentiful, near live railway towns, mills,
churches, schools, etc., must be sold this
spring. This is the last block of good
wild land in Southern Manitoba which
can be got under $40 per acre. Terms
and lots to suit responsible purchasers
These lands will double in value in
two years, and two average crops will
clear the purchase price if bought now.
You don't have to go out into the wilder
ness for cheap land when you can get
this right in the middle of an old, we'll
settled and prosperous community. It
will pay you to look into this now.
Manitoba lands are climbing and this
opportunity will not be long open.
Cavalier Co. people know the nature Of
Southern Manitoba lands. Write or
APPLY Fl at once to u N s,,n,,u,,.
Canada Customs, Killarney, Man.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-11
Revival Meeting Closes.

The series OF revival meetings at
Pleasant Home church, conducted by
Elder Pine of Pine Bluff has come to
a close. The meetings were attended
by large congregations and much in
ierest was manifested Eleven ser
mons We're preached by Elder Pine,
and those who heard him say that he
is an earnest advocate of his Masters
cause, and that sinners We're convinc-
ed The Christians were admonished
to hold fast to the doctrine delivered
to the saints.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-11
MRS. FELTON, DEAD.
Was Mother Of Mrs. j. r. Dickerson Of
Pine Bluff.

Mrs. S. E. FELTON, died at her home
in st. Louis at p. m. Monday She
was the mother of Mrs J. R. Dicker-
son of Pine Bluff. She visited Mrs
Dickerson at Dewitt last fall. and
went home in October i'll of Brights
disease. She was taken to her bed IN
February. to which she was confined
till her death. She leaves three sons
and three daughters. One of her sons,
Fred r. FELTON,, resides at Little Rock.
ne remains will be sent to TeXarkana,
and the interment will occur We'd
nesday afternoon Rev. J. r. Dicker-
son will join his wife and the party
accompanying the remains to Texar-
kama at Little Rock tonight.