Chicago eagle., 1904-04-30

of the Senate thinks that this reply
was so fine that the name of the per-
son who made 1t ought to be preserved.
and has instituted an inquiry to learn
what il was.
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Canada needs population. She has
almost everything else that nature
could bestow on land. but she has
lacked people. Some figures made pub
lie by the Canadian Department of the
Interior show that the country is slow
~ but surely filling up with a fine class
| of citizens. and nearly all of them 20
| TO the farms. Last year companies
holding land grants sold land worth
! over S14.OOO.OOO. and comprising 4.220.-
OH acres. This equals the amount
sold in the preceding ten years. There
were 32.GS2 homestead entries. as com.
pared with 1851 in 1896. The home
stead entries covered JO21.2SO acres
of land. and the total land acquired for
settlement In the year was 9,3S1.5Gi
acres. The Canadians justly boast of
the fact that the settlers are not the
scum of Europe. Many travel second.
class and are well supplied with funds.
The steerage occupants are steadily de.
creasing. and Canada feels that she Is
| getting the pick of the new population
that Is leaving Europe for more hos.
ptable shores. The immigrant influx
last year numbered I2S.3,iI. OF these
41.102. or almost u third. came from
| the United states.
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1t Is the cOmlnonest thing In the
world to see most of the people you
know--young and od--takng sides in
a connect like that which Is now rag
ing in the far East. The division of
sentiment In the average American
town may just at present he unequal.
for If the newspapers from all over
the country are to he believed, the
sympathy of our people inclines rather
toward japan than toward Russia.
There is intelligent partisanship In
such matters. and there Is unintelli-
gent. From the very nature of the
case. the unintelligent variety Is far In
excess of the other. 1t IL not the pur-
pose of these words to present the case
of the Russ or the Jap. or to argue
that one or the other Is In the right
and deserves to win. 1t Is rather to
bcspcak neutrality i'm private like
that which the President has pro-
claimed as the public policy of the
United States. There are few private
persons so well Informed through
newspapers and public documents that
they can grasp all the points at issue.
Indeed. the better Informed among
such reading persons are the very ones
who appreciate the magnitude of the
problem, and refrain from rushing into
the places where angels fear TO tread
There are thoughtful men In America
and England who have to confess to
themselves that. born In Russia or in.
pan, they could honestly follow the
Car or Mikado according to their own
nativity. The fact Is that great con
tending forces In the complete scheme
OF human progress have met. and the
meeting IL an unspeakable tragedy. II
becomes Il modest man to stand will
barred head before It. and pray the
God Of battles to bring the conflict tt
Il speedy ana righteous end.
Secretary Shaw of the Treasury De
partment said recently that tbcr
, seems to bc no place for the boys. TIN
babe ana the man are welcome, an,
!, the girl. by her winsOmc ways. make
Il place for herself In the homes; bu
almost the only door that swings will
u sure welcome for the boy opens int,
! places where the boy ought not To 20
B Mr.. Shaw said lie knew Of few home
] to which boys are invited. Boys hav
muddy feet ana play noisy games
: They like dogs ana horses. goats an,
guinea pigs. ana do not always +,
member that the parlOr was not fun
I nlshcd for use rs u dog house. Ever
J. mother knows this; but how man
G fathers and mothers would have thel
n boys less fond of animals than the
Q are. or less literally endowed wit
! healthy, rOllicLlng spirits? The pul
pose OF Secretary Shaw's remarks wi
doubtless be accomplished when the a,
tentiOn OF parents II directed to tn
work In progress for developing hoy
into all.rOund men. In the cities. esp,
J. cially. IL this work done. Not only ar
u the trades taught to boys In day an
q night schools, but schools are mair
g tanned In the vacation season 10 Occ,
py the attention OF those who migl
otherwise be In mischief. MOreOve
q the boys who come In contact with til
It police are not sent to Jail with hare
@ ened evil.dOers 80 frequently Us n fe,
n years ago. The authorities ass,iin,
y with good reason, that the boys ar
+. not bad, hut only misled, and that the
will make good citizens II they hav
half a chance. The unruly boy In til
. country Is not receiving so much Il
y y tentiOn as In the city. He has rewt
evil places of resort than his city brOtl
u or, but enough for his purposes II he
" seeking them. Yet on the whole. til
y boys of America, In town or cOuntr,
are wholesome creatures. They cuul
u be improved IL their elders would ri,
D. more time to providing amusement {,
" them In surroundings that are not v
clOus.
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III Commenting Oh the wisdom of owl
10 | tnr nd nSin,, Al ltttln land In .,n. 4.