Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-03-03
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


mat war is less injurious to our
trade with the Far East than Russian
occupation is shown by a statement
Dy Mr.. John Foord, in reviewing that
branch of trade for the New York
times, that in July, August and Sep
tember, 1908, the import of American
cotton cloth in China-most of which
goes into Manchuria-was 1900, 900
yards, and in the same months of 1904
1t rose to 100000 yards. Cotton
cloth is not a munition of war, so
that there is nothing in the hostilities
TO stimulate the demand, concludes the
Philadelphia Record
A rather notable discussion is going
corning the social future of New York,
states the Sun of that city 1t seems
TO have been provoked by remark in
real estate paper of this town, by
an authority who has made a special
" OF nigh priced residential property
now appears in New York "a drift to-
ward Washington" as the American
social CENTRE" and that this ten
dency is growing steadily more notice
able. Harpers Weekly is also quoted
in confirmation of that opinion, and
the Boston Evening Transcript thinks
it were folly for New Workers to pre-
tend Indifference to the subject.
In announcing that it would have
peace with dignity" the Russian gov
ernment evidently had in mind Bea-
consfields famous phrase after the
Congress of Berlin-"peace with hon
or" The new expression is hardly an
Improvement on the old one. Of
course, dignity issa desirable commod-
ity. But in this case won't it come a
little high? asks the Kansas City Star.
The real sacrifice of Russian dignity
came when the Cars government
broke its word and refused to evacu-
ate Manchuria-nOt when Stoessel sur
rendered Port Arthur. But apparent
ly that idea hasn't yet dawned in the
Russian official brain.
Mr.. F. A. Vanderlip, in Scribner's
striking differences between Europe
aud America is the persistence Of ra-
cial types there and here the tendency
to amalgamate all races into the Amer
lean. Time seems to bring only in
creased bitterness to racial antago-
nisms in Europe, while with us the
third generation, at the outside, is
completely merged into the American
type. l never have been able to I'M
derstand just what it is that keeps the
rancOr of races at such Vlrulent
ritcn among near neighbors in Eu-
rope, when those same races will he, ;
renounce language, flag and racial
aspirations, and joyfully and complete
ly merge into the An1erican-all pa
triotic, all loyal to the Government, all
in a generation more anxious to cover
every trace of foreign characteristics
with the mantle of sovereign American
citizenship than they are to perpet-
llate single one of those racial pre-
JUDGES which for generations made
enemies of their fathers"
The Chicago newspapers continue to
be deeply impressed from time to time
by paroxysms of intelligence thrown
by professors of the University OF
Chicago. They lately reported Pro-
lessor Matthews as declaring to his
class in physiological chemistry that
certain chemical substances coming
together under certain conditions do
and are bound to produce life, no mat
ter what theologians may say. why
drag in the theologians? asks Harper's
Weekly. All that an intelligent mod
ern theologien would care to say is
that God is everywhere, and the crea-
tive energy penetrates, and is cock
tensive with, all substances. PROBES
sor Matthews may be better chemist
than theologian, but if his chemistry
;s sound. it can yex no sound theology.
The report of the Commissioner OF
immigration for the fiscal year 1908
'o4, just issued, exhibits the working
of our immigration inspection system
under the changed conditions created
by the act of Congress of March D.
1908 That legislation seems to have
thoroughly justified itself. According
to the showing made by Commissioner
General Sargent, the flood of immigra-
ton has not been materially checked
bv the safeguards enacted. But the
quality of the raw material offered us
for citizenship has been distinctly bet
tered, and the dumping of paupers,
detectives and derelicts generally mas
been effectively blocked. In last
years report Mr. Sargent expressed
some rather pessimistic views on the
immigration problem. This year ne
;r4i ool1U continues