Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-16
Should Education Be Restricted.

.ilrri.it Ndicin. has raised an.
other question, that il quite rs inter
c-tlnc and decisive OF results as !s
claimed for race suicide, the Osler and
Minot opinions on age limit, and eu.
thauasia, for those hopclcssiy d ticient,
and that j., for restriction in the mat
ter of education. Hitherto it has
hccn almost crime to establish any
limit in this matter, and universal ed
ucation has been considered first
duty OF parental and State solicitude.
Now the point is made that the brain
should be placed in the same category
rs the stomach, and that unless the
former has conceptive faculties that
may be led to deeds OF usefulness,
honor and merit, they should not be
stimulated, the danger being in devel-
opment of the craft and intelligence
that may unfold the diverse OF these
traits, and lead the individual into
more perfect methods for preyiug
upon his fellow man. The point is
made that children continued in school
beyond their capacity ior improvement
only store their mind with weapons
for aggressive warfare against their
race, such as the pistol and bludgeon
advances an ability of the highwayman
to rob or extend the field Of the swim
dler for swaying the judgment of con-
fiding human nature into purchase OF
gold brick.
is even claimed, by the same au-
thority, that the prevailing idea main
tanning it is good policy to educate the
ignorant foreign immigrant into rapid
requirement OF language, methods OF
business, and skill in industrial arts,
is a fallacy. Most OF this type of &C.
cession to our people are mere I'M
skilled laborers, as their ancestors have
been before them, and they come with
all the incentives for close, sharp,
grinding competition, engrained into
their very nature. Live and let live is
unknown to their methods, and selfish.
ness is their prominent characteristic.
This has, in some instances developed
anarchistic traits of individuality, to.
tally unfit for the root on which to
engraft scions from the Tree Of Liberty
and Justice. To educate is by no
means to benefit, unless there is prin-
ciple that bases incentive and sense
of rectitude that is the prompting OF
inclination.
Just as is shown by the article on
the first page, entitled. "Shall They
Enter" by Mrs. Helen M. Gouger, in
which she shows how little thought
has been given this matter by even
leading religious journals, which are
carried. by the prevailing rage for
recommendation" into advocating the
Unrestricted admission OF the more
educated and intelligent classes of
Cinnamon who are the best equipped
to readily enter into competition with
everything American, this warning is
found to be based upon impregnable
premises OF logic. The Chinaman has
so far-as is shown by example on this
coast-brought all his vice with him
and added nothing that is worthy Of
example unless it be indispensable in.
dustry, and even that is so much the
part Of their nature as to constitute
them veritable machines, with which
civilization and higher mental ad-
vancement cannot compete. Here is
an object lesson that proves undisput-
ably the position of american Medi.
cine, that education of lop'sided pso-
pie is q menace to our civilization.
Let the gross, machine-like individual
be placed under the ely cunning judy
ment Of the so-called Students"
merchants" professional men" claw.
yers," bankers" and the like, and the
connecting link is placed between the
motor.po power and the device to make
it most effective. Result: Competition
in the fields of labor that should be-
long first to native-b born Americans, or
adopted citizens who are capable of
assimilation in all respects, and who
become true and component part of
our nationality.
1t has been found exceedingly diff.
cult to Undue our Eastern people with
anything like true conception of
the magnitude OF the evil of Chinese
immigration. They prefer sentiment
TO acceptance of the truth, and blind
ly ignore facts as presented by their
brethren who, without the benefit OF
observation would probably be as diff
ficult 10 sway from the bombastic
claim of spread-eagle oratory that our
country is the asylum Of the oppressed
OF all nations. 1t may just as plausi-
bly, be claimed that the pure spring
water would not be turned into q cess.
pool by becoming the recep.icle for
exhaustive drains of pollution flowing
into it. Let anybody 90 through
"Chinatown", in any city, and de-
termine if it is not so.
Let the signal note of american
Medicine (Which is wholly discon.
nected from any thought OF the Chin.
csc question: lead to consideration OF
the primal question OF the effect OF
education upon q people so noted for
undeveloped manhood, with ely, VIC
ious, tendencies, and law.defying in
clinations, and contrast the condition
OF our country overrun with constant
drafts OF people from nation of $780,