The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-04-20

mately 10000 a week. Some people
consider that this tide of immigration
means that better times are ahead in
the United States and that SO many
laboring men would not be landing Ola
our shores but for the encouragement
that has been held out to them that
business in all lines is bound to i'm
prove On the other hand, others are
surprised that such vast numbers
should be arriving in the United States
when they must know. If they have
taken pains to post themselves. that
hundreds Of thousands Of men and wo-
men are still out of work as a result
of the panic Of year before last, and
the uncertainties attending tariff legis-
lation.. The last Official report of aliens
coming in was for February and shows
that much more than half of the immi-
grants were from Austria Hungary
au Italy. Comparatively few are
coming from Great Britain and Ger
many. and there has been a remarka
BILE falling OF in the arrivals from
Russia.
Extensive Use Of Telephone.
Some remarkable figures are to be
found In the annual report of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company. They show to what extent
the telephone has become part of
modern life. Under the Bell system
alone. to say nothing Of the other con-
Germs which affiliate with it, there are
nearly four and a half million tele
phone stations. The number of miles
Of wire in use is nearly 1O.OOO.OOO.
about 100000 having been added dur
ing the past year. Nearly 100000
calls are handled daily, or at the rate
Of nearly six billions annually.
A Story With Moral.
Representative Cushman Of the state
Of Washington. in his contention in
the house that the only way the Re
publican party can be held together is
BY building q wall Of protection that
shall equally and adequately protect
al American industries, related this:
''When l was a child l read a story
Of the English war in India. Accord
ing to that tale certain Of the natives
Of India had allied themselves with
the English army. They were in i'm
minent danger of attack. and together
they threw up hasty fortress. 1t
was too small to hold all. so the Eng
lismh drove their native allies out. ex
pecting them to be slaughtered by the
enemy. Do you know what those ma
lives did? They Joined, the enemy and
turned their fire upon the inhuman and
uneodly crowd that had denied them
shelter within the fortress they had
helped to build. and they washed their
hands In the blood Of those who had
sought to sacrifice them. You had bet
ter listen to that tale. When you drive
Z legitimate American industry out
side the wall of protection it will help
shoot you to death on the next Ameri-
can political battlefield"
Why Fossils Are Admitted Free.
This is one Of the thrusts Of Con-
gresham Ollie James Of Kentucky
which his Democratic colleagues en-
joyed during the tariff fight: Il notice
one thing-that in the free list in this
bin there is a provision which places
fossils on the free list. I looked in
the dictionary to find out the exact
definition of q fossil. wondered why
It was that the gentlemen upon the
other side had placed fossils upon the
free list. Here is the way Webster
describes fossil: "A fossil ia 4 person
whose views and opinions are ex-
hemely antiquated: one whose SYM
pathies are with former time rather
than with the present Gentlemen. it
was scheme on your part to get more
peotectionists into this country free of
duty. because we all know II there is
. class Of people whose views are ex-
tremely antiquated and whose sympa-
thies are with q former time rather
than with the present certainly it is
the protective tariff advocate"
An Exchange Of Compliments.
In q hot discussion in the house
Representative Clark Of Florida asked
Representative Stanley Of Kentucky If
he had made any effort to have the
duty on horses and mules taken Off
replied: Il would like to take
the duty OF mules for the sake Of the
gentleman from Florida A man who
would make an argument of that sort
must feel very sorry for a mule
And for the benefit of the gentleman
from Kentucky" retorted Clark. Il
would like to put duty on the father
Of the mule Stanley came back IN
this fashion. 81 had rather be door
keeper in the house Of the Lord than
Z dweller In the tents Of wickedness.'
and would rather be an honest ass
than the gentleman from Florida"
This coll0quy was provoked because
these two Democrats differ widely as
20 whether a member should ask for
protection for certain articles that are
produced IN district.
CHARLES ". ARTHUR.