The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-23
PASSING OF THE
 NEW HIGHLANDER.

In an interesting letter on the Pass
 ing of the New Englander," in the
 New York Evening Post, c. Monroe
 Royce, of New York, writes:
 The New Englander as an indivfd-
 ual type is passing. and that the coun-
 try he once possessed is passing out of his inefficient hands into the control
 of alien races, and is being reclaimed
 by the persistent industry Of these
 foreigners and brought back into the
 ranks of the producing States.
 ''The native is no longer what he
 once was only little time ago. The invading foreigner is busting him from
 his lair" That is what the Inde- pendent had to say last September. In
 the Passing of the American" fp 1s)
 I say: Under the indoleDce Of the present-day degenerate Yankee. New
 England went almost out of cu1ti- vation. fell out of the ranks Of the producers of the world, and Joined the great American army of consumers Under the industry, enterprise, and superior intelligence of the alien. New England is being reclaimed and brought back into the ranks of the producers, where she rightfufly be- longs.'
 The lament is that for want ef plodding industry and intelligent en- terprise, large section of the orig inal United States is passing out of the feeble hands of the descendants of the Anglo-Sexon settlers into the hands of other races, who are, for the most part. devoid of high political and social ideals: but who are willing to work. and know how to work. This applies to all forms of industry. from the farmer to the manufactures For the manufacturing even more than the farming is now being done by the for eigner This, I contend, is lament able sequence to the religious zeal the high moral standards, and the political wisdom and ideals of the Pu- ritan fathers
 Even those who do not see eye to eys with me in these matters must. I think. be more or less shocked by the break which has already taken place in the historical continuity ahd rich tradi- tions of New England by the invasion of a totally foreign and heterogeneous mass of people-a population that knows nothing about the heroic people who settled New England.
 The prosperity of the New England CT, and the progress of the sectfon known as New England, are perfectly distinct issues New England is nc doubt at the present time progressing from the purely materialistic point c, view and this prosperity, such as it f. is almost wholly owing the new comer5 to whom the Thanksgiving dinner can have no meaning. These new. as farmers, trades, men, or manufacturers-ar outstTtps ping the native, who is rapidly pass ing away from the scenes of his for mer prosperity and glory. This is what thoughtful patriots of Anglo Saxon origin lament. There are thOss of course, who cannot see anything tO deplore in this transformation of New England; this elimination of the Yan- See from our national life and charac- ter. Such an attitude is a. perfectly ntelligible one, and represents, no doubt, the real sentiments of a very large portion of present day American I have no fault to find with these people except to say that have no sympathy with such an attitude. On the contrary, I feel very strongly that the passing of the New England type is a national misfortune, and would do all in my power to stay it. It is to me profoundly sad to witness as we are all witnessing, the weaksr ing and the passing of a. type of Amefe- ,an who played so large a part in he founding and up-building of this 
 And this process of disintegratfon in American life and character is not con fined to New England, but is at work all over the land.