The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01
STARTLING FACTS CONCERNING;
WORLDS UNREACHED Millions
In America Alone There are 34,79e, 600 Persons Over Tan
Years OF Age Outside the Church-only Third Of
India Being Reached. amy i"'u u

Ihey nave a missionary nreachar
u iduy missionary working amono
~ NOVA Indians in the West Okla.
noma conference. There are thrae
.ocai preachers who act as internra-
eeIs. Inc klowa Indians have no
"iiteIi ~hguag and
are unable to read; no Bible or re-,
iigious literature can be gwen 70
except through the mouth of the nj
~sionary. IA HIS
rlans are being made to build a
nulilper OF school houses within the
Nova tribe, n put missionary
teachers in charge Of them. They
nope very soon to reduce their Ian
suaSe TO written form.
lney nave an Indian congregation
among the Nez PerceS in the state of
IDAHO, with a splendid Indian preach
er IN charge, and a membership of
iVV. 1hlS congregation has three
local preachers. They have bnilt for
themselves a beautiful $4,000 church
and maintain a Sunday school and a
woman's missionary society.
mere are 100000 Indians in the
United States, of whom $4,000 are
wholly or partly civilized; 500 0 are
cnurch members and SIS, 200 are abso-
lutely pagan.
Mexicans in Z. S.
80 OIIA NeAlCd1S III every
State of the Union. The last census
that of 1910, gives the total number
In this country as 21.915-ovar 90
per cent OF above number to be found
IN four States. New Mexico, Arizona,
Texas and California Texas alone
claims over SO per cent. From 1900
to 1910 there was an increase Of u.s.
522 or 114.6 per cent-a number four
times greater than the increase from
1890 to 1900.
Mexico ranks twelfth from the high
est among 40 countries contributing to
our foreign population, coming be-
tween Scotland n Denmark. The
majority, 65 per cent, live in rural
districts, while 34.2 per cent are ur-
ban.
Late statistics give the total Mexi-
can population as 400, 900. One of the
Southern advocates in January, re-
ferring to mission work in A%lbuquer-
que, said:
"One Of the largest home mission
airy opportunities facing our church is
among the one and one-half millions
Of Spanish speaking people in this
territory.
Sr Canseco, Mexican consul in Chi
cage n formerly consul in st. Louis
seven years previous to his appoint
ment here, says there are about $50
Mexicans in Chicago. Some are pro-
feSSional men, some students and some
clerks in large firms doing business
with SpaniSh-speaking countries. In
st. Louis there are fewer tina here
In other Southern States they are
found working onthe railroads.. in the
railway yards and as teamsters fol
wood and coal yards; many are en-
ployed in street work for the cities anl
as motormen and conductors. Some
are clerks in stores and some hav;
small stores of their own in San An
tonic and Ell Paso. The women worl
in factories. Nearly all the help il
the laundries in San Antonio is Mexi
can They serve as seam
stresses, cooks and make first-clas
maids, being very fond of all children
but especially of Americans. Amon'
: the better classes are to be found doc
tors teachers, druggists, musician
and the business colleges emplo.
) Spanish professors, ever as the head
of departments.
In California statistics give tn
: number of Mexicans in that State a
: 20o,0 900; Of that number at least 80,
600 are in Los Angeles. The Presby
: terians have two f%1ourishing congre
cations and the other leading demon
: nations also have service in Spanish
The Presbyterians nave a school TO
, girls and their new school building
, to cost $4,000. 1t is their aim t
have nearly all the preaching done b
. Mexicans, and they are training up
native ministry to carry on the Worl
In Los Angeles they have two goo
Mexican preachers, one of them, Re'
4 Mr.. Falcon, being one Of the ables
preachers in the city. This ministe
says, From my experience wit
Spanish-Americans [ think we ma
saw thai in everything but mathe
hatics they are quicker than tn
American children"
From Albuquerque, Rev. Thoms
HARDWOOD, of the Methodist churcl
saws. 'In ali the Southwestern State
y there are laws granting the san
. rights to the Mexican children as al
a enjoyed by the Enshsh-speaklr
n children
The Methodist church has over !
CONGREGATIONS Of Spanish-speaklr
neoDle to New Mexico, as Well as Sc
eral in Colorado, Arizona and TeXa
o The Presbyterians have not quite
many. but are we'll represented IN a
- ~~$ or mn