East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-12-18


ditions Of 1876 and 1919 do not show
us TO be under any deep debt Of graf
ltuds to the mother country upon that
score.
Now come down 70 modern times
and the census reports. which are
impartial show this nation 10 be in
truth the child OF all civilization and
not Of Great Britain. In 1910 there
vas In this country a total white pop
1iatiou Of sixty-six millions OF that
number my SIX millions were native
born and forty millions were native
born OF native parents Therefore /,
may be seen the great mass Of our
people are American born, not Euro
pean.
Now here is something more The
census Of 1910 shows that in that
year there were in this country only
1,220.4sO natives OF England. Scot
land and Wales There we're 2..50l.-
SIS native Germans. There were more
Irish than English, Scotch and Welsh
combined The same is true Of Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark. The
same is true Of Russia and Finland
and Of Austria-Hungary. There were
over eleven million foreign born pop
ulation and OF that number only 10
per cent were from England. Scot
land and Wales Counting the Irish
20 per cent Of our foreign born pop
ulation came from Great Britain and
so per cent from other European
nations.
These figures show that from a
standpoint OF blood relationship the
British have no preponderant claim
upon our sympathy. We are friendly
to Great Britain and should be for
next TO the French the British po-
liucal principles are most closely in
accord with our own. But when IT
comes 10 calling the children home to
fight those English who feel America
should come trooping along are about
$50 years behind the march OF time
100000
The conviction that il is going TO be
a long war is strengthened by several
public utterances
Burdensome Ocean Of late. from au-
Freight Charges. thorities quail
fied TO judge.
With the end Of the war in sight by
spring. the fate OF the government
ship purchase measure might be a
matter Of small concern But with the
end three years away. presumably,
the passage Of the bill becomes
urgent
Ocean freight charges have almost
doubled since the adjournment OF
congress. This is due to the short
age in shipping. Germanys s,J0O.-
600 tons Of merchant shipping is lost
to commerce. England has taken
over hundreds Of thousands Of tons
and great numbers Of sailors for war
uses A large tonnage has been de-
stroyed. Without the purchase bill,
which can restore a great tonnage in
irterned vessels to the service Of the
peaceful nations. a crisis in the ocean
carrying trade may be one OF the caus-
es Of anxiety during the coming year.
Private initiative under our liberal
lied navigation laws cannot be looked
10 for relief. Up 10 date only about
250.o tons has been transferred TO
our flag under the amended laws and
a considerable percentage Of that con-
slsts Of tank steamers and other yes
sells devoted to special uses.-st Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Col R0osevelt's attempt to capital
lie the Catholic church for political
purposes will not set well with the
majority OF people; particularly when
the effort was made in connection
with a subject which II mishandled
might plunge the nation into war.
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Road shows are not numerous these
days but II does not matter so long
as We have such home talent stars as
appeared at the Elks Minstrel.
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II Richard Burke had not been
drinking he would not have shot Ed
Kirkpatrick; the bootlegger was an
accessory TO that murder
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With wheat at $40 Pendleton can
afford the Christmas spirit.