The Yale expositor., 1915-08-12


Der of farmers now owning au-
tomobiles, as compared with
few years ago, is surprising. 1t
is not at all uncommon to see a
farmer of today making use of an auto
truck for the transportation of his
products, or with his family making
a weekend automobile trip to rest
and recreation. Therefore, with these
and many other conveniences that II
is now possible for the farmer to
have, together with the educational
and social advantages to be obtained
through the various farmers organiza-
tions, such as the Grange, the Clean.
ers, the farmers clubs, etc, it can
safely be said that in most instances
the Michigan farmer today is to be
envied by his city neighbors, because
it is now possible for him to get
share of the conveniences afforded by
the city and at the same time he has
all the joys and pleasures afforded by
country life that cannot be obtained
by the man living in the city.
The country, the state, the county.
or the community, can have no better
recommendation than that 1t is well
supplied with churches. Michigan is
a Christian state and it's people are
Christian people in the broad sense,
and within the state will be found
Christian churches of practically all
denominations. While most of the
cities of the state have churches rep
resenting many denominations, the
too afford churches where the people
can gather to worship God according to
the dictates Of their own conscience,
thus fostering and perpetuating the
privilege of religious freedom cher
ished by the American people since
the landing of the Pilgrims.
Michigan Has No Race Problem.
Michigan has no race problem to
face, such as confronts some states
of the country in a serious way. OF
the total population of the state, 99.1
per cent, or 2,7S5,247, are whites. OF
the total white population, 1,224,S41,
or 43.6 per cent, are native-born whites
and of native parentage, while 1884,
$50, or 34.3 per cent, are native whites
or foreign or mixed parentage. The
population of rural districts Of the
state show a greater percentage Of
native whites than it's urban, or city,
population. OF the whites of the rural
districts, sos per cent are native born
whites, and of the urban, or city,
population, 35.5 per cent are native
born whites of native parentage. The
negroes of the state constitute only
6 per cent of the total population.
while Indian constitute 3 per cent,
and the census of 1910 shows that
the number of Chinese and Japanese
is still less The foreign born whites
adjust themselves to American condi-
lions speedily and satisfactorily, and
the generation emanating from the
northern European immigrants. when
educated In American schools, have
developed into a splendid type of citi-
zens, characterized by their honesty,
industry and religious tendencies.
The foreign countries which have con-
tributed the largest number of foreign
born whites to Michigan's population,
as shown by the last United States
census, are as follows: Canada, 2S.7
per cent; Germany, 22.1 per cent;
England, ~ per cent; Russia, ga per
cent: Holland, Sc per cent; Finland.
SO per cent; Austria. 81 per cent;
Sweden. "A per cent; Ireland, "a per
cent; Italy. 2.S per cent; all other
countries, per cent