Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-09
THE MAN WHO TALKS

| from the land of the Chaldees to the latest steerage passengers from SIovalxia | to New York. It is likewise true that the primary object of all these migrations | has been the search for bread the better ment of physical conditions. Hence wel l find, what we might naturally expect, | that they are for the most part those
 best calculated to do the worlds manual I labor. These peoples have found the
 United States sort of Fl Dorado because l there is so much manual toil to be done.
 As they come here and find employment I at wages that almost stagger theEr-at l 1rst-we have been able to have our
 manual work done. In time they become l fitted to take an upward step in the grad | uated ladder of toll and other unfortu-
 nate races come to take their places. These migrations from Europe have been a necessary aational asset
 Anyone acquainted with the history of
 Uur common labor win realize how large l ly we have depended on the immigrant. It Is within the memory of men now in
 middle life when the Irish were mainly
 those who wielded the piclzaxe and shovel. 1 Later years have shown here in no in- considerable numbers LithuRnians. Poles, | Italians Slovaks and other people from
 the south of Europe. But congress, after
 a long and thorough examination of the question of immigration, found 1t expedl | ent to put restrictions on 1t to that ex- tent that about one-tenth of the pre-war l rate of immigrants are coming to our
 shores. Under these conditions we can | not expect the same net gain in the l coming aliens as formerly. The usual influx of from 7e0. 900 to S0o.oo0 has
 melted away to about 75.eoo, and nearly one-haf of these are women and chil- | dren. For trlstWorthy statistics on the 1 subject. the writer Is indebted to the National City Bank Bulletin of New York. which is under the expert manage ment of George E. Roberts, who has spe- cialized in this question.
 MT. WaIpole In his interesting lecture of Nov. g told Of a lady riding in the same compartment as himself who started to read a book that seemed to interest ], her. Glancing at the book. he pound
 that 1t was one of his own Naturally he
 was interested, too. The first several
 pages were carefully read. Then interest
 seemed to lose somewhat of it's tension
 Pages began to be turned more rapidly. Then she began to scowl and show in. ) dignatton. At last she threw the book ] across the compartment in anger. re- marking that 'the man who wrote that book ought to be shot" MT. Walpole did not express any surprise at the woman's conduct. He probably sensed the situa- tion in it's true light that no book was ever written of which somebody did not
 say: '"The man who wrote that book ought to be shot" MT. Walpole also knew ; if one-half of the people of the British empire had said the same thing it would have been no valid criticism of the worth 7 Of the book. The more the criticism the
 better it sells.
 IT. Criticism is probably the strauxent f yagary of the human mind because there 2 Is no standard basis on which it rests.
 Let two men of different temperament
 look on any work of man. One of them
 will call it the perfection of handjcraft, the other will pronounce It the most hide ous nonstrosity. Criticism is never moro t than what the critic thinks the other fel- 9 low ought to have said and done but 1 didn't. There can be no standard of e criticism as long as no two persons think 6 alike. There is- a, value in criticism in that 1t opens up the way for some people getting into print which would be denied them if it depended on doing constructive work. Not long ago an article appeared r in which the writer quoted from the most nl eminent authority in the country on i'm
 migration showing that in few years l. there would be a loss in the ranks ol n labor to the extent of 3,o00, ,060 withou- f the influx of foreigners. Of course, thu = statement of the eminent writer was put . in quotation The user of these figures IT was called to task, because of the critic: C dense ignorance of the use of quotation d marks.
 Now this discussion brings before ul l. a deeper and more fundamental question e as to why anybody writes anything fo, ,t any publication whatsoever. There wal 1t never time when there was So muci n knowledge in the world as at present anC |. never time when it was distributed e over such wide area Outside of tn, ,D field of science it is difficult if not we'll
 nigh impossible for anybody to say any
 thing new. And yet there was never
 time when printed matter was So mucI
 in demand as it is today-prtnted matte IS of every conceivable variety. Therefor to attempt is made to meet the demand. |
 the first place. then, people are writin
 for money. And they have just as mucI
 right to work for money this way a . others have by lectnring. publishing stok '1 Ing coal or selling hams There Is
 second class of people who write becaus
 they think the community is suffering fo at what they have to say. As matter c isl fact, it Is not suffering unto death. Tn
 only ones who suffer are those who writ,
 There are also those who write to pleas h. themselves. and in the long run they ge Vn the most out of 1t. az s>' s-
 Have you ever seen a sehooIbov rein,
 to wear 8 letter on his sweater which k had earned by excellence in athletics CT That letter is so warm that he has |
 need to button his oveecoat on cold da,
 de is proud of 1t. and he has right +s be. It is mark of achievement. VII < can't there be something like it to mar 2 high degree in scholarship? It sureI 'H takes as much mentality to be a gres
 student as 3 great QuarteEback. The De
 who can break through algebraic prohien he in the classroom Is entitled to a. whit ne letter just as much as the tougher Ia tiI who can smash though interferences (
 the gridiron. Do you say that 1t won
 cheaper scholarship to do this7 Does
 cheapen patriotism to put our soldie ne Into paf@rIn? Does 1t quench a1nbifis i'll to mark that uniform with the rank u old wearer holds all the way from sergeal
 to general? In many of the pntyersiti
 Of Europe the students wear robes as ,.+ mark of scholastic calling. Let US th, 'n a. give the white letter to achieysment o1 learning.
 Does the American elecNora4w take Il
 matter of public affairs as seriously
 t ought? It ought to be brought square
 to the attention of every citizen that t ick ballot is not something to be toyed wi nd but made a business of. At present } ore go to the polls if 1t is conyenient-n fife Soss nos lnteEIeEs ; win apy ether plafF
 Is no wonder that the results of an eie
 tion are unsatisfactory to all concernt uiu How can we expect to realize the hsghe but possibilities of democracy when we Ire 1t this feature of it in such shabby wa d. The English take their elections far mo