Evening star., 1923-08-14

country which made VI. Habert's banish-
ment so bitter. Habert was not traitor
70 his people but only to the republic. in
his adhesion to monarchy. Habert
loved France and his countrymen. What
does Bergdoll hate most?
x x
What would the United States do with
Bergdoll If he were recaptured? Send
him to the penitentiary, to serve his
term with the added sentence for his
escape. Then what? He could not be
banished since he is a native American
Yet, in his heart, he is a most vim
dictive enemy of America, and if per-
n1itted to remain here, he would be a
danger to the safety of the country.
whether we were at war with Germany
or at peace with the world
, Now he is, in banishment, and since
his fortune is held by the alien property
custodian. and is forfeit to the gov
ernment so long as he is fugitive and
unrepentent traitor and deserter. why
should this government seek his re-
turn? Is he not getting what is due
him, Just as he is? Does this country
covet criminal aliens-''aliens' in spirit
being worse than merely aliens by BIRTH
especially those who adhered to the
enemy in time Of war? Is it not good
radiance to let him stay where he is
1t might be cruel and unusual punish
ment' to Germany, If the United States
were TO start colony of Bergdolls
and their ilk-undesira BILE citizens"
Go mark him we'll;
For him no music raptures swell:
High though his title. proud his name
Boundless his wealth as wish claim.
Despite that title. power and pelf,
The wretch, concentered all in self
Living. shall forfeit fair renown,
And douhly dying shall go down
To that foul dust from which he sprung
Cnwept, unhonored and unsung.
x x \
Gasoline is selling in Texas at II
cents a gallon-which proves that Gen
Sherman did not know Texas, or he
would never have said-what he is said
to have said about it. South Dakota
has a state government which is Just
socialistic enough to let the state gov
ernment buy gasoline at wholesale and
retail 1t at l6 cents a gallon.
y x x
But they laugh best who laugh last.
The Standard Oil Company Is chuckling
over the South Dakota situation. for
it believes that the state will lose
money on all it SELLS and that it's action
will drive out all the independent COM
panieS, leaving the field clear for the
Standard Oil Company, after the state
competition has accomplished the ruin
of competitors as predicted. In the
meantime. the Standard Is selling there
at * cents, while In Washington it
charges % cents.
The American Automobile Associa-
tion has taken up the fight to secure
a living rate in Washington. If the
Standard is willing to meet a 16-cent
competition in South Dakota, Wash
ington wants 'the most favored ma
tion' rights and privileges.
y X x X
The committee on immigration of
the House of Representatives has pub
lished a report by it's agent and ex-
pert, DR.. H. H. Laughlin, concerning
the records for crime and insanity of
immigrants and their immediate de-
scendants. This report indicates that
there is more to the immigrant prob
lem than mere quotas based on the
number of each nationality already
here
1t is shown that, on the whole, the
mixture of immigrants with native
American stock has lowered the aver
age STANDARD OF americans; Theory
would convince us that mixing the
blood would strengthen 1t, but facts
report the opposite.
X X X X
The census of 1920 shows that there
were then 100000 persons in the
United States who had been born in
other countries. That is one-ejahth h
of the total population, but they fur
nished one-sixth of the criminals of
our penal institutions. one-fourth of
our paupers and one-third of the in
sane.
Counting the foreign born, together
with their children of the first gen.
GRAFTON, they amount to "a per cent of
the total population, SIS per cent of
our insane, 46 per cent of our paupers
and 40 per cent of the feeble minded
There has been an impression that
immigrants from northwestern Eu-
rope were unobjectionable, while all
from southern Europe were undesir-
able. This is not verified by the new
investigation.
While those from northern Europe
do not show a criminal tendency. they
show twice the percentage of insane
that our native stock does, and two
and a third times as many paupers.
Those from southern Europe show
40 per cent more criminals and SO per
cent moro insane than our native
stock, but it will be observed that the
southern Europeans are less likely to
go insane, but are more criminal than
those from northern Europe.
copyright, 1873, BY Paul V. Colllns)