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America Has Far More Attraction

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Day
8
Month
April
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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(gr a Germán emigrant than the aotonies of Gennany in África. Thus Jar only 700 Germán, including 230 officials, have taken up their residtaee in Gameroon and Germán East Atriea. Even English emigrante, by a Iarge majority, prefer the United tetes to the English colonies. Credit for a good deed, evea if it somes from a 'bad source, should be glven. The common couneil of Chicago has done a good deed. It has passed an ordinance protecting chilfren under 14 years of age from inaltreatnient, and from ovenvork and abuse. The law is aimed mainly at the 6.000 children under that age em ployed iu wfe&t ave known as sweat shops in that city. The law also pplies to the employment in streets wr alleys, in saloons, playing on mucal instruments, rope or -vvire ■walking, dancing, begging, peddling, etc., aaid the fine is from $5 to 5100. It is no-iv hoped that the pólice of Chicago can be Induced to nforce the law. Here is a paragraph from the pen of Josiah Strong, in his book, rheNew Era, that may be well evei-jrbody to read, and especially those people and organizations of people who are eeeking to botter the world by beiug hristians : "Men wlio seek kingdoms or think to traiisfonn society, aim to acquire ñafluence in the high places of the arth. Clirist begau -nith the lowíy, not as the partisan of a class, but ftecause he saw what men are only aow beginning to see, tliat in order to aplift society we must commence at th bottom. He perceived what the world did not discover until neaily two thousand years later, that the BO-called 'common' people ire the aaost important to the nation and to tiie world. It is because Clirist reeognized tlie valué of human nature, aside from position or possession, t liat lowcll called him 'the Urst true demoerat tóiat ever breathed.' " The MaltabeleS will have to be subdued, of conree, not only because they have been killing White people, but also because there is gold In t heir country wihlch the world needs for the uses of civilization. Montana's production of gold last year amountd to $4,327,040, au lacréase over 1894 of $070,000, whlch is a heavy percentage. It is the sïmiO story the world over and a feature of finance whlch economists are watching with interest. On account of agricultural depression in England, the income of the Dean of Canterbury lias dcclined fonn $10,000 to $3,900, and that of the canons from $5,000 to $1,050. The British clergy are Btill able to live, but the farmera have had enough of free trade and are emigrating. It is estimated 1y good matheinaicians that 200,000 individuals control fully 70 per cent. of the nationU wealth. In other words, 3-10ths of 1 per cent. of the population control 70 per cent of. the property. Put in another wy : 1 man n 300 eceives $70 ot of every $100, and 299 men out of every 100 recelve $80, vïiieh on au average would le about 10 cents for eacli. People who have lie faculty for accumulating money vill always control tJie vvealth of nations, as they always have done ince the cbaye of Oroesus and before. But, liow rnany nameS of men live In listory beoause of that ? Take our ow-ii nation, and our oivn times. The ñames of Lincoln, Douglas, Grant, Sherman, IUaine, etc, all men of litle wealth, will li-e as long as the nation stands, while in but a few generations the Goulds, the Vanderbilts, the Mills, the Goulets, the asors, etc, will W unknown among the masses. Perhaps in the wealthy cir les thesen ames may exist a greater engtli of time because their manily may extend along down several genrations, tut 'wten the family dies out their name dies also.

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