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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, ‘jPa.
THE IMMIGRATION BILL.
There- is little doubt that the stand
•if President Wilson regarding the Ini
migration t»i 11 lias been well ehosen.
not only for the reason that the opera
tion of an act of such nature will un-j
doubtedly result in an unjust discrim-'
inatiun against the citizens of some
countries while favoring those of
"tilers, lint also la-cause of the fact
that the educational tost, which is said |
to lie (lie principal feature Of the re-'
cent)y vetoed hill, is a doubtful me
thod of demonstrating Hie inherent i
possibilities of good citizenship pos
cssed by tin- foreign subject seeking
admittance to our shores, it is safe
to say that of the thousands of immi
grants who have been admitted in tin
past and who have developed into a
substantial citizenary which is in every
way a credit to the country, there are
many who would have been unable to
creditably pass a test along tin- lines
proposed.
According to the best information
obtainable at this time the o-st.s while
not Revere, are of nn order, mid given
under such conditions, ns would tax
the mental capacity of many of our
own citizens who have enjoyed advan
tages along educational lines which
arc utterly beyond the reach of the
average immigrant in his home en
vironment
That the fundamental idea involved
is good is beyond dispute The know
ledge possessed by the individual is
of course, in a general sense, a basis
from which his possible value as a
citizen may be partially uppraised, yet
it Is an equally good assumption, that
the individual whose illiteracy is large
ly the result of inhibitive conditions
and lack of educational advantages, as
is tiie case with a large majority of the
immigrants who seek entrance to this
country, may prove an equally good
citizen. and that is mainly what the
bill In intended to secure.
Good citizens are wanted, but it is a
hazardous method at best thnt un
dertakes to determine the possible
value of a prospective citizen bv his
ability to read and cipher
As affording an opportunity for
raising the mental average of out
adopted citizens the bill would un
doubtedly have been most effective and
also would probably have resulted in
a better class of foreign-horn citizens,
yet withal there is no gainsaying the
fact that the main result would have
been a most unfair discrimination and
this is probably the principal reason
for the President’s veto.
ENGLAND’S GREATEST
SAFEGUARD.
U lias been a great many years
suae Britain has found lierself in a
position of defense against an ellrm)
who ihreatened tier home soil, for de
spite the recurring conflicts in which
she has taken part on tne neighboring
continent, that narrow strip of water
icing along lier southeastern! coast,
known as ihe English Channel, has evei
been a most effective bar to the aggres
sion ol a hostile nation, ana has afford
ed tier a protection and a refuge which
few of her many foes have hoped to
overcome. Not since the great Na
poleon's combined French and Spanish
neet under Villeneuvc, which was to
guard the passage of his magnificent
, , , '-’’"yiumi's shores, was scat
tered like chan oft 11 uiaib-.
armed force attempted Hie invasion of
her soil. And even lie, w itii his im
placable hatred of tile English and
regardless of the mighty resources ai
liis command, exclaimed impatiently,
w hen lilt* news of Nelson’s victory was
brought to him after Austeriitz:
"le t the English have their sea!”
N'apolean had waited at Bologue for
months for the opportunity to cross
that narrow strip of water lying be
tween his dearest enemy and himself,
hut all to no purpose. At a still earlier
period the vast licet assembled by
Phillip 11 known ns t lie "Invincible
Armada" was first hurled hack in wild
disorder and later almost utterly de
stroyed, not so much by the action of
the British tieet as by the sea that so
providentially surrounds the English
shores. It is also recorded that Caesar
himself, while waiting to cross from
tlie northern coast of Prance, realized
tiie futility of attempting the subjuga
tion of England owing to that same
slender line of water and memorialized
his view in the words: "That little
strip of water, which we wait to cross,
will play a more important part in the
world's history than even* its greatest
seas.”
Through all the various periods of
her national history, the I'hannel has
ever proven Knglaml « gr> utcxt safe
gun til and while it is unite true that
conditions have changed and the
mightest offensive powers of the earlier
days are but feeble things as com
pared to tile forces at man’s command
today. It vet remains to be determined
if they can overcome the difficulties of
that barrier which has prds. r\Vd the
British Empire throughout her histon
We shall see.
ALASKA
NOTES
(From i*ur Exchange*.)
A stage line has been established
! between Fairbanks and the new To J
lovatm camp.
John Fahy has strut k pa\ dirt on
Happy treek. Fairbanks district,
width is said to be better than 10
cents p»f pan •
At a recent election several Kakol
Indians answered all the (iiiestions
asked by the judges anti were al
lowed to vote.
Steamboat men say that the Port -
land line t»f steamers to Alaska paid
the neat sum of $80,000 for last sum
mer’s experiment.
Seward has a bra ml new school
house'all ready for use excepting f*r
one little particular, and that is that
the buiid'TS forgot to put in a chim
ney.
The winter schedule <»f the (’tipper;
River and Northwestern railway lias
gene into effect. Trains leave For
dova on Mondays, Wednesdavs and
Saturdays.
At 1 in, risen from Hie ashes of tie*!
lire of May 3. which destroyed 3(»
buildings with a loss of $100,000, now ‘
looks more prosperous than ever. Not |
” " »he severe losses sustain i
od the business men
rebuilt.
Recent Issues of the Fairbanks pa
j I •♦•is contain the news • .f a rich strike |
!'*n Vault creek. Pay dirt yielding !
I from $•’* to $0 per pan is reported f.>
I have been encountered by laymen who;
I have a lease from Jack prest.
Harry T-ano, committed to the asy-l
turn from Fairbanks on October 2(1.1
1912. died December 1. of tuberculosis.
The Flks Lodge of Portland took
charge of the body and arranged for
shipment to Bridgeport, Conn. for
burial.
The natives of Auk village, South
eastern Alaska, heeame interested in
the Belgian relief fund and raised!
*18 "5, which was forwarded to iho'
treasurer in Juneau The natives aro
hit hardest by the Kuropenn war ns the
prices of urs have dropped to a very
low figure.
Spruce creek, in the Atlin district,
tins taken on a new lease of life, an!
is busier now than ever before, as
there are more men working and more
development work being done this
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.,US UAH .1 uuaim 'iiwi mm been
u, uiid Alt' w grouud IS bdilg |
, a,lU Lit *-Lli Uiflio C'lL'CK.
. a.'.aii.i i.iiauAi uas sent a i'i 1 j
.,4. 4 I,' 1 ,l il Ua44*4.1 4 ill/.l'U.I Wl a'
s,.|,l mm .4 mauiuui lilK SIUIIU miiilu
i,u luii'ii Hum native gold uiul ivory j
.Ini, Horn .oca. mines. Hie president
sluieil Hiiii -Alaska WHS mum III 111.-'
luiiiu .mil . * 1.11 lie Oi'iteii'u a pel mu oi i
„n..i lAiufi'i'iUy was in store .Li Ain
h i i nory.
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i. i o. Aei i in uuriiuiu oy aiuit-is w in11
nuiu u.-iiioiisiiiiimg .i inw 4-01U urin. j
iiit: wuier was shuck utter i'« urio j
ii. iu pent lruled e.eA i'll iu, t ui Slay
w nui'ii. I in* H"M Is esiu.iuiid '" ne a I'41
gallons per minute, 't lie water wnl be
emiiy /.eil won it view "t using it lot
musing lit.
i i . lull tot, ul Chicago, nas been
selected to succeed < ». I.. 1'icKeson as
president of the While l ass .v IliKim
rail tv ay, updating heiween .igagwuy.
Alaska, and v. imehorae, A. 1.1 tier*
ben i. vi neeli , lias been chosen gen
eral manager and A1 Zipf is tut* choice j
tor lruilii manager.
A new sliull to lie J.1UU left deep, has
been Marled at the Heady l.uiimn mine
t reauweii. the dimensions arc go feet i
by . loel 'I tin lies outside measure
ment.
the residents oi the kuy uk uK ms
l i'ii' l cum plain about iliett' mail ser
vile. only three mails each way Irotn
vi tseinan had been carried during the
y ear up to Nov. i.
1 lit* Aicim oy store at Fort I ukon
was destroyed by lire lust month,
causing a loss of tbiU.UUU. the loss of
the stock wilt cause a shortage ul sup
plies in thal district before tin* opening
of navigation next spring.
The miners of Chisana are reported
lo be prospecting the benches of the
creeks tlier in hopes of locating the
elusive paystreak. Several have reach
ed bedrock but nothing approaching
pity has as yet been found.
A gigantic mastodon skull, dug up
from the frozen ground 110 feet below
I,.u «„near Dawson, has been
sent by Capt. S. C. Barrios LUtt *
Seattle where it will be displayed. The
ground was frozen from the surface
down.
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