Show A MASSACHUSETTS WAIL W IL Writing to the Boston Herald a ayoung ayoung young oung Massachusetts Ma sach man whose ap application for a consular position was rejected because the quota allotted to that state is already 01 read filled says It seems absurd to place certain western states not to mention any names intellectually on a pat par pa with the New ew England states especially Mama Massa Massachusetts and I could not help but ex express press my sentiments against such an injustice That boy boyhe he graduated from Dart Dartmouth Dartmouth Dartmouth mouth last Jun will be a good deal wiser when he has added a few f more years to his life At least it is to be hoped that he will be wiser although his complaint makes him appear to be a hopeless ass We Te refuse to shed any tears over the fact that the country is isto Isto Isto to be deprived of ot his services but he heis heIs heis is probably sure that the republic is going straight te the bov boV wows as a result of barring him from fron the consular service Mark Twain made one of 01 his charac harac characters a trifling worthless drunkard and loafer say sa I never seen such suc a coun country country country try A white man aint got no rights here at all alt For two cents Id leave the dern country and never come back to It again what I 1 told em and andI I meant it too That Is la probably the way the boy from Dartmouth feels When he is older if he has any capacity what whatever whatever whatever ever for acquiring knowledge he will willbe willbe willbe be very much ashamed of his silly out outbreak outbreak outbreak break He will wm know that there are more descendants of New England people living In western states today than there are in New England They The came west because their New England quarters quarters tern were too cramped because they wanted breathing room ro m They have aided very materially in the of the west and the west is proud of them The boy will wm learn some day that the percentage of illiteracy is higher in InMa Massachusetts Ma than in Utah or several other western states that might be named He will learn that out here the people believe in education not only the education afforded by our superior public schools but the higher education tion Our colleges may not have as many students as some of the eastern colleges lIeges c the young men attending them may not be as proficient in football aU ais scorching and other studies so sop prominent p in eastern curriculum but they learn as much from their books and learn It as thoroughly as anywhere in the land More the boy will learn that it is the duty of a man who aspires to a con consular consular consular sular position to know something about his own country He cannot fitly rep represent represent represent resent it abroad unless he does Hence our refusal to weep over his rejection at this time |