| Show W nsf IV W I 1 ICY V EXPORTS OF MONEY an important matter tn in connection 1 alth the immigration question la Is the drain upon the monetary resources of this country caused by the presence 0 nt n an immense alien pol population 11 u al t 10 ft hose have relative or interests in the tle land of 0 their birth consul mcginley McGl McG nley luley saye says that the best beat opinion in greece greere Is that the 20 greeks tn in the united states send lome every ear eat not far ar from taking this as a basis tor for the home me sending power of the other gwehe or thirteen million foreign born residents of 0 this country we have an annual tribute paid by y the united state states to europe on account of immigration of more than a 3 lear ear in ten years eara in american gold lost to the country dut but this average of 0 too a year tor for every foreign born resident as his rome sending capacity Is evidently too large though when we conr consider lder the raving capacity even on an small wages and sand arny of them make big waged wage of many classes of 0 immigrants and the known custom among these notably the italians and to a considerable extent the scandinavians to fend rend to what they still call home the larger share of their earnings it Is not so greatly in excess of the actual amount as would at first appear dut but even halve it calculate the average amount sent by the greek immigrant to be twice the sum sent by the average immigrant of ot other national ties aid and the amount sent abroad each year to so immense that a leaa less prosperous a less wealthy and a less rapidly developing country would long argo have bave felt the drain seriously new york press FOR HAWTHORNE MEMORIAL in all probability hawthorne was never happier than when ho he lived in the little red cottage at lenox mass during his residence there amid those berkshire Derk shire hills he wrote the house of seven gables A movement Is now on foot toot to erect a suitable memorial to hawthorne on the site of this little cottage the present year would be a most appropriate time to build such a monument as it is just one hundred years since hawthorne was born surely this centennial anniversary of his birth should pot be passed by unnoticed from the haunts of liaw hawthorne thorne by james ames melvin lee in four track lews news LEPROSY AND FISH the recent announcement anto anLo of a cure for or leprosy does not appear to have created much of a stir among the medical faculty in this country the reason Is that reports of this sort are never trusted till it is proved chrt they are based on ion long careful and authoritative experimentation and again there are so few cases of leprosy in this part of the world that the local population and local tice are practically unaffected by it thy the item of prevention is more important por tant in this as in all other diseases than Is that of cure and for como come time the exemption of civilized racer from this appalling curse has engaged the thought of scientists leprosy occurs slightly among the norwegians Norwegia ns but is found chiprly among the chinese the syrians a na and the banakas the only part of the linsted states where here it U has obtained ary hold is in the gulf states and it is 1 easy aas to see that it might buo have been tal tantia kon to them form the antilles where cases are occasionally found and where here a few leper colonies nav leen established the indication therefore Is that it Is asso associated elated with the sea and the english medical men who have been discussing the matter austain fie vie view that it is a result of eating fish brooklyn eagle LET US BEAUTIFY OUR CITIES there Is no reason why american cities should not be made as attractive as those of europe we have the means and there Is no lack of true love of tho the beautiful in our city populations but in the rush to lay up material belongings this has been allowed to a large extent to lie dormant although indications of its existence are not riot M in the older communities where the people have largely gotten over their rush for wealth and have time to spruce up about the place ae as the phrase goes in new england let us multiply these pleasant places in our midst it is well worth while for they are not only sightly and restful to the dwellers here but are re attractive to the strangers within our gates 1 and so draw business here 13 brooklyn rooklyn fairia Li faal WHAT OLD GLORY MEANS old glory signifies more to an american than anthlny an thine in the world it speaks with ith an eloquence unsurpassed it represents high ambitions voiced by million millions of people it fills the heart with a sense of duty a di tut sire to stand by the colors and for it has teen made the claim that it baa bas been teen in more battles and seen more victories than any other flag tn in the tho world no other standard la there for which so many men have font jt at and fed wed and which baa has no noer er been truck in token of submission nothing can be more beautiful than the flash of blue and crimson and and as it aspre Js is majestically to the breeze or ripples in the ins ing winds hinds there to the onlooker a sort of wireless message bringing him closer to the wonderful Rond erful something that will cling to the ban ner forever a somo something thing given to it by the principles it represents by the thought of lone long and weary marches archea ro of sea fights and land fights gim g im 1 and great of the thousands who have follo followed Aed it from seeming defeat to victory and who have gone down into the valley of death their last cry crt a wild A ild huzzah to urge their comrades onward that tho the stars and stripes right be planted on the highest rami arts four track new nev a THE RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS the exasperating it if legal course of the russians may have in the end a good effect if it stimulates an international ter national conference confer enco on the rights of neutrals on tho the ocean at present international law la iff the will of the power that has the most hans at sea it Is simply a thin veneering for practical anarchy it Is binding only so far aa as a nation considers it expedient to observe it if great britain were now to give notice that she intended to observe how tar far her neutral rights were respected russia would close up her books on international law and her admirals would acquire great caution it the world to take another step forward now Is the time with the shame and destruction of ahn present conflict fresh in mind for the streng strengthening toning of the court of arbitration and an extension of its jurisdiction doston boston transcript FREEDOM variations with hardly an exception employers have fought for the right to hire workmen who were nvere desirable independent of the dictates of fay union or other organization tho the opponents of the unions have condemned conden ined them because it wae was eald said they disputed this inherited right but now this national metal trades association this avowed champion of tree free shops has hai made an alarming discovery it has discovered that it Is danger dangerous oas to allow individual employers to hire anybody and that this right belongs only to the organization not the labor organization of course but the Employ 1 orp Nati national oual metal trades association no stuart raid reid in the federa fedora zionist FIFTY YEARS A CLERK afew A few years ago a wall street bank clerk celebrated the completion of the fiftieth year of his service in the employ of a single bank and the papers singled it out as a matter of note that an american bad bapa courent to serve one master for 50 years and it was a matter of note we printed some little time ago a striking little article on american quitters those were ere men of brains and energy who quit when their job was done in order to go higher up and do a better job better still but most of ue us are more fitted to clerk it than to organize and what Is in energy in abler men la Is often juet just plain restlessness among the rank and file to serve one master well for 50 years Is s an achievement it ought to be made distinctively an au american one monthly CHECKING MOTOR MADNESS it Is time to put a stop to motor madness we mean both kinds of ma madness aness that of the scorcher who drives bis his locomotive at sit furious speed upon the highway without regard for limb or life of himself or of others and also that of those who in impotent exasperation hurl hurt stones or shoot bullets at the scorching lawbreakers law breakers doubtless it Is not right to shoot at motormen motor raen or at their engines though it Is not difficult to understand hov how strong the provocation to do so Is at times umes that form of madness must bo be checked but so must be checked the inciting cause of it which IK Is far more prevalent t new tew rk Tri Trib bun utip |
