| Show 1 5 7 BEST 22 EXPORTS OF MONEY BY ALIENS an important matter in connection ath the immigration question Is the drain upon the monetary resources ot this country caused by the presence of an immense alien population whose members have relatives or in crests in the land of their birth consul mcgunley McGl nley says that the best opinion in greece Is that the greeks in the united states send borne every year not far from 2 taking this as a basis tor the home sending power of the other twelve or thirteen million foreign lorn residents of this country we have an annual tribute paid by the ignited states to europe on account of immigration of more than a year in ten years in american gold lost to the country but this average of a year for every foreign born resident as his home sending capacity Is evidently too large though when we consider the raving capacity even on small ages land man of them make big wages of many classes of immigrants and the well known custom among these notably the italians and to a consider able extent the scandinavians to tend to what they still call home the larger share of their earnings tt Is not so greatly in excess of the ac amount as would at first appear cut even halve it calculate the aver age amount sent by the greek irnel grant to be twice the sum sent by the average immigrant of other national ties and the amount sent abroad each year Is so immense that a less pros berous a less wealthy and a less rap idly developing country would long ago have felt the drain seriously new york press FOR HAWTHORNE MEMORIAL in all probability hawthorne was never happier than when he lived in the little red cottage at lenox mass during his residence there amid those berkshire hills he wrote the house of seven gables A move ment Is now on foot to erect a suit able 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 haw thorne wag born surely this centen nial anniversary of his birth should not be passed by unnoticed from the haunts of hawthorne by james melvin lee in four track news LEPROSY AND FISH the recent announcement of a cure lor 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 that atey are based on long careful and authoritative experimentation and there are so few cases of lep rosy in tl Is part of the world that the local population and local tice are practically unaffected by it the item of prevention is more am in this as in all other dis eases than Is that of cure and for come time the exemption of civilized races from this appalling curse has engaged the thought of scientists leprosy occurs slightly among the norwegians but is found chiefly among the chinese the syrians and the banakas the only part of the states where it has obtained any hold Is in the gulf states and it Is aas to see that it might have been taken to them form the antilles here cases are occasionally found and where a few leper colonies have een established the indication her etore Is that it Is with he sea and the english medical men who have been discussing the matter ustain the view that it Is a result of abing fish brooklyn eagle LET US BEAUTIFY OUR CITIES there Is no reason why american cities should not be made as attract alve as those of europe we have the means and there Is no lack ot true love of 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 dor anant although indications of its ex istance are not wanting in the older communities where the people have largely gotten over their rush for wealth and have time to spruce up about the place 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 attractive to the strangers within our gates and so draw business here brooklyn eagle WOMAN IN industrial WORK A man sacrifices nothing by doing such honest work away from home as he can get A woman sacrifices much it Is undeniable that her pres arce in the industries Is essentially even disorderly yet human development has taken the turn in this direction for what inscrutable no man and no woman knows it would be a harder task for the opponents of woman in industry to drive her out of it than tor kuropatkin to drive karou out of manchuria new mail ENVY OR inspiration envy has always been counted among the vices but it Is a near relative to ambition it Is envy of the proud position occupied by say sir henry Campbe II bannerman that in duces men to contest seats at by elections a lad Is induced to stick to his brush at the slade school by reminding himself of the fact that royal academicians are permitted to hang six at burlington house london Q dpn WHAT OLD GLORY MEANS old glory signifies more to an american than anything in the world it speaks with an eloquence ansur passed it represents high ambitions voiced by millions af people it nils the heart with a sense of duty a de eire to stand by the colors and for it haa teen made the claim that it has been in more battles and seen more victories than any other flag in the horld io other standard Is there for which so many men have fought and d ed and which has never been struck in token of submission 1 athing can be more beautiful than tle tl e flash of blue and crimson and ehte and as it spreads majestically to the breeze or ripples in the vary ing winds there comes to the on looker a sort of wireless message bringing him bloser to the wonderful something that will cling to the ban ner forever a something given to it by the principles it represents by the thought ot long and weary marches of sea fights and land fights grim and great of the thousands who have followed it from seeming defeat to victory and who have gone down into the valley of death their last erf a wild huzzah to urge beir comrades onward that the stars and stripes night be planted on the highest ram I 1 arts four track news THE RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS the exasperating it legal course of the russians may have in the end a good effect it it stimulates an in conference on tl e rights of neutrals on the ocean at present international law Is the will of the power that has the most guns at soa it Is simply a thin veneering tor anarchy it Is binding only iio far as a nation considers it expedient to observe it it great britain were now to give notice that she intended to observe how far her neutral rights were respected russia would close up her boaks on international law and her admirals would acquire great cau alon it the world wishes to take an other step forward now Is the time with the shame and destruction of the present conflict fresh in mind tor the strengthening of the court 0 abbl and an extension of its juris diction boston transcript FREEDOM wl variations with hardly an exception employ ers have fought for the right to hire workmen who were desirable inde pendent of the dictates of any union or other organization the opponents of the unions have condemned them because it was said they disputed this inherited right dut now this national metal trades association his avowed champ on of free shops has made an discovery it has discovered that it Is dangerous to allow individual employers to hire anybody and that this right belongs only to the organization not the labor organization of course but the employers national metal trades As asi i stuart held in the federa FIFTY YEARS A CLERK A few years ago a wall street bank clerk celebrated the completion of the fiftieth year of his service in the em ploy of a single bank and the papers singled it out as a matter of note that an american had been content to serve one master for years and it was a matter of note wa printed some little time ago a striking little article on american quitters those were men of brains and energy who quit when their job was done in or der to go highee up and do a better job better still but most of us are more fitted to clerk it th in to organ ize and what Is energy ID ab acea Is often just plain restlessness among the rank and file to serve one maa ter well tor 60 years Is an achieve ment it ought to be made distinctive ly an american one lesliea month ly CHECKING MOTOR MADNESS it Is time to put a stop to motor madness we mean both kinds ot madness that of the scorcher who drives his locomotive at furious speed upon the highway without regard tor limb or life ot himself or of others and also that ot hose who in impotent exasperation hurl stones or shoot bullets at the scorching law breakers doubtless it Is not right to shoot at motormen or at their engines though it is not difficult to understand how strong the provocation to do so Is at times that form of madness must be checked but so must be checked the inciting cause ol 01 it which is far more alent new york tribune LAND OF GREAT opportunities A problem that pome day con front the american people and to lery little attention Is being paid at the present tameia hat which concerns the future of mexico canada Is all that can be heard ft but the time Is coming when reciprocity with mexico will be a topic at absorbing interest mexica la a great country with boundless opportunities it has the finest grazing lands in the world and furnishes thousands ot hides year ly that are made into shoes in ameri can factories she is a great importer of our machinery and farming farm ng ample ments there are openings down there for many articles of american manu the great trouble with the country Is that president diaz Is the head of a machine that dominates the republic with an iron hand the pollyl cal machines of the united states are nothing compared to it detroit news tribune the manly pirt 1 to with might anil main bt ci n do emer son 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