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itr? without exceptfoo hard-work one. Yet Hr. Conme reports that j inz and proaperen«, it is certainly wife boating is prevalent among * ^q^Bg to learn that a latch of j them, and that the regulations and j tic pimple, who have been shell- J resolutions of the community are J eredjdtiriug the Entire winter in a carried out with a rod of iron. An* j T Government inaTitution, have, at other inconsistency W that while j last been turxiad out to on they object to cat meat because ii iGEIthe irtmO of Winnipeg berau.-i-Ms wrong to-destny life, jet they•' they persistently lieehiie to work j woar Wther s^c** an.} sheepskin j for their living But the hnrdi I conMl. which cannot *11-Itave come ITcronb that ttor umir uvr*g. muv M.r .......I ..I f thoM- who profess to *1-! fnnu aninmlsdt mg a natural (hath, hi* n uml 1 s . , ! present tinmire Mr. Sifton's immigration pol- J Their treatment of women is fa icv ri. uiet remarkable. It do.--jfmil3 being in accord with the cod of chivalry. It was only after renot mutter to them that their htatc-ujeiiu are being constantly contradicted by facta They persist ,u telling us that the Doukhobor* are exceptionally law abiding and contented settlers, in spite of the fact that the Doukhobors have issued nianifestoes in which tiny declare that they will not obey tin law an 1 in which they appeal \o -lt;line country to offer thema haven •of refuge from the persecution n which they say they arc subjectedpresent tin -neces*. tin which b«vlt; j enormous lt;peatcd clf.il is that a stop was pul to the harnessing of women to a jplow guided by a man. lt;hithe project one i gi.m EUy toccasion, \v»* \yeie tuld, six women were found drawing a load of wood while a man rested on topMarriage ties,' to quote from Mr. Cormiw once more, “are held very lightly. They marry young, and often only a few years a man grows tired of hi* wife and semis her away while he takes another.* . « V JCanada. They, tell us, too, that., Qno village passed a resolutMr. Sifton s Galicians are most d •irable settlers, that they are dilig-nt, and self supporting, quite careless of the fact that Mr $ifton's own officials are forced to turn them out on the street because, ho 1 tig ax the Government will shelter them, the resolutely decline all offers of employment But triiie-such as these do not haveanv effect lt;n the Government’s advocates They cannot apparently be expect to set any thing unsatisfactory in the policy approved by their master, and they will, no doubt, continue to hold up even the most undesirable immigrants us model-of all that is desirable and Mr. Sif ton's policy and Mr- Sifton s officials H-s ideals of statesmanship and efficiency.THEDOUKHOBORS AS REALLY ARE.THEYGalicians aud Dcukhobors are both of the Slav race, and are much alike in their dress. Bqth of them are parsimonious in their habits, as a result no doubt of living where a bare subsistence was pro* cured with difficulty. Jn other respects there is a marked con-trast. The Galician, so far os he concerns himself with religion, has a religion of a highly ceremonial variety, in which he is directed by a priesthood. The Doukhobor is j greatly occupied with his religion land inconstantly considering its . muting on everything he does. He ua- in* priesthood and no eeremen*which is as binding upoiifha members au a law, that the boys should marry at sixteen and the girls at tifteeu. As they have no legal marriage ceremonies, sine* they object to taking out a license, ibis may go on with impunity,aud 1 have it on the authority of several iqen, who are familiar with them and in whose integrity 1 have full confidence, that there are many non with several wives living, niving, of course, only one at a time.1It seems clear that in the case 1* both Galicians aud Doukhobors n longar residence should be required before they are given an equal voice iti the government of the country, than is required in the case of intelligent immigrants from Great Britain, Iceland, or Qei many. The spread of public education among the children in these colonies is imperatively required. Not only public schools, but a plentiful supply of reading matter is demanded. The Galician who goes I to school in Winnipeg becomes assimilated, not so rnueh from learning the multiplication table as from learning the multiplication, from imbibing ideas, aspirations,, ways of thinking and feeling from I bis companions. A Galician who I goes to school in a Galician colony,; with only Galician companions, can get these imperceptible, as siinilatiug influences only through reading matter. loin Browns School Days may do more to as-v.mi!ate a Galician and make him | a good citizen, than even a knowledge of Algebra. Tribune.i way from admit tb it .til t then n The St. Hil mg pond-•if into tht empty e!ei of grain di tnn* that I would he s it would system uslt; strong arjj poed new ivgit table money hie which is tlt; not a gom which wil t he t raffle real. Oita would tut into a sys tht* can d Iveaou I route the d in Ann would be ing one tl ured by a desirable of view.MlTHEThe hot went her is here, aud you do not want to b ike, you don't have to. We will bake yourI Physically tlio Galieiaus ure | .mail aud the Doukhobors large men. Mr. Connie, to whose art-| U:j« in the Westminister wo have I referred, says that the Doukhobors | are the more industrious of the j two. Others have rcpnrU) ! them ! to be the more sluggish. Iu every j Doukhobor village there is a public oath used regularly once a week } ny everybody. Neatness and i rleanhness mark the dress of the i /.omen and the interior of their j hou-es—and their health is excel -! lent.j As everyone knows, they are extreme commuuixis. I hey do ! not believe m govei niuents or in : individual ownership of any sort of i r ;. -ny. it • hm-.-Mf i!,*l: ing out arc retaining the wag. m j ■: they have earned insteoA of pit* j ting them iu • the fnad. »Tl *dr o!*; ;ion to government* is;© |m m oi:i«ctioh m the to-j ‘ £ ilt;mm w fcwsre* or to pwdsb «•#/-COMINQSEASON.;H.BREAD, your CAKES and your PASTRYWe cany all these lines on the delivery i ig. t all us in ami get our prices,your older forwALT13ktbda^ Cafets*SPiSEB Co.mrrmx. mas.tON
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Dauphin Weekly News
Dauphin, Manitoba, CA
Thu, May 23, 1901
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