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»r« without exception Urd-work-’' one. Yet Mr. Connie reports that^ « ilUUUIr * o *v, ins and prosprons. it is certainly , wife hating is prevalent among £ purposing to learn that a Utch of j them, and that the regulations and the-»• people, who have been sh.lt-1 resolutions of the community arc ered ehsrtug the entire winter in a carried out with a rod of iron. An-6(l\t\ci n merit institution, ha.vc, at *r last been turned out to sleep, on— the streets of Winnipeg berauoe11 Utiey persistently deeHne to work- j for theiV living But the hardi-: In-Ad of those who profess to ad-; mire Mi Sifton’s immigration pol- ------5y H.v imniiel remarkable. Jt doi^ j from being in accord with the cod* ------ 0f chivalry. It was only after re-other inconsistency is that while j they object to eat meat because it j is wrong to*destroy life, yet they j wear leather hT^ocs? and sheepskin coats, which cannot all have come fnuq a'limalsdv ing a natural death.Their treatment of women is far.d|’ not matter to them that their statements arc being constantly contradicts! by facta. They persist n telling us that the Doukliobor* are exceptionally law abiding and contented settlers, in spite of the fact that the Doukhobors have issued manifestoes in which limy declare that they will not obey tin law. an i in which they appeal to -» »me country to offer thctna ha\un of refuge from the persecution to which they say they are subjected Jpeated effort* that a stop was put to the harnessing of women to a plow guided by a man. lt;hi one occasion, \vp \ve»e told, six women were found drawing a Wdof wood while a man rested on top.‘ Marriage ties,” to quote from Mr. Cormitt once more, are held very lightly. They many young, and often only a few years a man grows tired of hi* wife and sends her away while he takes another.h*g aprese*air»s v% hit* ennn|M Millsole i the fgiallaw«jadmi.ll-i IThe: tru* ♦d hempl of gl tillewonThey, tell us, too, that |p)ne yjjinge passed a resolutionCanada. _Mr. Sifton's Galicians are most rh * vvhjch is as binding upon \he members aii a law, that the boys should marry at sixteen and the girls atcable 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, so 1 ng its the Government will shelter them, the resolutely decline all offere of employment. But trifles such as these do not bftveanv effect »n the Government's advocates They cannot apparently be expect to sev 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 models j of all that is desirable and Mr. Sifton's policy and Mr. SiftonV officials as ideals of statesmanship and efficiency.THEDQUKHOBOHS AS REALLY ARE.THEYGalicians aud Dcukhobors are both of the Slav race, and are much alike in their dress. Both of them are parsimonious in their habits, as a result no doubt of living where a bare subsistence was pro* cured with difficulty. \u other respect* there is a marked contrast. The Galician, so far os lie concerns himself with religion, has a religion of a highly ceremonial vaii iy, in which he is directed by a priesthood. The Doukhobor is ! greatly occupied with his religion | and is constantly considering its i healing on everything be does. He i has no priesthood and no ceremou-j Physically the lt;kiliciaus are : of A|p.braLnall aud the Duukhubors large jtifteen. As they have no legal marriage ceremonies, sinclt; they object to taking out a license, ibis may go on with impunity,and 1 have it on the authority of several iqen, who arc familiar with them ami in whose integrity I have full confidence, that there are many men with several wives living, niving, of course, only oqe at a time.1It seems clear that in the case f both Galicians and Doukhobors * longer residence should be required before they are given an equal voice in the government of the country, than is required ill the case of intelligent immigrants from Great Britain, Iceland, or Oeimany. 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 gut s to school in Winnipeg becomes assimilated, not so much from learning the multiplication table as from learning the multii lication j from imbibing ideas, aspirations, ways of thinking and feeling from I bis companions. A Galician who goes to school in a Galician colony, with only Galician companions, can get these imperceptible, as similating influences only through reading matter. Pom Brown s School Days may do more to as- ' -a mi late a Galician and make him a good citizen, than even a knovv-‘ rib une.*tit»i pot»e regr uion vv hilt; not wliii the real, won into the selv ronl ed iwotmgUKde-,iof V11THECOMINGSEASON.The hot weather is here, aud you * uot want to hake, you don't have *. We will hake yourjmcu. Mr. Connie, to whose are • iv*ie in tlie Westminister we have i referred, says that the Doukhobors | are the more industrious of the | two. Others have roportu ! tliem 1 to he the mure sluggish, lu every i Duukhoboi* village there ia a public ; t.Hih used regularly once a week ; tiy everybody. Neatness and jrkanliness mark the dress of the i auuieu arid til© intern r of their | house*—and their health is excel- jlent. j _ ., ,v .... i We catty all tin**** on theAs everyone knows, th«*y are ■ 1t; , I i.au rv i t all us in and get otn ;extreme communists. they dlt; • *« nv. r igmil beiiev ; in governments or in ! price*.BREAD, your CAKES and your PASTRY, i: individual uwuer.hip of my ■ ;! property. It is said, h weveia t ofr, thati who have been work*. irg out are retaining tie.* wages . -; th*'*y have earned. of pal*j;; tittg ihciu m*o the common fund.. \ Their ohjeraou to government* w? i ?; ItaaAi lt;h 4lii olyjftctiosi tb Ii/M4ve your Older furandCSk$S.SPIOEB Oo.‘ ibw to or to j3 Imrnnx.
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Dauphin Weekly News
Dauphin, Manitoba, CA
Thu, May 23, 1901
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