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ar$ without exception hard-working and prosperous. ?t is certainly u 'earn that a latch of the ^ peojde. who have beefi ahelt-cme. Yet Hr Qormie repov^ that wife beating is prevalent auion them, and that the regulations resuhuioos of the community arcthat pz uliivse prujMC, uu ,er«--i liie fcnliw winter in a carried out with a ryJut iron. AnOuvermneut institution, 'have. at jother inconsistency is tluit whileJ last been torn-al out to sleep, on'they object to cat meat because it j the streets of Winnipeg becau.se ri* wrong todestroy life, yet they jwoar ktathrr'sHofeq and theepskit coats, w hich cannot all* Have conn. 1they persistently decline to work for thuir living But ;he hardi-bt-xi f those who profess to ad- from a*iimdad% in- a natural death, j h,g . mire Mr Siftons immigration pol-1 Their treatment of women i* far ^ u*v isouiet remark able. It docs j f rou, being in accord with the code* i w hitnot matter to them that their state-meiita arc being constantly contradicted by facta. They persist n telhug us that the Doukhobor* are exceptionally law abiding and contented settk*r. in spite **f the fact that lb© Doukhobors have issued manifestoea in hich they declare tluit they will not obey tin taw. an i in which they appeal to -ome country to offer therna haven of refuge from the persecution to which they say they are subjected JJMMIlutpof chivalry. It was only after re jenoi peated efforts that a stop was pul to the harnessing of women to a j ,tu, plow guided by a man. lt;n one occasion * \ve vveie told, six women were found drawing a load of wood | while a man rested on top. j ‘Marriage ties,” to quote from j Mr. Corniib once more, “are held I verv lightly. They marry voung,ginll ad it:The!rt^MienqOf „and often only a few years; a man jllu'grow s tired of hi© wife and send lier away while he takes another.i Canada. They, tell us, too, that i qJ]1? village passedresolution.Mr. Siftpn’s (Jaliciaus are most d arable settlers, that they are diligent, and self supporting, quite careless of the fact that Mr Sifton's own officials are forced to turn them out on the street because, so \ ng as the Government will shelter them, the resolutely decline all offers of employment But trifles such as these do not haveanv efleet the Governments 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 models of all that is desirable and Mr. Si ft on s policy and Mr. Siftou s officials as ideals of statesmanship and efficiency.potsr«*gmo\v h not vvh the it* aTHEDOUKHOBORS AS REALLY ARE.THEYGalicians aud Doukhobors are both of t|ie 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 procured with difficulty. Ju other respects there is a marked con-irast. The Galician, so far os he concerns himself with religion, has a religion of a highly ceremonial va»i- iy. in which he is directed by a priesthood. The Doukhobor is great ly occupied with his religion, aud is constantly considering its Ora! lug on everything he does. He litas lit* priesthood and no ceremon-which is as binding upon (he members as a law, that the boys should marry at sixteen and the girls at fifteen. As they have no legal marriage ceremonies, since they object to taking out a license, i bis may go on with impunity, aud 1 have it on the authority of several iqerp who are familiar with them and in whose integrity I have full confidence, that there are many men with several wives living, wiving, of course, only one at a time.'It seems clear that in the case of both Galicians and Doukhobors a longar residence should be required before they are given an equal voice in the government of the country, than is required in the case of intelligent immigrants from Great Britain, Iceland, or Gel 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 to school in Winnipeg lx*copies assimilated, not so much from learning the multiplication table as from learning the multq lication from imbibing ideas, aspirations, ways of thinking and feeling from bis companions. A Galician who|| goes to school in a Galician colony, j with only Galician companions, I C can get these imperceptible, as jg similating influences only through j g reading matter. Mom Brown - * jj School Days may do more to as- ‘ jjSSare|a good citizen, than even a know “! 1 *dge of Algebra. TribuneCOMINGSEASON.Physically the Galicians amdl aud the Duukhubors large men. Mr. Connie, to whose aia- ,-p hue in the Westminister wo have! 1 II Hr referred, says that the Doukhobors J are the more industrious of the | t '.vo. Others have report© ! them t*. 1h* the more sluggish. In every ;Doukhobor village there ** public j The hut wether U here, aud youoath Used regularly once a week do not want to hake, you don t have; uy everybody. Neatness and ! to. We will hake yourwk the .Ire,- O !»' ., Q CAKES.■...men and the intern r of th u blyuaoi,hoii-e- ami tneir health is excel- ,qp|(j youT PASTRY-lent. j, i w» fnii i'V all these lin**s on theAs everyone knows, they are: Wet any anM-i , i i i;. ^ t'all U4 in and get ourextreme c muiuuists. lm\ dlt;* dtnv.iv g.Uni believe lit government* or in pricra*individual owner'- ’up of any s n*t lt;*f your order forprv.jH.-ny. It..-..-. h.mcxcr ihat J» . „{ .i; . !: ■ h !\i I .. -11 V.... tVnnillllt;Sthey haw i '.n«wl in.-t.-a-i cl j it - 30ii %8ll?v»1 1,n,; Anfflra or ■:* • a to.iten. •- ‘\gpggfcil 1*0,ImAtWII «»i£ hmx* W Mir to punttb Jimri’Kts. mas.
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Dauphin Weekly News
Dauphin, Manitoba, CA
Thu, May 23, 1901
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