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fore because of the nation's wealth.
He said that the responsibility of the
wealthy did not end in a mere round
of pleasure. but should be continued
in its attitude toward the poor. He
warned that the creation of class dis-
tinction would result in the spreading
of “red" propaganda with the possi-
bility of a revolution.
Rev. Cooney spoke of the ”bigotry
of the times." He said that it seemed
to him that this was a reckless feel-
ing. He declared that the Catholic
Church believed that "every man had
the right to worship God as he saw
fit." and maintained that it was the
‘ church which. from the beginning.
‘ had preached the equality of mankind
and had brought it about upon this
earth.
The second speaker was Judge
Manton. His address in part follows:
To speak to the toast of Abraham
Lincoln on a day that commemorates
his birth. makes one think of the
things Lincoln represented in his wish
and will for mankind. Because he
lived so well and thought so much of
the brotherhood of man. what he
said and what he did in public omice
has long lived after him. To recite
his humble beginning and trace his
practice of right conduct in life and
to quote his homely expressions and
certain logic. is to repeat so old
story familiar to you all. But a pass-
age frq’km one of his speeches im-
presses me. at this day, when I
think there, is presented to the coun-
try one or the most serious problems
for solution and to which little
thought is being given by the public.
Lincoln said: "W'e should welcome ev-
ery person of good family who really
means to incorporate himself into our
society but repel all who will not be a
real addition to the health and
strength of the l‘nlted States."
W’hen each one of us thinks of our
ancestors. perhaps his father or
grandfather. we are made to realize
the struggle they had here when they
made life's start after having landed
on the shores of America as immi—
grants from various foreign lands.
The greatest problem confronting
America today is the one of immi-
irration. it is more serious than that
”.‘r‘rvliilv inched in the coal strike or
the railroad strike. in the Cosgress
of the l'nitcd States in the. past week.
our representatives have been debat-
ing this important subject. but with
a. view. I fear. of closing the door
against immigration rather than op-
rnlng the door for scientifically al-
lowing immigration. America. in.
kindlincss of invitation—until recent
years~has welcomed immigrants to
enter this land of opportunity. The
far—seeing statesmen of earlier days
saw nothing more valuable than a
pair of human hands. eager and
anxious to engage in labor upon our
soil and to increase the volume of
commodities. They were fully sup-
301'th in their wisdom by the eco-
nomic. results of immigration. It
stands out in such marked contrast
with the immigration law in this day.
America. at the beginning of the
eighteenth century had a population
of two hundred and fifty thousand
people. This was our foundation
stock. The few states on the Atlan-
tic seaboard supplied the start for the
people who then spread westward
over an immense area. of cheap and
fertile land. Then followed the agri-
cultural development by millions of
stalwart men and women who have
founded America's greatest industry
——-farming. lint it was only a vast
supply of man power constantly pou'r-
ing into this country that enabled
America to push along its economic
activities at a rapid pace and it be—
came the hustling nation and now the
richest of the family of nations. It
._| matters not how we analyze the his-
tory of our great growth and com-
mercial triumph, whether, it be the
tiliing of the soil. the art of trans-
portation or manufacture—there is
no doubt of the wisdom of the found-
ers of the nation in establishing an
immigration policy that resulted in
bringing to our shores so many mil-
lions of healthy. decent people. mak-
ing possible the development of the
country's greater resources in the
large way it was done and to carry
America forward to her position as
the leading nation of the world. II
has resulted from a constructive in-
ternational immigratlbn policy.
" Restrictive Policy
Now the Congress is dealing with
the problem of further extension,
but from present indications, it ap-
pears that there will be a more re-
strictive policy than ever before. The
present law provides that the number
of aliens of any nationality who may
be admitted to the United States in
any fiscal year, shall be limited to
three per cent. or the number of
persons of such nathnaiity who Were
resident in the United States accord-
mg to the census of 1910. Nation-
, (gut)! is determined by the country of
a. "' birth and in eiIect, the law applies
to only Eurepe. Asiatic Turkey Per-
sis. Asiatic ‘Russia. Africa. and ' Aus-
"tralasia. The admitted purpose of
‘ 5- the law is to limit immigration from
. panthern and eastern Europe without
‘ ”iterating with the norma‘. more.
mm from the northern and western
7315,1393“ countries. whlch include
the British Isles. Scandinavia, Ger-
_ ‘my. France. Netherlands. Belgium
and Switzerland. .
: , - Mots Immigration
under the present bill before the
, Congress. it 1- sought to admit an-
7: gm!” only two per cent. or the for-
do! born individuals of each nation-
;. ll“! that were residents of the Unit-
. d gates in 1890. The theory upon
which the present 13" was enacted
i” nixed because the immigrant;
m ”the desired countries did not.
w 'Under the present law. seven-
W thou-.nd persons
. or
1 per year
a my. been admitted from the
. m ’1‘”, but sixty-three thous-
and we in. The proposed 2 per
ceili- 13' would limit it to 62,000. The
3 per can't- uw would have admitted
67:9” Germlnlu but last year about
3'”, ”a. The change to the pro-
.” cent. law would admit
erican architects. How are steel.
'brick and lumber to be produced
without elemental labor? How are
admit ’onlyabout 4.000. Len year
there was-an emigrationv-ot mo (‘00
Italians. The pxrsent 8 per cent. law
admits 2,300 Lithuanians: the new
law would admit 218. In 1914, 21.-
000 Lithuanians came here. The pres-
ent law would admit 21.000 Poles:
the proposed law would cut it to 5.~
000. The present law admits 21,000
Russians; the; per cent. law only 2..-
000. Last year the country lost 100.-
000 lahokrs by emigration while We
gained 82,000 by immigration_ and we
therefore sustained a loss of 68.000
laborers. In one day last week, there
were plans filed for five million dol-
lars' worth of new buildings by Am-
the cellars and sewers to be dug?
The percentage law should be
abandoned (first) because it reeds-
nlzes that a drastic step must be tak-
en to curtail immigrationbecause of
its offensive nature. yet in order to
offend nobody. it lets in the bad and
good alike on a percentage basis:
therefore it is a false and unsound
p'nlcy; (second) it is based on the
nationality of the immigrant instead
of race. whereas the immigrant’s un-
desirabiiity depends more largely on
his race than on his nationality" and
it is unfair.
Labor Needed
There is a shortage of unskilled
workmen and no artificial barrier
should be set up which retards prog-
ress. There is not the slightbst doubt
that the lack of an abundant labor
supply is one of the major impedi-
ments now existing to full businels
recovery in this country.
\Vhy should the great \Vestern
country see its harvest rotting in the
fields for want of common labor to
harvest the crop. when 400.000 Ital—
ians are idle in Italy? Why should
our factories go unmanned. while
300.000 Germans are eager for work?
“’hy should our own contractors in
New York and other large cities be
obliged to bid against one another to
secure men to Complete their con-
tracts !or housing humanity in these
large centers, when skilled mechanics
in European countries stretch out
their hands pleading for something to
work at?
Is it not the experience of every
man in every great city. that the
pavements of streets are laid, the
sewers that. draw the refuse are
built. the foundations of the buildings
are dug. by foreign laborers while
Americans are employed in the higher
form of industry where rewards are
more liberal and hours of labor
shorter? Every gentleman here must
comprehend that the future prosperi-
ty of American labor is threatened or
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Get Another Taste of Russian Weather .
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They .,
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younger neighbor at the north—Can-
ada— can teach us {lesson in deal-
ing with the question of immigration.
Its law is simple and direct. ’iherc.
the immigration officer may [admit
any immigrant who oth’érmse com-
plied “ith the provisions of the im-
migration actifit is shown to his sat-
isfaction that such immigrant is (a) a
bona fide- ngriculturalist entering Can-
ada to farm, with enough means to be
gin farming in Canada: (b) a lions
ride. farm laborer to follow that occu«
ration. who has reasonable assurance
0! employment; (c) a female domes-
tic servant with reasonable assurance
of employment. The wife and fam-
ily are admitted with the immigrant
laborer. 'l‘he passport must be vized
by Canadian immigration officers
stationed in Canada and simple pro-
visions are made which aid and in-
vite the immigrant to the shores of
Canada. Apparently. the Canadians
treat. a. pair of willing hands as an as-
set. “/0 should Welcome a. tide of
immigration because of the nit-d that
confronts this couhtry and because of
the recognized economic fact that a
pair of callouscd hands is an Ameri-
can asset.
Because, we know the economic re-
sult of immigration, we s‘lmlld feel
bound to rise in all our ability to en-
imperiled unless we deal more intel-
ligently with our immigration. Our
courage. through helpful ilnmlgation
we)“,
These seven little Russian orphans. who were adopted after the close or the warbyfiesr Admiral N. A.
McCully, U. s. N.. and brought to this country. got a real taste of old~timeBussian winter weather the other
day when the that heavy snow of the year struck Washington. Did they enjoy it? Well, rather!
and encourage the man and woman
who wants to gain his or her bread in
America. Thereby we stilrluiate the
rate of wages and offer competition
vigorously and helpfully for Ameri-
can workers.
SOUTH NOBJVALK M THODIST
CHURCH NOTES.
Tonight the '1‘, C. B. Class will hold
its monthly business and social meet-
ing in the Class room at the church.
Following the business of the evening
there will be a. social hour with re-
freshments. All members of the
class are invited to attend.
The Ladies‘ Aid Society is planning
a W'ashington Day supper. It will be
given on the evening before VVashing-
ton's birthday. Plans are not. yet
fully completed. The Society will
therefore meet tomorrow afternoon
at three o'clock at the parsonage to
make all final arrangements for this
affair. The slipper promises to be an
interesting occasion. Members of the
society should not. fail to see at the
parsonage at three tomorrow after—
noon i
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$1,500,000 Loss
‘ in Syracuse Fire
By Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y.. Feb. 13.—One
known dead, two» probably lost in the
flames, a score injured and $1,600,000
property loss. was the toll today as
Syracuse checkedup on the cost of
the six-story Bastable Block. the Be]-
vedere Hotel and damaged several
buildings. .
The dead man was John H. Shea.
The missing men are Otto Schweenn
and Edward P. Lull. They were
known to have been in the building
shortly before the first alarm was
sounded.
Shea. father of two small children.
was trapped on the sixth floor. He
jumped for the life not and missed.
Several firemen were hurt in their
efforts to rescue the occupants of the.
building. Firemen Fred Green made
repeated trips in the elevator through
the smoke~fllled shaft. bringing many
to safety. His last trip up he found
himself penned on the top floor by
flames. He leaped from a six-story
window into the life not held by his
burned.
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