Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-08


STOPPING CONCENTRATION OF Pop
.gI.AIIoNIE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES "
those engaged in the manufacturing estsb
lisbments Of the country we're of foreign
birth. These, as all know, are mostly con-
~gregated in our cities While most Of these
have become nsturslizsd and become in
dustrious aud valuable citizens, yet in this
rapid flow Of immigration into our large
cities, there hss aosted in an element that
never will become American citizens. One
part of this element like the Anarchist lead
ers at Chicago, came over here with no To-
tention whatever to become citizens and
build up the country BY their industry, but
they came over to live By their wits and
tear down that which our cit teens have al
ready built up. The other part Of this element,
such as the Poles and Bohemisns in
Chicago aud Milwaukee, no doubt came to
this country with good intentions, but be-
ing attracted to the large cities they crowd
together by thousands in certain sections,
and thus become so isolated from better out
side influences that it is almost impossible
for them to catch the spirit Of our insitu.
tons, learn anything OF the language and
customs Of Americans or their duties as
citizens. Under these circumstances it
was very natural that the Poles and Bohe.
mians in Chicago and Milwaukee became
the cupes of this other foreign element
the Anarchists. While such concentration
IN our cities goes on, this foreign element
will to a very great extent be Left to the
loud mouthed sgitatOrs to be instructed in
the duties Of citizenship. How well they
are instrueing, the people OF the
country are beginning to see plainly.
Two great questions then come up to be
considered by our people: One is to pre-
vent the immigration of the class of scala
wags, thieves and blatherskites that now
are attracting SO much attention in the
West, and the other is to counteract the
tendency to concentrate foreign immigrs-
ton in our large cities II We are still to
have immigration, national safety demands
thai laws be enacted and 90 enforced that
no Immigrants be admitted upon our shcres
except those who can furnish a reasonable
proof that they will become good citizens.
In regard to the crovding into our
cities there should be action both on
the part of law and on the
part of those who establish manufacturing
establishments, In the irst place the ru-
inous system of railroad discrimination.
whereby large cities are built up at the ex.
pense OF small towns and the intervening
country, must be legislated out of exis-
tenee. Owing to this it has been almost
impossible for large manufacturing sstab
lishmsnts to have any degree Of prosperity
outside Of the great cities. The effects of
this are well exsmpifed in Senator CAN.
DEN's remarks in the Senate last Wednes-
day. he says:
Take St. Louis as q point and come into
Indiana where there is no competitor. You
may 90 so miles from st. Louis and a
mandatory could not exist there, because
it could not ship its products q shorter dis.
lance for the same amount that q shipment
could be made for q longer distance from
st. Louis. A manufacturer under certain
circumstances might have advantages to
build up q manufacturing interest at g To-
csl point, yet By reason Of the very fact
that the competitive point is Saint Louis,
and that freight can be shipped at q cheap
Or rate by competitors in the same bust.
hess, that mandatory is destroyed. That
s one instance. You may 90 through In
hama and that Int princiPle is involved all
he time. You may 90 into Ohio, you
Ray 90 to West Virgins, and the same :
fellows. Towns cannot be built up .
intermediate competitive points.