Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-19
THEY'RE NOT WANTED.
Hon. ". A. Stone Speaks Upon Un-
restricted Immigration.
NO MORE FOREIGNERS NEEDED.
10 Shows the Errors of 0vercrowding the
United States.
HIS WORDS CAUSE GREAT ENTHUSIASM

Considerable enthusiasm was evinced by
the University boys yesterday afternoon
when Hon. w. A. Stone appeared to de.
liver a lecture on 1.-THE Evils of Unrestrict.
ed immigration" DR.. Holland, who &C.
companled Congressman Stone to the
chapel, introduced the lecturer.
Congressman Stone opened with brief
explanation of how this country was settled
and where the new people secured their
laws "You remember the Declaration Of
Independence" continued the speaker,
(which established our freedom. After
this there came period in which we tried
to govern ourselves. Two evils were then
born. They were State sovereignty and
slavery. Seventy-seven years passed with
out any marked change when We had a
civil war. The country finally came out of
this triumphant with our Government es-
tablished and the abolition Of slavery. We
then extended an invitation to everyone to
locate here. This was accepted about 1870,
and from that time until 1890 about ten or
twelve million people came here. We well
coined gladly all who came.
Too Much of Good Thing.
"There is such a thing as getting too
much of a good thing, 1t is like we'll
cooked porridge, with too much salt. 1t is
spoilt As long as we were getting people
from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
and Germany we were content, but now we
have opened our doors so wide that every
one can come in, and many of these are try
ing to influence our old custom and laws
Suppose, for instance, 100 new students
came into the Western University and 60 of
these were Chinese, how long would it be
before all were Chinese? NV idea is re-
stricted immigration, not cessation. Dur
ing the cholera scare last summer there was
a cessation OF immigration, but now that is
over, the influx continues at the rate of
90, 600 every month.
''For the month of April 80, 900 people
came into this country, and no one made
any inquiries. The danger from this is that
our nationality will be influenced by these
people"
Throughout his entire address Congress
man Stone furnished arguments and sta
tistics and cited examples showing how the
American people were suffering from this
great influx of foreign emigrants He said:
Labor is governed by the same law of
supply and demand as -four. pork and other i
commodities. II manufacturers make more |
pig iron than there is demand for the
price goes down. If there is more labor
in the country than there is any need for |
the price also goes down. The law does |
not protect labor"
They Never Would Be Missed.
Congressman Stone also spoke of |
the restriction placed upon Chinese |
emigration, and limited that it was |
a good thing, as the Chinese Gov |
ernment could easily send over 6,0O0,- |
900 of their people here who would never
be missed. He further said this country |
had sufficient work for its own people at |
good wages, but it could not SUPPLY the en-
tire world with employment The balance
of the lecturers remarks were devoted to
the increased percentage of foreigners who
voted in the different States and cities and |