The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-01-20
NO TEN-DoLLAR IMMIGRANTS.
This Is Not Dumping Ground for Grim
inals and Paupers.

This Is Not Dumping Ground for Grim
inals and Paupers.
It is suicidal policy to allow the |
country to become swarming place
for the ten-dollar immigrants of
Europe. It is great privilege for a
foreign laborer who has every thing
against him in England or in any ma
ton on the continent to take up his
lot in America where the drift Of OPP
portunity is in his favor. Out of re-
spect for our institutions and for our
selves we are bound to make that fact
known to the whole world. As q
matter of self protection we are also
bound to be discriminating and to
say in sharply-defined terms that a
certain class will be welcomed, and
that q certain other class will not be
received under any circumstances.
If a man living in Germany. England.
Italy or anywhere else has any
capital on which to build. the capital
OF brains or the capital Of skilled
labor If he is Industrious and honest
and has a clean record such a
man wants to come here and pro-
poses to adopt this country as his
home. to earn his wages here and to
spend them here. our latch-string is
ON the outside. But when a horde of
ten dollar immigrants aIight on our
shores they are as undesirable as a
cloud OF alocusts for they alight on
the labor market in our mills every
place where something to eat can be
found and leave nothing but low
wages and general discomfort There
was a time in America when we had
millions Of spare acres and when our
population was sparse. says the New
York Herald. In those old days
now part Of our ancient history
we were busy building the 175. 600
miles of railroad which make nearly
every state look like a spiders
web. We could then make available
everyone who had Il couple OF strong
arms with which to swing a pick or
use spade. But the complexion Of
affairs has changed and it is necessa-
ry for us to change with them. The
country is in danger of being glutted
and it behooves congress to order the
s!uice- gates shut down. We must
say to the world: If your people
want to come to America. send the
best you have and we will receive
them; if you send your worst we will
reject them. This country is no ma
tons cesspool You can't empty
your almshouses on these shores.
We are not dumping ground for
| your criminals your paupers. your
lame. halt and blind-your tendollar
| immigrants II other words we
should treat the sub .,ect according to
business methods. If servant girl
applies for employment in a family we
! demand first of all. recommendation
from her former mistress. If clerk
is searching for work he carries with
him as the sine qua non of success,
certain letters which vouch for his
honesty and ability. If skilled
workman becomes discontinued and
throws up his job he has right to
ask of his employer an Endorsement,
and armed with that he feels secure.
Why should we allow the whole
riff-raff of creation to come here
either to become a burden on
our charitable institutions or
to lower the wages Of our own laborers
by a cut throat competition? We
have already had too much of that
sort Of thing. II a foreigner has
notified the United States consul Of
his intention to emigrate. and the
consul, after due examination. has
pronounced him proper person. let
him come by all means. We have
room enough for such persons. But
for Immigrants who have neither cap
ital nor skill. who never earned a
living in their own country and will
never earn one here we have no
room whatever Popular opinion
throughout the country is running in
this direction. ana congress will do
we'll to take heed.
Jay Gould.
Jay Gould was a man Of genius In
the world of business. He was as he
has so often been called. a Napoleon
of finance In the game Of chance he
was pre-. EN- nent. Nature had en-
dowed him with the special virtues
which contributed TO his success
fish, heartless man. believing thai
the world consisted of two classes
the plucked and the Fuckers. Out
side OF his family he loved no one
He died worth 800 000 900 obtained
in the game of grab-of win AM
lose. Proving "a most prominen
] beneficiary Of this system of indi
vidualistic enterprise. he has We
e given an impetus to the propagand;
of nationalism that will be felt in thu
8 coming years.
' The following words taken from
. last Saturdays Examiner are mos
y certainly true.
. THE EXTREMIST type Of selfshness
the largest profiter under every man
!. for-himself scheme of things he ha
; encouraged every believer in the or
+ posite doctrine by demonstrating ho'
: easy it is to bring many interests un
d der one management 1t Jay Goul
could consolidate numerous railroa
J. companies into few and replac
q scores OF boards of management wit
one what is to prevent the govern
ment from stepping in and substitu
ing itself for Jay Gould" YVES
70 Coast Mail.