The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-03
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ernment. The time has most certainly
arrived when the United States. simply
as matter of Self-prOtectiOn, must
adopt restrictive measures against such
| classes. OBSERVER.
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To exclude, or place such restrictions
upon any one race as will make eXclu-
sion the practical result, is to narrow
our declarative and constitutional prin-
cipleS. When, however. those reStric-
tiOnS are placed alike on all aliens, re-
gardleSS of race or color. we do not then
deny, but apply those principles. The
right to preserve our government. our
laws, our social organization and our
educational institutions, and to hand
them down to our pOSterity, if not inn
proved, at least as good as when re-
ceived by us, we, in common with all
tnatiOns, possess. By the manner in
which we exercise this right will the
Judgment of the future be passed upon
our age. If we, having the right to eX-
clude from our shores all those individ-
ual elements of society whose presence
is detrimental to the body polite or to
the members thereof: If we, knowing
the need of restraining the evils arising
from free immigration do not check
them, then any Judgment that the fut-
ure may pass upon our political wisdom
no matter how severe, would be justly
rendered. LEONARDUS.
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| What is the object of restricting i'm
MIGRATION? To protect the labOrin0
man from the incursions of foreign
labor. Would that not be class legis-
latiOn, consequently unconstitutional :?
If the labOrer suffers from unrestricted
immigration some one must gain.
| Who? The manufacturer to some eX-
tent, but above all the farmer. The
farmer with so cent wheat, 60 cent
dollar and heavy protective tariff al
ready adopted for the supposed good of
the laborer is heavily handicapped.
Why close to him the only door through
which relief may come? Prevent by all
means the immigration of pauper,
criminal and diseased, but admit every
intelligent willing toiler; he is worth
$1,000 in gold laid down in New York.
Don't hold him in the large cities till
you suck the juice out of him; ship him
to till the soil where he will be USE
full earning unit, instead of useless,
devOuring, consuming sore spot on the
body polite. There are millions of un-
occupied acres and numerous unprac-
ticed industries, cultivate these, but
uphold the pillars of the temple of
! liberty. J. B.
Different conditions require the ap-
plication of different principles. Surely
the condition of this country has
changed in the last hundred years. If
not there has been no progress. But
there has been progress; and earnest
men are studying how to meet the
changed conditions. In the days Of
Washington; Jefferson and Adams, i'm
migration was encouraged There was
no danger of the riff-raff of Europe
looming. Pioneers are not made of
such material. That time has gone by.
The best thought of the country says
immigration ought to be restricted.
The great labor leaders say it ought to
be prohibited for twenty years. | in
cline to the latter for several reasons:
First, to be consistent: Secondly, this
country is well supplied with labOrers,
in fact there are too many of them al
ready: the trades which are now con-
trolled by foreigners need to be Ameri-
canized The only way this can be done
is by substituting American appren-
tices (who have no show now for the
foreign incomer: Lastly, if there is any
truth in the supply and demand theory,
it points to the prohibition of immi-
grafton as the only solution. MAC.
People cry, our forefathers were all
immigrants. where is the nation that
ever became a republic or monarchy
without immigrants. Again that re-
stricted immigration is contrary to our
constitution. Does law passed one
hundred years ago, when the country
was new and thinly populated, apply
to-day? Law must be interpreted by