The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-03
I M M I G r A tt o N.
Restriction of All Aliens Advocated
More or Less Stringently-
A Farmers Plea.

The most popular opinion regarding
immigration at present is restriction"
keeping out the bad and admitting the
good. Such thing would be very well
if we had men capable of culling good
from bad at sight. But where are such
men to be found? Men may come here
from foreign prisons with the best in
tentiOnS to Shun evil cOmpaniOnship or
for the purpose of reforming. Can we
with Justice refuse such men an aSy-
lum? / think not. OF course we should
not allow foreign countries to dump
the contents of their penal and pauper
Institutes upon our shores. But every
able bodied man, believe, should be
admitted. Grading must be done by
appearance and one seldom finds real
bad men who cannot put on a good ap-
pearance. SUNOL.
There is one class of immigrants I
am in favor of keeping out of the coun-
try. 1t is that class that flock to our
large cities and huddle in the most mis-
cradle quarters, surrounded by filth and
sQualOr, becoming the breeders of vice
and crime. 1t is in such places that
that crying evil the Sweat-shOp abOunds.
1t is from this class that the working
man cries to be delivered This class of
immigrants are i'll every way undeSira-
BILE; they are the cause of the working
mans wages being reduced. They
rarely become citizens and consequently
do not vote unless some unScrupulOuS
politician takes them in hand and for a
specific sum votes them in drOves. 10
this class no quarter should be shown;
the government should do its utmost
to keep them out of the country.
YoN.
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The poorhouses, jails, lunatic asylums
and prisons throughout the land are
OvercrOwded. Such institutions are the
necessary evils resulting from our
social systems. If immigration is not
restricted, these institutions will have
to be increased in size and number in
order to accommodate the Offal of foreign
nations. 1t is necessary to the welfare
of this country to keep this element
from mingling with its society," Were
they permitted to land they would be a
burden, as well as a menace to the
country. But let all come that are
capable of understanding our cOnstitu-
ton, and who are willing to obey and
defend it. Good citizens are wanted in
this country to build up our decayed
social system. If foreigners will CO.
operate with the native Americans in
doing this, the country will be benefited
by their allegiance. &C.
If America is to uphold her name as
a great and mighty nation her legisla-
ture must pass laws which shall pro-
mote the general welfare of those who
are already in this country. In order
that this may be done, they must lay
aside prejudice against the one and pass
law restricting all aliens. Low wages
seems to be one great cause of the nu-
merOuS strikes in the United States.
Plenty of anything lowers the value of
it. Therefore it is the abundance of
laborers which cause capitalists to low
er wages, believing that, as laborers are
plentiful, they can get work done at
any price. Go to the great work
shops of our country and there you will
find nearly every nation on the globe
represented. 1t would be we'll to check