The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-06-02
some Aspect. of Immigration.


On a recent occasion The Tribune call
ed attention TO the acting Of certain tur-
bulent elements, in this country but not
of it, and to invite the consideration of
those IN authority to the threatening
attitude of these people toward law and
order. New instances Of like character
come to our notice almost daily, and we
feel impelled again to invite the thought
of the law-abiding to some of the periIs
of the situation,
On the Goth instant press dispatch
from Spring Valley, H., brought this in
telligence: Three fires are raging in
the bottom of No. l mine. Yesterday
the miners in mass meeting voted not to
allow any man to go down the shaft a nd
put out the fire. The fires are now worse
than ever. No English speaking people.
are in favor OF allowing the mine 10
burn" Another press dispatch from
Unioutown, Penn, May %, says: The
miners went on the warpath today. At
daylight they assembled at Fayette,
about hundred strong, and arming
themselves with shotguns and reyolvers
started for Sickle Hollow to bring the
Yorkmen out. All were foreigners"
We are impeled to ask what country
is this anyhow? Is this ''the land OF the
free and the home Ct the brave" as we
have been accustomed TO sing, or has 1t
been captured by rhe lowest and most
ignorant elements Of Europe. II these
were isolated cases 1t would not be great
ly disquieting: but unfortunately they are
of almost daily occurrence. And these
men, so grossly ignorant. so depraved
and malicious that they would burn great
coal mines, which are the store OF fuel
for coming generations, merely 10 spite
the owners and prevent other men from
working in them, can, by their votes,
under the laws of most OF our states,
certainly in Michigan, neutralize the
vote of the most intelligent and law-abid-
ing of our citizens.
The time was when our state was new
and sparsely settled; when the greater
part OF it was a wilderness. and when
emigrants were COMING chiefly from
Germany, the Scandinavian states and
the British Isles, that the period of resi-
dence might well be made brief. But
that time has gone by. The labor market
is more than supplied. The nationaities
and the character OF immigrants have
very greatly changed. and instead of the
sturdy and intelligent Germans, Scotch,
Irish, English, Swedes and Danes we are
now getting about the least desirable
elements that Europe has to offer. The
institutions of no other country OF the
world have ever been called upon TO
stand the strain that has been put upon
those OF the United States. In the latter
part Of the forties began that wonderful
tide Of immigration which has continued
until now. In 1890 there were in this
country 9,249. SAT persons Of foreign birth.
In the decade from 1850 to 1890 the i'm
migration amounted to SPAS. Sos. Since
1890 TO the beginning Of 1894 there had
arrived 2.l4I,747. And still they come.
The supply OF labor is far In excess Of
the demand. The balance of our entire
industrial and economic system is disturb
ed by this continued influx Of people who
are consumers OF our products only In
the minimum degree. We have hitherto
protected ourselves against the product
of foreign labor.
The time has now arrived when we
must protect ourselves against the influx
of more of this class Of laborers, who
burn mines aud march In armed mobs TO
anxious to work,
The state can control the franchise,
but it cannot control the naturalization
laws. That is for Congress. We need q
more strict enforcement Of the laws we al
ready have against contract and pauper
labor. We need O protective tariff
against such brutallzed elements as those
who have organized the reign of terror
! ir Pennsylvania and Illniols.
| We need to revise our own constitution
and franchise laws so that 1t shall require
those hereafter coming to our state to
have resided in this commonwealth five
years and be American citizens before
they become voters. TO effect these re-
forms we need the active and earnest CO.
operation OF the orderly and law-abiding
OF all parties and all classes. We cannot
begin too soon, nor act too promptly.
The United States must not be given
over to anarchy. Tribune.
Copp's settlers Gu.Je-Sew Edition
Henry N. Copp. the well-known land
! lawyer of Washington, ID. c., has issued