Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-30

by an official inquiry wh-cl brings -le
comparison down 20 1899 No ofic!a
inquiry covers the period since 1890, bu'
everybody knows abou, how /, has been
/ since then"
/ After giving some statistics showing
/ q total o. 1923. GOO 900 O.. foreign Imports
each year. b. said:
We feel kindly. Of course. 70 all .he
nations Of the earth, but We find l.ule
satisfaction in knowing tina. We keep
their factories busy supplying our mar
ke.. while cur mills nave plenty OF time
10 shu. down for repairs. There should
IL enough wisdom and patriotism
among US 20 find G way 70 give our
people The first chance 10 supply our
own market. The world outside has noi
equal responsibilities or equal rights
with rs On our own soil; ], should no.
have equal opportunities a good motto
is American first. So much for tle
hold OF the ocsan-going steamer"
He then took NJ me collateral sub
ieci Of immigration. and on tina. topic
said. among other things:
ON the ten years ending wi'h 1879.
4.371 ,664 Immigrants come 70 his cum
try-more than fve IVES. N.Ie.nias IN
popula.!on-more than all the people IN
ne country a hundred years ago. In
fif,y-fve years 1928. COO persons have
come 10 settle among US. or The num-
Der. 7.540O nearly q half-have come
in the fifteen years from 1850 10 1875
every year C. city of S. Louis. and enough
lef, over 70 make @ Wheeling and Us
suburbs. Does anybody doubt thai we
are being oyerdOsed? Does anybody
suDnose thar all this strong diet is good
for us? We canno. assimil2te IL as we
could in The days when Il came into us
gradually. The parched earn takes
gratefully 10 the gentle showers. y
storm tina, rips mp by the roots ana
washes ont is a something o be dreaded.
Not only the quantity bur the quality q
immigration must give US pause. we
are getting less of the besJ, mere OF The
leas. desirable.
what are we 10 do abou, this? Sey-
eral good things have been sug2es .ei.
Time does not permi. 20 consider tlsm
all. Oae ming | would do if nothing
else were done. No q soul Of th ~
should pass The gates Of Castle Gard
until he had paid an admission fee. 10"
large this should be experience would
develop. I would star, with $500 a head
II that proved insufficient. | would inc
crease IL. II shor, / would defend this
land against Industrial invasion as
against an armed invasion. My c9ul-
trymen. .l- strain is too great We
canno, sand i. and we must end IT,.
Mr.. Harris address was well received.
He was followed by Hon John \. How
ard. who spoke to- about an hour, hold
ing the closest attention Of MS hearers.
Mr.. TOWARDS ADDRESS.
He began by r5gre-,ing the absence
o. the guberna.0ri4l candidates, and
speaking Of Tie prophecies of the occa-
sion. said he should c0nfne himself 10
a discussion of The question of labor or
gan.za.ions from the same standpoint
he had occupied twenty years ago
when he entered actively into the work
of the union. Then he was deeply i'm
pressed with The righteousness Of ,hq
cause, and the possibilities OF the mo-
men, He was no, less so now.
Standing now on the heights Of
twenty years experience. / can SEE in
the retrospective view The obstacle 10
labors progress, see why il has not adj
yanced as rapidly as n. ght be expected.
Labor has not learned 70 use the bal
lot in such way a. 70 secure the best
legislation. On the contrary, IL has
aided in class legislation favor of
class most opposed 20 labor Labor
has protested aga.ns- legislation deem
ed oppressive. complained Of idleness,
periods Of depression. ver-prOductlJn
and reduced wages year after year for
a quarter Of a century. The labOrer
gathered his suffering wife and hungry
children about him. sat die gazing in
stolid despair at the barr.cade surround
ing the factory or the mine, and went
hungry 20 the polls 10 vote against for
eign products being imported. while the
imported foreign iabOrer inside the bar
T.cada manufactured American product.
NO important legislation tending 10
advance labor interests has as yet gone
INTO the statute books. / will tell you
why; because during all the interval
between political campaigns. instead OF
having lectures in your lodge rooms on
questions Of political economy and read
ing and studying for yourselves these
questions and learning The truth for
yourselves from those who are Ze.aOus
in the cause OF labor, you frit,er away
the time in petty disputes and envious
r.valries among yourse YES until the
election come around, and then you 90
out TO the political partisan meeting
and let the politician tell you how 20
vote You want 70 vote iOr legislation
that Will better your condition. Inc
politician tells you you VIII e, j from
his party. He wants al Office. The re-
sui is he gets the Office and you Wai1
for another campaign and get ano,heF
promise. Ny friends you viii 90 on Nv
ing on promises until YOU make your
labor organization an e5uca,onal ma.
luton in which you vii. get your pom
,caI information from your own stualous
Investigation. For instance. the l.S'ln-
gn'she6 gentleman VINO preceded me
would tell you from the poAuea- nus -
lpps as he told you to-day tnat ne s. os-
Iieyes In a full dollar that s an nones1
dollar in payment OF your wages