The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-07-09


hain't grabbed the taters an strung the bean
for dinner. Come 70 home with Miss DOry
Well you come Miss Blanche. Well, you com
5 Miss Sally. Well, youerns must all come SOM
time soou." Dora Davis.
IN MEMORY GREEN.
DEAR &C. AND LH.W.: have just returned
from visit to friends in the Forest City,
Portland, Me-, that beautiful town that il
seated by the sea-" of which the poet so truth
: fully sung. 1t is indeed a charming place fol
every child of Nature
very pleasant surprise awaited my arrival
] found my prize book Under the Guns,
which assure you was great pleasure. and
thank the editor most heartily for the gift
: shall highly prize and heartily appreciate the
hook-frst, as a gift; second, as c. c. me
mento, and also because it will keep green the
memory Of those who, in the dark days of oni
cGuntry's peril counted not their lives deaf
unto themselves" but sacrificed their all fol
the dear old flag and all that it represents.
/ And while remember all this, shall we
ever he nnmtndful of the debt of love and
gratitude we owe to them and all who are dear
to them2
Mae L. Bicknell. North Madison. Me.
IMMIGRATION AGAIN.
FRIENDS OF THE &C. AND L. INV: Just a
word, aud my last, on immigration, in response
TO Brother Scaman's aud Brother Twins re-
marks though no one has answered any of my
statements or impeached my figures in any
way.
l repeat my statement that in no way can
the depression in business or labor be due to
immigration, for we find the same trouble. only
more intense, in many foreign countries. --nota-
bly, England ani Germanv,-and the trouble
there cannot be caused by the immigration of
ignorant laborers. The trouble with labor is an
/ old one. The same trouble has existed for ages
in the Old World. and various causes have been
assigned fer this condition of the laborng
classes. 1t appears to me that wrong social
condition is the real cause.
Volumes have been written on the subject
and the question is, apparently, as far from
/ solution as IL was century ago. / will show
Mr.. Seaman the IMMIGRATION figures for the
/ four years ended June 80, 1891. If he has
! later statistics than those ! would be pleased to
! have his figures. Ia 1891 there landed at our
4 ports 56a,5l0 immigrants; in 1892. 623, 0Si; in
1883 5029l7; in 1894, 3l4467. The number
\ for ths past year, and six months nearly passed
4 OF this year, am unable To state, but it is not
! larger than Mr. Seaman has stated to Wit,
5000 a month-3G0000 year. | have my
doubts about the number being as large that.
As to the assert on that 80 per cent. are un-
4 able to read write English" that is not a
! fair criterion Of the fitness Of immigrants.
How many Americans can write or read Ger
man?
! do not like the term Cheap pauper labor"
There is no truth in it, The laws are such
now that paupUrs--thRt's q vile name to apply
to persons because they are poor-are not al
lowed even to land on our shores See act OF
Congress approved March 3. 1917
hardly know what Brother Seaman means
4 by the phrase. figures may not lie, but they
misrepresent." ] assure the gentleman that
4 have no intention Of misrepresen ting in any
! way. am not presenting Theories" but
Facts or what understand to lie such. for get
my statistics from the United States Census Re-
4 port Of 1880. and later reports from the United
I States Government documents. IF there has
/ been 80 per cent. of cheap paupcrs in the
number of immigrants, aud they 4" do not i'm
migrate TO the vast undeveoped territory re-
4 ferred to by Mr.. McKenna and DIR. Nagle," will
Mr. Seaman be SO good az to tell where they do
20?
Who populated Ohio Iowa, Michigan. Wis
consin, Minnesota. and the Territories that
were made States within the last 10 years?
/ Who built the cities of Chicago. Milwaukee. St.
Louis, aud other large aud 1ourishing cities in
the West?
New York City does not show that all the
"paupers" remained there. / do not know
how many cities Brother s. has visited, but he
never in his life saw "no end Of beggars all
/ day long" in any Of them.
azree with Mr. Seaman's statement that it
WOULD I've great deal better if the poor in our
large cities would 20 where there is plenty OF
land. But now can they get to il. and how can
they secnrc the laud if they could get to t2
Ambiti0nY These immigrants certainly have
ambition. or they never would travel nearly
1900 miles, away from friends home. the land
Of their birth, 10 better If possible their condi-
tion and fee from oppression
Oi course, they do not understand our form
OF Government, nor do we understand the
form oi Government from whence they came
OTHER than by the name monarchy" They
know that ours is Republican form Of Gov
erument. II they are ignorant OF the different
branches OF our Government, and the function
Of each branch, the same may be said of hun
dreds Of Thousands Of persons who have been
born here aud their parents before them
As for understanding the Constitution, very
few understand it alike, and the Supreme Court
often has to settle what is is not constitu-
F. tignal.
The statement about naturalizing SO MANY
immigrants can hardly be ct. for immi.
grants cannot vote until they have been here
I've years, and when they are naturalized thew
4 arc American citizens.
IL they DO things as Mr.. Seaman SAYS in ST.
( Louis, politically, il is time there was a reform
movement begun there. Perhaps the rivalry
between Chicago and St. Louis has sgalethipp
. to do with this state of things.
The population Of Boston in 1890 WAS 448-
\ Az, Of which l58,l72 were foreign born, SO that
4 the native born in Boston are about ca, instead
7 OF 80. per cent
/ / dc not agree with Mr.. Seaman's statement
4 that natnralized citizens, as rule. do not know
what they are voting for. Undoubtedly n
great many take little no care or pains to
Z inform themselves on the political questions of
. the day, and vote. think on the wrong
side; but is not the same thing true of the
great mass OF voters?
II We all knew which was the best party to
vote for, or what was best for our own interests.
there would bc an end 10 great political parties
Witness the present controversy over the
financial problem. Which is right? Ii is said
+ that the foreigners or foreign born American
citizens. are IN favor of the gold standard
Who shall determine the right side of this
I question?
said in my first letter on this subject:
sift immigrants il you will, but do not forbid
thom coming" Every child born into this
world has a God given right to the pursuit OF
life, liberty and happiness, and any man. or set
/ OF men. care not what their profession or call
/ ing Is that seeks to deny them This right, is
not true American or believer in the doctrine
/ enunciated in the Declaration of Independence
that all men arc born free and equal"
There seems 10 be an impression among our
] LH.N. and &C. that the great bulk of for
eiguers are illiterate Please allow me to give
few statistics in regard 10 the iiiterates in
4 this country and foreign countries Ratio of
adults unable 10 write TO total population, 1889:
4 England per cent: Scotland. g; Ireland %;
/ France. Is; Germany, a. Russia. So; Austria
\ 46 Italy. SD; SPAIN 70: Switzerland, 5: Bel
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