The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-04


,T,to ,oos+ vital nrob,an, vsitb which This
country and for that matter the whole
oi,,lized IvorId baE IN deal is tho r,rof-
Ion, which has for one side the be+ternen+
~ social conditions moral and physical
In large cities and for another side the ef
fort To dear with that tangle of farreach-
ing oues+ions which we aroup together
when we sneak of "labor" The chief
factor in the success of each roan-yvaga-
v-orlxar farmer and canitaIist alille-niIst
ever he the SIM, total Of his own individ
mi Qualities and abilities Second only 10
This comes tbe power of acting in com
bina+ion or association with others Very
great good has been and will be accom-
pIlshed by associations or unions of wage
workers when managed with forethought
and when they COMBINE lhsistenee upon
Ihelr own IlsHtS win Id" au'UiiIs lespeCe
LOT the rights OF otherS' ne ulsp4ay vi
THESE qudii'leS III 9Hcn Doule' 10 a NIs'
70 'he ia tioii ~ - ti,,.' 70 'iie
.loHs themselves, ii"nS ,il9iG IL 10 . go
IN many cases De sctIoI ny me govern,
nleht IN oruei 10 sdIes uaiu tiie ,ltS anu
interests OIL an. Onuer oer CONSTITUTION
.here ls hluch more SCOPE ioI Suci. ac'l III
ny 'lle state anu tlie IhuIicipalty nan Wy
tile iia.ioI D. "ii poiii.9 80 80, 17 rilo9e
49, - 'n 'i0
hlent can S'ct
tIoh az 10 aaIH anu uoiie' siio uio u
proIlieIiloou remains as DI9
~ Il. siie MI % ia.
tloli'li ms Ioa winch We S'ilEe' L1IcIl man
must WORK LOT hlihsei' ana unless ne SO
"oINS no ou'Siu0 lieiP can dTaI mn pIo
eaSH iNau nus 'i9o t,iat liI 10
Ihoeeu ms prothei heepeI, anu ma WINE
no man VINO refuses 10 wan can pe car
- 49, O, ~
eise' Se. that eacit d! tunes VI
ne 80 a. ~, - ~ ~
INC 4IoipIts n%nu Ou1ati " ~
De petiiid sio iIIus' a.
. ,'a me form Oh helpils d MAI ~ ne!p
hlnlseh; anu we can an pest HelP Jul
Selves pS Jolnlhe eose'lLei ia inc "0iN
'l"e 10 VI common iii'e' COT ~ all
immigration.
Our present immigration laws are I'M
satisfactory. We need every honest and
efficient immigrant fitted to become an
American citizen. every immigrant who
comes here to stav. who brings here a
etrong badv a stout heart a good head
and a, resolIte purpose to do his duty well
in every way and to bring I'D his children
as law abiding and Cod fearing members
of the community. But there should be q
ooronrebansive la enacted with the oh
Ieot ~ vvorlsine a threefold Improvement
over orr present system. First we should
aim TO exclude absolutely not only all per-
song who are known to be believers in an
archistic principles or members of anarcb-
jstic socisties hut also all persons who
are of a low moral tendency or of unsa-
,,orv ronu+a tioD This means that we
should require a more thorough system Of
trs9ac,ion ahroad and a more rigid sys-
tom of examination at our Immigration
norts The former being especially neces-
sor,,
1rbo sooord otiAc+ of a nroner irnnIgra-
f,,1 80 NOT TnereIv rerf,,nctorv educa+ion-
81 +ast so1,1o i,teIiigent canacitv to annre-
ciote American INSTITUTIONS and act sane
" as American citizens. This would not
keep out all anarchists, for many of them
belong to the intelligent criminal class,
but it would do what is also in point-that
is tend to decrease the sum of ignorance
so potent in producing the envy, suspi-
cion, malignant passion and hatred of or
der out of which anarchistic sentiment in
eyitably springs. Finally all persons
should be excluded who are below a GER
tain standard of economic fitness to enter
our industrial field as competitors with
American labor. There should be proper
proof of personal capacity to earn an
American living and enough money to in
sure a decent start under American condi-
tions. This would stop the influx of cheap
1abor and the resulting competition which
gives
American industrial life, and it would dry
nm the snrinps of the pestilential social
conditions in our great cities where an
orcbistIc organiza tions have their great
oct I1ossihiIity, Of Growth.
roth the educational and economic tests
IN a wise ,rnnoisraticn law should be de-
rja,a5 10 nrotec+ and elevate the general
10 roIitIc and social A verv close SUI
,,s,-,yieioy sho,Ild he exercised over the
taII aI,o,,a,,;es which mainly brino,
80. +ba i,,p,ierarts and thew sbould be
Ia - s+rict occountahi litv for anv in
fra'a+;o,, ~ az iaw
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The I"Fih'
There is general acqulescence IN our
present tariff system as a national policy.
The first requisite to our prosperity is the
continuity and stability of this economic
policy. Nothing could be more unwise
than to disturb the business interests OF
the country by any general tariff change
at this time Doubt, apprehension, un-
certainty are exactly what we most wish
to avoid in the interest of our commercial
and material well being. Our experience
in the past has shown that sweeping revi-
sions of the tariff are apt to produce con-
ditions closely approaching panic in the
business world. Yet it is not only posi-
BILE, but eminently desirable, to combine
with the stability of our economic sys-
tenn a supplementary system of reciprocal
benefit and obligation with other nations.
Such reciprocity is an incident and result
of the firm establishment and preservation
of our present economic policy. 1t was
specially provided for in the present tariff
law.
Reciprocity must be treated as the hand
maiden of protection. Our first duty is to
see that the protection granted by the tar
iff in every case where it is needed is
maintained and that reciprocity be sought
for so far as 1t can safely be done without
injury to our home industries. Just how
far this is must be determined according
to the individual case. remembering al