The sun., 1903-09-02

The New lmmigrati0n CaIied superior to
the Old Angl0-Saxen settlers.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-S0: The
discussion on immigration induces me to ash
space for the folio wing points:
l. In the ditches the mines. the railways.
the sewers. the srbways and the mills the
Italian and Hungarian laborers are among
the greatest ana hardest workers and pro-
ducers we have to-day. They are adding
immensely to the aggregate wealth OF the
nation. They are lifting on their shoulders
to a higher position Of afiuence all other
immigrants who have preceded them from
colonial times.
. Under our industrial system, trades
union methods and exactns supervision the
common laborers work the hardest and
steadiest: and such men In the nature OF
things cannot be and are not bad citizens.
but the contrary.
3. The principal crimes chargeable TO the
Italians and Hungarians are those mainly
incidental to poverty and 70 the oppression Of
generations OF monarchical government
A comparatively small number OF the total
immigrants are inmates OF almshouses and
similar institutions, but the wealth-producing
and muscular arms OF the more than % per
cent. of their immigrant countrymen pay
all the expenses of their keep in these insti
tutions and. in addition. add thousands of
dollars daily to the income Of their native
American traducers. large proportion OF
whom toll not. neither do they spin"
Z. The charge that they are lowering the
standard OF wages is untrue. for they are
demanding and receiving higher rates for
received before immigrat ion began in the
Ys. y; Soo Italian New York subway hands for
to-date notions In this regard
habits. customs and msnners SIC Of "I's the imm. mi:
H~o Esr all, tt,,rv
our moral. social and political life Is not borne
out BY the facts or by study Of the situate
Much OF their home life. customs and manners
could well be adopted with advantage by
q. A study of DR.. Walter Laidlaw's sta
tlstics and conclus ions, az set forth In tO-day's
rectly to the source OF. the poisoning Of the
wells of our moral and political life than do
Commissioner Sargents statistics. The or inn
inal acts Of husbands and wives. such as i'm
morality. cruelty and others Of u similar
character. which have to be proved before
divorces are granted. and are doing so much
TO debase the nation, are almost entirely
confined to the Anglo-Saxon or native Ameri-
can element.
apd That he e sH s i er% Rd
the race in this country is not reproducing
itself From an average OF six children per
100 snG ,SS TO all or
Is proof positive of degrading and demoraliz-
q. more tnnn 10 per cent. OF tne llWleSS
criminal participants In lynchings and burn
ings, North as well as South, are native Amer-
can Anglo -SaXons.
o. The debauchers of the franchise tthe
purity OF which your CORES pondents desire
to preserve). the men who trade on the pow
erty. weakness and ignorance of the poor
man and tempt him with money to give his
votes to them, are, as rule OF tho Anglo
Saxon race, and, being educated, they are
the greater criminals against the moral we'll
being Of the nation.
10. Those Of our people who bought and
sold human beings and lived by their labor
were all Anglo-Saxons.
II. Those OF our people who sought TO
destroy our republic and its institutions We're
almost all Anglo-Saxons.
and South. where the Anglo-Saxon element
constitutes the great majority there will be
found the least material and moral progress
and the least effort
l3. In the cities, North and South. where
the percentage Of the AnGlo-SaXon is small
est and European immigrants since the sos
the greatest there will be found the greatest
progress, material and moral
H. The greatest and most persistent enc
mics OF our religious and political institu-
tions who have done most to pull them down
are mainly Of the Anglo-Saxon rnce them
selves reapsing into the practices OF pagan
ism.
Is. II the objections TO the Italian and
their alleged moral delinquenoies. il is high
time tho far more dangerous Anglo-Saxon
cancer eating away our vitals was subjected
to the radium of our moral surgeons
MoTE-AND-BEAM.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. rs.