New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-08
"ADNIT SALONS ONLY
{. III. Young argues against I'm
restricted Enumeration.

Ex-Judge Isaac y. Mills of Mount Vernon, and
Charles H Young. Of New-ROcheIe. two wei
known members OF the Westminster County Bar In
a joint debate on Immigration: Should 10 Be
Further Restricted?'' attracted a large crowd at
the New-Rochelle Peoples Forum yesterday. NJ.
Young argued in favor Of shutting out all but the
immigrants from the Saxon countries for at least
twenty years. while Judge Mills favored the opsn
door policy
Mr. Young said that the word Saxon as used By
him must not be COMPOUNDED with Anglo-Saxon or
English. BY Saxons he meant Germans Irish.
English. Scotch. Welsh. Norwegians. Swedish.
Danish and Dutch. He quoted from John MItchelL
Samuel GOmpers and other labor leaders prove
that the country Is at present flooded with a sur
plus OF immigrants who crowding American
workmen out OF positions, and causing privaticn
and distress among their families He said that IL
would take at least twenty years for this vast
bulk of immigrants to become "digested" He said
in part:
Many more people might take the sans ground
90 ~ taey we're not afraid OF political conse-
rather than dead statesmen, and l fear the dema~
power who would advocate absolute restriction for
any but the Saxon race for twenty years to come.
position some feather duster ststesen. Who feaT
hoSe ana To9oie say orihs N those VINO Know an
money: others say let them come az they are. Ny
has been satisfied
Certainly excessive immigration is partially re-
country fully enjoyed two years since The high
the largest immigration. and the largest immisra-
tiOu has inevitably led to lower wages. And If ths
and lowers the wages. Should Il not be further
hat sTn5IV and demand for labor NAV he s,S,sj ~
THIS country. and Syery man receive adequate COM
An our statesmen OF conviction realiss ths ne
cesslty for change. but ali have not the coursgs
scribe the method: there the politician assumes hi.
usual backboneless attitude and waits for enlight
Every day ships arrive from Europe and Asiatio
many many? Of whom If their e%travagant expsctaon atoms
! unrealized. become the enemies OF the coun-
These immigrants are no longer. as formerly. abb
among our manifold industries AWAITING their iaboT
We already Oversupplied. We have to-day an
not only more immigrants than we can feed com,
fortably. but we cannot keen up our common publi,
schools to educate them. The city OF New-York.
as have attempted to show you. has been bur
three years that II cannot give fun education to
seventy thousand children at this date. Surely
these ignorant foreigners. The safety OF our gov
,e dspSsas T TeOn Gould crow w TO %
demand.
Judge Mills took moro sentimental view OF the
subject. He said the Constitution declares self
evident truths that all men created equal that
they are endowed by their Creator with certain
alienable rights: that among these life. liberty
and the pursuit OF happiness He also argued that
the value Of immigration to the country had been
tncaIculable. and said:
It IS simply impossible fairly to estimate thu
value TO this Republic OF this constant incoming
reinforcement Of free, manly labor IL has ouils
great railroads.. canals and other public I'M
provements. It has opened and settled vast tracts
OF Wild land, and without doubt. has been the de-
termining elemental force which has added new
stars to the national constellation. It helped power
fully to keep some OF the old and original stars n
that constellation. The great mass OF unSkfed
labor brought from time TO time BY migration
has relieved our native population from much work
and left the native intellect and genius Tree 20
exert themselves IN wider and higher fields %
effort. NAV well be that much OF our progress
IN the arts. literature. and especially IN mechsni-
cal invention has been due 70 this particular reflex
/ am convinced that. without this immigration
since 1870 this country would to-day be hfty
behind IT'S present position. II II were not mere
fragments OF once glorious Union