Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-12-07


for one reason or another, moreover, a
considerable proportion Of IT, probably
very larse proportion, ncludiag
most Of the undesirable class, dooS-
not come here Of its own initiative,
hut because Of the activity OF the
agents Of the great transportation
companies. These agents are els
trihu,ed throusbCut Europe, and by
the offer of all kinds of Inducements
they whecdlo and cajole many tmmi
grants. often against their best in
;ereSt, to come here, Perhaps II would
migrants allowed to como In any enc
year To New York and other northern
cities. while leaving unlimited the
number allowed 10 come 20 the
south; always provided, however, that
n Suietnr eNort is made ~ see lnat
only immigrants Of the right kind
come to our country anywhere
As much as possible should
be done to distribute the immigrants
upon the land and keep them away
from the great cities. The primo
need is to keep ont all Immigrants
who will not make gocd American citi
zens. Adequate means should be
adopted, enforced by sufficient penal
ties, to compel steamship companies
engaged In the passenger BUSINESS
to observe In good faith tho law
which forhds them to encourace or
solicit immigration 10 the United
States 1t is unwise TO depart from
the old American tradition and 70 dts
criminate for or against any man who
desires TO come hero aud become a
cItiaou, save on the ground OF that
mans atness for citizenship. 1t Is
our right and duty To consider his
moral and social quality. His
standard OF living should no such that
petition, lower the standard OF liv,
ing OF our own wage workers; for It
must ever be prime object OF our
legislation to keep high their stand.
ard of living II the man who seeks
to come here is from the moral and
social standpoint OF sucn n cnarac.
| ter as to bid fair to aud yaiue to tie
community he should he heartily wei
coined, We can not arrord to pay
| heed TO whether he Is OF one creed or
another of one nation or another. We
can not afford to consider whether he
Is Catholic or Protestant, Jew or Gen
tile; whether he Ia Eugllshman or
| lrishman, Frenchman or German,
Japanese. Italian Scandinavian, Slav,
or Magyar What we shouts desire
to find out Is the individual quality Of
the individual man, In the prosl.
dents Judgment with this end In
view, We shall have to prepare through
our own agents n far more rigid In.
spection in the countries from which
| the immigrants come,
The questions arising In connection
with Chinese immigration stand by
themselves. The conditions In China
are such that the entire Chinese coolio
class, that Is. the class OF Chinese
laborers skilled and unsldllod, leglti-
mately come under the head of undo
sirahle immigrants to this country, be
cause OF their numbers, the low wages
for which they work, and their low
the interest Of this country to keep
them out, but the Chinese authorl-
ties do not desire that they should be
admitted In the effort TO carry out
the policy OF excluding Chinese Ia.
| borers, Chinese coolies. grave Unjust
ice and wrong have been done by this
nation to the people of China, ana
therefore ultimately to this nation IT..
self. Chinese students. business and
professional men of all ldnds--not
only merchants, but bankers, doctors.
manufacturers professors, travellers,
and the like should be encouraged To
come here and treated on precisely
the same footing that we treat stu.
dents, business men, travellers, and
the like Of other nations. Our laws
and treaties should be framed. not 80
as to put these people In the excepted
classes, but to state that we will admit
all Chinese, except Chinese OF the
coolie class, Chinese skilled or un.
skilled laborers.
As a people we have talked much
Of the open door In China, and we
expect, and quite rightly intend to in.
sist upon, Justice being shown us by
the Chinese But we can not expect
to receive equity unless we do equity,
We can not ask the Chinese to do to
ms what we are unwilling TO do TO
them. They would have n perfect
right to exclude our luborIng men /!
our laborlne men threatened to come
into their country IN such numbers
as to jeopardlzo the welbeing or the
Chinese population; and as, mutntis
mutandls, there were the conditions
with which Chinese immigration act
ually brought this people face TO face,
we had and have q perfect right,
which the Chinese government IN no
way contests. 70 act az we have acted
IN the matter Of restricting ec9lie Inn
migration
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