The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-12-06

crate dead. I recommend that the
congress take action towards this end.
The first need is to take charge of the
graves of the Confederate dead who
died in Northern prisons.
The question Of immigration is Of
vital interest to this country. In the
year ending June 80, 1905, there came
to the United States 100000 alien
Immigrants. In other words, in the
single year that has dust elapsed there
came to this country a greater num-
Der of people than came here during
the one hundred and sixty-nine years
of our colonial life which intervened
between the first landing at James
town and the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
AS said in my last message to con-
gress. we can not have too much i'm
migration OF the right sort,@ and we
|
wrong sort Of course it is desirable
that even the right kind Of immigra-
ton should be properly distributed.
We need more Of such immigration
for the south; and special effort
should be made to secure it. Perhaps
| it would be possible to limit the num-
| Der Of immigrants allowed to come in
any one year to New York and other
northern cities. while leaving unlini-
tied the number allowed to come TO
the south always provided, however.
that stricter effort is made TO see
that only immigrants Of the right
kind come to our country anywhere.
The prime need is to keep out ali i'm
migrants who will not make good
American citizens. The laws now ex
listing for the exclusion of undesira-
BILE immigrants should be strengthen
| ed In dealing with this question it is
unwise to depart from the cd :Amer
lean tradition and to discriminate for
or against any man who desires 10
come here and become 4 citizen. save
on TIE ground OF that mans fitness
for citizenship It is oar right and
duty to consider his rioral ard socia:
quality. Iis S.,an5ara Of living shoald
, De such 5a&r :e viii not, by pressure
OF competition. iowel. the standard ol
living Of cur oa.fl wase-sls:,'3se for
it must eve~ be prime objvet of ou2
legislation 20 Keep h:sh :ne:r standard
o1 I.;ns
Tie question arising III connection
with Chinese imigraeioa stand by
themselves. The conditions in China
a1e sues tlaat the entire .a7:neee cooiie
class. ;i:@t s, ,:2e class OF Cs.ilese l.
borers skilled ana uns,>il!e.l lesi,
na,eiy come Under :he head cf undo
si.a3!@ Immigrants 20 this country.
because OF their numbers. tie low
wages for which they work. ard their
low standard OF living. Not only i;
il to The interest of the couatry ID
! keep them out but the Chinese au-
thorities do not desire that they Should
| be admitted. At present their Ell
trance is prohibited hy laws amply
adequate to accomplish this purpose.
These laws have been. are being, and
will be. thoroughly enforced
But in the effort to carry ouc the
policy of excluding Chinese laborers
Chinese coolies, grave injusf Zee and
wrong have been dcne by this nation
to the people of Chiaa. and therefore
ultimately to this nation itself CHI
nese students. business and profes-
siona. men of all }zinds-not only mer-
chants but bankers. doctors. mann
t-acturers. professors. travellers and the
i Ijlle-shouid be encouraged t. come
here and treated on precisely the same
footing that We treat students. bus.-
ness men travellers. and III like "a
other na;ions.
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