West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-04-12
mONGOLIaN IMMIGRaNrs.
BY AARON W. FREDERICK.

separates them. On the one side
is the hoary heather civilization
antedating history. On the other
the western civilization. pristine,
sturdy, equally aggressive and pro-
gressive. The two human hives
press across the barrier ocean for
the conquests of trade, for business,
for labor-for the means whose end
is life. The Caucasian is first TO
plaRt his flag and gain a footing on
oriental soil. The white race has
gained the Indies for which Colum-
bus sailed and here now the Indus
trial war of races is, the clash of
Christian and Confucian civiliza.
tons. Cannon go with Christianity
and speak with its missionaries to
the teeming peoples of Asia. But
here the Joss house and the soaring
away OF the devil may be freely
INDUCED in. 1t was the farmer of
fable who took the harmless-Iook-
ing serpent 10 his bosom and
warmed it into active life. So
some Americans treat the Mongol-
ian immigrant. Whether by and
by they will be pleased with the
service received, remains TO be
seen.
AS a teacher, l am led TO view
the question of immigration generally
in It's bearing upon our republican
institutions. We feel the awful
tension, the importance and response
bility of assimilating the different
branches, even, of our own race
and blood thrown upon our shores
OF educating the children of other
lands and languages into decent
citizenship and up to American
ideals. Twice have we been APP
palled in the middle of our work by
the ruthless striking down, within
the present generation, of our chief
magistrates. Hardly could the.
descendants of those who established
our institutions spell out the names
of those who assassinated Garfield
and Mckinley. Surely, as an edu-
cational problem, with the negro at
the South, and the foreign white
immigrant pressing into every school
distrlct-surely from an educational
standpoint we do not desire an
additional factor from Asia.
AS farmer | can not view with
any degree of satisfaction the rival
raiser of vegetables who can live on
a pinch of rice and at one fourth
the expense which, however frugally
| may manage, it takes to sustain
each one of my own family. Yet
In my summer home that is what
actually confronts me. 1t is a ques-
ton of the one living nearest the
animal These Mongolians are
buying lands, getting orchards and
vineyards. If allowed to come they
will be THE people. Between the
other immigrants and the American
born citizen there are ties Of affinity.
But think Of the Monaghan neigh
Dor Did our ancestors shed pa
triolic blood for American soil to
make it the home of Asiatics. They
are said to be model servants. No
one denies that. But shall the in
dependent spirit of the American
be crushed by giving the work of
the country generally to those who
are servile, abject, and inferior in
every way to the white race ? Alas
that business should be altogether
divorced from humanity and care
TOT IaCldl kiln ana kin.
The wealthy and the wel-to do
who want unrestricted immigration
would not be charged by any means
with lack of humanity or patriotism.
Neither would those who give dog
shows and spend 1000 on a dog
al IL
in their selhshneSs they forget
brotherhood and charity. Gradually
Mongolians will get more and more
possession OF the md, # they can,
and serious international complica-
lions arise. Spurred on to madness
IN defense Of Anglo Saxon homes
and institutions the oriental parasite
Killed outright, at $4,000 a head
may be dear bargain for those
who cultivate cheap labor and
Chinese civilization.
But 1t is as voter / feel the
wrong Of cheap labor most Time
and again have voted, and the
compact understood that tariff in
sures good wages, that the Ameri
can system protects the working
man against competition with tie
poorly-paid workers Of Europe
that prosperity must come il these
certain policies prevail No matter
whether ! have continued to vote