The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-15
With the negro are pre,udlced against


with the negro are prejudced against
hs wrtsr IL ys any 0s forcp t. stir rass
!. good itailans tight here III Richmond.
Bnt. !, must he sonsidered that TIE
from Northern Italy, while the ma
jority of Italians now coming over a. 9
from Southern Italy. 7 sis, Of course,
mate between an Italian coming from
Southern Italy and one coming from
IT. Is estimated. I ibclie.ye. that
s5o.ooo,ooo out .of This country every
country There were, 1,eoo,6oot imrni-
ssa as sGgng nfS bronsS IL as
Of the argument that Immigration
S Sonss 9nsy n rsee tha on su,y
about twice as much as all the others
Z Is argued that lndiscriminate i'm
that tile Immigration which made this
ssollntry Wha t,it i 8, was purely
hga m, ana rs,,d mora e Wil9 tls: present
Southern Enrope, tho lowest OF the
s Wr.s r hesind IN fact =! walking up tie
tell from the CO lpr OF the skin whe thor
they were inulattoes torI not, Italians
liye twenty In "a room Does any one
amIes 91lf ,,es their
nth and immoralityg And that ii is What al
INC, they VIII nave e do in order to, cons
n fslscy w Is that ta tey add fe
OF lle..country IN some mysterious
manner n, = i,,! AS matter OF fact, insiend
aaad spkae IL snS they are s s
American who cannot live in that man
ner, and would not, nossibly, II he
could. We Americans pride ourselves
i on nay, ~ i, the highest standard OF
millions OF foreigners to come in and
s stoWa out our people by their lower
STANDARDS OF living. A very prominent
centage of crime Of the Italian race. as
q whole was much larger than that OF
NE me negro. Yet we complain OF the
built the line between here aSl and Ash o
land was nearly killed by three
i ~. an, who attacked him treachcrous-
ly., They had some fancied grievance.
determined to kill him. he being un-
titude.
a foreman OF this mans told me to
quote his language: "a negro can
carry an Italian and his load" Another
feature OF this question IS that Italians
come INTO direct competition with mo-
VIII be struck with the. constantly de-
l:creasing crime among negroes. TO the
Tw VII rs, mind Ind. this Is caused by the
crime was usually committed BY the
Idle and vagrant class.
Wen now, to- displace the negro, will
~ to throw them back into idleness
hn II.
peace and security. and safety for our
women and children. The Times Dis
patch patch in l ITS issue for the 10th OF Dc
port OF an attempted criminal assault
by an italian OH a young married wo.
man In Campbell county. Why import
fp|Tei reg &c criminals nh,a,i This is the very
and u this Italian had been caught
ne would very probably have been
lynched, causing international compli-
IS IT wise to hearkcn to this cry of
cheap labor raised by avaricious and
u,hpa;riotic Americans. and repeat I'M
me south TN the the evils resulting from the
this same old cry of cheap labor ana
the same arguments, no doubt used 800
years years ago, word for word. the country
ing to waste, etc. etc?
AS matter of fact liz o little more
patience Iha ,1o,a.i had been exercised. and il
,.asrs ,i,ns s.s nau waited lust few
same class of white labor with which
The Northern States were filled. Az.
s shai, raj Development went on at
New New York State and Pennsylvania. as
In the South.iprior TO the Revolution.
A,,nother thing about the question OIL
.Aesop's fables. of the man Who too u.
Inc Inc VIPER to his bosom. and was bitten
s ~ 81 sns s. ungradefnl creature IN Boston
ter OF the city, because the foreigners
control the city. In other words tbey
come over here not to conform to our
uns,oins. put to impose their customs
Witness circular gotten out bx J.
f S sailed national Organization in
n m.shn the1 which is urging them tol
striction of immigration In any man
s ner. 10 ,,,, oppose the restriction OF per-
s si'is iiper H. The man who gave me
Jet was to prevent such laws as are
country. e A'ous 'ile
believe 1t advisable fora city liz
richmond. but am in favor of CLOSING
c eP as SOW g gr where the poorer
fn IS, ar are . debauched and II we decide
says we shall not ps IN ana
do not wish to be considered an
ff a,s!,li but, am Vlrginian whose
i lam have lived here for several
g Hae hey ye hixto and am proud OF vir-
~ want to see her shores kept n,ire AMI
ciean of this foreign scum WITH that,
M 1va,a co ana Black XIII, Hand am in no
PATTON, In fact, ali my afiljationss an.
s''e '''tei way. VERITAS.
Why Not BE Faire
E az Of Tie Times dispatch.
ae a,rf there her Is anything which char
Times Dispatch, it is Its evident l dae
SIRE to be fair. At has seemed to me
1 = at this policy has recently been v i
p ra5ea' j, not only by Mr. Niachen's ex
part OF the Byrd bill which proh i i,it
l lIl6 SUNDAY sale n '...E