The gold leaf., 1909-05-06
Charlotte Chronicle, May LIST.

Foreigners to his country.
Charlotte Chronicle, May LIST.
Mr. James II. Patten, secretary of
the Immigration Restriction League,
with headquarters at Boston, Mass,
was in the city for a short while
today between trains, and while here
gave reporter an interesting state
ment on the present work of the
League.
Mr.. Patten is II lawyer and has
been employed in the interests of
procuring Federal legislation that
will tend to reduce immigration-at
least the undesirable immigrant.
Mr.. Patten declares that New Eng
land is still suffering as result of
the recent great influx OF undesirable
immigrants, and he declares that
that section now is in a position to
have a practical understanding of
the South's race problem.
In speaking of the work of the I'm
migration Restriction League, Mr..
Patten said among other things:
loNCttloIs III ttit EcllSt VI pio-
tecting the Americans and every
thing American. from the vicious, in
sidious onslaught of these new alien
brownish races now being brought
by the profit-making foreign steam
ship companies for the first time, is
fast becoming a real live topic.
"1t is travesty on the Republican
marty on onu fnrnfaotinn nafnn
crat, ii there can be such n hybrid
emulsion nf opposites to argue for a
protection duty on the pauper-made
goods of Europe, and not allow his
tender affections for the American
workingman's welfare and wages
make him even more vehemently in
favor OF shutting out the foreign
cheap labor itself, especially that
from the heel and toe of Italy, and
the black hole of Western Asia.
FAVORS OVERMAN AMENDMENT.
Mr.. Patten favors the amendment
of Senator Overman of North Caro-
lima that a $40 tax be placed on all
immigrants to this country, saying:
This would 60 farther toward pro-
tecting our American workingmen
from the ruinous competition OF for
eign pauper labor and towards rails
ing revenue than any provision in
the bill now pending.
During the last three years the
steamships have brought to this
country over six millions of aliens.
Such a multitude exceeds the popula-
ton of any one of the States or Ter
ritOries and is greater than the peo-
pie in IA certain one-fourth of the
United States.
"The Northeast is suffering oil
sorts and kinds of ills, bodily, So
cial, political, economic and moral,
and its charity workers and public
lists are casting about for remedies at
Washington. In answer to their de-
mands for Federal relief by restrict
i've legislation. it is said the South
wants and needs this alien surplus of
the present foreign influx of "Da-
goes" Turks. Greeks, Syrians, and
other races akin to the negroid races,
and distribution and division is ar
gued by the opposition composed of
the steamship companies and their
allies, the exploiters and misguided
citizens.
"Does the Southland want this in
discriminate influx? 1t might mean a
little more wealth for the time being,
as did the Importation of African al
len labor, but would entail as that
did Ills that the South even knows
not Of
''As ! said, during the past five
years the steamship companies have
brought to the United States over
six million foreigners. half of whom
remain only long enough to earn a
few hundred dollars by living on
practically nothing and spending
less, and then leave for their native
lands, not TO return again to spend
their parsimonious savings.
why should not they and the for
eign steamship companies contribute
something towards the financial sup
port of the Federal and State gov
ernments? Senator Overman'
amendment will raise ten or twelve
millions OF dollars annually from this
source which at present contributes
a 81 per head tax. barely enough 10
support the immigration service.
Last year there was a deficit of two
and one-half millions in the immigra-
ton fund. A so per head tax on the
steamship companies which must be
making very large profits, Judging
from the continual building OF new
vessels, would provide against such
a deficit. tend to equalize steera2e
rates to this country, so that we
would not be sought as the cheapest
country to get To, and this would
tend to give Us better class oil i'm
migrants. the possessors OF some
money and willing to paw so to get
into the finest country on earth.
Let the path Of life start whence it
may, and let the way be steep and
thorny ii it must, there are sunny
fields far up the heights for those
who have faith and resolution to-
climb them.
Everybody i. likely to have kidney aud
bladder trouble. In fact nearly every rybody
has some trouble Of this kind That - the
reason why you 30 often have pains an the
back and groin. seaiding sensation. urinary
disorders. ete.-fhat's your kidaeys The
best thing 10 do Is To get some OF DeHitts
Kidney and Bladder Pills right away. Take
them for a few days or a week or 80 aud you
win feel all right. In this way, too, you will
ward of dangerous and possibly serious all
nents. They are perfectly harmless. and are
not only antiseptic. but alIay pain quietly
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