The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-02
LeolsN ON ImmlesArloN.

In his headlong rush TO shield Comp
ers In Berlin. Karl Legien the ma.
tional secretary OF the German Unions.
advanced a theory that needs looking
into
GomperS. true 10 his Civic Fedora
tlOn office, had sought to Justify his
labor dislocating anti-immigration pol
! icy. Leslen stepped forth in support
OF Gompers with the statement: In
mcst cases II Is not the best clement
OF the working class that goes to Ann
erica: The elite of the working class
wage the struggle fer betterment Of
their condition in their own country
There is so much seeming truth IN
the statement that It's Salslty. and
thereby It's harmfulness. is apt TO be
swallowed,
Dumps of Capitalism.
There can be no doubt that a good
deal of downright trash comes TO Am
erica, not inlreWcntly is deliberately
dumped upon our shores b. more than
one European government In this
circumstance lies an added difficulty 10
the Labor problem In America. We
have not only refuse that our own cap
italism dumps upon uS. but also a
gOodly spray Of the refuse thrown up
by European capitalism Nor yet can
it be doubted that although the bulk
Of these undeSirables are bouTgeoi>
Mfraa cheats, moral mislts run
away embezzlers. folks VINO live by
their wits, and the like-not a few pro.
coed also from the slum-proletarlan
layers OF Europe Anyone acquainted
4arsfh Nn1 f.,r
makeup knows this Are these Grip
pied elements the rule? Superfoially
considered they are On the same
principle that one Anarchists bomb
makes a fearful racket, and thereby
promotes the mistaken notion that
Anarchists are numerous, one Euro
pcan wortblessneas who comes over
is apt TO color the mental atmosphere
to the unguarded.
Historic Feature Of Emigration
1t is a historic feature OF Emigration
that it draws upon The most desirable
OF nations population. The slug
gard. submissive TO evil conditions:
the dull-witted. incapable of conceiv-
ing Improvement possible; the unin-
formed. convinced that, The world over,
things are exactly alike-from these
and such like elements Emigration
can draw but few, If any recruits.
The stream of Emigration ever is
made up on the whole OF the physical
ly and mentally alert, and that Gle
mcnt is furnished by q oomtry's elite
II Is by elite of the cast that the west
crn states have been built up; it Is
by elite OF Great Britain that the col
onies were established: Ii is from Inc
elite of all Europe that the American
Republic. once set up, had its veins
filed and its life insured
Justly did Spain bemoan the fact
that she was blcd 10 dccrepitude by
mo Emigration of large masses of
her elite; justly did Bismarck scheme
and plan and hustle to check the emil
grafton from Germany; he had no
GompcrSiSm 10 defend and knew full
we'll that emigration drained the elite
OF the fatherland. OF course. a strong
emigTational current like a rushing
river, washes along sub-soil. But, as
with the river. the sub-soil that emil
grafton carries along is not Its body,
or bulk.
Legiep was mistaken IN his fact and
his theory.
Canada needs Coolies" $4,000 of
them. Is the news that comes from
Ottawa. From which the conclusion
IS to be drawn that the Swedish labot-
ers. whom Canada had been inyelgllng
to her domains and whom she put TO
deadly work whereupon they were
buried land no questions asked" are
either leaving or are asking ques.
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