The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-02-23
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IMMIGRATION
DR.. Hills Makes Plea for the
Foreigners at Washington
Association Celebration.
A TRULY NOTABLE GATHERING


There was a notable gathering Of
Jerseymen at Washington's head
quarters yesterday afternoon at the
annual celebration of Washington's
birthday by the Washington associa-
tion Of New Jersey. A fine collation.
was served in the Lafayette rooms by
Day after which an able and eloquent
address was delivered by the Rey.
Newell Dwight Hills, of Plymouth
church, Brooklyn.
DR.. Hills devoted much time to the
immigration question, saying that the
greatest crop this country could have
ere the foreign immigrants. He said
that when barriers are put up by con-
gress against the coming to our shores
OF foreigners we fail to realize that
these people mean to US enormous
wealth and the speaker illustrated
what the labor of one man at 50 a day
meant in the progress and develop
ment of this country. Five Thousand
immigrants are needed in Texas, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Idaho for Dig
giDg irrigation bitches and other pub
lie works, said DR.. HilIis, and the boys
from our schools will not do tllis work
for they are So men, Any law made In
congress this year restricting the i'm
migration to our country will have
to be unmade next year, declared the
speaker. God made the foreign people
as he made us and we can't talk down
the Italians, Jews, Russians, Germans,
for they have their Garibaldi, Tolstoy,
Luther and Carl Schurz as we have
our great men. DIR. Hills declared
that as far as patriotism went that
our country's liberties and institu-
tions would be safe in the hands of the
foreign born people even If the native
born, the sons and daughters of the
land, should all be swept away.
In opening his address DR.. Hills
spoke Of the holidays of the year, how
in the spring we celebrate our heroes
who have gone, in the summer our
declaration of independence, and i'm
November the celebration of the
American family, the first institution
of the country, but to him, said the
speaker, the two days in February,
the birthdays Of Washington and Lin
coin, were holidays unique of all the
! great days of the world. He told how
Washington was of patrician stock.
the richest man of bis country at that
time but Lincoln was the child of
democracy, who had been born in a
cabin and had three books and a coal
shovel that nurtured a wonderful
style OF oratory with which in later
years he was able to express himself
most forcefully before public gather
ings.
DR.. Hills compared the country Of
! Washington's time with what it is
now and told of some wonderful things
he had seen during his travels through
it, making the prophecy that the
wealth of this country was now only
little stream that washed the feet Of
our children but which would soon be
a great river large enough to swim in.
The speaker pointed out how much
the country depended upon wealth
and said he would as soon talk down
wisdom as property, leasure is needed
to grow wise.
Liberty, equality and opportunity
had been established by Washington
and the men of his time and it has
been these qualities that have enabled
the country to turn out men Of Lin
coins time that as soldiers, statesmen,
orators, lawyers, editors, have been
the greatest of our country.
The meeting was called to order by
President Jonathan w. Roberts who
asked DR.. Stephen Plerson, the vice.
president, to introduce DR.. Hills. In
doing so DR.. Pierson made talk that
scintillated with wit and which pro-
voked DR.. Hills to say, in prefacing
his address, that in the few minutes
DR.. Pierson had talked he had heard
more intellectual fireworks than he
had before in a year and to suggest
that in case of the break down of the
local electric light plant all that
would be necessary to repair the trou-
BILE would be to have DIR. Pierson Just
take hold of the ends Of the wires.
DIR. Pierson and the members of the
association gave rising toast to Mr..
Roberts and also to President Elect
Taft, as Americans; +" Here's to your
health and happiness, may you live
long and prosper"
Selections by Voss orchestra and
the singing of several patriotic songs
under the leadership of Angelo ). A.
Bennell, helped to enliven the occa-
sion.