The Cairo bulletin., 1910-03-24
GREAT QUESTIONS
ABLv DISCUSSED AND sATisFAc-
ToRiLY SETTLED BY High
SCHOOL PUPILS.

Cross Country Wax Begins This
Observation-Disclosures oradpa.
ticr vitaticns
-sch,oI Notes.
The C. II, s lTcbating Society fa.l
a good meeting last night at tic hish
school The regular program was
carried out, TIC BUSINESS. both new
and old, receiving ..9aticn
AT the lass IN ef'ns the two MON
her. Of the negative lido CT TIE de.
hate Resolved, tbs the Nations OF
the Western Hemis ere sho,9d Ioin
Together for M,anal BENEFIT John
Lynch and Iowaf,; Pennebaker re-
fused to debate. saving that the sub.
ject was not deba.ahle. President
Goldsmith anpointe1 committee to
decide whether these hov were r5sh
In a suming this and to look into the
matter generally. AT the meeting
last night the report Or the commit
tee was read TO the effect that the
two re,thcrs he fired so cents ac-
,ccrdins to the r,les and that they
10 suspended from the society for
three CO., ecutive meetings.
A motion was --,,edc against accept
ing the rcrcrt and after n rather
torlnv discussion X YVES carried by
a standing vote.
After this the debate followed IRE
solved, That Further Immigration No
the United States Be Restricted. "ga
The fir 1 speaker on the affirmative
side was Raymond Franklin. Ray
mond said immigration endangers
our American principles. our idea
and hopes, That the foreigners who
come over here are 0: the very low
est caste and this fact In years to
come will lower orr tone of moral.
They do not understand the pri1ci-
pies Of democracy and free govern
ment and should not be allowed
therefore to participate In sncn gov
eminent. They are not skilled, Ia
horers AMI this lowers our rate Of
skilled labor by competition. Iney
work for less money, can live cheap
er and thus crowd ont our own ma
tive workmen. Raymond made con-
yincing argument all the way
through,
The second talk, the negative, was
O good one and was made by Mercer
Woodward Mercer said we should
have immigrants. We cannot get
along without them. In the West es-
pecially, whore work would not be
taken by Americans, it is readily ac-
cepted by foreigners and this il one
proof of their usefulness. He said all
thorities state that america has not
enough laborers, contractors report
eeareitp Of men and 1t ell es,aa gee. z =
show we can use immigrant to good
advantage
Henry Clay Lewis was the sec
ond speaker for the affirmative side.
Henry said we owe it to our fellow
Americans to give them. positions, in
preference to foreigners. Az a general
rule the immigrants to the United
States are the worst cAss possible.
They are run out OF other countries
and they comprise, the cut-throats.
murderers and criminals of the worst
class. These people would naturally
be detrimental to free government.
Immigration causes Iaziness, idle
mess, crime, competition. etc, and 1t
certainly ehould be restricted Hen
lry's speech was sell worded and
carefully prepared. 5rs
Lester Bumpas, the second neg
ative speaker, said that immigrants
do not NEEDLE in politics and that's
their redeeming feature. We speak
Iof their low caste, but are they any
lower than some of the designing and
grating political leaders on record
who claim to be Americans? These
foreigners tend to their own business
and If they made competition IL does
not thus show that they are OF high
rank. Bumpas said that as rule
American won't take up the low
grade of work and 1t evolves by ma
ture on the foreigners thereby. Prey
ing that we can not get along with
out them.
Franklin came back in rebuttal
trying TO break his opponents testt
mony. The judges, Horace Tolle
Walter Ryan and Mr.. Carlson decided
lin favor OF the affirmative. Leroy
Metzger then gave an interesting talk
on the Panama Canal. $g ,
Three new members were admitted
to the society," Lindsey Ireland. Oar
rel Schulz and Walter Ryan, Mr.
Stewart Lewis was visitor. al