Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-04
Communications From Correspondents

you. sir, would be- willing to commit
an act of violence n In foreign cpun-
Try YOU should he called such names as
"BOhunk' or "Dago."
The Western Federation OF Miners
admits all uationaltics To its ranks. %
is our object to try ana bring no
whose standard OF living Is below ouls
up To our standard II we do n't 'V
this, they viii drag us down 90 ihei =.
As workers, we have no race prejudice,
and have found as much intellg. n
In the ranks OF what YOU term love
down foreigners as in the ranks OF M
English-sTeaking people and as mat
ter OF fact, In places where We nav
been In conflict with the omI oyer go.
our efforts 90 obtain better living cor-
ditions. the dcsplsci foreigner has Ot GA
found on the firing line sClid 60 mas.
Forget II. Mr.. Graham lets Get in
ana II we hnd man, Whf thor lac hA
foreign or American who a. not cur
equal, let US Try and educate him. TIL
peOn Of Mexico. or the "ffcc y IN
American citizen" In the siIms % cur
large Industrial centers, Packingi0v u,
Chicago, for instance, cannot Re OK
pccted 10 be as Intelligent as yourself.
for instance. They are, ana we an arc
just az our environment made ms. You
say that the foreigners send Inc =
money 70 the old country. SupIo4e they
do Most OF them have fam. i.s nul
] suppose their children are us deIr
TO them as yours. In my opin on, Il Us
more 20 their credit than O. throw II
over the bar Of a booze joint or tn
gambling table No SIR, they should
not be condemned, they should be mp.
plauded for taking care OF those de-
pendent on them for support
one more Of your brilliant statements.
that the laps are to be called back
on the FIRST OF October. and that they
FFNN 90. DOH d
money sent 10 Japan from this coun-
try" This may be true, but that l. n
matter that will not be determined by
the workers, but BY the shirkers, or
muneycd class The capitalists will
soon have to find n market for the
enormous over production, and VII in
all PROBABILITY start the working e. lass
Of Japan ana the United states ngat-
ing each other. and FOR once In my
life / am willing 20 gamble that those
who precipitate the conflict viii b. con-
spicuous by their absence. But h e
time Is not Far distant when the work
ing class OF all countries will get wise
to the game, ana when they do, they
will cease TO night each other; they viii
then go after their only enemy, the few
who at the present time control our
dcstinies
In conclusion, Mn Graham, wish 60
emphasize tho fact that ! am not a.
l'dNtI OF bingham MHlels union anu
DO not wish TO be, ] am at the present
time the servant Of this local union. and
] do not wish to take up space airing
my personal opinions. / am acting as
instructed by Bingham Miners union.
and / DO not think they wish mo 70
get into e. personal controversy with
any individual unless IL Is forced ON
me. The committee win not answer
any more communications from ind
viduals our communication to the
papers IN the future viii be merely
a statement of facts as they exist, uu-
less we receive instructions to do other
wise by 2 majority Of the members 81
Bingham Miners union. We are iu
this fight 20 a. finish and we only ask
that the law which prohibits gambling
be enforced.
Yours for the hcttermont or conditions
for the working class,
ALBERT w WILLS.
Chairman of Antl-Gambling Com
mittce