The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-01

Immigrants in their poverty and help
nessneSs.
themselves foreign born. are the sons or
grandsons of men who crossed the sea
10 get TO this country. Most numerous
and active are those having Irish names,
northern European nationaJitjes Dele
gates Of the Latin races are making their
appearance in recent years The Eng
lish names common TO that part of
the American population which predom- =
mated in this country 70 so great an
extent nrior 20 1850 arc rare. These facts
veIopmenis. The old families of New
England, the middle and the middle west =
ern states now put comparatively few Of
their sons al q trade. Those old fam
of the. country was To be taken for the
gathering. Rough work hence gradual
u went out Of fashion with them. To-
day the well-orf among them give their
which enable the holders at least To get
along. many of them holding aloof from
the wage working classes. The Irish
American wage earners have two prom
inent characteristics; among the most
skilml Of mechanics they are ever sent
TO the front as standard bearers for their
door trades such as the structural iron
workers. men Of Irish a inercan blood
are in large majority, fact signifi
cant Of racial hardihood. Germans or
brewers. bakers. cigarmakers. garment
cutters butchers, tailors-callings in
general requiring psilence, study and
persistence. 10 be traced TO training
iE their home land.
The complaints of the inToads Of tine
ever-arrivinc Immigrants on their labor
| markets come from the mon Of lesser
skill among The miners metal workers.
railroad employees street laborers. or
IN the building trades. although some OF
the indoor workers such rs those en-
/ IL Il tt..
garment trades. In both Of which a very
large percen tage cf the wage earners are
foreign born. suffer in their unionism-.
which means thcir scale Of wages and
other union condltions-through the COM
petitlon Of the multitu6Iuous hungry and
humble strangers who once here must get
th"tr living here.
These points are plainly made in the
testimony OF delegates representing occu-
pations in which the new immigrants
have displaced. or are displaelng. those
liberty and aspire 10 American stand =
ards who themselves only few years
ago displaced Alaericana or Europeans ~
other races than their own. AS SUCH
delegates. standing on the floor OF the
convention describe conditions among
the unorcanlzed immigrants who arc
crowalng out the organized In their oc-
cupatIons or privately between sessions
give information on The subject from ex-
pcricnce covering many parts oI the
country the inquiriDg visitor is I'M
pressed that here he Is face to face with
the Immigration problem in lis vitally
important social phasc-tha, cf It's erect
results upon America as the land OF the
independent wage working citizen. 70
whom all the possibilities OF hish CIVIL
lizat!on should remain open.
The deieea,es OF the 3Geupst,,,on,s ,e,, mos. the
! inquirer that simply through the ina :
bnity of tho helpless, Ignorant newiy ;io ,aoI r.
! life and health arc frequently dead let
ter ssn mine or manufactory; among a,e inc
| transport workers or the building traues
men. Upon the labor unions fall mainly
the burden Of enforcing protective en- en2c, : :
ments a feet true in Europe as well as
In this country, Where the unions aMe Te
weak. the mere maintenance OF tne'r sre.c ~.
of wages requiring most OF their encrGloE,
these laws are often neglected and WHERE
no unions exist they pass 10 nothlngnesss. IS
II is n certainty that where factory siTls
arc burned 10 death bv the. score or tne
lives OF miners are lost by tns WI. Nh.
drcds, The question NAV be asked; WnS
were thcy no' duly Drotecssd by s the quite GI
| aurc IA be. Because the union Was not
strong enough to cope with law break