The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-05-03
WILSON'S VIEWS
ON IMMIGRANTS
Representatives Of big Bust
ness Msrepresent Hin.
WHAT he Wrote IN HISTORY
He Did Not Say That All Those Coming
From Poland Italy and Hungary
Were unoesIrabis-His War on Spe.
eiai Privilege Caused the Attacks.
BY A } sl.is.,rz.

Democratic hont:, 50 Governor 0
| Wisconsin In 1910.
| written tor the Milwaukee, JournalI
Representatives anl friends of 81
cal h,s business enjoying s,irt'n
| privileges alu sunie friends OF othel
candidates fur the Democratic nOmi
nation for president q wrongful,
and UNJUST, hut dill lily circulated
rp,Wris charging Governor WNdrOw
Wilson with having said In his Ills
tory Of this. american People" that
the Immigrants to this country from
Puiand. ltal, and Hungary were un
d,>ir; bic additions to our population
AMI were. a. citizens, inferior to tho
IMMIGRANTS To this country from China
'rhr r','orts and charges 10 made
ana r,n,a'rd are doing an injustice
I" t;ovr"hn- Wilson He did not 81.
that all thr people who emlgrnted
from Poland. Italy and Hungary ia
this countr, were undrsira bile nddi
iiuns TO nir population. nor did he say
that t'hImuipn would make us good
OF better citizens than immigrants
from thus,. countries.
What Mr.. Wilson Wrote.
Governor WilSun says. Throughout
fhc rruiir, meaning the hundred
wears prior TO 1850 men of sturdy
stocks of the north OF Europe had
made NJ the main strains of foreign
hioM which was every year added to
thr vital working force OF the country
~ elise men nf the Latin.Gaellc stocks
vi France and northern Italy"
Whn Governor Wilson speaks Of the
'stnrdy stocks coming to our shores
from The -..noffh of Europe" and
.igssr, hrrn Italy" which added to our
vital working force" he certainly In
rIudrd in the quoted description Of
sucn Immigrants the hundreds OF thou
sands 0f people who came here from
Poland prior to 1850 and those who
came from Italy and became part OF
us and contributed much toward the
upbuilding of this country. Poland Is
part OF northern Europe, and her peo-
pie who emigrated to this country prior
to 1880 to become part OF US are GER
tainly included In the complimentary
description OF Governor Wilson when
speaking of the Immigrants who came
to this country prior to that time
Change In Immigrants.
Governor Wilson speaks thus of some
OF the Immigrants who came here from
1850 to lS!N. ''Immigrnpts poured
III IL. before. but with an al.
irration Of stock which students of af.
fairs marked with uneasiness." He
speaks Of the mtItitudes OF men Of the
and frn,a Hungary and Poland. "men
out OF tue RANKS where there was mel
the, s!ill nor energy moi any initia
tive Oi quick intelligence men whose
standards Of life and work were such
us American workmen have never
dreamed OF hitherto"
importing Contract Labor.
The evil Of importing contract labor |
Into This country became so extensive |
hat congress found It necessary to en-.
act stringent laws making 1t q crlmi- |
nal OfIcnse. and there can be no Ques. |
ion that the Immigrants brought here |
~ hundreds of thousands under con. |
ract were the ONES referred to BY |
Governor Wilson in his history, In
speaking of that class he does not re
81 to al! Immigrants who came here
lurina the period from 1880 to 1890
rom the countries mentioned. but to
hut certain STOCK that came here dur.
ny thar period which made students
II affairs feel uneasy
The main opposition to Governor
\ IL sous nomination comes from these
..i.- protected monopolies and from
he combines and trusts who imported
he cheap f'ani,et labor from Europe
hiei contract to compete with and
nike the places of the native labOrers
nd those who came here from all
arts IF Europe. Including Italy, Hun.
dr., and Poland BECAUSE they wanted
, ru.nc. wh,,se ambition. energy and
c'irr to better theit condition caused
Inn TO leave their homes. relatives.
rirfnis and country
Wrongs Done by Monopoly.
t;ovefnUr Wilson more than any 9TH
candidate for president exposes
f'h matchiess ability the wrong done
= monopoly and special privilege and
18th the same ability suggests sane
nd safe remedies for the wrongs to :.
ultimate business and to our people
's'n,se OF this al. the hooks. articles a
I'd letters he ever wrote are searched
lind some words or lines that lie :
~ written about men or about ma.
or religion that may posi-
> with gre;lt inrfnHiI. M construed !,
his Injury The representatives Of a
0n0polies AND trusts know that BY =,
Irr.ng ~. pr ,. -. t ;lir, "nu use q =,
rye body Of good men m,n " liu sui.
r most from monopoly and trusts, to h,
feat the man who fights their bat. te
. to wrench the government from In
. special privileged classes and re. r.
,re representative government to our
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