The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-03
Representatives of Big Busl. neSS' MisrepTesent Him.
WHAT HE WROTE IN HISTORY.
He Did Not Say That All Those Coming From Poland, Italy and Hungary Were Undesirabe-Hs War on Spe. eial Privilege Caused the Attacks.
By A. j. SCHMITZ, Democratic Nominee For Governor of Wisconsin In 1910.

by p. J. SUNNI Democratic Nominee For Governor of
 Wisconsin In 1910.
 Written for the Milwaukee JournaLl
 Representatives and friends of so called "big business" enjoying special privileges and some friends of other candidates for the Democratic nomi- nation for president have wrongfully and unjustly but diligently circulated reports charging Governor Woodrow Wilson with having said in his His tory of the American People" that the immigrants to this country from Poland, Italy and Hungary were un- desirable additions to our population and were, as citizens, inferior to the immigrants to this country from China.
 The reports and charges so made and circulated are doing an injustice to Governor Wilson. He did not say that all the people who emigrated from Poland, Italy and Hungary to this country were undesirable addi- tions to our population, nor did he say that Chinamen would make as good or better citizens than immigrants from those countries.
 What MT. Wilson Wrote.
 Governor Wilson says. Throughout the century (meaning the hundred years prior to 1SS0) men of sturdy stocks of the north of Europe had made up the main strains of foreign blood which was every year added to the vital working force of the country or else men of the Latin-Gaelic stocks of France and northern Italy"
 When Governor Wilson speaks of the sturdy stocks" coming to our shores from the north of Europe" and northern Italy" which added to our vital working force," he certainly in cluded in the quoted description of such immigrants the hundreds of thou sands of people who came here from Poland prior to 1880 and those who came from Italy and became a part of us and contributed much toward the upbuilding of this country. Poland is Il part of northern Europe, and her peO- pie who emigrated to this country prior 
 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 1880 to 1890: Immigrants poured steadily in as before. but with an al- teration of stock which students of af- fairs marked with uneasinesS" He speaks of the multitudes of men of the lowest class from the south of Italy and from Hungary and Poland. men out of the ranks where there was nei ther skill nor energy nor any initia- tive of quick intelligence. men whose standards of life and work were such as American workmen have never drea med of hitherto"
 Importing Contract Labor.
 The evil of importing contract labor into this country became so extensive that congress found it necessary to en- act stringent laws making it crimi- nal offense. and there can be no ques- ton that the immigrants brought here by hundreds of thousands under con tract were the ones referred to by Governor Wilson in his history In speaking of that class he does not re fer to all immigrants who came here during the period from 1880 to 1890 from the countries mentioned. but to that certain stock that came here dur ing that period which made students of affairs feel uneasy.
 The main opposition to Governor Wilson's nomination comes from these same protected monopolies and from the combines and trusts who imported the cheap pauper labor from Europe under contract to compete with and take the places of the native laborers parts of Europe, including Italy. Hun gary and Poland. because they wanted to come, whose ambition. energy and desire to better their condition caused them to leave their homes. relatives. friends and country.
 Wrongs Done by Monopoly.
 Governor Wilson more than any oth- CT candidate for president exposes with matchless ability the wrong done by monopoly and special privilege and with the same ability suggests sane and safe remedies for the wrongs to legitimate business and to our people Because of this All tha hooks articles