The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-08-08
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who, judged by our own experience,
possess the possibility of developing
into useful American citizenship.
My sympathy goes out to the man
who has never had chance in the
struggle for existence, to the man
whose dreary pathway through life
has never been illuminated by the
bright. golden sunlight. of hope, and
opportunity. I would not discrimin.
ate against the Italian, the Hungarian
or the Pole. ] have not forgotten that
Columbus was the son of an Italian
laborer. have not forgotten that
among the great sculptors and art.
lists who have given Italy her proud
place in the world OF art are the sons
Of men who earned their bread in the
sweat OF their brows. All, genius
knows no nationality and is not the
result of birth or location. No nation
has a monopoly on intellect, corner
on brains. Italy has her Garibaldi,
Poland her Kosciusko, Hungary her
Kossuth; and even the learned Prince.
ton professor may profit by reading
the inspiring story of their heroic
lives. In this land Of equal opportun.
ity, the son Of the immigrant of today
may become the American statesman
of tomorrow.
oh, as ! read the pathetic story Of
the patriotic struggle Of the people
Of the south of Europe for greater
freedom and for larger opportunity,
and as l recall all that they have
contributed to the genius of our ma
tional life, must take issue with
Prof. Wilson. l believe that these
people are superior in every way to
the Chinese and that It Is an insult
to the Caucasion race to say that
they are not.
Wilson the Friend Of the Chinaman.
Prof. Wilson seems to be especially
fond Of the Chinese. Continuing the
quotation which / have just read, on
page 213, volume 5, Of Woodrow Will
sons History OF the American peo-
ple." the professor proceeds as fol.
lows:
They
Meaning the Chinese
had, no doubt many an unsavory hab
1t bred unwholesome squalor in the
crowded quarters where they most
aLounded in the western seaports, and
seemed separated by their very ma
ture from the people among whom
they had come to live
Now listen
But II was their skill, their intelli.
gence, their hardy power of labor Their
knack at succeeding and driving dull.
er rivals out, rather than their alien
habits, that made them feared and
hated and led to their exclusion at
the prayer of the men they were like
ly to displace. should they multiply
The unlikely fellows who came in al
the eastern ports were tolerated be
cause they usurped no place but tn,
very lowest In the scale OF labor"
Mr.. Chairman, the history of the
Geary Act, which passed in 1892, ant
which resulted in the exclusion of the
Chinese from The United States tells
us that the act was passed upon the
unanimous and urgent request o
American workingmen, who justly
regarded the Chinaman as an alien
incapable of assimilation and incap
able of Americanization. do no
agree with Prof. Wilson in the sta e
ment that the workingmen of thi
country were driven to make deman,
upon congress for this legislation be
cause OF their fear OF the superlo
skill and intelligence" of the Chinese
know OF no wage Garner in the grea
industrial district which have tn
honor to represent In tN'r cN-"''ho
who Is not the superior of the Chi
nese in point OF skill, intelligence
or power of labor" | know of NJ
American wage Garner anywhere VIII,
is only dull rival of the Chinaman
There can be no rivalry between th
intelligent laborers of the Unite,
States and the ignorant coolies O
China. Rivalry can exist only be