The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-10-18

demand that an aliens shan BE- admit.
ted IN order 20 keep uo supply equal
10 lhc demand.
Facts ald statistics are AZ hand 60
show that this arEumfat O. not only
weak hut false. IN the New York Her
aid OF Jan. n. 1919. r. Hu article haFcd
upon careful invcstisn Ion OF the ia.
Dor conditions az that time. The arii.
Gle says, In part:
More than million sailed n~chnn-
iCH and labnrers are idlfuHd daily seek
inr employment IN NrN York CITY. ara
ourdinr 20 nuurra compiled YESTERDAY
by the manual labor bureau % the NH-
tinnal Employment Exchange. The
labor market In this trinity says an
officer ~ the bureau. never has been
s1 FtiEnHnt and Eluttr1 aa now, ani
never has there been such a small
demand FOR labor % am class"
Because % this ruu'lfiOu ana be-
cause It is rapidly becoming worrc. the
National Employment Exchange. which
Is supported by about q hundred prom
irrnt financial and Industrial leaders
In the country. issued a warning yes
terdHy Co. an mechanics Hnd lnhnrcrs 90
stay away from New York city.
Yes. but these people urge that
farm laborers are badly needed. AZ
times. and In some sections there Il a
dcarth OF labor on the farm, but does
this class OF foreigners supply the de.
mand?
The article In the Herald continues:
4 much stronger demand for labor
fH apparent ln the Middle West than
here. We can not cycnl lsupply an or
der for zoe miners IN W,kt Virginia be-
cause the men want g. stay In New
York. New York ~ "a Mecca which at-
tracts men, and there o. not the labor
here 90 support them.
Which speaks volumes In support
OF the fact that this very class which
Il Il desired 20 restrict, do not come
here 10 supply any deficiency; cannot
be induced TO leave the city TO work
on the farm. but hang about the cities,
and their tendency Is 10 become buns,
beggars and criminals.
The real, but veled. reason this
class demands unrestricted immigrn
tion Is that they are operators OF
mines. contractors. etc. and desire an
overabundance OF laborers IN event
of a strike or a decision on their part
20 cut wages. n they can have a LOT
Of unemployed always on hand they
come I'm very conveniently at such
times.
Under the second head are the trans.
Atlantic steamship lines These com.
panles are ambitious 20 have their
ships we'll loaded every time they
make a trip. These people have been
accused OF working In connection with
socalled immigration agencies on
the other side In extending induce
ments TO aliens wishlus TO come over
here. but who are financially unable
70 do so. by granting them reduced
rates and other favors. The carrying
companies get their rates, even
though they are reduced. and the
agencies" receive a commission on
every person sent over.
The third class demanding unre
stricted immigration Is the Roman
Catholic church.
Compared 20 the two first this In,
fluence stands like the Washington
monument by the side Of an ordinary
grave marker This statement NAV
not dnd immediate acceptance with
some people, but Il must be remem
bercd that Rome works in mysterious
ways her wonders 10 parform." While
other agencies have rome out into
the open and made thtir fght, Rome
as always. has stiutted about in her
religious Earb. prating about her holi
ness, openly claiming 'she Is mot IN
politics." while, like the hypOcrite she
always has been. this examination has
hacked the halls Of congress at the
critical moment with trained lobby
lists and flooded the mails with threat
ening letters and petitions against leg
lslation displeasing to her.
Rome's only hope N subIuaatlns
America Is through unlimited immlsra
tlon.
The Catholic churci has always en-
dorsed and aided alieis in coming tC
America. This so-cal.ed church has
authorized committees and agencies
IN nearly every Catholic country as
sistlng her poorer dupeg in coming ovel
here. II "a alleged tha' this church
has this department so well organized
that the vested authority on this side
knows Just how many people will ar
rive, who they are and on what shlT
they will come. Their agents on this
side are on the ground ready TO re
ceive them and enroll them as Catho
lies, pilot them to a priest in some city
or ship them to a ''coBny."
Rome is losing. nottonly influence
but members in the United States. and
she hopes by this me;hodical process
OF sending over all the trash possible
from the other side. people who. II
many instances, are not anxious e
leave their native land but are in
dueed to do so. to az least hold hel
own. Rome has no real interest AZ