Evening journal., 1913-10-09
MMGRATIoN Am nrR NATION.

7 IMMIGRATION, spurred by human discomfort with
Old World conditions. the rock upon which
the United States Of America founded and upon
which it has rested, progressed and prosperedi With
IT, nation never could have been what it is to-
day It has brought to IL the brain and brawn and
practical impulse Of all the peoples of all the world.
II has given to polyglot population that has pro-
ducad composite type OF citizenship that for nelli
gence purposefulnoss and patriotism, has been
equaled in the history of mankind II has produced
a condition here under which Englishmen, lrishmen.
scotchmen, Welshmen Frenchmen. Germans, Dutch
men, spanards. Portuguese Swedes Norwegians
jews Russians, Poles Austrians. Hungarans, Italians
Greeks, Turks Africans, and Asiatcs have stood
shouder-to- shoulder knee-to-knee and foot-tofoot
working out with the native population the political
ocal and economic desnies of the land of their adop
tion. Under the American flag those peoples with
differing religious and political views, with differing
standards of living. and from lands reekng with the
bitterness Of racial and International hatreds. have
worked together in amty and healthful rivalry and
carved out of the wilderness the greatest the frees
the most liberal and the best the world ever
has And the end is not yet
In recent much has been said about rigid re-
striction of immigration Many ofg those who have
said It have had little respect for their immigrant
forbears Few Of them could 60 back many geher.
ations without finding that the ROOT of their trees Of
American gencology led them to the decks and
holds Of immigrant ships and later to the log cabin
in the forest clearing to something Infinitely less,
sylvan and attractive In this connection It is pleasing
TO note that the Rev. D. NJ Cleand in Bethany Baptist
Church in this city took liberal view of the great
benefits that have flowed from immigration and thar
he has not been thrown of his mental poise by the
many unthoughful declarations that -have been made
by men whose ancestry should have sealed their lips
Mr. Celand is devotipg his time to the establishment
in this country Of English schools for aduoregners
His work is meeting with gratifying SUCCESS In the
Of Tho ddrorr
THE history of man Is largely history of migra-
tions Sometimes these migrations have been in and
after times of barbarous warfare Sometimes they
have taken place in times oil peace when the nations
have crossed and criscrossed from part of the
earth to another and these have been mlgratons that
have crossed and criscrossed from one part Of the
The migration OF Abraham into Canaan, and the msra-
on OF Jacob into Egypt and the migration OF the first
settlers to America and now the greatest Of all mi
grations the world has ever seen comes In time Of
and II Is believed that the greatest blessing
that immigration has ever brought will be brought TO
this western land in thig day and age Of the world
when God is letting ms live and serve.
ITO Judge a city or state nation by It's few
worthy represenativess out Of all Justice
all reasonable minds all will admit vet that Is
being done Oh every hand today by Americans If
We hear Of dreadful conditions in lands beyond the
sea we are NOT conient until we send missionaries
10 them very good thing to do But when some
wicked thing takes place next door or over in the
settlement We seem strangey content with finding
fault and looking cross and likenng everybody with
those persons.
"But there is now growing number Of us who are
the lookout for the strong and true and capable
among the people who come TO as And finding
them every hand all this land. I meet men
who after hard days work In the mill glad 70
spend hours each evening in school studying
language and cannot help but think that i'm their
veins perhaps must flow the blood of John Soheski,
a Kossuth or Pulaski King John Lafayette.
They with the fire Of noble patriotism in
their hearts that will he valuable asset to any
ton. These do ask for charities but
by every principle of. the Golden Rule we are bound
10 cher the opportunity TO all who will learn our lam
guage and correct American ideals that soon as
possible Christian citizenship may be enriched
with their abilities Being a teacher and Christian
patriot, ! think II ahundantly worth while TO become
among our neghbors from the sea- and they
are many. and ! a manufacturer or doctor or
lawyer merchant WELL or in any kind of leziti-
mate business would think Il worth while also
10 form their acquaintance"
No one will attempt to deny that immigration
brings to shores many unworthy mei and women
Experience has demonstrated however that for each
undesirable person, thousand desirable persons
come n-,and. in little lie. are assimnated and
playing their respective parts in the farreachng and
never-ceasng work Of national development Il is
all right to keep out the criminals the insane the
diseased and the non-producers but cur gates never
should be closed and opportunities never should
be denied TO the honest foreigner who knows how
TO work no is willing to work who is eager to i'm
prove his condition and who content to be digested
nationally and to BECOME honest and industrious
member CT the great American family Let us not for
get that even the loudest toasers of American ances
try are only few generations remo~ed from being
foreigners and that immigr1sor saved most of them
from being born in foreign lands
II is with pleasure we welcome to our exchange
table the CLAYTON News We hail II ps An old friend