The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-11

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We believe that the high prices will be
reduced as soon as all the Wilson laws
tina the immigration law should be
become in operation. 1t seems to me
amended 50 AS to exclude all immi-
grants except those who seek the
the farm. Such a law would at once
relieve the situation in the city and
on the farm. 1t would in a few years
reduce the number Of laborers in the
city and it would increase the num-
Der Of latorers where they are want
ed on the farm. Therefore as more
Of the products Of the farm would be
produced it would naturally follow
that the cost of those commodities
would be reduced.
BY references to the census we
note that our immigrant population
is increasing at the rate Of one and
one-half million each year. therefore
the demand for the, products Of the
farm. the forest and the mine has in
creased without a corresponding in
crease in production. There are very
few farm hands coming to America,
therefore help is very scarce and the
farmer Is Overtaxed by the demands
of the eyer-increaSing multittudes who
annually seek our shores for a tran
Scient or permanent residence. and
the result is a constant increase in
prices.
Another cause for complaint about
the large influx Of immigrants crowd
ing into our cities; a very large num-
Der 81 them are business people and
When they ON to America they en-
gage in business and enter at once
INTO d competition with the American
business man. with the result that
the profits Of the American is reduced
to a lower percentages. Therefore he
On m hA 0c + - ~, -, - % --1
to be when he had no such
ton. 1t naturally follows ma the
older business people are compelled
to economic or get out Of business.
me Dracticing Of by those
ngaSed in business means a with
drawal Of money from circulation
and a consequent scarcity of work.
Wherever We find business people
and wealthy men extravaganza, there
We 1lnd loads of prosperity and when
rlch and Door are e-Xtravagant there
We get to the summit of ~osper
and IN danger of a sudden fail. which
often has happened and will happen
again under the same conditions. We
nav" seen it several times in our life
time and it has occurred very recent
ly under the last administration OF
PRESIDENT Roosevelt, only seven years
ago Through the of the
" lif' hdtdI oil dIlu dEiIllti4t
products OF the farm, the mine. the
forest and factory. a business depres-
sion developed the whole country and
the cry OF business men and the Scueal
of the pOpulace demanded the Iagis-
latlon that President Wilson is giving
Us, and IL We wait patiently until the
freSldentS Ideas become operative
Dy legal enactment we will see the
settled business conditions that we
\ nave IDOOa0 for the mast fftu WOO &c
ana the President will be hailed by
future generations as the Moses who
delivered us from the business sharks
Wnlch lnfeSt the oceans Of trade and
commerce. We who have elected him
ior lnat purpose must stand by him
ana man MS ship of state hat he
may navigate her safely through the
ShoaiS and narrow channels of
pralhstormS which threaten her de-
~Struction.
americans, awake, arise, give
nearly Snpport to President Wilson.
he mas your cooperation do
not fail him. He desires that A~neri-
cans should set an example to the
world. Every act OF his .administra-
ton reflects his wish to have you the
greatest people on earth.
President Wilson's ideas are Similar
10 WashingtOn's. Listen to what the
father OF our Country says in his
moral maxims: The title of an hon
est man is the greatest on EARTH
oodro Wilson is an honest man
MS acts show it Washington again
says: observe good faith and juS-
lice towards all pations cultivate
peace and harmony with all" Wood
row Wilson is trying to do this: lei
US neip MIN. He deserves our earn
est support.
washington speaks again and says:
II VIII be worthy of A free and en-
Hghtened people. and at no distan,
period a great nation t. give TO man.
hlnd the magnanimous and too move
example of a people always guided b,
1850 ana ~Denevoience. Woodrow
wilson is guided by wisdom and bene
violence Show him that you approve
or ms acts. The period which Wash,
inSton had in min is right here. LIE
us realize our responsibility to Coo
and country and also to future age.
and generations yet unborn that thel
may bless and revere our a
we revere the memory of the nobl.
Washington and his compatTiOts o
the revolution.