St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-03-20
ing greatly to the wealth of our ma
ton.
Z. A stronger nation in case Of
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i Z. A stronger nation in case o.
war.
j In order to prevent false impress
s.sn, / shall refer you to the reDor
LOT the commission OF immigration
! which shall show that the evils
which arise from this course are cen
siderably smaller. than shown by n,
opponents.
In America there's a demand fol
strength, people who are able t.
| work and develop our resources.
Take the report Of the railroads:
there's a. steady demand for more
men are those employed wers chief
| " Italians. What if these men were
! not allowed to come into this coun.
TRY?
LIE. me ask: VIII not the able
bodied, industrious working l1en sup
ply the vacant positions? Certainly,
for whosoever is vigorous in body,
Isound in mind and honest, will make
a good citizen, and we need citizen
ship.
A further reason that immigration
should not be restricted is, the UNI
settled lands which would make
good homes, for worthy immigrants.
Take the land in our own parish.
Would It not be better for foreigners
to develop the soil than to have a
barren waste as it is? Would it
not be better to bring in worthy men
and give them a chance to begin life?
Let us look back at the progress
that our nation has made in the past
fifty years. The great west has been
open and settled. forests fe1led, rail-
roads and mines developed, and yet
was 1t not labor that did this work?
Why not give immigration this day
the same opportunity An idea OF
manhood.
Another reason for immigration is
that most Of them have been placed
in land by the Creator, where poll
tics hinder education, but in America,
each and every one has the opportu-
nifty for learning.
Take, for instance, If the amount
of immigrants per year enlisted over
| 1000, and 1t took five yards Of cloth
to clothe each one, just think of the
amount of cotton would have to be
raised to supply all these people. just
think of the laborers the plantations
would employ yearly. also the mon-
ey being made and retained in Ameri-
ca.
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The American standard of living
is lofty, as compared with other ma
tons.
| ask my opponents If this is not
the fundamental reason and a Ques-
ton and answer in one, why foreign
ers immigrate to our q. S.
Then why should we restrict that
influx Of nations?
We will begin with the shipping.
! The high sea is open to all ma
tons, and why should we build an
impossible barrier to our shores?
We are not Chinese Our merchant
marine and great passenger vessels
| would have less revenue for our gov
eminent.
immigration means colonization
and citizenship. It has been proven
that two-thirds become citizens. thus
an Increase in population and tax
alton and Industrial conditions.
Every paticn is bound to truth
and holaet4ain its intercourse with
other nations.
Can we deny that our country is
larger, better, more Industrious be-
cause Of foreign immigration? Ac-
co-ding to statistics found in the New
Century book of facts, the new ar
rivals during three decades of 10Th
century amounted to over eleven mil
lien. These we find fitted for oc-
equations and professions equal to
our own nation, only very small
percentage are illiterate.
Our laws force the deportation
Of those diseased and afflicted. This
protects us from all that to me seems
undesirable.
We will refer you, my friends, to
the reports of the railroads. There
is a steady demand for increased inn
migration. Only last week the Tex
as E Pacific opened an immigration
bureau ct its own. The policy OF
the department will be to cooperate
with various agricultural agencies
for development, and to have COM
mercial bodies give aid in solving
GHC RAVU10MS VI llululSI6LlOu. mus
again you will see that our wide
awake business men are interested
in immigration for greater develop
ment of our country.
We will present the German i'm
migrant to our opponents. Are not
he eyes CT the whole world turned
on this wonderful nation, its pre-
paredness, its industry, wealth, its
response, it's craft in the horrible
conflict?
| ask you to answer, If, after this
cruel war. these staunch people tira'
Of yoke too heavy to bear can cross
over to a free ami princip1ed coun-
try, would they not be worthy of
confidence. having gone through the
fiery furnace and overwhelmed with
the reign of an Empires iron will
and Q slave to his power. Tell me
if such one would not be a sub
dued and warm adherent to free
ana nobler principles. say he
would. Then let US open our doo-