Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-29
OUR CRITICS


 ln reply to opinions expressed in these columns, Tn Review daily receives letters from its readers who no ulrclenay take issue with the editorials. Almost ir varably request is made that the letters be put lished The writer seldom sign their names deplorabl fact ln connection with many Of the communications that ahuso and vdcaton are employed by the writer who lose sight of the fact that nothing constructive .a be accomplished thereby that anger clouds the reaso and makes impossible a helpful and dgnided discussion of any subject Following is an excerpt from one letter
 "uasmuc. as you in your editorials in The Re-
 view seem to be suffering to great extent over
 the result of last State election. especially so
 ever the Eighty Per Cent law which was knocked out
 at least until our Supreme Court can sustaip it-
 log the Federal Court and you persist in your edit
 orals in giving vent to your personal spleen-vhich
 you seem to have an unlimited supply of-upou the
 people or Arizona in general and the Americans of
 Bsbee in particular for having voted for such law and you quote from outside of the state
 papers to back up your point Of view, did it ever occur to you Mir Editor that you take yourself too
 seriousy-that the people of Arizona are just as
 intelligent as you are-thot they are just as capable 
 you arc-trat they wish to be just as fair to every
 one concerned as you do and that they are Just as
 patriotic and lav-abidmg as you are then why do you persist in referring to that law as freak and to those who voted for it as having done so
 through error or insufficient knowledge Of the sub- toct or through blind abedeuce to false leaders and that those who got up the law were aeitatorse"
 Agitation is unquadedly desirable when its motive. are clean and its aims constructive and consistent A stated repeatedly these columns we believe that th Eighty Per Cent law is inconsistent with the Consuu lion Of the United States and would be destructive t he welfare not only Of American wor5men but of cm rloycrs The success Of industry is dependent upoi conditions that confront it. If .on existing conditions in Arizona well as elsewhere it is imper lyo to employ certain amount Of alien labor in or der to keep our industries going, alien labor must b retained until such time as it can be dispensed with The Review prays as fervcnty as the ardent ad yocate Of the Eighty Per Cent law for the time whoi economic conditions make possible Che employment O American citizens exclusively The history of our coun tw's development reces the part played by aliens h the hundred tasks required of them Frs -ame the sturdy sons of Ireland then the Germans later the Italians and more recently the Slavic races Without these aliens the swift upbuilding and deve rpment Of our national resources could not have The speedy development of Arizona a this time cannot be accomplished without alien assist lnce We have got to deal with conditions as they ARE We forced compete with other states where alien are employed Until such time as uniformity is estat shed and this nation restricts or closes the door agaius immigration - if that course is a wise one Arizon must either hold in abeyance ideal patriotic as afrma it's friendship for the worldngman whose hom is in Arizona who must provide for his family tC day under conditions which exist today Whether Chi view is more or less intelligent that that of the ad vocates of bs Eighty Per Cent law may properly be lief for decision to Che army Of wage-eauers who woul oe thrown out Of employment by the crpplng of ou and curtaiment of our development
 The law was drafted by the Arizona Federation O Labor to the end among other things-of lncreasIn wages. No thought was taken Of what might resu from imposing scale which industry could not pay ant yet exist.
 Tho Review welcomes communications from req, CTS who will put their names to their contributed opll ions IT letters are calculated to add to Che informatio on any subject and arc free from personal animu which adds nothing to general instrucyeness The R view win gladly publish as many as the limitations C pace permit