Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-04

TContinued from Ffrst TaSe'l
some strong speeches in behaiI Oh
real Americanization enorts IN thio
country. He recently received let
fer from a. critic who suggested tnat
he the Judge, knew nothing ABOUT
the workers, what their lives are or
what they want. Judge Burlington
commenting on this letter came oack
at the writer with a jar:
"As a matter of fact l do know
the worker" he began. During my
long experience on the bench in
Pittsburgh had opportunity to STUDY
and know the workingman IN tne
mills and factories. These men DO
not know hard times like our fore
fathers. The men who founded TINS
country had insurmountaole diincul-
ties to overcome. If it had not been
for them we would not to-day have
this wonderful country of ours. Un-
till they fell into the hands of these
disconnected radicals these foreign
horn were contented and happy. l
have known their habits and desires
too long to be deluded in the belief
that they are responsible for the
present unrest. -,
"If there is anything wrong with
this foreign element in our citizen
ship it is our own fault. Heretofore
we have left them entirely in three
classes. First come the school teach
ers. God bless them! They have
done wonders in inculcating prin-
ciples of patriotism in the minds and
hearts of our new citizens. No one
can value their part in an Ameri-
canization program. Yes, and they
are woefully underpaid for their
splendid work.
Next, they have fallen under the
sway of agitators. The greatest dam
ger to the country to-day is its do
nestle enemy. He is the man who
is going about preaching anarchy.
They come seeking improved living
conditions and greater opportunity
for their children. To-day there are
approximately 14,5OO,OOO of these
people of foreign birth in America
and as many more who are the chill
dren of those of foreign birth In
the State of Pennsylvania alone there
are more than 100000. In one plant
near Pittsburgh there are more than
25, 900 foreign workers. The city of
Cleveland is said to be one-third
Slavic.
ITO your boy and my boy the
Declaration of Independence may be
but a piece of paper. But to these
millions it is a human document, a
beacon light that drew them out of
their wretched condition on the
other side and brought them here.
For what? They are simply what
we make them, and IL they are being
led astray it is our fault"
Then you have an abiding faith
in the foreign-born? was asked.
Indeed I have" was the instant
reply. "You have only to think of
what the foreign-born did during the
period of the war to realize how
much they love America; how they
thoroughly believe in America
Every man instinctively loves the
place where he was born and the
language in which he first heard his
mothers voice. 1t is only natural
a sentimental regard for the land of
their birth.
But see what these people did
during the war. You just heard that
out of nearly 800 applicants for citi-
zenship in that session of the nat
uralization court all but two had sub
scribed for Liberty Bonds.
my advice to the foreign-b
ever has been to keep clear of, any
disloyalty and to beware of treason
of all kinds. Let him go to church
and send his children to school, and
he will find peace and happiness.
Aside from any point of religion, my
experience has been that the man
who went to church was the man
who bought bonds and supported
the Government; conversely, the man
who breaches against our Govern
ment is q sooner. He has lost sight
of his country because he has lost
sight of Cod"
Judge Buffington's feeling in the
matter that now engages the atten-
ton of America-the radical leader
could not have been more sue
lcinctly demonstrated than when, in
the course of recent session of the
naturalization court, he turned to a