The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-12
& - LABOR EM1GRA7lo"

s.oded with reque''' ~ .ra
aooo ',;,es of foreign lands VINO are
/ y 8 '' ready to go home. They s,;, nave
''s !. ' ,heir pile over here prof'te '
Sade ..o.s. they have escaped the
/ s o Il war, and now they are on
org. # would be the most prot
% sy hing the government has done
,n. ''.o wears to furnish transports TO
o., ~ provided Our laws could De
. ss'assa 50 that they or 4 the.f , h'na
d "a never get in again. Then there
e0ua - !. some excust for paying
,.r., wages, as this country would
sHps eating chance to benefit by
,.aey paid out for labor 1t,
2. ID i spent here for living Tor
49,: ~. Gar homes and for home IN
..ss.ut,, and inside of five years
s I. ssssa. help in our mill, lis. w ,,;,,a
Is ..h.t,utial owners of the mills
v;se investment of their
aiming. in mill securities /
4. foreigners who have stayed
:. - making unprecedented wages
=, ~. their countrymen were fight
w.. = tbeir fight. and our red.blooaed
1 - were putting on the finishing
..s,bes at $50 month having an
' ~ Of ! leg shot off as a life re-
\. Under Of pulling out the chestnuts'
s s iheeu accumulating money to
y. a 20 their native lands. They
49,. :. he poorest kind OF producers
a even worse consumers, because
,1.v we're here for just one purpose
money and they are gong 70 take
nj billions before the cleanup
Rat il we can get rid OF them and
: t,,o them and their kind out OF the
country, never mind the cost in dol
his and cents, it would De cheap
vb,teyer it may be.
There is a splendid opportunity
&, alien and natives here and we
,,st III the good ones we can get It
,h,y come here to stay and accept
| N WAYS and become Americanlzed.
/ When the other element IS cleaned
! III q our mills the citizens will take
. mill work as under the present
Y -. there is no industrial occupa-
toa paying better money.
NJ aboye is from the Boston Fl
~ IA FABRIC and points out con-
l;t;oa which should not be allowed
nexist We should not allow for
aners 10 come here, live on banana
eelings and other refuse, work for
/ IA vags under our liberal laws,
nue .eyery penny possible and then
"A hk their accumulat.ons out OF the
\ unaty. We may need labor, but
Y 10 not need such labor as that.
! III men lower the daily wage paid
sesf own workmen and, unlike the
Anfriraa .kborer. give. nothing back
ne country that supplies them
Ia the means Of earning a living.
~ men are parasites. They are
hsthes, sucking the life-blood of our
n1nstries. Such men are response
Mior the violence that SO often oc-
- Il connection with labor dis
t1es
III high time that the Congress
tlDsld deal with this class of peo-
ple We are not in favor of exclud-
4 those who come here for the pur-
~ Of making this their home and
~ would become desirable, self
Nqscting, self-sustaining citizens.
"a men are welcome, but there
- be no welcome to the agitator,
t&ale vAo lave no Wholesome re-
~ 1os NV, but are themselves
nlsal aod liters of lawlessness
1st n, % those who come here
= k1ylntase Of our high wages
eoss treatment merely for
e aes.mrlating what is to
lssss e iow-wase countries
a'sE With their accumula-
80 sat've lands.
3 re- country. but i. should
= e those who are not in
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