The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-12

! In Washington Dust now the dispute
| as to immigration has waxcd bitter and
the voices arc full Of anger. large
group Of politicians wish the bars put
up against all immigration from Europe
| for the next four years. "Shut out this
river Of mud" shouted one politician
| last week. quite forgetting that it is the
! annual overflow Of the Nile and the de-
pcsit of little mud :aat fertilizes
Egypt. and has fed that land for thou
sands of years. Many men feel as did
Charles Sturgeon. Years ago in his
study Mr.. Sturgeon said TO me: Your
great lakes. Michigan and Eric. are
large. but if Europe is allowed 10 empty
a Niagara Of filth and sewage into even
Lake Superior tho time al last will come
when all the fountains Of life will be
poisoned and become sources Of disease
and DEATH" This great man assumed
| that all immigrants were ignorant dis
cascd and dcpravcd. or al Least lower
than the average Amcrican-an assump'
| ton that j. quite erroneous. some OF
our best. wiScst and most patrlotlc
Americans have been foreigners. More
! over. have personally met scorcs and
scores Of tho finest type Of English and
French officers who have been over in
! this countrt. during the great war try
ing 10 scrufr' cnlist.ncnis, and who have
been impressed by the opportunities
! of America that they are making all
their plans 10 remove % this country al
tho earliest possible moment. And IN"
need uf immigrants is the NOR" StriklnS
by reason Of -this fact. that CANADA ]:
now clearing away every possible Dhl' E
ricr and opening up every part or her
land, offering large inducements la inc
best type of young farmer IN our tnidoI"
west to leave our country and go I" Can.
ada. Already tho population OF one or
our richest states. Iowa, has begun u"
decrease The withdrawal Of their Young
men has been made up BY farmers VINO
have doubled and quadruplcd the L>e OIL
machinery in the fields. Since inc OASIS
Of wealth is land with labor. inc onl5
way To pay our enormous war oeot - ~
double our production of wealth. Livery
strong n"althy. intelligent young man.
therefore, whn comes TO THIS country
and earns three dollars day - "1u'Va-
lent to gift 10 the Cn!trG states Oh y
locomotive or A ship worth $4,000. what
this country needs is not 10 shut o"'
immjrration but commission III HaeH re
foreign portS 10 accept The strong. inc
Intelligent, the Industrious and moral.
and To- lend thcs" young Immigrants
every possible assistance in. setting III
This country. while at the same ulnc re-
fusing the right of sailing from Euro
mean ports IL the weak. the diseased ana
H., detective Now that the war j.
over, steamship lines want tranic ana
foreign cities want tn get ITO. OF tneir
naunnrs and confirmed criminals. The
am, hnritics in Europe will do everything
:, drive out their "undcsiraoles, anu
tho steamship companies wish to secure
traffic. Therefore the utmost vigilance
will he necessary 10 prevent undcsir-
,bI.a f.achn. this country. Our coun-
try needs no more parasites and pau
mrs DETECTIVES or lunhtics. illitcratcs or
criminals. just as it needs no more poll
tic;ais who giy.. the people what they
want. while statesmen give the people
wha, they ought To have: just AS 1t
needs no more quacks masqucrading as
doctors. or pettifoggsrs. lying. cheating
and securing injustice for the sake Of
getting their living The great major
iIv Of the youth who are ambitious 10
come to America have hungry minds, re-
serves Of health. and are needed II our
fields, factories and our forests. and
upon our railroads. This country has
more to fear from the broken down apd
degenerate descendants OF noble ancf
tors Than from the God-fearing, h>Air