Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-27
EDITOR EVENING E

with the magnificent idea that thi.
country ought to do its utmost t
bring about a better understanding
between the many races forming thu
American nationality, but will you al.
low me to express in a few pages
what in my opinion is the reason fo'
this here melting pot remaining only
q badly mixed mixture, instead o.
being as It should be a combination
and a real one?
You may ask who I am for trying
to take your time and perhaps your
space and ink. / will answer in a
single word. NOBODY.
Yet, please let me talk a little or
this subject.
What prompts me to take this dar.
ing step and l call It daring for being
a foreign born that never wrote any
thing like this in the English Ian
guagc is a certain popularity at
tached to my being which to my un-
Outstanding, places me somehow in a
neutra camp to discuss this matter
am a man that came to this coun-
try with education, experience and
means.
A man In the country of his birth,
time of his life.
- A man who in the country of his
birth. was never compelled to serve
any other master than his father.
A man who is today Just holding a
Job that n other man could hold
trying TO do his best not to get
canned"
A mar who can go back to his
former much higher being, at any
time and without notice.
A man who is living a comfortable
but humble life of home and work
n day. and work and home next
day.
A man who had to suffer the preju-
dices and ~treacherous luminosity of a
few narrow minded men calling them
selves patriots"
A man that sticks to this and by
word and deed. because after six
years of American life. of American
Jokes. of American standards and
ways. he likes no other life. no other
Jokes. no other standards or ways.
A man that in social life, in his
works and also in his travel, pays due
attention to every man of every race
and every creed. with love towrad all.
and hate towards none but the
WICKED
After SIX years of unique freedom
OF speech (War time excepted) in the
other alnds curtailed by the yoke of
crowns and the bluff of the aristo-
crat by the pride Of the military and
the cruelty OF u~nspeakable feudai
laws. / am convinced that no land Is
better.
After six years of seeing and "a
ing of men worth millions, working
feverishly day after day, always i'm
proving. always investing and always
ready to do something greater, the
idleness. conservatism n idiosyn-
cracy of the vast majority of the Eu-
ropean people. brings sadness to my
heart and why deny 1t, it also In
nraac-c TIM lnnftinr DlNyaVE felt
against hat gang of purple gowned
rulers.
1t is not the peoples fault. They
are nothing but helpless sheep.
Give them a chance, start educat-
ing them and they will go far and
prosper as tens of thousands did here.
The above stated reasons will show
you AIR. Editor why I left my country
and my home, why after five years
of wandering II toiling in fake Re-
-publics / landed here now under
stand that a man like can't go back
to his former country ito stay"
A man like me back in the country
of his birth, could not help telling the
peQnlasha whole story. could noe helr
r'kinE in every directHm and loud
" ~ loud so they could hear ever,
word and as always happens. some
of these words will surely be pro.
nounced as OF lessee majestic" and
+nat means JAIL.
/ love age but steel bars suit my
fancy. certainly not!
And. now that sou know how little
and harmless i am, let's go to the
subject which I am going to handle
In plain American fashion, Frank
ness is one of my few virtues (every-
body is got somc) and trying as you
are trying to improve things, 1t Is no
use TO deceive ourselves with Halter
ting statements or false admissions.
The average American knows as
much about the psychology of the il
iterato immigrant as he does about
the country where he was born. IL
there is anything he knows is always
through newspaper or magazine read
ing.
And at this point I want to ask you
a favor, Mr.. Editor. i am going to
attach your class a little. so please be
lenient and read further n further
until this letter is finished. The at
tach will be only a cloud something
like a summer cloud; nevertheless. a
cloud and a harmful one. The vast
majority of newspaper correspond
ents are men that do hat for a living
and consequently in many cases you
can't believe the ideas printed in the
article you read 10 be the true con
xctions of the paid writer. Personal
1y / know and I guess everybody
knows this fact, of more than a big
writer serving three different political
parties all opposed to each other.
Can anybody tell me how a man
can do It? There are two answers.
The man Is either an epicure or a
victim. Epicures are liable to do
ANYTHING" Victims may be COM
pelled to do almost ANYTHING"
Hunger Is a bad ghost, and the tears
I'm a woman's or In a child's face.
principally the tears hat a M or
O child shed while asking a man for
bread, were responsible for more
than one legal execution.
As things stand today, In every
stage of life. the following alternative
Is put to many men and m You
do this or you lose your job. So the
newspapers tell their writers. You
handle this subject IN this way. or
you-are not going TO handle II at oil.
I agree that with reference to news
papers this is done TO serve h party,
political or financial. that stands be-
hind the paper. but IL proves the
strain under which every honest writ
or has to labor.
In other instances. and this refers
90 the other KIND. he kind We all
e~picures. they write different than
they think TO please the people and
SO get market and easy fame.
The American young mind Is
brought up with h understanding
Thai this country is the best OF all. As
a whole, every man with common
sense and eyesight win admit this to
be true.