Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-21
RAYMOND ADDRESSES THREAD
 CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Special to The Bulletin.


 willimantic, July 2o-Some fifty bus mess men of this city heard Frank J. Raymond, of New York. of the Inter-ra- cial Council Tuesday evening at the Chamber of Commerce hall on Main street, when MT. Raymond explained some of the features of the immigration question as it is faced by this country today His talk which was of an in- formal nature also covered the subject of treatment of those who come to our shores and the three classes of people in business today In brief his talk was as follows:
 The Inter-racial Council was formed in April of 1919, and today numbers in it's membership over FOO of the leading or ganizations of the country, its officials being men of prominence in all races. The purpose of the council is to aid in reduc- ing labor turnover in this country and to aid in seeing that proper immigration laws are passed which will place this country in an equal basis with Canada and South American countries. This country today is 4,500, 900 short in man. power. most of this shortage being in the class of laboring groups For many months there were many more emigrants from this country than there were imrni- grants coming into the country and out of this number s6 out of every 100 were producers, leaving, while but 24 out of 100 coming in were producers. The loss of these producers comes from all big na. tional industries, and when 1t is con sidered that out of every 100 employed in the oil business S2 were foreign born in the first generation, 52 in the railroads 5S in steel and iron industries. 69 in the cotton industry, 72 in the clothing in dustry,s and 62 in the coal industry, the loss of manpower becomes of vast i'm portance to this country. These people have good reasons for returning to theil native land as they have people there from whom they have not heard in sev eral years. Shipping agents are great Iy to blame for the immigration falling | off as prices asked. for transportation | from a foreign country to this county | is far greater than for transportation | from this country. As an example MT | Raymond stated that it would cost 40,00' marks in Polish money to come to thii i country Canada gives an immigrant passport for $2 while this country ask | $10 South American countries even loal money and give grants of land to i'm | migrants.
 Mir Raymond stated that it was tn purpose of the Inter-racial Council t present these facts to the business mel
 
 their aid in making needed changes in na | tional problems, especially in passini good immigration laws that will give thi | country as good a chance as Canada and South American countries in bringin | in immigrants.
 1 The American people must first teac l the foreign born already here that tlle are welcome for themselves alone, am | to treat them as equals, not some one t be sneerd at. The literacy test so dot 1 ted upon will not effect the class of i'm migrants wanted to fill laboring posi- l tions. It is well known fact that mos of the troube makers in this country ar 1 are not those of illiteracy but are thos i of native birth. or those who were vel 1 educated before coming to this country 1 The work of the council in advertising in foreign language papers is to shoy foreigners that America wants them an that this country offers the best of OF portunities to them.
 The remainder of MT. Raymond's tai
 dealt with business problems dealing l with the three classes of business people the indifferent, the doers, and the mas ters Each class was covered in deta and the main thought brought out va 1 that every man who failed to use wha he had to gain what he desired was failure and no one but himself was t suffer for the failure to use opportuni
 ties when they presented themselves.
 a man has set purpose, in life, h'
 stated. let him plug where he is unt
 that time comes. then he will be prepare to fill that office. Employers shoul
 have good word for their employees an
 treat them fairly and the employe
 should feel that the business they wer in was their own and by doing so
 greater success might be made for bot
 The main idea to keep however, he, sait
 was to go to work every day as you di
 the first day you took the job intendin
 to better your record as time went b rather than to dote on what was done | the past.