El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-03
EMPLOY FEWER FOREIGNERS AND
KEEP DOWN THE. UNREST AT HOME

A MEXICAN employers should adopt judcous
n policy with respect to the employment Of foreign Ia
Dor in the future than they have followed IN the past It
is true Of the fundamental principles Of our basic law
is the night Of employers to hire whom they please and
fire whom they please. But industrial ethics have
undergone evolution which has resulted almost d1sas-
trousy to this principle.
Pehaps no greater issue oonronts the country than
the question Of whether collective bargaining shall sup
plant the old system Of private contract In parts
the collective bargaining principle has already suppanted
the personal contract principle, but it has not been uni
versay established through supreme court opinion or
through national legislation. If II should come to be gen
orally accepted course American employers make the
necessary adjustments to meet it But involved IN the
whole employment problem IS the very critical question OF
whether il is better to limit employment to American cti-
zens or to continue the wholesale employment Of recently
acquired aliens and depend program Of Americana
zation for the insurance Of their loyalty.
lave recently Weakened to the fact that we have IN
this country fifteen million more Of foreign born
residents who badly in need Of Amecsnzaon Among
these alien born persons the laboers Of the country have
largely been recruited for greatest industries And
among them are than two millions Of persons who
have come during the last two OF three decades from Rus
sia southern and southeastern Europe It IS among
these very people that most Of radical disturbances have
occurred These radicals, whom we are now so eager TO
inprisoa OF deopTt, and many Of whom without doubt
should be imprisoned deported, may recall Just
as eagerly brought to this country few years ago IN
der that larger employers might cut down their pro-
ducton costs BY the Of cheap labor These employers
are nov paying the penalty for these pOrtations It
would have been wiser for them have given employ
ment to American labor at few cents more per day
While the large manufacturers fighting for pro
tecve tariff to safeguard against the invasion
of European products made in factories where labor
cheap the American laborng given protection
whatever for their product against the invasion Of Euro
pean labor. protective tariff that viii enable the
American manufacturer to compete with foreign manu-
facursrs IN domestic markets most essential IN the
early ana uncertain days Of industries and is and
VII continue 70 be when the protection Is necessary but
American labor should be protected against foreign labor
as vel
We have no night to be surprised at unrest among
American BON laborers If persist in discriminating
against them In order to swell profits when at the
time the discrimination results N bringing into this
try vast hordes Of aliens whose only ambition IS to ex
pioit this country and eventually to overthrow It
The who have to furnish the capital for great
industrial enterprises and who have to do the planning the
pioneering and meet the payroIs and al Of the
responsibilities Management certainly ought have all
Of the protection against foreign competition that be
given to them consistently And Of the best
uss of ultimate and continued success 10 their enter
prses would be to restrict future immigration that
they may have the least possible amount Of unAmerican
material to deal with in their labor turnover.
Sometimes the employers in their efforts to make quick
and immediate profits have overlooked this fact And
night there is foot to make provision for
the ngress Of lge numbers OF foreigners who VII work
fez less money than American lab0reIs require If the
succeeds II VIII prove to be mistake If the logi
cal results Of suh movement occurs VII have end
Of labor troubles for that logical result VII be uuemploy
among Americans, riots, bread lines and possibly
industrial that would not only deprive labor Of its hard
rights but disrupt the entire industrial system Of the
country, which the employers least Of all could afford