The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-01-27

! men seeking work than we have work
seeking men. For our agricultural
needs there is no necessity for the
next year or two OF bringing in any
| immigrants. Every bit of work that
needs to BE done in this country can
be handled for the next year or two
| by the men who are here. To bring
/ in immigrants merely means to in
ltensify the situation and to create
more demand for jobs where there are
not now enough Jobs for our own
people
There is much talk about the need
of laborers on the farms, but it would
be folly to increase our labor on the
farms until we bring back a prosper
| ity which will enable our country to
consume what the farmers are now
raising.
Some want immi grafton in order to
| break down wages and to have less
bother in dealing with labor. That
doctrine comes straight from the low
| er regions. 1t is not a doctrine of
humanity; 1t is a doctrine of the dol
lar above humanity.
J We fully appreciate the desire Of
| some employers to have such an am
pie supply of labor that they can al
ways have their choice from men
eager for work, and at low wages,
but fortunately not all Americans are
| built that way. Men who would far
prefer to see the demand for labor ex-
coed the supply and thus give assur-
ance that the laborer will have fair
wages, decent treatment and comfort
able surroundings. Moreover this
country cannot afford to increase the
supply of Bolshevists in America, nor
can we afford to encourage the spirit
of Bolshevism here by so increa sing
the supply of labor that millions of
men will walk the streets vainly seek
| ing work.
| We have too many aliens in this
/ country even now. We need to shut
off immigration until we have Amer
icanized those that are here, and thus
saved ourselves from the dangers of
a vast horde of aliens who cannot
speak our language and who know
nothing and care less for our laws.
The people of Europe are no more
eager for work than are the idle men
in this country who are seeking work.
The Herald intimates that in this
country we want men who will work
There are millions of men ready for
jobs. They are as ready to work as
are the Europeans who are anxious
to come here "Our government" says
The Herald, must not put up the
bars against those we need" Our
great need just now Is to find work
for the people at home, and until
wiser financial system prevails in this
country we shall have many idle men
eager for every job that is available
Europe must be reconstructed. Eu-
ropean governments will do all in their
power to keep able bodied, intelligent,
efficient workers at home, and they
will do all in them power to encourage
the idlers, the inefficient and the boil
shevistically inclined to emigrate to
! America. We will see American pa
pers flooded with the ropaganda put
forth through European agencies and
| the steamship lines eager to bring
millions of people to this country in
favor of the policy which the New
York Herald is advocating. 1t will be
proclaimed from the housetops that we
need European immigration, and that
we must welcome these immigrants
because they are seeking home in
this land.
Propaganda of this kind very gen
orally has some influence back of it
which is not for the best interests Of
\ America. Our interest DIS nation,
our safety as a country, the progress
and prosperity OF our own people, all
demand that we shall for year or
two put up the bars against immigra-
ton until we have adjusted ourselves
to the new conditions and are in a
position to be more careful in select
ing those permitted to land on our
shores and whose offspring will be
among the leaders OF America in flu
ture years.