The Holly chieftain., 1922-02-02

FRIDAY evening IN the High School
auditorium, Holly. A far sized
crowd was present l.. NJ. Appel
presided. The Judges were Supt,
Briggs. of Granada. Supt. Diliey,
of Lamar, and Supt. Wondeldcis of
Syracuse. The debaters were:
Wendall Shay. Ralph Martin and
Florence Mead of Wiley, and May
nard Wood, Edgar Cantwell and
Charles Wright of Holly.
The question for debate was:
Resolved. that permanent restric-
tion should be placed on European
immigration.
After careful definition OF
terms was given by Mr.. Appel the
debate began.
Edgar Cantwell led off for the af-
firmative. He argued for restric-
tion on a basis of 10 per cent of
immigration from north Europe and
80 per cent from south Europe. Is
millions of people in Europe are
looking this way. Shortly there
will be an annual influx of two mil
lion year. These immigrants will
be largely made use OF by corrupt
politicians and will be hostile to
good government Tammany Hall
got its present power by exploiting
the alien. They are not fit for suf-
frage and will be controlled by the
| will of party organization.
Ralph Martin was the first mega
tive. He declared that such arbit-
| rary restriction as the affirmative
wanted was impracticable. It co,ild
not be a permanent law, as indus
trial conditions change and at some
periods we need more foreign labor
than at other periods. The solu-
tion. was not to restrict but to reg,r-
late Immigration. The immigrant
is necessary for American labor de-
mands. 50 per cent of our labor is
done now by the alien. The in
dustrial developement of the past
twenty years would have been i'm
possible without foreign aid Ma
tive labor is insufficient Tmmi-
grafton is not the cause Of unem-
ployment. When immierations Is
low unemployment has been found
to be high.
Chas. Wright, the second affirma-
tive, replied by saying: The immi
grants should be limited so they can
be assimilated. Those Of north Eur
ope should preponderate since they
are more literate. more skilled and
more easily assimilated. Our old
type OF immigrant. viz, those from
North Europe were kin to our ma
tive population, sought naturaliza-
tiOn, sympathized with our laws ard
our people. The later immigrants
are from south Europe. They are
largely illiterate. unsI,illed AID
more often vicious They colonies
in our land by themselves and have
little interest in the communities
where they live. Men predominate
and those married often leave their
wives in the old country They are
slow to learn the English language.
A great many OF our criminals are
from among the Italians. Immigra.
tion and crime go hand in hard.
Our immigrants usually have la .ge
families and this ofen discourages
the native birth rate.
Wendall Shay, in the negative ra-
piled that regulation. not restric-
ti0n. would solve the problem.
Have committee of 4S. one chosen
by each state like senators. with
Headquarters in Washington. Have
consuls in the various foreign ct.
les to look after immigrants and
consular agents to examine tho
wanting to tcome over and certify
to their qualifications.
Maynard Wood; the third affirma.
tive, discussed the Industrial and
economic situation Our immigra.
tion changed in 1890 from Northern
to Southern Europe. Those who
come now are economically harmful
to- us. We may have needed the
foreigner in the pioneer days, but,
now, with our country well devel.
oped and settled, and our railways
system completed. we do not need
this unskilled labor
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