Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-21
want, Aliens Registered and Taxed

wants Aliens Registered and Taxed
10 the Editor Of the Ercning Public Ledger:
Sir-The Washington dispatches re-
mntly reported bill introduced into
\ ihe Senate by Senator Shortridge. OF
y California. providing for the annual
registration Of all aliens within the
country and for the imposition Of fee.
virtually amounting to a pCll tax. OF
S24. The measure also would provide
deportation or an additional tax Of y!
per month in cases where there was re.
fuMl to register or to pay the requisite
iee. I think it a good bill and ought
10 be enacted into law.
What injustice. I ask, could there &c
IN measure which exacts from the
alien certain recompense for the ex-
penses of the Government under which
he lives and under which he gains a
livelihood. and oftentimes wealth? All
in all. there is great deal Of absura,ly
IN a plan which compcis the American
workingman to contribute to the sup.
port Of the Nation while the alien
worker who cOmpetes with him escapes
N but the incidental taxation to which
almen are subjected.
Pennsylvania has a poll tax law
which applies to all voters to pay
roll tax or property tax. The alien.
who Is a non voter. has an equal share
10 the benefits Of government. lie Is
equally protected in his life, person and
property, and, in effect. he enjoys
practically all the rights and benefits
possessed by the citizen. 1t Is emf
nently proper that he should contribute
bis share to pay for the benefits he re.
seives.
The Shortridgc bill is designed pr.
,liens who flock to this country. Pos
sbly the California Senator had d.
rectly in mind the Orientals. although
his measure would apply to the people
Of all countries.
II the newcomer desires to be relieved
from the necessity for annual registru.
non and the payment of head fees 1t
would be up to him to as early as pos
Nble go through the naturalization
'oarts into citizenship. provided he is
eligible. If he is not. then let the Gov
ernment keep track of him SO long as he
IAuRENCTE RI ANDERSON B1NNs.
Allentown. Pa. April II. 1922.
Easy Death After Easy Life
70 the Editor Of the Epenino Public LEDGER:
slr-1 read the other day-the day
Saer Good Friday. when the body Of
yar Lord lay entOmbcd-that Sir Ar.
.nur Conan Doyle, who Is in this coun.
.ry preaching his doctrine of spiritual
NNm, mad assured large audience in
,,s ,iew 1ork that from his own observa-
Mons-and he was a practicing physi.
sIan IN his earlier years-thc passage
from iifc to death is delightfully."- easy
~. Ima that the future existence does not
Siaer materially from that of earth, at
!tast unit II long time has ELAPSED after
.ne loosing of the silver cord of which
We read in the Book of Ecclesiastes
isn't there room for great fear that
~ the exposition of his peculiar theories
pr conan Doyle is doing much more
."n "aIn, man good? Is he not making
,n,h atath too easy and in doing so
sM.hg encouragement to life of
saise, ,"i, contrary to the great law that
;S'ts the world in all its phases? Even
ibo should be granted that there is
Cn,o.her ,.heric or astral soul which Sir
SSr.in.,l S~an rlaims to have seen pass from the
ETM'al pody at the moment of disso.
III vi surely nc does not mean to aver
sp,tt t .ne soul OF man passes into clysium
6.roSu.i 6Su. iurthrr consideration of its pre-.
Sstass. SstSaness. Such contention is not
",ura1 sn "a and not in accord with spiritual
slso' inere is soul evolution which is
iutioao tI oehind Or above the physical evo-
nm an easy death may be taken to mean
tion' G Easy NE and this is what civiliza
has" - suffering from today. Mankind
s~S !1ecome Indifferent to the nresent
u thc future and thc .cufHoiont Co.
estrems. policy is being carried to the
Sf M J.: Let us not make the sevcring
We' 'ar nv silver cord" too easy for ali.
are not ready for 1t.
n m vile uas present condition of the world
~ CIu C"Iu seem to me that little more
b.nssn,vin and less Of Doyle might be
'hlu"aes,al to humanity. And I'm not n
jIf.aensatocking' at that. +. S. q.
N'"caster' Pa, April II, 1929.
"a'rus Words and OH Stock
s;s M' editor Of the Evening Public Ledoer.
mcsn,mn Weasel words that suck tho
mado dns IRON phrase have been duly
WorS. prover6ial. There are also walrus
Shoso' S,nify, lubbcrly and awkward
b. Si,. enirt recommendation appears to
psnan once in n great while n news.
srssa Ssrper reader comes ncross n rc"l,v ;m.
portino Sschool of walrus words dis
iabor"Ss themselves In the shadows of
Column rhetoric. a contributor TO the
The inv invoaoi oi ON" devoted particularly to
M nsss.lng n, public achieves the o.iow.