, 1923-04-15

thought, in speech and In their gen.
eral attitude towards the governmen
and the community in which they
live. Here IN Wyoming we have been
fortunate in this respect, but condi.
tions arc changing because of a grad.
ual increase Of foreign born people
coming in. many OF whom are unedu.
Gated, immoral. with little regard for
law md order, a burden to the com.
munlty.
In the east and central parts of
this country there are Industrial cen.
tiers that are almost wholly foreign,
who live practically the same as they
lived in their native land. with no
thought of lettering their condition,
except to gather in the American dol
lars to %squander in riotous living or
carry back to the land from whence
they came.
Immigration has been temporarily
restricted, yet the mining industry is
asking for a modification of the 3 per
cent immigration act. for the purpose
Of allowing additional labor to come
into the country. At the present time
IS per cent OF the employees
In the steel industry are aliens, ca per
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10 per cent OF the mining industry.
We are well aware that among the
aliens now in America there are many
that will develop into good. useful
citizens. but there are as mentioned
above. a large number who will never
become Americanized and whose sole
purpose is to spread propaganda that
trends toward me undermining Of the
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any nation is he or she who does not
seek to prosper at the expense of his
fellows, who does not seek the al.
vancement Of his group to the det-i
ment OF all other groups, who realizes
that none are dependent, that all are
interdependent. He who Is a teacher
or preacher OF class consciousness is
either consciously or unconsclously
Generally consciously and Intentional.
ly- a preacher OF class hatred. There
is no more undesirable citizen In any
nation than he.
When we stop to consider the large
number OF illiterates in this unit
we can not help but realize the enor.
nous task we have on hand in order
to preserve the principles upon which
this nation was founded The wa- de-
HAA NANNlAN tNbihS HLpW IllaL -Fst per
cent of the draft army CANNED by
that departments agents were unable
to read and understand a newspaper
or to write n lette. home. The same
source reveals the fact that in the
nation, in round numbers, over 10. 000,-
900 are either illiterate or without the
knowledge of our language.
One a readily grasp the results
Of a soap-box orators destructive ar
suments when addressing an audience
o. this type of people. Philosophy and
ethics will dispute It. but the hard
facts and experience of life prove that
the pursuit of happiness" which
Thomas jefferson proudly claimed as
he right of all men in the newborn
American Republic, means little else
but the pursuit OF wealth. a legitl-
mate and worthy occupation we must
al agree. Simply because he is not
in possession OF an abundance Of the
coin OF h realm. the soap-box orator
dramatically asks DO you know why
money Is so scarce brothers? We can
imagine the answer coming from a
tired looking woman standing in the
edge of crowd, It's because so many
of you men spend your time telling
each other WHY instead OF hustling
to see hat 1t amt"
Injustice always has been and al
Ways viii be the cause Of labor trou.