Evening star., 1923-05-06
ny THOMAS n. MARsHALL,

by THOMAS n. MARsHALL.
Former Vice PrssiAsnt Of the UAiteG
States.
T seems impossible to rid our
selves OF tho idea that the prin-
cipal object Of the American re-
/ public is development Of our
resources. enlargement Of our indus
tries. expansion Of our business. There
| seems to be something in the very
| air Of the land that causes tho aver
age man Of affairs to dread death,
| not because he has apprehension con-
corning the future, but because he has
| not succeeded in building up his busi-
| ness to satisfactory siss. The Hoosi3r
farmer who described his ambition a.
modest and said he merely desired to
acquire all the land adjacent to his
farm was typical representative OF
! American success.
do not believe that this idea Of
growth. OF development to the utmost
| limit. springs necessarily from a
| purely selfish desire either for tho Ac-
| cumulation of vast wealth or the
gaining Of vast power 1t is more
comparable to the mental attitude of
/ the growing boy who wishes to show
| what he can do. We would have the
world know that it cannot hope 10
| equal the enterprise and accomplish
| ments OF our own land. So carefully
have we been trained along the lines
| OF business. more business and still
| more business. that we turn a deaf
ear to any one who presumes to sug-
gest that although production and
ought not to be achieved at the ex-
pense OF all other things.
| and our resources inevitably runs up
| against the immigration question.
Until recently, If man asked
I $l.25 day to work for us. we
would send TO Ellis Island and get a
J workman for s1.15. The habit so
| gripped us that our present inability
| to do this thing is looked upon as a
/ distinct grievance. And now that the
| industries of America arc revived and
a scarcity instead of glut of labor
exists, the old custom is appealing
with insistent force to the big en-
ployers of labor.
| 1t Is going to be a difficult task to
eGnyinee this county f,o, shat 1t Will be
to permit laboring men to enter our
| ports upon the theory that it is Just
| Drawn and muscle that Is walking
down the Eangplank. Yet the earth
moral. social and intellectual efrects
| bids us beware. 1t is no longer a
mere beast OF burden which comes
! ashore. He brings a mind filled full
of what theories Of the right Of man
| we know not, and conscience tena-
! ciously hanging on to what forms of
| government we cannot tell. AS he
lands ne may have an idea that our
| form OF government is the kind un-
/ der which he desires to live. and he
may bury his ancient allegiance in
| the sea Of forgetfulness and become
an industrious and law-abIding cit
izen. Upon the other hand. he may
be a torch bearer for some new sys-
tenn Of government or for no govern
| ment at all.
am not foolish enough to dream
OF ministering to minds diseased. but
I am sufficiently foolish to believe
| that a government should protect its
ideals. To do this we must carefully
scrutinize those who seek admission
| We shall have to take the chance of
the destruction Of our government or
be satisfied with less expansion OF
our industries. Each may choose as
he pleases, but l. myself, prefer high
prices for labor and the maintenance
Of the republics traditions, rather
than cheap labor and shift Of gov
ernmental policies.
1 am not unmindsul of the fac'
that we are groaning under the high
cost Of living and the added cost OF
high living. Prof Irving Fisher hai
quite conclusively discussed the
shrinking dollar. showing that It.
Compared with 1914. Nor am I un.
mindful of the fact that the question