Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11

How refreshing It would be TO elm
mate all preconceived notions Of spe-
cial privilege and get back to the fun
damentals! Like the gift "of seeing
oursels as tthers see US, 1t would frae
mony q blunder free US"
For instance, there is the plea Of the
attorneys for the thousands Of aliens
who live in Canada and work daily in
the United States. The aliens avoid all
obligations. all taxes and all duties as
citizens of the United States; they
Navy In case Of war. They are in COM
petition with American wage earners.
taking the jobs away from our heads of
American families. To certain ex-
tent, they keep wages down because
they add to the supply Of laborers, with
out increasing the demand from enter
prise. They do not buy their family
supplies in the land which pays them
their wages, hence they do not add
to the incomes Of our farmers or other
producers.
But they have believed that they had
found a way Of side-Stepping our ma
jtional protective laws, both as to re-
striction Of immigration and protective
tariffs. They claimed they were not
iInmigrating, for they slept In Canada,
nightly: Canada was their home
homes of Greeks, Russians, Germans,
Spaniards and various other rationale
ties who could not enter the United
States because the quotas OF their re-
spective countries were exhausted. I'm
der our restrictive laws, we already had
all of their nationality we wanted at
present. Yet, from Canada they would
flock across the ferries, and work for
wages daily, year after year. The re-
strictive laws were thus Knocked.
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So the Department of Labor issued
General Order No. So, q ruling to stop
this abuse and save jobs in America for
Americans. But the keen lawyers, rep
resenting the daily visitors, argued that
these men were exempt because the
laws provide exemption to travellers
who visited the United States "for BUSH
ness or pleasure" and not with the
intention of remaining immigrants.
They would dodge the intent and spirit
of immigration restraint.
The Court of Appeals upheld this
bubble, but at last the matter has
been ruled upon by the, Federal SUI
preme Court, which finds that "busi-
ness" does not mean working Tor wages.
Again come the Astute lawyers with
the argument that citizens OF CANADA
have right to enter the United states
without restrictions, because IN l79a
Jay treaty was made emitting the
citizens of Canada and those from the
United States to cross the border al
will and without restrictions.
| The Supreme Court appears better
| read in American history than the
ouibblers supposed, for the court al
once recalled that we had been at wal
with Great Britain since 1874, and wal
| nullifies certain treaty provisions OF
good will. After the War OF 1872, While
| the passage of the border was permitted
| by default Of restriction, that did MOI
renew any treaty rights; the Jay treaty
was dead.
| The immigration commissioner, Mr.
Hull, of the Department of Labor, !!
| authority for the estimate that tht
number OF daily workers thus infring'
| ing on the law was not less than 20, 600
| from Canada alone. This does not in
clude natives Of Canada. for they ar
! exempt, but the pseudo Canadians" o
/ alien birth, non-quota privileged neigh
bors. Similar abuses have existed aloni
| the Mexican border, but the present wa
in Mexico temporarily arrests the cur
1 rent.
Even the non-quota migrants are re
ouired to get yisas from American con
/ suls, certifying to their good health ant
good moral character. II Is difncuIt
i therefore, to discover how daily vista
ton Of such wage sarnsrs can BE con