Immigration--a Short Discourse

Suppose you have a large family atod liave tried to h-nve them all induwtrious ftnd tlurivinig. Some of them maiy Btill be s'liiftkss, lmt, on the wbole, they are tloiiit? well- better Iinn any other family we know of. Other families find this out, and say : Let ns Mnd some of our shiftlees and criminal membere over to that tihriving home. They nuay do better, aowl, at nny rato, thcy ivon't trouble u.s any more. Thiey begin, and the work gtoes on nfcelj' for a wluile. But at last, you see the game, and you muy : This must stop. I am willniK to tafee a few poor fellows and try to help tJiein, if they wil) help u, but I oaa't let fhiis great compainy of bad and lazy folks come in from all your famlllies. Thy will demoralize us, dras down our moráis and hahits, lower our wages and crowd our boys and g'ilrls out of employ. Our family gettimg well-behaved and wc want t'hem to be stü'll more civilized and températe and law-abkling, but sueh a hoet of poor sticks will defeat all ur efforts and ihey must not come. Wc wijl gladly tike some, as many as we can eofely liclp, and suh as will lx-lKive aiMl go to work as out boys and g-irls dk. So we 6hall have a plan by wlïich the choiracter and capacity of such ab we want símil le knoAvn. For famMy, eay nation- our larger family- and thiis is the way our Uncle Saín willl talk when he sees how things ftre gojng. He is an easy and good-nafured old fellow, but wake bim up and he talks strong and acte vigorously. He wants wakJng up on this Immigration quiestion.