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finduced to become a “member of the- !union/’ and then his tumble begin,for he is tr 1 1 that it is better for him to starve than to go back on the t union •In pat years he was herded with others to the polls after he had taken8 out his “fir-t p;*pe»-K.“ of the latter1 of width h«» has not the remotest :* idea, save that it is the license to0 vote which he has purchased.r And under our laws the decent peo-i- p!e and even the government have been po•vorhlss to act. The ignorant t immigrant is not only useless to him*;* self and his family, he is a menacer to good government, simply because e his colossal ignorance makes him the *, victim of the crooked demagogue* and r his experience in being “skinned tpetado) in the past makes him sus-* plclou* olt; til who try to influence 1t him for good. tf Now the poopte of Texas propose 11 n free themedvci from this menaceonce and for all. They are going to tie polls next Muv and vote for thes lt;oTHtittitiona! ameftdmonr whi n will 1) bar all save real .‘itb'4,n * of the 1’nii 1i ed States from the pitvileg^ of voting 1 in at! elections.The immigrant of the future will- have to be literate, at least as far as 1 3 rending and writ nif hi 4 own language■ end understanding the meaning of 1? what is asked of him concerning tbe 1 t form of government in his own lt;outi-- try and this. He will not he peimit* ted to pa s unless ne is a hit beyondi the rudimentary stage of the “broth* i ers to the ox ’ who have been Mnport- ; t ed and voted in the past. 1i ono troiibte*—*|bdt frf the crooked •* exploiter the ictn11* race is still with us. It may take 1 years to educate the Mexican res id* 1? gilts of this Siftto the point where ;r they will unden land the difference r 1m tween a compatriot who is really 1d) solicitous about their welfare, and i the one who only washes to use these 1 dull instruments in carving cg#t his I I n#H fri^jUies. p* With the strict license laws gov* c1 fi erning the employment agencies, it , was difficult for some of these ex* I ! plotters to use their ignorant fellow J countrymen to make money for them* I solves, nut now that the “unions” ‘ June been formed and as a consequence every Mexican who is capable (' of working with his hands at an/ occupation. skilled or unskilled, has been rounded up and corTailed, it is possible for some of the crooks to get* workers Without the formula that an ^ employment agent is required to use.There are Mexican laborers in Laredo who have neither money nor /food for a day in advance, vet whowill not accept omuloyment except on their own terms and at wage; so high that no man acquainted wan their c apacity would li i *u to their*, t hey ^manage to live minnow and by a i do’rfoipi vraya—•bhl fS is not by labor,lt;nre again trie demagogue has tscored, Bpt ^•J^ur of tri^ipii is nalmost pa r The future will free the blaborer from him also. tl
Newspaper Details
Laredo Weekly Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Feb 16, 1919
Page 10
Full Page
Clipped by
Romeo G.
USA 02 Jan 2019
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