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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
4
Indiana Senator Charles N Fairbanks argues for a Chinese exclusion act, praising immigration limits and warning against cheap labor and illicit entry. He cites enforcement challenges at borders and Treasury rules, stressing protection of American wages and citizenship.
A speech extols the 80 000 000 citizens as the republic’s glory. It praises public schools, native and foreign born alike, but warns against Chinese labor and asserts the need to preserve the American home as the nation’s core. It argues for exclusion of Chinese laborers under the Gresham treaty.
The passage argues that Chinese laborers compete unfairly with American workers, lowering wages and living standards. It defends continued exclusion as essential to national self respect and protection, notes potential treaty effects, and cites possible renewal or modification scenarios through Congress and future negotiations.
Dr Walter N Thompson specializes in diseases of the eye and throat offering painless bloodless electricity driven removal of enlarged tonsils and treatment for catarrh and hay fever at his practice.
R L Bailey County Surveyor offers land surveying civil engineering mine surveying and drainage of wet lands. Office in Crowder building on the east side of the square. Orders by mail receive prompt attention.
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