The deplorable lynching of several Italian laborers in Colorado was naturally followed by international representations. and I am happy to say that the best efforts of the State in which the outrages occurred have been put forth to discover and punish the authors of this atrocious crime. The dependent families of some of.the unfortunate victims invite by their -deplorable condition gracious provision for their needs. These manifestations against helpless aliens may be traced through successive stages to the vicious padroni system. which. unchecked by our immigration and contractlabor statutes. controls these workers from the moment of landing on our shores. and farms them out in distant and often rude regions. whdre their cheapening competition in the fields of breadwinning toil brings them into collision with other labor interests. - While welcoming. as we should. those who seek our shores to merge themselves in our body politic and win personal competence by honest effort. we can not regard such assemblages of distinctively alien laborers. hired out in the mass to the profit of alien speculators and shipped hither and thither as the prospect of gain may dictate. as otherwise than repugnant to the spirit of our civilization. deterrent to individual advancement. and hindrances to the building up of stable communities resting upon the wholesome ambitions of the citizen and constituting the prime factor in the prosperity and progressof our nation. If legislation can reach this growing evil. it certainly should be attempted. . Japan has furnished abundant evidence of her vast gain in every trait and characteristic that constitutes a nations greatness.
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Assemblages of distinctively alien laborers are repugnant to the spirit of our civilization.