. The National Civic Federation review . DR. EDWARD A. of Applied Christianity, Iowa College. It has been assumed in certain quarters that we areenforcing the Chinese Exclusion Act because China wasnot able to protect herself, because China was not ableto insist upon a recognition of her equality with thleother nations. And it is now hinted that that time andthat conditions are passing, and that the day is nearwhen China will be able to protect herself, will beable to compel the United States to throw down the barsand let in the Chinaman upon the basis of equality withother na
. The National Civic Federation review . DR. EDWARD A. of Applied Christianity, Iowa College. It has been assumed in certain quarters that we areenforcing the Chinese Exclusion Act because China wasnot able to protect herself, because China was not ableto insist upon a recognition of her equality with thleother nations. And it is now hinted that that time andthat conditions are passing, and that the day is nearwhen China will be able to protect herself, will beable to compel the United States to throw down the barsand let in the Chinaman upon the basis of equality withother nations. Now, you can clearly see the sugges-tion. I am a man of peace, and the men of the Westare men of peace, and we are pursuing a peacefulpolicy. We are pursuing a policy in demanding theenforcement and maintenance of the Chinese ExclusionAct and the extension of that act to the Chinese andJaps; we are pursuing in that respect a policy designedto preserve the peace between ourselves and other na-. PROF. H. W. of Political Economy, Yale University. tions, and unless that policy is adopted the peace willbe broken. The time will come, unless some restric-tions are placed in the way, when the people of theWest will be forced to take a stand in the defence oftheir birthright, regardless of the consequences to them-selves or others. No Modification, Says Avery C. Moore. Referring to the remarks of Mr. Chew, the nextspeaker, Avery C. Moore, editor of the Weiser(Idaho) World, said that Chinese trade and Chinese exclusion were not kindred subjects; the West waswilling to abide by the results of closing its ports toAsiatics. lie also said: It is the testimony of history that cheap labor pro-motes social degeneracy and national degradation, andyet it was not a great while ago that a well-knownmaster of transportation stated that what this countryneeded was cheap labor. But I make bold to say thatthe problem is not how to secure laborers in foreignlands who will work fo
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