. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . -^to HE LAND OF OPPORTUNTTYAdapted from f Irane-iriu; Wheres he from?, hut Whats in his heart? is the test in this country of—Whos an American? Some of our present day foreigners are very superior men and women. Many have their suspicions, their prejudices, their weak-nesses, theirignorances —butso have the restof us. And whyshouldn^t theyhave, .consider-ing their history?Dont blame theseed for not be-ing a flower—give the foreign-ers thne and achancer What THE BALTIMORE AM) OHIO llMlLOVES MALiAZlNE 61. are we doing tohelp the inemerge into thelight of
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . -^to HE LAND OF OPPORTUNTTYAdapted from f Irane-iriu; Wheres he from?, hut Whats in his heart? is the test in this country of—Whos an American? Some of our present day foreigners are very superior men and women. Many have their suspicions, their prejudices, their weak-nesses, theirignorances —butso have the restof us. And whyshouldn^t theyhave, .consider-ing their history?Dont blame theseed for not be-ing a flower—give the foreign-ers thne and achancer What THE BALTIMORE AM) OHIO llMlLOVES MALiAZlNE 61. are we doing tohelp the inemerge into thelight of whatAmerica shouldmean to them?Are we alwa>san exanii)le tothem of what wewant them to be?Some are ifi-feriorf Yes,occasionally, but then remember, there are some inferiorAmericans, too. But very many arehonest, simple, hardworking folk, who areonly seeking a better country and a fairchance. ^lany, too, have shown greatcourage and faith in breaking loose andcoming here. They are fertile soil, ifproperly cultivated, for the harvesting ofAmerican ideals, and becoming in them-selves or their children, or their childre?ischildren, as liberty-loving, honest, indus-trious, intelligent, able and homogeneous apeople as we can wish for the Xation. Do you know that Chas. P. Steinmetz,the General Electric Wizard, who is con-sidered the worlds greatest electricalengineer, and whose salary would makeyours and mine look as a mustard seed,is a foreigner? I have heard him saythat, were certain exclusion laws in forcewhen he landed, he would have be
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