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September, 1920
THE ATL ANTI AN
The Atlantian
Box 118, Atlanta, Georgia
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Vol. XI SEPT. 1920
129
Our Motto: “Pull for Atlanta or Pull
Out”
iH Editorial Etchings
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The Greatest Labor Day in History
1920 brings to the hosts of Labor the consciousness
that for the first time in all history Labor occupies a po
sition of importance equal to that held by the professions,
banking, merchandising, farming and manufacturing
classes. For centuries the great farming and laboring
classes, producers of the wealth of the world have neither
had their due share of the wealth produced, nor proper
recognition of their value as the very foundation of hu
man society.
With the growing intelligence of the people during
the past 100 years, Labor entered the lists to better its
position. The struggle has been long, weary and at times
heartbreaking. Many good men have worn out their
lives in single hearted and unselfish toil for the better day,
and have gone to their graves without ever getting a
glimpse of even the dawning of a brighter day.
Today we stand out in the sunlight of that brighter
day. In our favored country Labor occupies a position of
honor. The earning of the men who make up the rank
and file are larger than ever before known. The worker
can.give his family all the comforts and many of the
luxuries of life. Education is in reach of‘his children.
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Everywhere we find beautiful homes, with books and
flowers and music where splendid families live and the
heads of these families are proud of themselves as soldiers
in the great peaceful army of Labor.
The battle against the outer foe is won, and now we
must face the inner foe, ourselves, in a still harder strug
gle. It is one of the lessons of history that in nearly ev
ery instance where the oppressed achieve freedom they
become in turn oppressors, and then the world goes back
ward. Let us try to profit by these lessons of experience
and let the slogan of Labor in this great day be:
We want no more than Justice.
We will accept no less than Justice.
We will accord to all exact Justice. ~ '
Cox and Roosevelt
As predicted by The Atlantian, Governor Cox, of Ohio,
was nominated by the Democrats for President and was
given as a running mate Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy and a cousin of the lamented
Teddy.
Both are in the prime of life, both are virile men, both
are live campaigners, Governor Cox being one of the best
in the country.
The Republicans started in with the idea that they had
a cinch, but they are becoming seriously annoyed and
worried by these pestilent democratic candidates who in
stead of sitting down and waging a defensive campaign
are making aggressive attacks all along the line.
Worst of all they have found the weak spots in the Re
publican armor and are shooting their arrows into these
weak crevices until the Republican brethren are begin
ning to hop around like a Mexican dancing bean.
Seriously speaking, Governor Cox has far surpassed
the expectations of both his friends and enemies, to the
delight of his friends and the horror of his enemies.
His ability had already become known to the people
of Ohio where he has been three times Governor and it
is now becoming widely known to the people of the whole
country.
That his chances are improving daily is obvious, and
it would riot surprise thoughtful observers to see Gov
ernor Cox our next President. Many already believe that
he is a winner.
The Rising Tide of Immigration
Even our own experience does not teach us. At the
close of the great war all of us ought to have known, and
some of us did know, that just as soon as shipping fa
cilities could be furnished there would be such a rush of
immigration to our shores as had never been known in
the past.
All of us know our anxieties and troubles due to the
presence of more than Twelve millions of foreign born
people in our country who have never been naturalized.
All of us know that many of these use us only as a cow
to be milked, and have no intention of ever becoming
American citizens.
In view of the known facts we had a right to expect
that the Administration would take some steps to pro
tect us, but as in the matter of profiteering the Adminis
tration has failed us.
And so what we had anticipated has come to pass.
Shipping facilities having increased immigrants, mainly
from Southern Europe are pouring into our eastern ports,
at the rate of more than a million a year, and another
year it will be two millions and then three millions, for
there are fully 30 millions in Europe who will come over,
if we permit. It is an instant decision we must face.