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them become American citizens merely for the protection or immunity it will give them in their own country? How many of them don’t even go through the formality of becoming citizens even technically? If war came, how many would—or did—turn back to their own country and against ours? In peace, how many of them fail to support the very government and institutions that give them “refuge” and a living? How many do all they can to overthrow that government and those institutions? The politicians are Make them more % Bahra, oC Ab ad fs q . ) F tae ; < . 5 “4 » oe ry! fi 7 2 4 - oy - hg ere ac ies Re zt Weed SF ap Nemes or a ae \ nv ; eM Na Wine: uitsaee j Patt cht? Peet 7 ' Loe 7 ¢ ’ afraid to do so. afraid not to do so. At every move to stop immigration there at once comes an outcry and opposition from those who do not want it stopped— ea from among the hyphenates, the revolu- ae tionaries, the criminals, the capitalists and = corporations seeking cheap labor without regard to the interests of the American _ people as a whole, from among the Jews for . the sake of their brethren on more meager diet in other lands, from all the foreign Stop immigration. SY THORS SAR Ss ERRATA Ls niet by phe Ay ’ 7 nations who, like the Jews, naturally want ae more of their own kind to join them here. waa There are plenty of good Jews and good ee foreigners, but it doesn’t follow that we can ae afford to take all of them—along with the bad ones—into our country. es It happens that all the above classes are ___._ far better organized for their 6wn interests oie than are the American Americans as a ss : whole. When they raise an outcry and fie oppose something the politicians give ear | because they are afraid of losing votes—or rake-off. ' We'll have to raise our voice enough to make them a whole lot more afraid of losing a whole lot more votes. We'll have to make it mighty plain to them that this country doesn’t belong to them or to the hyphenates or to artybody else, but to us, the Americans, and that they themselves, the politicians, belong to us and will be crushed by us if we close our hand. Stop immigration. If a politician stands in the way of the will of the majority crush him. If anybody else stands in the way of the majority, crush him. Stop immigra- tion. You can do the crushing. Real Ameri- * cans are still in the majority in this country. The majority does control if it wakes up and exerts its power. If your ~ “ wit 4 Adventure Congressman is indifferent or opposed, make it clear that the majority is against him and then watch him get a change of heart. Most Congressmen wilt very easily. That’s how quite a few of them got to be Congressmen—by knowing how to wilt at the right time. Of course it’s his duty, too, to obey the will of the majority, but in most cases it will be just as well to make his duty look as attractive and profitable as possible. Luckily even among Congressmen—perhaps even in the Senate—are a few who are Americans first and Congressmen afterward, and more than a few who will forget party and self-interest when the issue seems vital enough to stir them out of their usual cus- tom. In any case, straight or crooked, the majority can make Congress do the ma- jority’s will if the majority expresses itself. Do your part.’ Stop immigration. ERE’S another side of the butteversus barrel question and I’ve no doubt > Mr. Wetjen is entirely right in the following letter to me: : Eureka, California. I have noticed in several instances that you have queried my using the term “hitting with the butts.” I believe I use the expression in the correct way. You are evidently drawing your information on this subject from your Western readers. It is perfectly true that on the Western plains, whenever it is necessary to hit a man with a gun, the barrel and trigger guard is used. I believe that is why the cow- ‘punchers prefer and demand the long-barrelled .45 Colt. Now it is my experience that the long-barrelled 45 is used only in America and Western Canada. I do not recollect ever having seen it carried by any other nationality, except perhaps in the English army during the war. In the Islands most men carry a .38 Smith-and- Wesson, or an automatic, usually the latter, with a short barrel that is hardly adapted for striking. Four times altogether, twice in the Islands, I have heard of men being “laid out” by gun-butts. The method is not to toss the gun and hold it by the barrel, but to strike with a hammer-like motion just above the eyes, using the butt just as it is held in the hand. On making inquiries from the cowpunchers round this vicinity, I am informed by them that by hitting with the barrel they achieve a longer reach, which is easily understood. Nine out of ten of them seem to be of the opinion that that is why they prefer long- barreled guns; the tenth man buys his because it is the custom to use that weapon. But in the tropics it’s different.’ It’s too blamed hot to pack a heavy A5 about when traversing tough country. Guns are brought there for lightness and service, the automatic preferred. You can’t very well hit a man wi (E(0) ,00 MIG <S th the barrel of an automatic, for in the ~ (E@)