Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-27
IIprdeen Herald.
oarlGN IMMIGRATION.

a.stion Of regulating foreign i'm
~ 10 this country is OF special
+ "a the people Of the western or
.,s,ern states. where great num-
,our foreign-born population have
nas homes. Foreigners coming
ntake up and cultivate new lands
nlocate permanently and become
4 and law-abiding citizens of the
j states have always been and still
,Icome additions to the enterprising
,l6on Of the great West, and upon
.hde there is no objection to the
~ and Scandinavian newcomers
ume to till the soil and create new
ru,snent homes for themselves and
u Il Il all immigrants were OF that
3 regulation Of immigration to the
"a States would be asked for or
III Of for century to come, neither
~ present laws or rules for regulat-
For migration aimed at this desirable
snful class OF immigrants. The
-fnsvian and German i'm
untion have been and still is an
,ntant factor in the development OF
resources Of the great and growing
y uhvest, and the restrictive measures
- sdopted will not, and is not in
( IA to diminish the influx of this in
idous ard loyal class Of immigrants
viii continue to come and to be as
Lifted by the American common
I'll y 8 component part.
II ht 10 The latter years an entirely diff
VI al class Of immigrants have COM
sced to arrive at our shores and ask
admission on equal terms with the
riy thrifty Northerners. The dusky
kEan With his hand-organ and his
Installations, the lazy and unwashed
n refuse from Southern Europe, the
ihye from justice, the criminal par
ia on condition that he shall leave
buative country, the assisted pauper
|Iocan not or will not work for living
hdin whose language the word ''home"
no equivalent, have all come and
pcked at our doors and demanded a
vince to enjoy life at our expense. The
N uk Of this class of immigrants are ex-
rney illiterate and ignorant and nearly
Objectionable as the Chinese, because
w do not come here to bscome Ameri-
10 citizens and to take their share of
X n duties and responsibilities of citizen
kip but simply to make some money,
II way or other, and then return to their
fve land. 1t is no wonder the Ameri-
nn people and the American government
acome alarmed and have adopted more
hingeDt measures for regulating the
II hiding Of immigrants. At best these Ital-
" sAzbian or Hungarian immigrants
n nothing but common day-laborers
ID naturally food the country and cities
hsearch Of employment as such, and the
fnct and immediate consequence is a
oppression Of the labor market and a
Downward tendency of wages, until a
point is reached where wages are entirely
Inadequate to the wants of the native
hborers or those from the German and
eandinavian countries, who are used to
decent and comfortable living.
Experience teaches that in several
Enropean countries the authorities, while
against the emigration Of industrious and
'be'bodied workingmen, are not opposed
70 have their criminals and paupers
shipped over here to live at public ex-
pense. While the European authorities
may not actually be engaged in shipping
this class Of emigrants to America, they
20 not prevent them from going and give
heir tacit approval to local societies
established for the purpose Of wedding
out Objectionable individuals and sending
Them over here to get rid Of them.
An impartial observer will, under the
circumstances, find the more stringent
measures adopted fer the regulation Of
andlng foreign immigrants at orr ports
Us laid down in Secretary Fosters circu-
lar Of June Sd well timed and necessary
while the more thorough examination
WI affect the German and Scandinavian
immigrants destined for northwestern
points less than any other class Of new
a'nvals, we have every reason to believe
mat they will also be examined more
e'osely than ever before, and conse-
quently people on this side, who may buy
passage tickets for relatives they wish to
come over, should always he confident
nas such passengers do not cone under
we prohibited classes, and in cases where
we passenger is over go years of age, the
agent who sells the ticket ought to de-
nland from the purchaser a bond, secured
~ well known and responsible parties,
3" the effect that the purchaser OF the
ucket can and will take care of and pro-
siue Tor such passenger, and such bond
should be sent with the advice of the