Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-07-09
a BETTER IMMIGRATION POLICY
FOR OREGON.

FOR OREGON.
While we are holding a state promo
don convention and talking about de
veloping Oregon, why not consider
what would be THE BEST lMMleRA
TON POLICY FOR THIS sTATE7
Any one with a thimbleful Of un.
aerstanding, not too liquifed, knows
that is the gist Of the whole matter
II Is what we are all driving at. What
idnd of people to bring here and how
20 bring them In the largest numbers
most quickly.
OREGON NEEDS PEOPLE; PEo.
PIE WHO WILL WORK, TO LIVE,
who will subdue our wild lands; who
viii convert our raw materials into
products. Oregon could use half
million such and employ them all.
Capital, resources. opportunities, soil,
climate, mines, forests, fisheries we
have
Without more people, we have capt
&al enough The banks are full Of
capital but laboring populations Of
certain kinds are needed badly.
OREGON NEEDS MORE WORKING
PEOPLE.
Not labor that must be furnished a !
lob, so much. as seIf.empIoyina labor,
large bodies Of population that will
sSettle and make communities. colon.
tes, settlements, whole nelghborhoods
like THE GERMANS OF MT. AN.
GEL, THE scANDlNAVlANs OF
SlLvERToN, OR THE BELoIANs
OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Oregon can use a great many labor
erB who work at day labor in cities.
BUT OREGON NEEDS VASTLY
MORE sELF.EMPLoYlNo, HOME.
BUILDING, EARTH-coNoUERINe
LABOR.
II is the German Scandinavian .
Hungarian. Polish and Mennonite i'm
migrants, who have made Minnesota
Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and the
Dakotas great wealthy. populous,
progressive and influential states of
the union. =
OF course. all Of those states have
a foundation layer Of Americans, VI
spice OF New England yankees sprlnk. u
led all through them as seasoning. u
that like salt and pepper, preserve u
American Ideals and maintain the
American flavor. customs and lnstltu. IN
tons. BUT THE wEALTH.cREAT. ~
ING FORCES ARE THE LARGE NJ
MASSES or FOREIGN IMMI. ha
GRANTS AND THEIR DESCEND. co
ANTS. II
There are persons who howl az ~
foreign immigration. But what would IN
New York, Ohio. Pennsylvania, and sa
oven New Jersey, Maryland. Indiana, VI
and Illinois have been without the th'
saves OF Irish, German aud Scotch inl
immigration that came over the first
v the Nineteenth century, hu
What would California be today ye'
Without the Impulse to mining. agri. nol
ulmre, horticulture and city building
hat came from the foreign elements icy
D the "forties and hftlesY" 20
The Scandinavian and other foreign
lements are the backbone OF the rap. the
4 development OF the Puget Sound ton
Ountry. civI
What alls Oregon today Is the alb. dat
'noe Of large bodies Of foreign popu. con
tlon. MA
state can never have too many +
merlcans They are the keen. 40. for.
'eesiVe, enterprislns, speculative, WE
oney.lendina, trust-orsaniEing fac. EAs
~ Of civilization. Is
But to clear land, make homes out expe
nothing, produce wealth In large unsa
antilles make farms out OF rough bush
nds, establish new Industries like GO
sugar'beet and hax.aber keep REC
VS. raise pigs, and live on some. I'm
ng besides canned goods, foreigners Is m
needed trlou
The native sons are the princes Of write
earth, but In the evolution OF the dome
q they have passed the point where trade
y VIII grub very much land make
e'N WIVES WILL NOT LABOR mp on
'1e FIELDS, PEoJ
opeauon and Immigration Is sEL\
'ded THAT MUST LABOR TO tn,
"a. Immigration from lands with vince
'ees OF peasantry WHERE THE mlgra
ole FAMILY LAsoRs is wha, We
~" Hevas worse than a new coat Chine
'NH' loa' KIND ot Immigration the 1
d'F sued0es a new country. swift from
converts the raw material into WI
- MASS