The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27
EXCESSIVE IMMIGRATION.

THERE every indication immigration this country
from Europe viii numbers and undesirabliy
By the goth Of June this years Immigration will reach 100000
This viii make Ioos 1904 1905 the total OF b
6a6 By the time Congress meets December the indications
are that this number will be extended to 100000 ms IS @ S
irnnaiorants tee No np pan sef,ly TO itself or to inn
migrants population
When public land ready be farmed TO settlement
cities by foreign immigration the land For
increased in the large cities but Americans increased ON
the public domain safety which prevented
the pressure of immigration from being felt
rapid settlement of the prairie States of the Middle West and the
retreat Of Americans the farther West where they found refuge
upon agricultural and grazing lands These conditions have
ceased be- The safety valve permanently closed No more
Government land upon which home can be made
year is to be had for 81 rs per acre.
million immigrants per year take the aspect of
vadng army fight people for the of
existence In economic system there are supposed to be va
million people per year all industries of the country That
number of workers all productive vocaons supplied annually
nua the working and MI the places vacated by
circumstances It will beseen that with half million
admitted the country with places for only half million
people acquiring annual surplus population OF one mil
lion people.
were open settlement 81 25 this
surplus up by occupations by
which life could be well supported Referring the experience of
the past when there plenty Of such land has caused look
with optimism upon immigration. Therefore
still talking and writing about distribution of immigrants
being the solution OF the problem AS there no place to winch
they may be distributed solution all If be said that
they may farmers, the that this requires
that they the teams tools and implements required and they
have acquire this equipment If they become rural
laboers they simply crowd those already in the field
Turn which will in search of solution by which the
gates left open increasing immigration and the problem
nsoube 1t further
of landing
This ntenses the the country As total and
partial ndgence there larger element that looks
politics of support Already made familiar with
the spectacle of very rich who public Office and honors
achieving ambition by charities the
their districts student OF Roman history will the analogy
conditions the which the Roman
politicians for and half unconcous prepared the
Tor Caesar
upon question of immigration
delayed Aha compaceny called remedy
remedy ALL We have proposed exclude undesirable
classes the physically morally diseased But the face of such
exclusion the total number of increases until the
of population far beyond capacity absorb and utilize
Our cities becoming foreign majority of the popua
alie antagonstic alike
their institutions When received but
immigrants language necessity
that they foreign their language habits and methods and
their assimilation slow, slow for the good of the country and
; of themselves
The only remedy close period of years in which
all uaIonaies alike excluded alike 1t
that full ITSELF
against immigration help itself inviting immigration
considerable the last century needed people
invited them We offered citizenship them
protected them by forcing expatraton the
European nations All that good policy for that time 1t has
served its purpose There cheap land, industries
crowded idle people estimated by the million We
have people enough for economic needs Paupesm and c
zensp make bad pull republic through and
ditions of naturalization should
The that President Roosevelt
and gratifying
If he call the of Congress people will expect
companies which profit by million steerage passengers year. but
their interest should prevail over the good of the nation and
the real interests OF the immigrants themselves.