The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-05

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q 81
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landing a. 81
ars1tlnEl e Insler endenG
T1y shown ~ the reY 81
'slillllss ioIleS- General 81 nm
ton that Wilde much 81
nous Iinniera ton is undo
sl1aaltlH and natural. cansi3 IS
proportion Is undesirable from ~
Iesson or amt her more over, con
sleleFas'ie proportion Of Il. probabl
very largo proportion, including
most OF the undesirable class. dos
NOT come here Of its own inifiafive
btlt because OF the ACTIVITY 81 fhss
agents of the great transporta son
companies. These agents sre rs.
tributed throughout Europe. and ~
the offer ofall kinds OF ind ucenIanfs
they wheedle and cajole name 81.
migrants often against their best in.
teFeSt, to come here The most ser
ious obstacle we have 70 encounter in
the effort to secure proper realila-
ton of the immigration to these
shores arises from the determined
opposition of the foreign steamship
lines who have no interest whatever
n the matter save to Increase the
returns on their capital BY carrying
masses Of immigrants hither in the
steerage quarters of their ships.
As said in my Inst Message to
the Congress We c'~ not have tao
much immigration of the right sort.
md we should have noae whatever
Of the wrong sert OF course II il
desirable that even the right kind of
immigration should be properly dis.
tributed in this country. We need
more of such immigration for the
South: and special effort should be
made to secure it. Perhaps it
would be possible to limit the nuin-
her of immigrants allowed to come
IN any one year to New York and
other northern cities, while leaving
unlimited the number allowed to
come to the South always provid-
cd, however. that stricter effort is
made to see thar only immigrants Of
fhe right kind come to our country
9nywhere. In actual practice it has
proved so difficult to enforce the i'm
migration laws where long stretcFet
# frontier marked by an imaginary
inc alone intervene between us and
our neighbors that recommend
hat no immigrants be allowed to
come in from Canada and Mexico
save natives OF The two countries
themselves. As much as possible
houId be dore to distribute the inn
migrants upon the land and Keep
hem away from the contested tene-
uent house districts of the great
.itiesl But distribution is a pallia-
i've. not cure The prime need is
70 keep out al Immigrants who viii
not make good American citizens
The laws now existing for the ex-
fusion of undesirable immigrants
should be strengthened. Adequate
means should be adopted, enforced
" sufficient penalties, to compel
steamship companies engaged in the
passenger business to observe in
GOOD faith the law which forbids
hem to encourage or solicit inni;
ration to the United States More
wer. there should be sharp hmlta.
ion imposed upon all vessels com
ing to our ports as to the number Of
immigrants in ratio to the Tonnage
which each vessel can carry This
alto should be high enough to in
IRE the coming hither Of as good :,
lass of aliens as possible. Provis
on should be made for the surer
punishment of those-> W. induce
liens TO come to this country under
promise or assurance of employment.
t should be made possible to infiict
+, sufficiently heavy penalty on any
mployer violating this law to deter
= i'm from taking the risk. 1t SCENE
o me wise that there should be an
international conference held to deal
With this question of immigration
which has nor. thnn a merely nSl-
ional significance; such a confer
nee could among other things enter
+ length into the methods for secIlT-
NC thorough inspection of would
Ne Immigrants at the ports from
hitch they desire to embark before
permitting them to embark.
In dealing with this question It Is
,nv,ise to depart from the oid
american Tradition and to discrInl'
mite for or against any man who
'esircs to come here and become
,itizen. save on the ground of that