The San Francisco call., 1905-06-21
DISTRIBUTING IMMIGRANTS.

THE Civic Federation in New up the immiga
question That city becoming congested A majority
immigrants stay the city Most OF the
fraction that seek other cities already infested by th
relatives oounmen The whole either an increment 10
pup population by crowdng industries produces
pauperism among native people.
The statement IS made and not dProved Dy any count @
statistics that have already people IN PaPes OF
its edge What economic under such circumstances can
we make OF an annual immigration OF 100000 ne" PoP1
continually ovps industrial expansion 1t is ex
cesslVe surplus OF humanity ior Wlch we neve no @ d
annual vacancies in our industrial population OF aoou au
with population reaching the working in number
equal of that it plain proposition that iigra
on pauperism the immigrant or the native lhs is
demonstration 1t S economic and mathematical fact
The Civic Federation may tinker with insufficient plans tor
dealing with the evil as It has The real solution is IN stopping the
and and unwecome addition to our popua
on by immigration That the only effective means and de-
of the immigrants by
There ways by which this may be done First OF all
Sargent the National Commissioner of immigration admitted this
We should play no favotes By head tax
immigrants would probably reduce the food
mum If this enough make the head tax $780, and apply to
all alike
been told many years that working injury With
100000 people poverty must begin the process OF equal
zng industrial conditions with the countries from which
fn @ ;o @ 10 G has absorbed & o,r Dr present surplus in
gainu occupation The present situation unbearabe No
great endure long Free
institutions cannot survive mpoversment of the people brought
by opening evil moral and physical cond
tions of the overcrowded countries of Europe.
In addition raising the head immigrants it is abso
Iuey requisite that our naturalization changed
forcing expaiaton treaties upon Europe needed
people One easy acquiring
American citizenship day perfectly proper
policy But conditions have changed Citizenship of
immigrants receiving for years
peril institutions 1t the policy
greed grudgs anacism political ideas prouted the
civic and economic conditions of Europe to the destruction OF
American ideals and politics 1t makes the of parasitic
political that government and people
Federation paltering the symptoms of
problem think that the whole difficulty dis
proposes that rich panthopists shall purchase
give immigrants assisting them
make settlement When Oklahoma opened and when
military opened for settlement
the crush citizens land that land
getting people This being there
CHARITY? Charity begins home If rich philanhropsts propose
buy land and let them begin the millions of
people reported be already pauperism and 1t
all TO import objects of charity American phil
anthropy find enough right at home.
The immigration authorities should notice all
the distribution immigrants
prove that they land violation of the existing which
who have be distributed by charitable organizations Reduce
the small number who able and willing
distribute themselves the proper policy half century
immigrants help They of themselves
added the sanity and strength of the They rapidly
useful
the difficulty compelling Europe recognize the
right of expatiaon and narazed citizen of the United
States the native Now the whole aspect of the has
changed Europe glad rid of the million year that
Governments national and local. known fac
the emigration of the class getting
The the the the
Of Europe toward emigration should be sufficient warning
of immigration that may that congestion
of immigrants New York other large cities symptom
of a disease that is cured by charity.