Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-07

should have none whatever Of the
even the right kind of immigratiorsr
should be properly distributed In thiS
ton for the south; and special effort
should be made to secure it. Perhaps itN
would be possible to limit the numberN
OF "a Ne %ae to otne in
ern cities, while leaving unlimited the
number allowed to come to the south;
grants of the right kind come to our
country anywhere. In actual practice 1t
has proved SO difficult to enforce the
of frontier marked by an imaginary line /
alone intervene between us and our
neighbors that | recommend that no i'm
migrants be allowed to come in from
Canada and Mexico. save natives of the
two countries themselves. AS much as
possible should be done to distribute the
away from the congested tenement
hGgss districts of the great cities But
grants who will not make good Ameri-
can citizens. The laws now existing for
the exclusion of undesirable immigrants
should be adopted, enforced by sufficient
penalties, to compel steamship compan-
les engaged in the passenger business
to observe in good faith the law which /
forbids them to encourage or solicit Inn 4
migration to the United States More
over, there should be a sharp limitation1
ports as to the number of immigrantsy
In ratio to- the tonnage which each vessel3
can carry. This ratio should be hight
good class Of aliens as possible. Pro-
vision should be made for the surer
punishment Of those who induce aliens
or assurance Of employment. 1t should S
be made possible to inflict sufficiently :;
heavy penalty on any employer violat- !
the risk It seems to me wise that there here
should be an international conference
held to deal with this question Of immi-
has mor SUCH than aoge
ence could among other things enter at
length into the methods for securing a
at ba no4t o SaS
sire to embark before permitting them ]
to embark
Receive Only Best People 80
In dealing with this question It is nn-
wise to depart from the old American
against any man who desires to come =
here and become citizen, save on the
ground Of that mans fitness for citizen
slider his moral and social quality. .IIisse
standard Of living should be such thesE
he Will not. by pressure OF competition
wage-workers; for it must ever be
prime object of our legislation to keeN
high their standard OF living. If thu
moral more ana social stand stand e such VA F
character as to bid fair to add value I'll
the, community he should be heartily
to. whether he is Of one creed or any
other. of one nation or another. We CAM
not afford to consider whether he isp
Getbee Se aew Or
Frenchman or German, Japanese. Ital-
ian, scandinavian. .slav, or Magyar.
What we should desire to find out is the
In my judgment, with this end in view. 4
we shall have to prepare through ourst
own agents far more rigid Inspection
grants come. 1t will be great deal bet
of the right kind, than a great number
essarily Of the wrong kind. AS far as
possible we wish to limit the immigra-
ton to this country to persons who pro-
and we can we'll afford to insist upon,
adequate scrutiny Of the character Of
those who are thus proposed for future
crease in the stringency Of the laws to I
keep out insane, idiotic. epileptic. and !
pauper immigrants. But this Is by no
N
pie Of bad character, the incompetentse
kept out. The stocks out Of which AIMEE
lean citizenship is to be built should b.
shd ana Il u Be- n eId a t
government agents would not always s+IS5,'
lect well, the answer is that they woutly
select better than 90 The
panies. the people who now do whateY
selection Is done.
Chinese Question Separate Tvs ~,
with Chinese immigration stand bySt
such that the entire Chinese coolie class.
that Is, the class Of Chinese laberers.
skilled and unskilled legitimately come
grants grant to this se country, because of their
work, and their. low standard Of living, !,
Not Net only onI is i i to ke tae t Interest
but the Chinese authorities do not imr
sire that they should be admitted: 4
present their entrance is prohibited
purpose These laws have been, are Ii Ell
Ing end Wi be- thor thh9roughy
be entirely disregarded. There Is no sd
ious proposal to alter the immigratiss a.,
law as regards the Chinese laborseco
Skilled OF iuHShllleu, dHu ttASIo 40 llO Szrll =
cuse for any man feeling or affectiIild,
to feel the slightest alarm on the su ",
ject. ~,
Injustice to Educated Chinese 1
But in the effort to carry out the polIa
Icy Of excluding Chinese laborersje
Chinese coilies. grave Injustice ANTS ,aees
wrong have been done by this nation 80
mately to this nation itself. Chinese -
DENTS business and professional mersu y
all kinds-ont only merchants, but bal
ers, doctors. manufacturers. ,professd
travellers, and the like-should be
couraged to come here and treated 3
precisely the same footing that we trea~
students. business men. travellers ann 7
treaties should be framed, not so as II .
put these people in the excepted ,classesy I
Chinese. except Chinese Of the cooliaos
class. Chinese skilled or unskilled labor1
ers. There would not be, the least dan-a
ger that any such provision would rel
iaborers These will. under all conditions,
be kept out absolutely. But It win BED
courtesy. are shown. as they ought to be
~ q framed Az above SlIRR0Sted.