The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-18
TALK IMMIGRATION
Meeting in New York in
December.
North Carolina Will be Well Repre-.
scented. Under the Auspices Of
the National Civic Fedora.
ton.

Mr.. T. K. Bruner, who has charge
of immigration in North Carolina,
will head the delegation from this
State to the National Conference to
discuss the subject of immigration,
which will be held New York city,
December 9Th. This meeting will be
under the auspices of the NATIONAL
Civic Federation, Of which August
Belmont is president, Cornelius N
Bliss is treasurer and Samuel b. Dom
nelly is secretary The governor of
every State has been requested to
|appoint ten delegates to the conference,
and Governor Glenn will probably ap-
point those to represent North Caro-
lima when he returns from his visit
to New England.
Among the questions that will be
discussed at this conference are:
What is the character of the net in
crease in the population of the United
States from immigration?
Should existing legislation looking
to the elevation of undesirable ele-
ments be extended and made effective.
and, If so, how?
Should there be any change in the
system Of inspection. such as having it
made at ports Of departure, or at the
home sources of emigration, or at
both?
Are there any external influences
tending to stimulate the volume of i'm
migration
What are the nature extent and
locality of the demands in the United
States for more labor?
What domestic Industries and what
labor crafts are most affected by the
influx of alient labor, and in what
ways?
What percentage of European immi-
grafton remains in the ports of arrival
such as New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia and Baltimore?
What practical method can be de-
vised of distributing immigration. es-
pecially for agriculture. to points
| where it may be needed?
What will be the effect of the dis
| tribution of large numbers of immi-
grants i'm the South upon the problem
| of industrial education and social bet
terment of the negro race?
| Should the exclusion of Chinese
coolie labor be made more rigid and
should it be extended to Japanese and
| Korean labor?
| How shall the admission of exempt
ed classes of Asiatics, such as schol-
ars merchants and tourists, be regu-
| lated? fal
| In fact any topic related to immigra-
| ton and it's effect upon our nationa
life and industries that the conference
wis hes to consider may be included
| in its proceedings. @
| Among the members of the executive
committee of the National Civic Fed
! GRAFTON are:
| Grover Cleveland. Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius n. Bliss. Oscar S. Strauss
| who was a member of the Court ot
| Arbitration at The Hague; Charles w
Eliot, president of Harvard; Seth Low
| Archbishop John Ireland, Bishop Hen
ry c. Potter, Henry Gassaway Davis
David r. Francis, Charles Franci!
Adams, v. Everett Macy and Charlie:
j. Bonaparte, Henry Phipps, Clarence
H. Mackay. August Belmont. F. P
Fish, Lucius futile, H. Fl. Vreeland
Franklin MacVeagh. Dan Hanna
Marcus w. Marks. and others repre-
senting the employers of America; ant
Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell. e. e
Clark, p. III. Morrissev Theodore j
Shaffer, J. j. Hannahan. James O'Con
nell, James M. Lynch, William ID. Ma
hon, and others representing the wage
earners of America.