Evening journal., 1905-12-06
WILL DISCUSS
IMMIGRATION
This City and State Well Rep.
resented in New York
at Opening Session


The National Conference on Immigra-
tioh under the auspices Of the National
Civic Federation is being held in New
York city to-day and Win continue to-
morrow.
The governor OF each State and the
tmayor of each city of over $4,000 In
fhabitants throughout the union have
been asked TO namc delegates. ten by
clch governor and one by each MAYOR
Governor Lei-appointed hast week tho
ltcn delesates from Delaware. They arc
the Hon. George Gray Of Wilmington,
Judge Of the United States Court for
the Third Judicial Circuits Hon.
Anthony Higgins, of Wilmington ex-
United states Senator from Delaware;
: Hon. John Hum, of Wyoming. eN-
Governor of Delaware; Hon. Ebe W.
Tunnel of LeNes. eX-Govenor OF Del
alvarez Henry b. Thompson Of VIII
miagtOn, Treasurer OF Joseph Bancroft
& sons CO.. Thomas ~. Savery, of Will
mingtoa, President of the Board of
Trade anu also of Puscy d Jones Co..
Prof George A. Harter. Of Newark.
president Of Delaware College; Willard
/ S. Meredith. OF Wilmington, representa-
tive In the General Assembly, Harry A.
7 Richardson's, Of Dove president OF the
Richardson & Robbins canning factory
and also president of the First National
Bank of Dover; Samuel II. Messick of
Bridgevllo. president Of the state
Board Of Agriculture.
Mayor Horace Wilson appointed
Councilman Howard d. Ross as the
delegate from this city.
Judge Gray was unable by reason OF
press of official duties to be present
but Anthony Higgins, Henry b. Thomp-
son, Thomas II. Savery, Willard s.
Meredith and Howard d. Ross left
here last night to be present at the
opening session.
The conference is called with the idea
that some united effort may be made
toward securing more definite protec-
tive legislation on the immigration
question.
Discuss immigration.
Among the topics to be discussed at
the conference are:
Should existing legislation looking tc
the elevation of its character through
the exclusion of undesirable elements
be extended and made more effective
and if so, how?
system Of inspection. such as having
it made at ports of departure, or at th'
home sources OF immigration, or al
both?
Are there any external influence.
tending to stimulate the volume of i'm
migration?
What are the nature, extent ant
localities of the demands in the United
states for more labor?
What domestic industries and wha
labor crafts are most affected by tn,
influx of alien labor, and i'm wha'
ways?
What percentage OF European immi.
-giation remains i'm the ports of arrival
such as Now York. Boston. Philadelphia
and Baltimore?
What practical methods can be de.
viscd OF distributing immigration
especially Tor agriculture, to point,
where IL may be needed.
What will be the effect of the distri
button OF large number of immigrants
ln the South upon the problem of in.
dustrial education and social better
ment OF the negro race?
Should the exclusion of Chinese coolil
labor be made for rigid. and should &
be extended TO japanese and Korean
labor?
How shall the admission of-rXomptet
classes OF Asiatics. sush as scholars
merchants and tourists DE rcgHatad2
The call for the conference was sen.
out over the signatures OF August Bel
mont. Samuel Gompers. Os1ar S
Straus. Andrew Carnegie, Bishop Hcnr!
G.. Potter, John Mitchell Archbishop
John ireland, William d. Mahon
Charles A. Moore. Warren S. Stone
Ralph NJ. Easley and Samuel b. Don
nellcy.