Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-29

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In a communication to the Kansas
City Journal. Mr.. w. g. Van; Hoy ol
Ramona. I. T., sugsests that some a
the dangers Of VI growing immigra'
|tlon are largely fictitious, % tisre ID
an abundance OF good farming land
Ayailaole In the newer parts Of OUT
country for the overplus Of popIla'
tlon. He makes the statement that
while most OF the immigrants stop In
the larger cities. they are not 30 stu
ptd al to stay for all time In the
crowded marts d. trade" but thai
they come west. He points out that
these immigrants. having come. to
this country to better their condition,
will not neglect to 60 to places where
cheap land can be had to settle down
and become useful citizens. -
Statistics are hard to get that will
throw direct light ON the proposition
AZ given by Mr.. Van Hoy, but. how
over desirable such a condition A. he
c0nceives would be. It ID obvious that
he Is inclined to be oyer-0ptimistic.
We're all the immigrants. who yearly
cone to our shores honest, Intelligent
and Industrious there would be NO
very insistent objection to their ID
mission. but a large proportion Of
them are not. He cannot agree that
the second or third generation or
majority OF the immigrants who set
~ in the large cities ever leave them
70 60 to farming. In the csss Of Ger.
mans. Swedes, Norwegials. English.
Irish and many RuSsiars, the pFopo6
tjon who 20 to the farming AfstrfotS
81 large. We have nbf better cstisene
today than immigrants q sucd' N.
ttonaiities who have come with the
honest purpose Of "bdttering thstr
conditions" and make this the land
OF their homes. to foster peace, Law
and intelligence.
Let liz consider roughly the two
classes Of immigrants who come 70
this country. from the STANDPOINT Ut
agricultural tendencies. OF the class
from which are recruited the farming
element Of our new citizens we find
that during the fiscal year 1904,
from Belgium. Denmark. Switzerland,
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
there came to the United States about
ms. 1000 immigrants. Among these
must be acknowledged the greater
proportion Of agriculturists were 70
be found, Opposed to these sosscalied
agricultural immigrants we have from
Italy. Austria-H Hungary, Greece. Sicily.
sardinia, Portugal and Servis more
than 100000 immigrants. From Italy
alone came 230.622, or more than'
the so-cailed agricultural couif
tries combined,
The ftslians and Greeks. together
with a very large percentage Of Pan
luguese. Servians and Hungarians. Do,
net al a class come TO- the United
10 farm. They are for the
most part very iiliterxte and. WITHOUT
money 70 buy lands ssd 'impfovcthem
At the lowest cost Of isyest.
ment. Many OF the ltaNanss and
Greeks are market gardeners. hilt
hey cling to the vicintties Of the Giif;.
lea. land others Of them are miners.
and laborers sIn fact. out Of G00.0ls.
who came 10 the United
states d u the year eRdlag June. 4.
ibSA-AtNe lAssat available cegWes6ES.
ea0Aaep we're rtassed ~ CANNON H.
while only sa.SN confessed sil7,
knowing. anything about fakr Nnek.
and that knowledge vas necessarily
Tar different from the requirements
under tho new condittpas. -.
An inspection Of. y1he, hgmeoeekeys,
wIo 30 tAfoasi seeAceHbAs CIV, Way
Aepoe. dess NOT vlskldSe sa6Ax 0l-<1s
SlNes hers Apheiderc&s An We nqn'
sgricultural division. Indeed, tWese
hcneseekers ,ass nearix ~ nativa'
Anericaas aeWeratioBs back. who
Aase ,cuaas from other states to SEX
tho sdypAtsaes pf. ~ west, TheS
are Asshiy lntcligsnt and they are
the oaes who sse V16pling the itch
lands Of Oklahoma and the indian
territory. The hundreds a thousauds
o. law. vicious, criminal and pauper
Immigrants Of the non-agricultusal
~'asses remain In the cities and In
the mining districts. where they
breed a pestnentiai crop Of Offspring
no better than themselves. T1ey
viii never sspire 20 own i psct ~
ground and become independent. they
will always remain agitators. malc0a-
tents ana a menace to government
and public order.
Nf --O--
President Roosevelt has again mani.
tested his hard common sense BY
puttins 4 SOP TO. the p,an that vas
started In, the northwestern states to
make q valuable subscription present
TO Miss Alice. The people Of this