Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-25
GLENN CHOSEN AS
FIRST PRESIDENT
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istics of the Southern country. It's
Inducements, its soil and climate and
other features. to put this printed mat
Ter conveying this information before
The immigrant In his own language and
In rs simple forms as possible. The
Information given the immigrant
should also include full details rs to
wages and what they will buy, and par
uculars as To the relative cost of liv-
ing.
As final recommendation should
like To point to the benefccnt effect of
the United States Homestead Act in
providing farmers with homes and in
opening UP the Great West to settle.
ment. would suggest legislation by
the several States under which indi-
vidual land owners could file land with
the State, the State as trustee Of the
land. then disposing of IL to settlers
under homestead act similar to the
federal law.
This would provide an unqllestioncd
authority for the disposal of land to
arriving immigrants without the dan
ger of abuse and deception"
South Has Labor Famine.
Senator Simjnons. of NORTH Carolina
spoke on the subject Of immigration
lie said that as a result of the agricul.
tural commercial and industrial ac;i.
witty and expansion In the South, there
was II demand for labor which could
no, be supplied from It's own ptpula
lion and that Ii, consequence the South
was struggling with labor famine.
Nearly every other section of the
country. he said. had claimed anu OBJ
thined share Of the enormous imini-
grafton tu the United States fror.
abroad during The last twenty-five
years The failure of the South TO get
part OF the newcomers not only ac-
counted for the present labor famine
in That section. but III many other
ways. he said, had been disadvanta.
scous To the United States. The KIM,
of labor the South needed, he said.
wis II dcbatablc question.
On the Share Plan.
lie described the system of the
wager in the South as being almos,
universally on the share plan. and adj
vi"cd those actually engaged in efforts
tn induce immigration to the South
from other sections or from foreign
countries to present. that plan and moi;
to he misled into comparison Of
wage scales. If laborers for the pres.
cnt could not he gotten from this coun.
Try IL was certain. he said. that with
proper effort the right kind of men
could be obtained abroad
Mr.. Sargent declared that 80 per
cent. Of all the immigration To America
came into the State Of New York. the
great bulk of the aliens remaining in
New York city. They do not before.
comiug here, he said. look up the geo
graphical situation. simply going 10
where their fiiends who have precc1.
e'l them went. What was needed was
to oIicr advantages to aliens coming
to the United States whereby they may
saiter some knowledge of the country
outside the great centers of population.
Explain the Opportunities,
1t would be a good thing not orly to
say to The alien you may land" bur
also to furnish him information re-
garding the opportunities in various
sections of the country. lie urged the
delegates to use their influence with
cnnsress 10 enact law establishing
at Ellis Island bureau of in'forma
ton for imrjrIanis
There are thousands. he said, who
would be glad to he directed to the
open country, where there is sunshine
and plenty of room aud where IL would
be an advantage 10 the country to have
them locate The way to get iIpmgra.
ton started was TO get people. located.
Practical Settlement of Italians in
the South" was the title of a paper by
Bishop B. F. Brodcrick, who advocated
The distribution of immigrants by pri.
yatc enterprise as a solution of the
problem. $50
nr. Charles r. Borilleri, of Buffalo.
N. y. talked OH "'The Italian &
grant as q Farmer" his remarks hav-
ng special reference to the colony ct
Fredonia, y. y.
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