The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-10-13
UNWtLCOnE IrinIGRANTS.

proper authorities to foreign inmi-
grafton to our land of liberty, free
speech and easy living. We have
in our feeble way sounded note of
warning upon the question of i'm
migrants from foreign lands. Most
notably has the influx OF the un-
welcome and undesirable class of
immigrants increased during the
war between Russia and Japan.
Smart enough was this class to take
advantage of the disturbance in the
East when there was less vigilance
on the part of all nations as to the
departures and arrivals of citizens.
Not only did this class take advant-
age OF this opportunity offered by
the war, but also caught on to graft
being practiced by the officers who
were entrusted with the duty OF en-
forcing the law with reference to
immigrants to the United States,
the deals made in naturalization
papers, for few dollars any for
cigncr could get in, by which means
those who by our laws are excluded
from our shores have doubled any
other class.
Mr.. Brandcnhcrg Of New York
says:
In this brief article | wish par
ticularly to summarize some known
thjnas. about aredargrq.taav j vine,ptaiiefao eli aiiefYao
of my recent Investigations. With
but twelve million foreign-born out
of eighty million people in the
| United States, in round numbers,
more than half of the objects of
charity are aliens by birth. At
present immigration is responsible
for scvcnty-four per cent in the in
crease in population, and ninety
five per cent of the bcggars rounded
up on the streets in Philadelphia
were found to be aliens. Nothing
more need be said to command the
alert attention of honest charity.
Last winter when the stecrage
rate war was on, the greatest masses
of scrap material for nation build
ing reached this country that were
ever loaded upon a good-naturcd
government. But they, as a first
effect, were as nothing to the greater
effect OF that rate war, and Roose-
vclt's election, combined with the
Russo-Japancsc struggle. a mighty
impetus was given to body of
millions of immigrants who have
not as yet begun to arrive. For
years they have been intending to
come to- America, but the rate war,
Rooscvclt's election and the troubles
in Russia have precipitated them,
and they would be swelling the tide
this very minute if the rise in rates
and the absolute refusal of sub
agents to sell tickets to less desirable
persons until the annual rush of
Italians is over, had not tcmporari-
ly checked them. BY the same
process OF calculation based on in
formation from foreign correspond
cnts, which allowed me to predict
last fall that this years immigra-
ton would run to million, a state
mcnt generally ridiculed at the time
Tut verified since, ] am convinced
that there is going to be heavy
fall rush of the poorest immigrants
we have ever received, with a sus-
tanning of the winter traffic and
another big year in 1906 if indus
trial prosperity in the United States
continues.
First should state what / mean
by good" or poor" immigrant.
An immigrant is more or less good
according to his or her ability and
Willingness to earn his or her own
living, now or in the future, and
obey the laws. That covers the
whole case. That shuts out the
criminal, diseased, physically and
mentally deficient, immoral and
politically undesirable classes.
Every poor immigrant is sooner or
later, directly or indirectly, certain |
to become charge upon society. |
While two-thirds of our national !
material resources remain unde-
vcloped there should be no thought
OF shutting out good immigrants
who are willing tn aseict in tbo 1o