Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-06
IMMIGRATION
CAUSES DISPUTE
DELEGATES HAVE DIFFERENT
OPINIONS
Morning Session of the Irrigation
Congress Brings Out Heated
Debate for and Against In-
flux Of Foreigners
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 5.-Vice-Presi-
dent l.. w. Shurtliff of Ogden presided
at the opening of this mornings ses-
sion of the irrigation congress, senator
Carter having returned to Montana.
Governor Albert E. Meade Of Wash
ington. later was called to the chair.
William K. McAllister of Denver, the
arst sneaker. dealt with the immigra-
ton question and raised issues tnat IN.
voIved the congress in most earnest
discussion.
The Coloradan advocated foreign
imigration and as a model to pe ioi-
lowed, urged the methods Oh tne MOI
mon church in settling the valleys OF
ITtab and adjoining states. Under the
methods of the Mormon church these
immigrants had been drawn from the
agricultural classes of Northern
Europe from the best of the haro
working peasants.
Hon. John P. Irish of California,
asked the congress if it would not pc
better to close the country's gates TO
the more than 100000 of foreign I'M
migrants who were coming annually
and give the youth of our own land
a. higher opportunity. The Californian
declared that the migration today was
NOT a. patriotic migration but paras1-
q. w. Mott of ST. Paul, general inn
migration agent of the Northern Pa
cific, agreed with Colonel Irish. he
said the Northern Pacific's success IN
peopling the territory traversed py
it's lines had been in the eastern
states, not in foreign lands, The kind
of Immigrants wanted had been III
eastern states and $4,000 of these,
nearly all American citizens, had been
settled in the northwest during the
mast wear. The lawless immigration
from Europe, he believed, was not
wanted.
w. Reidt, foreign-born delegate
from Oregon, praised the forelgn I'M
migrant who was needed in the up
building of the country. The trouble
with Americans, he said was that they
were all looking for "soft jobs"
Governor George e. Chamberlain OF
Oregon presided at the afternoon ses-
sion.
Right Rev. Joseph Arearelli of Den.
yer, the first speaker. who spoke OIL
italian immigration on western farms,
deplored the tendency of immigrants
from his country to gather In the Slums
or the big cities, but with this class
he contrasted the thousands of thirty
italian farmers who were cultivatinS
farms in the west.
Discussion of claws governing water
rights and methods of aproprlatlns
water by different states" was intro
duced by DR.. Elwood Meade OF the
reclamation service.
State engineers representing zen
states were present, but the only
speakers were John w. Lewis of Ore
gon. and John w. Wade of Helena,
Mont president of the State En-
gineers' association.
Richard w. Young of Salt Lake
City read a paper on Sugar Beet Legis-
lation." His argument was against
the free admission of sugar from the
Philippines as has been persistently ad-
vocated before congress.
Colonel Robert Harrington or tne
South Carolina delegation, presented
"The Drainage Needs of South Caro-
lima"
He urged the National Irigation con-
gress to espouse the cause OF his STATE
and help to secure federal apropria-
tion for the reclamation of South Caro-
lima marsh and swamp lands.
In the absence OF Governor Cutler OF
Utah, who has not yet arrived. Jonn
Henry Smith of Salt Lake City was
called upon by Governor Chamberlain
to speak for the Utah delegation. Mr..
Smiths address was a vigorous plea
for good citizenship and for the uphold
ing OF the best traditions of the re-
public. Questions of climatology and
rainfalls were discussed by f. II.
Brandenburg, in charge of the weather
bureau at Denver.
AS evidence of future fulillment OF
good things promised should the con-
yention vote to meet next year In
Sacramento the California delegation
this afternoon threw open the doors
of their headquarters and served re-
freshments to all comers. Fruit, light
wines and more substantial Things
were offered, and 1t was noted that
nearly all delegates coming away
wore Sacramento badges.
The convention tonight was enter
tained by the Boise symphony orehes-
ira, which rendered a concert program
in convention hall.