Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-11

| Magyar ........ ........ tn
Irish ................. 4O.9o9
| Slovak Recommendations. 3S,22l
Figures of states.
THE six states receiving the largest
immigration during the year were as
| follows:
New York NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 374.7OS
| Pennsylvania ................ .l9S,6sl
Massachusetts ............... 1860
] Ohio 1887
"The north Atlantic states received
| 1872 $40. which is 6S per cent Of the
years total; the north central states
received 242. $780, which is % per cent
of the years total; the western states
| received 4S.125. which is 4.5 per cent
of the years total; the south Atlantic
states received 31.539, which is per
cent of the years total; the south cen
trail states received 1868. which is
per cent of the years total.
The principal occupations during
the year were as follows:
| Laborers -..................-.. ZZo,jf1
| Farm laborers ................ 239 .l2o
| Skilled (trades) lIf,l22
| Servants OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. III 1901
No occupation representing
largely families) ........... 2S5. 400
Advertising Only Way.
There is only one way to attract the
immigrants To the agricultural dis
tricts. and that is by making known 10
them what you have TO offer for their
/ 1 ~
| Sargent. He enlarged on the idea of
the state bureau of immigration, sug-
costing that it be composed of commits
sioners and agents appointed by the
governor Its work would consist of
the publication, in the language of the
immigrant people most desired. of eX-
act information about the state. and
particularly its agricultural advantages.
The bureau would further have agents
in each of the foreign countries from
which the best citizens come and il
would be the duty of these agents 10
distribute throughout the foreign coun-
tries the most accurate information
possible. in order that the immigrants
TO the United States may know more
of the advantages offered here than
they can learn from the letters of
friends already here. Mr.. Sargent
pointed out that the immigrant now Sc
lects a location simply because heI
knows of it through a friend. The re-
suit is that the already congested cen
tiers of population in the large cities
are constantly becoming more congest-
ed. while the agricultural districts still
cry for laborers on the farms.
Citizenship Not Improved.
when these immigrants come to this
country and settle in the large cities
under circumstances which are in
large measure the same as those in the
country from which they come, it does
not tend to better the citizenship Of
this country" said the commissioner
Continuing, he added that when the
immigrant is attracted to the agricul-
tural districts, instead. he is an addi-
ton 10 the good material in the popu-
lation of the United States. 1--WE want
class of immigrants who will work
toward the good of the entire people
and learn the doctrines that have made
this country what it is" said Mr.. Sar-
gent.
Restriction of Races Unjust.
The commissioner evidently does not
believe in the restriction of any ma
tionality from the United States. He
pointed out that there are good people
of every nationality. and that with
these good citizens are mixed bad ones.
Because there are renegades in a
country is no reason why that entire
nationality should be excluded" he
held. To illustrate the force of his ar
gument, he called TO mind the fact that
in almost every community here there
are some American-born citizens who. !
if they should emigrate to foreign lands. |
would possibly be denied admission.
"And we certainly could not resent 1t