Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1907-11-23


one-third the population Of the South
ana more than the combined popu-
iatlon OF the fifteen States of Arizona
colorado, Delaware, Idaho Maine,
montana, Nevada, New Hampshire,
North aud South Dakota, Rhode Is
land. Oregon. Washington, Wyoming
anu Oklahoma Just think of II.
and then think. too, OF the millions
more 70 come in during the next de-
oade n the "open door" policy is
continued"
Here is more Of it:
mot only are millions of Jews. I.
laiians' Magyars. and the various re-
representatives. OF the Slav neoples
coming in, but these people are both
illiterate and poor. ia the early
days OF immigra tion when the Scotch
German and English came to Amer
lea they were fewer in numbers. bet
ter educated and possessed more
money than the races from Southern
Europe who are now coming i'm such
unlimited numbers. Out OF one mill
lion Immigrants who landed in A.
merica in 1905. only $4,000 had
over $50 per head. the remaining
$4,000 had either less than fifty
dollars each OF nothing at am. and
one-fourth of them were either MN
Ors or dependents. or the races
coming in from Southern Europe AZ
PER cent. of them are uliterates. who
can neither read nor write in any
language. These are the people to
whom Efforts are now being made TO
..Hr
the instance of the steamship COM
panies, railway corporations and the
foreign spinuers The TRANSFORMATION
companies want to haul them. and
the spinners want more cotton grown
There have come into America more
.of these foreigners since 1900 than
the entire population Of Canada.
There are three counties iu Texas
populated by foreigners where the
English language is scarcely spok-
EN-"
The Cotton Journal concluded as
follows:
This country viii unquestionably
be overrun by foreigners if some
thing is not done 20 check the enor-
nous tide of immigration flowing in
20 America each year. Shall the
south be for Southerners. or shall
we open wide Che gates of our be-
loved country and divide Il up a.
mong stranger with whom our race
can not and viii not assimilate2
Shall we keep America for Ameri-
cans. or shall Doe go on indfnerentIy
aud have our country become "a ma
ton for the prey and dumping ground
OF the people of AN nations? 10 is
time 90 think and to act.
The INN grafton question for
this country is no theory. but is a
serious and emphatic condition Of
facts which should command the
more serious attention of the pcople
The time is rapidly coming when the
burning question OF the hour WI be.
Can Americans Americanize the
foreigners, OF win the foreigners for
eignize America This is no idle
dream and o. those who think so. we
only ask tina they study the stalls
tics of imm ration 20 the United
states for The past forty years and
speculate as.to tine future"
Mr.. Williams would swap. the re-
liable, open-hearted Joyous hard
working Negroes for immigrants OF
this type. He would remove the
Negro Que- lion and substitute there
for the immigration question. He
would bring here the Nihilists from
Russia and the Vendetta from Italy.
the Terrorists from Spain and other
European countries and inaugurate
a reign of terror for the inhabitants
of this hemisphere. Is it a day-
dream? Is it a passion? Is il lun-
acy or is DC the elimination OF the
years of race hatred left unbounded
and unresuained? For our part. we
believe that conservative men through
out this section. who believe in the
Southland IS prosperity and who have
not political ambition viii check this
spirit and curb these animosities less
in evadiug present troubles we rush
TO Ills We know not Of.
NO farther seek his merits TO dis
close
or draw his frailties from their
dread abode,
CThere they alike In trembling hope
reposel
The bosom of his Father and his
God"-Gray.