Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-15

that in the United States they may
eat white bread n meat, and as this
is preferable To the black bread with
out meat in their own lands. their'am-
billion is to reach the promised land
beyond the seas. one of the commits
sloners made the assertion that they
saw how thoroughly the law of sup
ply and demand worked out with re-
gard to labor. the same as with any
other commodity. and that il the time
ever came that labor received a better
wage in some other country han in.
this, the stream 81 immigration would
turn in that direction.
Not many years ago various sOcie-
ties and the steamship companies en-
gagged in the business Of robbing i'm
migrants and turning them foot-loose
on American soil without regard TO
the protests Of the American people
or the rights of the immigrants. The
laws then were lax and unable to cope
with the scheming of the agents of the
steamship companies. The pauper
and the criminal classes We're aided
to leave their own countries and
dumped INTO New York TO become
public charges. The later immigra-
ton restrictions, however. have work
ed a great change. steamship compa-
MES now realize that deportation Of
those attempted to be brought in i'm
violation of the law. means h impo-
sition of heavy fines in addition to
the cost of carrying the immigrant
back to the port whence he embark
ed, with ultimate penalties thai eat
up all the profits on this class OF
ocean traffic. For this reason the
steamship agents sift the ~emigrants
.-I .g..al 80 nm VH lfn h1a IN he
detained at Ellis Island. and in his
way the administration of the immi-
grafton laws has operated to change
the entire character of h people
who now come into the United States
from various European countries.
This commission finds that they are
the young men. of good red blood, fun
Of health. energy and ambition look
ing for honest labor and willing 10
toll for themselves and those depend
ent upon them. They cOme 20 the
United states not as adventures, but
as men anxious To swell the numbers
Of those engaged in gainful occupa-
lions. and their success inevitably
means the coming Of more of the
same type. most of whom ultimately
are assimilated and become useful
citizens.
The commission finds that no mat
ter from what section OF Europe these
men come. even If from those regions
where the vendetta is n Of the rules
of human conduct. II they IA be as
simulated they will become American
citizens. amenable to the laws of a
free country and adding TO its pro-
ductiveness. And this subject of as
similation is one which h commits
sion will give much study in this coun-
try during the winter. While in Hun
gary the commission heard of a man
who had lived for eight years In Pitts
burg and sought him out for an in
terview. The interview was carried
on by the aid of an Interpreter. This
man had been employed I'm the iron
furnaces near Pittsburg, but during
the eight years he had lived there he
associated with none but people from
his native country and knew nothing
more about the United states, the
character of the government that pro-
tected him. the ideals Of the American
people or our institutions than If he
had never crossed the ocean. Mem
bers Of the commission are convinced,
from their study OF this question, that
immigrants can not be diverted to any
particular portion OF the country by
intercepting them at Ellis Island.
Their inquiry shows that 80 per cent
Of all who come know their destina-