The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-27


Terrence V. Powdery, of Washing
ton, ID. c.. head of the bureau of In
formation. department of immigra-
ton. By following h. suggestions the
need OF an immigration association Is
eliminated. except that the idea OF
immigration should have an organi-
zation TO keep u alive But for the
purposes Of securing The immigrants,
II the citizens OF this end OF the state
will avail themselyes of the nationai
bureau Of information. there will be
no necessity OF sending agents
abroad or maintaining other expen-
sive machinery.
The department Of which Mr. Pow
derry Is the head. secures specific in
formation from every part OF the
United States. as 20 soil climatic con-
ditions, prices Of lands. aud wages
for labor. which it distributes among
the immigrants 10 the great cities.
Thousands Of immigrants are idle in
the cities, who. II the information
and the assurance of specific work
were offered them, would gladly ac-
cept. These immigrants are desirable
and are Idle only because they are
helpless In strange land. By send
ing specific information TO Washing
ton. about the places open here for
labor. about the farm land for sale
or rent. and about the climate. Mr.
Powderly promised that a stream OF
immigration OF the kind that we spe-
cliet. would soon follow.
sinterurhan Lines.
Following Mr.. Powderly's address,
Mr.. Charles y. Wilson. president
American Engineering company, of
indianapolis. addressed tae immlgra
ton convention on the subject OF In
terurban Lines" The speeches to
have been delivered by Charles X.
Wheeler on Advantages of lmmisra-
ton to Western Kentucky. OF
Charles q. Nuremberg on How to
Get Swiss Immigration. OF Hon.
Hubert Vreeland. commissioner Of
agriculture, M state Cooperation:
Of Il. d. johnson on Good Roads"
and OF Rabbi Never Lovitch on pa
ducah. Past. Present and Future.
were not given from a lack of time
and owing 70 Mr.. powderly's speech
having been postponed from yester-
days session until this morning. The
attendance this morning was better
than yesterday morning ana among
the women present were Miss Adino
Morton, chairman OF the clvlcs de-
partment OF the Woman's club: Mrs.
Edmund Post. Mrs. Mildred Davis
and Miss Cora Benedict.
President Hughes at II O'Clock de-
clarcd the second annual convention
Of the Western Kentucky Immigra-
ton association, adjourned. Mr..
powderly left at noon for Louisville
and Mr.. Wilson will return to Texas
from which state he came to speak
IN the convention.
Pawderly's speech.
Prejudiccs and set opinions on
immigration and It's effects on the
United States we're reversed sharply
by Mr.. Powderly's remarks on that
subject From observation he was
convinced that the second generation
OF immigrants are thorough Amer-
cans Even IN the case of Italians, the
large immigration OF which national
lty has caused some uneaslness. Nh.
Powderly thought was not menace.
lie has been IN Italy, has studler all
the sources Of our immigration and
knows that the immigrants we get
are capable OF making good citizens
aud will be an industrial help in de-
velopment of our resources. Euro
pean labor Mr.. Powierly said. lived
cheaply, not from choice. but because
they could not AFFORD to spend more
and when they come to this country.
while they may live more cheaply
than the American workman, they
nevertheless expand greatly and
their children will not be objectlona.
BILE from this reason. II we will but
be human. show immigrants that wei
have no hostility to them. they will
respond and be good neighbors. But
II we shut our hearts and hold our
hands against them. they TOO are
selves. As to the Black Hand socie-
ty which we view with horrors. its
inception, Mr. Powderly stated. was
thoroughly good 1t originated from a
desire of Italians to punish mel
whose treatment of women every
southerner would take prompt meas
ures to punish.
Our marvellous material develop
ment and supremacy. Mr.. Powderly
attributed almost wholly to the in
lux of Immigrants. for without them
we could not have made the showing
that we have made. Since 1920, over
100000 immigrants have entered
this country and these are the hands
that have made possible our stupen-
dous commerce. AS to the effect or
immigration Oh wages, Mr. Powderly
said that SO far its effect had been
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