The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-04-27
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If there is one place the ncwly.ar-
rived immigrant is not needed it is
in the large cities where n large pOr-
ton of the incoming horde he's shown
a tendency to herd. Especially Is this
true OF New York, where over eight
tenths of the immigration to this coun-
try is landed. This concentration of
the multitudcs from every nation and
cline in the already congcstcd portion
of the city is Demonstrating and
rime.enCouraging condition, and is
doing more to delay the healthy as.
similation OF the immigrant and hin
der his development into 4 useful
American citizen than any other cir
Cumstancc. Concentration of the
ncwlyarriNCd foreign element in the
large cities of the country is a real
menace to the future Of those cities
and the country at large. The
federal government has long real
lied this and has at last deter
mined on steps looking To a corrcc
tion Of this tendency. Instead Of con
ccntratiOn we are to have dissemna
ton. Instead of letting them take
root in the cities to grow up foreign
plant In American soil the effort IS
to be made to broadcast them over the
sections of the country where better
living can be had for them and whore
their Amcrcanization viii be made
more easy and certain.
The plan devised under the drcc
ton Of Frank p. Sargent commission
or general Of immigration, is to oslab
fish a division of information under
the immigration bureau, whose uur
pose shall be to place the Immigrant
coming To this country In the pac,
where he is needed and wanted. Il L.
expected that this new department viii
be ready to begin work by the first O
July, and already useful information
regarding the resources products ant
physical characteristics of each stat,
and territory is being gathered and
tabuatcd. preparatory to being pub
lishcd in different languages so that
il may be placed in the hands OF th'
incoming aliens as soon as they Iauc
and may aid them in choosing IA place
and 4 destiny in the wonderful prom
Used land to which they have com,
with such oXpcctant HOPE.
AS further means of bringing
states that want immigrants, and i'm
migrants that want homes into touch
with each other, the plan further pro
yiGcs that the states and territories
will be permitted to send to the immi
grant stations agents who shall be
given access to all newly admitted
aliens. These official promoters will
point out to the newcomers the spc
cial inducements for settlement offered
by their respective states.
Some OF the states, particularly
those Of the south, already maintain
immigration bureaus, and these will
appoint the agents sent to the immi
grant stations. Other states desiring
immigrants are expected to organize
such bureaus before July |. Practical
" the whole of this educational cam
paign will be waged at the Ellis Island
station, New York. Through its port
ais passed last year $4,000 of the
| O57 900 aliens admitted TO this lanc
Of ours
How very badly immigrants arc
wanted in many sections Of the south
and west Is disclosed in the urgent
appeals which Mr.. Sargent has been
receiving These come especially from
agriculturalists, mine owners, manu-
facturers and railroad officials. 4 ma
jority OF our immigrants are pouring
into the sections whore they are least
wanted and where the least chance OF
work awaits them, while they arc
avoiding the sections whore they
would be welcomed with open arms
md given remuncratye employment.
lust how this is Will be seen By tho
figures for last year. over seven
tcnths Of those passing through the
immigrant stations said they were 20
ing TO settle In already thickly pOpu
lated centers, and all of this while The
clamor for immigrants was coming
from thinly populated districts Owe,
one.third Of these aliens said they
were going to make their abodes II
Sew York state; more than onesiItl
In Pennsylvania, and on2.twelfth II
Illinois Almost as many declare,
themselves bound for Massachusetts
and next ranked New Jersey.
The south in particular wants immt
grafton now Formerly it desire
nothing less. It's change Of seutlmen
on this subject has been both recen
and marked 1t offers a splendid flel
for the newcomer with Drawn an
eunrgY. L has millions OF acres {