Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-18
Enumeration
commission
government Plans t. Sind,
Conditions Abroad At
First Hand

BOSTON Mass. Ma,
the passengers on the ste a1-Anoas
opic sailing or Napsas tns Can.
several members of thu my We're
commission appointed h., fatioa
Hooseveit. Vice President P e,ssld'nt
ana Speaker Cannon to invaa.s lfoana
the phases of the problem ~ ss's ~
grafton. The party eons,st. " imni,
tor Dillingham; OF Vermont o ~ seAa'
OF 'ne commission; Senator Ia.a
OF South Carolina, Renro.a auiaas
hennett of New York, Howell ., M0
Jersey, Burnett of Alabama new
Wheeler Of California. The s anu NJ
sioners ape accompanied bv 49, a'lis.
s'enographers' the entire party nr a.a
bering about 20 persons nuns
Fsets at Their seurO.
The commissioners viii
abroad about three month. s...
which time they will get in co,rmn s
cation with all diplomatic and S
sular agencies of the Un,ted s. sou'
IN all those countries from which =.
TIERS come to the United States ~.
most important posts of emhor,. .N
OF emigrants will be visited 7, = w
intention Of the commission - s
more thoroughly into the subject ,s.s
1t has ever been gone into beforo $50
to obtain. so far as may be uosshl.
all facts at first hand.
They will begin their labors in ,,,,.
and when they get through thew mn
probably know the character at bom.
OF italians who come to America ~.
methods by which they are eatbor.s
up and sent here, and especiaI,v wyu
they undertake to find out wbeths,
any Of these emigrants are selected
Tor expectation because Of their nm.
desirable character at home.
Study Of Home Conditions
From Italy, as the season progress.
es, and as the warm summer month.
make labor in the warm countries nm.
desirable, the commissioners will uro.
ceed to Russia and find out about ths
emigrants from that section of N.
world. They will go through Ger,
many, perhaps through Norway and
Sweden, through France, and, in fact
will touch all of those important
points from which emigrants come to
the United States. With the assist.
ance of a large body of diplomats
and consular agents 1t is expected
that the commission will get at ca.
sential facts concerning the character
of the people who leave their homes
for the new world. They will per.
sonally visit the homes of these PEG.
pie. will see them at the ports at
which they embark and will learn an
about the influences that cause them
to leave their homes.
Question of Distribution.
The work of the commission will b
only fairy begun, when its members
return to America. Then viii come
extensive and interesting inquiries
concerning what becomes Of the emf.
grants after they reach the United
States. The commission will seek rec.
ords from all public institutions to
ascertain that proportion of the in.
mates is foreign or of foreign parent.
age. in order to in some measure as.
certain how 1t measures up in genef'
al citizenship with the native Ameri'
cans and Americans of native parent
age.
The commission will report Its nnd-
ings and recommendations to con-
gress, and they will be used as q Dass
for legislation on the question. i
regarded as likely that out OF 'ne
work Of the commission will grow ~
international conference to deal WIN
the whole general subject. The NV
creating the commission authorizes
the president to issue call for suca
a conference II he should deem suOh
action to be desirable.