Evening journal., 1908-11-25
No1Es ON THE ToPlc.

VI ANifAA'H Win ANf AIlUlkIhNA liNHA'Hl ]
More than a million come to our coun-
try every year They constitute the most
severe problem with which our govern
ment has to deal. save only tho prob /
lem OF strong drink.
A million yeari Is Il possible for us
TO realize the meaning OF such a vast I
throng of people7 Imagine ten or twelve /
cities the size OF Wilmington and peo-
Piled entirely by foreigners springlng up
In this country every year and we get
some idea of what Is coming 90 us from
foreign shores And Il IS a less desira- /
BILE class OF immigrants that Is coming
now than formerly. fewer Germans. Eng
lish. Scottish Scandnavians. and vastly
more from southern Europe-Itslians /
IIungarians Poles Russians. In all OF
these there is the making OF good cti-
zens but they are harder 20 assimllate. /
They are largely Roman or Greek Catho- |
lies. used TO a more despouc government
and lower order Of civilization. with
low conceptions OF duty and inferior ideals
Of national and religious life. They gath-
er together-and who can blame them?
In italian colonies, and jewish colonies,
and Polish colonies and do not mix
freely with our population. quickly to
learn our language and absorb our civil
lHdAiOUs I niN liNN'n IT, lNHAAANfAN n'i'N"
sary to send men to work among them.
II we do not lift these people up towards
our level they viii drag us down towards
their level
We can know something of the way IN
T which the immigrants gather IN colonies
by observing our own city out ON West
Sixth street we have our Little Italy,
south OF West Front street we have our
. Polish neighborhood In another section
are many Jews. and SO ON. These for
oign colonies In our cities are the great
est sources OF peril They perpetuate for
! eign customs and languages and pre-
vent the Americanizing and Christianiz-
ing OF the immigrants. New York ciiy.
II is said. contains 100000 Jews, by far
= the largest Jewish city Ia the world IL
r contains 450.0o0 Italians. more than live
. IN the city OF Naples. II contains more
. persons OF German descent than In any
q city In Germany. except Berlin, and twice
}, as many Irish as In the city OF Buhlin.
;. The most dangerous element that can
I come 10 us from any country is mat
y which comes to us smartng under real
p or fancied wrongs. and large number
q OF our immigrants arc Of this character
% Their coming is made easy ~ the steam
ship companies. who send their agents
NhNNfAWlfIft fAhit fMAAilE NhH az 'AN'"
, made Il possible for the immigrant TO
come from Liverpool for sS15 Coming
from lands where his privileges have
: been restricted. and whore he has been
- oppressed and imposed upon. he too often
he arrives here. with his high hopes re-
, garding this new free country of which
he has heard so much. only 60 become
an easy prey to social aEitators, an easy
al victim Of the greed Of capital. an easy
ks tool I'm the hands OF INSCRIPTIONS poll
+, ticians until he loses his respect FOR
the country I'm which he has made hi'
at home. Well does Josiah Strong say 81
ly do not fear the foreigner half so muci
an as I fear Americans who impose upoI
iur them and hrutally abuse them"
en- Coming from country where ne ha
he suffered at the hands Of his home church
ell and no church IN the new land stretche
,ts forth a helping hand. can we wonde
~. that so many OF the Slavs and Hungar
ians are breeding inhdelity In our Middl
M West? Accustomed 10 the "Contlnenta
~, Sunday" in his home country and no new
Sabbath ideals are taught him when h
comes here can we wonder that he hnd
Il hard to accept our methods OF oh
serving the Lords Day. and with vigo
80 seeks TO break it down. Much of thu
EN0WlIk AllNllfltAi'' w t''A'htfH fr"N
'en ing Is the result OF the foreign elemen
as I'm our midst and the temperance move
lge ment Of this country will find rs strong
est opponent In the voters among tn
foreign population I'm our cities
IN We need 10 think OF these things q
as realize how great is this immigrant prob
ow lem, and what a duty we owe In thi
m matter We need to pray that the churcl
he may see that the safety OF our countr.
xt. lies I'm the Christianizlng these new
me e-seekers Every Christian Endeav
or Society should make much Of thi
meeting and become as familiar as pos
III, sible with this subject N not alread
~. doing so let each society plan 10 Civ
~. al least one generous offering each yea
.,. to their Home Mission Board Plan.
- possible some definite work for the for
eigners We have them with ms all owe
our city. and an can come IN touch Wit
:, some Of them
IL For the encouraging feature Of this Inn
'N' migration problem Is the way IN whic
'er the foreigner usually responds 20 an
zee effort made to better his condition. II
ice comes here anxious 20 learn all he ca
ms about this great. free country Of ours
IAN and in adapting himself TO his new sur
roundings and eagerly seizing every or
pOrtuuitN TO netief Nlilefii Nt VIII Nih'
nut TO shame the free born American
once the door Of his heart is opened b
n kindness. Il is never closed again.
Let us all he alive and wide-awake %
, this subject Of foreign immigration. hot
- as TO its perils and its opportunities. Le
us read mp on the subject. give muci
g and do an that we can that the imm
grant many come here TO find not only
q country OF great material resources, bu
y great also IN spiritual wealth; Ian
where we walk in the light OF IN
a Lord"
> Christian EndeaVor News
The regular monthly meeting OF III
N Wilmington Christian Endoavor unio
will be held IN the Central Preshyteria
is Church. King street below Eighth. o
next Tuesday evening, December LIST. a
Il s o'clock.
As has been our custom. our Union wi
hold a Thanksgiving Sunrise prayer
RI meeting tomorrow morning at o'clocl
and we extend "A cordial invitation
everybody to attend this service. II wi
= be held this year IN the First Presbyte
III ian Church. Market street above Mint
and will be led by Rev. Thomas p. Holll
way. pastor Of the Second Baptis