The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-30

ever land it may arrive, and does the best she can for it. That she is un- able to rear all who come and make them prosperous is not her fault be- cause often they overcrowd her bosom great and mighty as it Is. Here are some of the latest statistics concern : ing Chicago's populations:
 GermanS .....,...... 00O,VVO Poles .................. 125.00O Swedes ..,.............. 0,00O Bohemians .e.............. 90,000 NorWeglans .....,..... 5o,oOo Dutch ................. 35,000 Italians .................. 25,0OO Danes ................. 20,000 Croatia Servians and Slova
 kians 35,OOO
 Besides more or less people of 30 other nationalities.
 The melting process, however, often takes a generation The other day I went to a suburb entirely inhabited by Poles, and not until some chill dren were called who understood and spoke the English language, did l gain any information about the party I was looking for, a Polish doctor. whose intention is to establish a colony of his people in the south. Again 1 vis- ited a section mostly populated by Servians, Roumanians and kindred races, and 1t took the services of an interpreter to accomplish my purpose. The reason for the slow assimilations of these aliens is to be found in the fact that in large cities they live all most exclusively in a section by them selves and have no intercourse with people outside of their own nationality. Some of them would assimilate quick fly enough in the south, by being g thrown together with the rest of the population; good many of them are intelligent. and while they cannot un- derstand our language, they know how to save money. l saw the bank book of one family, which showed deposits of $500. A good many, too, are farm CTS from home. and are ambitious to acquire lands and home.
 Are Not Undesirables
 Some of our people who read .his will
 perhaps say that we do not want those people in the south; that they are unde- Sirable. This, however, is n great mis-
 .ake. These aliens, with their families, | furnish the brawn and muscle to the great industrial life of the north. With out them there would not be. any Chicagc without them the great industries would, have no labor and the families no ser wants. Birmingham dreams af becoming great industrial city-the Pfttsburg of l rningham should not develop into & greater city even than Pittsburs, why it should not grow to be a second Chica- so. But ere this ambition vii be ealized. the state of Alabama and the south must i'd themselves of time-Worn prejudices hnd false notions must make different
 laws. and clothe themselves with the true spirit of llberality. The south n lst cease o say to the newcomer: We are wiIlin g 10 have you come and live amongst us, ut you must live exactly as ws live; If
 we choose to quench our thirs. with coca cola and soda water, so must you We vii let you vote, but only sor ihe off 1 cias chosen by us, and from amongs, us, for we are holier than thou, and
 brook no interference with our .aherited birthright.'
 | The north and west having been set ted from the very beginning, made, one might say, by the people of all the na- tons of the world, never entertained such notions. Hence, the great cities, with their big industries, and tine populat- cd country, which consumes the products of the cities, and, ,in4turn, furnishes the necessaries of life. What would Chi cago be, without its millions and halt of aliens? Ninety per cent Of the vast army of workers in famous Pacllington on are foreigners. The hotel in which I anl stopping employs thirty chambermaids. all of whom are women from the families of foreigners. If Birmingham is to be- come a great industrial city. it aust ge, an influx of these people, and 10 prepare tn get both the industries and the, labor IS to get the settlers with .her families first. We can get them. We need not take the scum of the different national;- ties either. We can get better class of Ihem, the ones possessing Intelligence, thrift, and the means to start with. found a surprisingly large number of sJch and they are eager 10 leave the crowded big cities and the strenuous climate, and invest their hard earned money in land and a home Tn section with greater opportunities than tl:ey have here.
 Visit to Packingtown
 | Chicago. I believe, is called 'The windy city" l do not know whether this title lefers to the wind from Lake Michigan. which is blowing most of the time ovec | the city, or whether ii has any bearing on the mental makeup of .he city's pop uation. No matter which, one must ack- iowledge that Chicago has very sup- antial features, one of which is in a 1 &ass by itself, and is not to be found in ] any other city in the world. I refer tc inc celebrated stockyards and Packing ton. Upton Sinclair has called them tie jungle A Jungle" Packington is, with its | oewildering array of factory buildings, l it's many avenues, overhead gangways ard railway tracks and It's pc ,uliar at. mosphere, but it is a wel-regulased jun g.e, and one of the most unique sights 10 be seen anywhere in the world. Ei,-