The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-01-13


admini'ira ien Of The Chinese etclbsion
orafters Next
"rhe Ola immigration movement was
essentially one Of permanent settlers.
The new immigration is very largely
one of individuals. considerable Dol.
ton nt whom apparently have NO in.
tention Of permanently changing their
residence. their only purpose iu com.
ing 90 America being % temporarily
take advantage Of the greater wages
paid for industrial labor IN this coun.
try, This, Of course. Is not true of an
the immigrants, but the practice ia suf
fciently common 10 warrant referring
20 it as a characteristic Of them AZ n
class.
The results Of this immigration il
fully discussed by the report. the most
important part of IL being the appen.
dix which contains the commission g
recommendations. These. if carried
into law will constitute the most i'm
portant change in the immigration
policy of the country of any yet effect
ed. The recommendation in part are
that:
"While the American people. as in
the past, welcome the oppressed of
other lands, care should be taken that
immigration be such both in quality
and quantity as not to make too diff.
cult the process of assimilation.
"The y measure of the rational.
healthy development of country is
not the extent of its Investment of
capital, its output of products, or its
exports and imports, unless there is =
corresponding economic opportunity of.
fered to the citizen dependent upon
employment for his material, mental
and moral development.
Fer High Standards
"The development of business may
be brought about by means which low.
er the standard of living of the wage
earners. A slow expansion of industry
which would permit the adaptation and
expansion assimilation of the incoming
labor supply is preferable to very
rapid industrial expansion which results
in the immigration of laborers of low
standards and efficiency, who imperil
the American standard of wages and
, conditions of employment.
THE question of japanese and K0-
rean immigration should be permitted
to stand without farther legislation so
long as the present method of restric-
tiGp proves to be effective.
An understanding should be reach
ed with the British government where
by East Indian laborers would be effect
lively prevented from coming to the
| United States.
cit is desirable in making the res.
| friction that
"(a) A sufficient number be de-
barred to produce a marked effect
upon the present supply of unskilled
labor.
"(b) AS far as possible, the aliens
excluded should be those who come to
this country with no intention to be-
come American citizens or even main
tain a permanent residence here, but
merely to save enough by the adoption,
if necessary, of low standards of liv
ing, to return permanently to their
home country. Such persons are usually
men unaccompanied by wives or chill
dren.'
Restrictions.
4 The commission recommends the fol-
Il lowing restrictions:
"The exclusion of those unable to
read and write in some language.
"The limitation of the number of
each race arriving each year to GER
tain percentage of the average of that
race during a given period of years,
''The exclusion of unskilled laborers
unaccompanied by wives or families.
''The limitation of the number of
, immigrants arriving annually at any
!, port. "
! The report was signed and adopted
only halfhour before the time limit
set by the legislative resolution that
created the commission.