Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-06-13
c HAR|TY FORCES
IN CONFERENCE
Most Notable Gathering of
Kind in American His
tory at Cleveland

Cleveland. o.. June y The most
notable gathering OF its kind ever
held IN America is the designation
applied TO the annual meeting Of the
National Conference OF Charities and
Correction. which assembled today in
Cleveland for weeks session In
addition 10 the conference proper.
meetings are 10 be held simultane-
ously by the American National Red
Cross Society. the Federated BOYS
Clubs Of America, the National Fed.
GRAFTON OF Remedial Loan AssOcia-
tlons the National Association Of
Public Relief Officials and the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People
The several gatherings have at
tracted 10 this city mighty host Of
prison reformers. settlement work
era, practical philanthropists. char.
table visitors. officials Of public in
stitutions heads OF juvenile repub-
lies and other men and women who
have made their lif.'s work the sci
entific study OF the best means OF
caring Tor or reforming the defective
and incorrigibles. feeding the hun.
CRY, clothing the naked. educating
the ignorant ami reforming the
transgrsssor
The national conference will de-
ote most attention this ys.Ig 10 prob
leTns relating 10 the Improvement of
the condition OF the working classes
lnder this general head many men
and NOmsn who are Vell qualified 10
deal .ith the subject will discuss the
problems OF congestion Of popula.
tlOu. the e,oDomi, and physical cf-
fects of the eight-loIr ity. the hd7-
ard OF labor ln GOA aiming and Other
dangerous occupations the high cost
of living as affected by Industry and
a, affecting poverty. the relations %
employers and employees and numer.
ou- kindred subject,
The conclusions o. 'H. Fedora I'm
migration Commission q. published
40 lfs recent report Fe-e called INTO
question by Cyrus D.. Sul1berser oI
N"0 York ir an address on lmmi-
grafton before The Conference this
evening Nr SulKberger insisted
that the commission conclusion
which favor o restriction of foreign
immigration based upon q test Of the
immigrants ability to read and write
Her" Harranted ba'als- they lf.
terIy failed 20 tally with the evi-
drn,- which has been presented To
the torly-odd volumes published ana
to be- published az the result Of the
commission inye-ti cations That
they no 50 fail s shown no' alone IN
the summary OF the volumes which
haS" br"u published l, the comm
sion bgt 10 the book 'haf has been
issued hy one OF I's members Prof
Jeremiah IS Jeuk- ,1 conjunction
with Mr. IS Jet' Lauk expert ir
charge OF the industrial ny-sttga
tiou- of thar commission
tn" onIs accurate general alton
o. adr Ys the rrstr.ationists on "a.
subject ~ immigration said N-
S 1Ders.r ,s thsf fhD nationality OF
the Immigrants has hanged tIaI
sherea- FOO former wears the bulk Of
'n. immigrants cam" from north
Western Europe. 10 has lately Dseu
coming from south and eastern Eu
rope This is obviously true bur d
is not true a. Is 81 often asserted
that while the sO-called Older immi.
grafton vas desirable 'h- never i-
uud.- ralle Mf Sglrberger pro
ceDi-d to apply many statistical tests
10 The statements mad" by the INN
grafton commission 20 shos the in.
yahditF of the commission con.i--
siuns