The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-01-02

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Austria-Hungary; we had over 1000
from Italy and 1S6 900 from the Rus
sian Empire and Finland.
There was only a bagatelie from
north Europe, and the bulk of the
whole came from the southeastern
countries of that continent, where
from % to SO per cent Of the people
are i~lliterate, and where in some
places more than the majority car
neither read nor write. This holds
true Of the immigrants we are now
getting, and it is in striking contrast
to those who came in in the past.
For many years our adopted broth
erS and sisters were from England.
Scotland. Ireland, Germany and Scan
dinavia. Among these the percentage
of education was high. Only about
| 4 per cent of the Germans were illit-
crate, and | per cent Of the English
and Scotch. Only 5 per cent OF the
Irish could not read and write, and
the same was true of the Firms. while
the i~lliteracy among the Swedes and
N~orwegians ran as low as one in a
ndr
The people we are bringing in now
are almost barbarians in comparison
with those We had a generation AFRO.
and the question is how Uncle Sam
is to take ear Of them and still main
tain the high standard of American
character.
l cannot see how he is to maintain
even the standard Of American ply
sique. Uniting these pgymies from
southeastern Europe with our tall,
broad-Shouldered men of the South
and h prairies is like trying to inn
prove h horse and the
thoroughbred by the importation OF
Shetland ponies. The on1y difference
is that the Shetlands are more hardy
and sturdy in comparison than many
Of the immigrants we are now bring
ing in.
The Great American Peril.
We talk of the yellow peril and
shudder as we think Of Chinese and
Japanese immigration. believe one
OF u greatest perils today is from
European immigration, and also in
the exploitation of our country by q
lot Of steamship companies whose
stock is owned in Europe, and whose
only aim is to keep up their divi-
bends. In the past the ulk of the
immigrants went to the West, and
their citizenship began on the farms
The pure, fresh air Of America and
the smell of old Mother Earth. a part
or whom was owned by themselves for
the hrst. time. drove the seryility OF
europe out Of their veins, and by as
sociation with Americans and contact
with American problems they were
finally ground owe into good Aneri-
can citizens,
Now the immigrant comes in by the
million, and hundreds Of thousands of
him are dropped down into New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston
other big cities. They lead there
a I1fe much the same as in Throne
MANY OF them go to the sW~eatshops
and their blood is thinned by the d,,st
OF the factory or mine. They speak
their own language and
1hey nave their own newspapers, and
are largely o by politicians or
agltators who preach socialism and
anarchism free from restraint.
The situation is indeed far different
from anything we have lac in he
past, and it becomes more and more
serious from year to year l nave be-
lore me the numbers OF mmigran
VINO nave landed in this country sinco
1877. There have been, all told.
~tWenty-eight or twenty-nine millions,
ana or them o one-fourth have.
come IN within the past five wears.
we struck the million mark first in
l9o5. We brought in another mil
hon In 1906, and more than a mil
non and a quarter in 1907. In the
TWO following years times were hard
anu mere was a decrease, but in 1910
we came up to a million again. and
tnls year we have even more. Car
Cncle Sam stand it? The question
ouiks Dig in our prospects for the
iuture, and it Is one that should he
settled forthwith.
beach Wins From Hunter at Pine
hurst Golf.
~P1nehurst, Dec. 3O.-Chisho,r,
Beach, Of Fox Hills, defeated Rohert