El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-07
JAMES L. sLAYDEN. member Of con-
gress from Texas, writing IN the

gress from Texas writing in the
Farm and Ranch. says;
me possibility of excessive and
dangerous immi grafton from Japan is
not the only phase of that question
winch is disturbing the American pun
A statement just issued ty the de-
partmeut Of commerce shows that I'M
migration TO the United states has been
heavier during the current official
SeaT, beginning July l. 1879 and up
I'D march 81 1915 than Tor the cor
responding period in any one Of the
three preceding years. During the nine
months referred TO there came into the
United States 1888 immigrant allens
mere We're 1889 immigrant aliens
during the same time who were denied
admission 10 the United States Tor
physical or moral reasons or because
they were likely TO become public
charges.
Among all these immigrants there
were only 6435 japanese Russia sent
US lt6,z52 persons during the nine
months period under consideration
From 1905 to 1910, inclusive. there
arrived in the United states som -
thing more than a million immigrants
annually. In periods of panic or duil
business In the United States, 1mrni-
grafton falls Off and when trade IS
brisk labor in demand and fun wages
paid, 1t increases. but always, whether
business is good or bad, there Is
steady stream of immigrants from Eu-
rope and Asia To America a stream
which, or the average, means million
or more people added each year 10 the
population of this country
There is an honest difference OF
opinion as to whether this eXtraOrd-
mary immi gratiOn ahOuld be regulated
and checked. or altogether dlscOn-
tinued. Many thoughtful Americans
believe that with a hundred miluOn
Inhabitants in the United states II IS
not necessary for the development OF
the country. or desirable from the
social and political points Of view
They think that ii is a menace to our
political institutions; that, in fact 1t
threatens the distinctions Of the re-
public They reason with force that
the representative form OF government
which we enjoy is the product OF MOTT
European people and came to US d.
rectly from the free and liberal. lnstl-
rutiOns OF Great Britain. and that II
is put in serious jeopardy by excessive
immigration from east and south Eu-
stand ii nor sympatnlze with It. as u9
the Scandinavians, Germans, Dutch ana
British
From July l. 1919. TO June 80. 1910.
27,81S.5IO immigrants were admitted
TO the United States. From 1913 TO
1883 more than IS percent of the to-
tai immigration from Europe, Wnlcn
was by the way, more than nlne-tenIhs
Of the whole, was from Great
Britain, Germany. Scandinavia, Hol-
land, Belgium France and Switzer-
land. and not a voice was ever raised
in protest against their coming
Thereafter the character Of the I'M
mi grafton changed rapidly and not Tor
the better Very Few lmml grants
now come from those countries. In
the old days they came with their
small savings. bought land and went
to farming They scattered through
out the country and soon merged Win
the Americans and In one or Two gen
erations were lndlslln s+llsnaDIe LIolLi
the older inhabitants
The later immigrants were mostly
unskiLed labOrers from eastern Europe
being a mixture Of Slay and Oriental
OF from Italy They have generally
settled in the great cities or IN con
gested Industrial districts and their
settlements have become TOO familiar
to the criminal and health records 10
make them an attractive eleunelI -
The care Of paupers and the insane IS
an admitted duty of the states, yet IN
certain parts of the east the care OF
the alien criminal and the alien IN
sane has become such a burden shat
great and rich commemorative ike
~ Vo-1- ara enneaTfne- IN the federal
government for aid
The last legislature Of the state OF
New York in its session which ad-
journed a few days ago. was asked TO
q
the insane That one item Of ex-
pense alone is much more than the To-
tai cost OF the government Of the
state of Texas. In a statement issued
In December, 1872 governor Dix, Of
saThe problem Of the alien insane
presents a curious anomaly The fed
eral gOVernmen alone decides VINO
shall enter this country. but makes
ura cticalIv no provisions for the care
f-r
pacitated through mental deficiencies
The entire burden of the care falls IN
the several state Moreover, the
United States alone has the right to de-
port the insane. and this only within
the three year limit Of the federal law
and from causes arising before landing
'It would seem only fair that the
federal government and not the sew
eral states should foot the bills for
the care Of the mental detectives II
admits. but does not send home
when DR.. Dawes has completed his I
report he intends to assemble con-
ventiOn Of officials and others inter I
asted from the states most affected
BY the problem Of the alien insane. to
consider, adopt and urge upon congress
remedial legislation
DR.. Dawes. who was made a spe-
ciaI- commissioner by governor Dix to {
investigate this subject, said in his re-
port that il would soon cost New York /
state s10,00O,00O q year TO care for
the insane.
In February. 1912 there were 81 ,4Ss ,
Insane patients under treatment IN
the IA state hospitals in New York, OF I
whom 1853 or 419 percent were I
iliens-that is, immigrants to the /
United States. New York separates
her criminal insane from the other un-
fortunates. OF the total criminal in
sane in confinement at a given date [
nearly half were foreign born. Stu /
dents Of this question can not avoid I
he conclusion that foreign govern /
ments, notably italy. unload their GRIM ]
mails and lunatics on the United States {
Of course. there are laws TO prevent B
this injustice TO the American tax
payer. but they are not so written or (
so enforced as to prevent criminals I
and luuatics from landing.
The immigration question IS Of vast !