Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-01-23
THAT is WHAT UNCLE GAM 10
LIKELY SOON TO SAY TO
Immigrants.
BILL NOW IS IN CONFERENCE
aft Probably viii Sian
measure That Is Designed to Ex.
oiude People From Some Parts
OF Southern Europe.
BY GEORGE CLINTON


over 10 the house for approval The
representatives changed the form NJ
the Dill. passed 1t and sent 1t TO con.
'S''h'e- IL is believed that an agree
Hent upon the provisions OF the meas.
uFe VIII be reached by the two houses
anu 'hat soon congress will pass 1t
"-'N s"hu II to the president for his
signature or his veto.
IL is Understood that Mr. Tan does
not entirely agree with the provi-
Si"hs or the measure in the form in .
Mhlch II seems certain 1t finally will
Dc approved by congress The law
VIII contain provision shutting out
from America all immigrants above
IN" age Of sixteen years who are un
Die 10 read, unless it can be proved
mat the aliens are fleeing from reli-
ti"rs persecution.
" nile the president is said not TO
b" entirely sympathetic with the bill
u Us believed that in the near future
immigrants will be subjected to the
read Sing test before they can admitted
10 This country The test will be in
tn" Language which the immigrants
speak When the measure passed the
senate there was a nve TO one vote in
favor OF q provision which would have
subjected Immigrants TO both reading
and writing tests The house knock
90 ont the writing provision and sent
the bin TO conference.
Taft VIII Sign H.
, II is the opinion OF congressman
who have made inquiry into the matter
that the change OF the form OF the H.
lieracy test will not make much dit.
- ference. u is held that about - out
4 OF every 100 persons who know how
j. 10 read also know how TO write. II
seems finally TO he assured that a re
j sfriciive immigration measure Will
find "A place on the statute books in
q IA. immediate future for while Presi-
don't Taft is known 20 have some
a doubts in the matter. the general be
lief is that he will sign the bill
There is no use to Try 10 gloss over
o The real reason why congress was VIII
z ing to put the reading test into th'
n new Immigration law The desire Il
to keep out immigrants whom ex
Q perience. ii Is said has proved 10 b'
Y undesirable as a class and this mean
r the exclusion OF certain Of the soutl
Italians. certain OF the Jews. cortaii
~ the Poles. and men and women o
other races among whom the pei
O centage OF illteracy is high.
The steamship companies Away
hav. been against anti immigratio
ia laws" The reason for their oppos
ton needs no explanation Under tn
"a proposed law rejected aliens will b
Is sent back to their native lands at IN
expense Of the steamship companie
which bring them over. The suppos
10 ton Is that the companies VIII
their own behalf see TO 1t that no on
Is allowed on board who cannot &
through unstumblingly a paragraph
his school reader
=. For years attempts have been mao
in congress to get through an INN
rroiior bill with an illitoracy te'
-. clause ms one OF its provisions
ne ,Sa- ,,hen Grover Cleveland VI
president. bill very much Ike u
present one. or like the form III "hi'
n has hnon sanctioned by the nous
was passcd by congress Mr. 'l"Nela'
IN ,..,,o,d /, and II has been said that al
-,,.,rd he regretted his act. The
ALWAYS has been strong opposition
the passage of a measure when Wou
cxc,,do immigrants because OF III
hiitv TO read and write
~ Question Really Of Geography.
I, conrrnss could have done II.
uo,ild have exempted from the III
.r.cv trsi immigrants from the mort
,r,, Europcan countries but oi 'our
=, could not do this The issue
r,r "a geographical restriction
concerned always has been avoid'
mt when n thing is perfectly pia
dcrfals and evasion are OF no s'rNi'
C,r,,in kinds of immigrants are II
,,tca and II is supposed mat III"
rt..r,cv clause will keep them OUT.
Tho opposition to the lll'era
-, hos come during the years 7
Nv from naturalized Americans W
do moi like to see their hoin'i'
,,f,,drcd dcharrcd from admission
rr,,r mon and women of promin'n
in the work OF the world ana WHO
descended from Immigrants
emo to this country In the sew
,ecnth and eighteenth centuries.
The provision Of the Dill whlch
u,itorate immigrants TO en-
tho country n they are trying TO
awav from religious persecu.'o" op'
IN rho question OF proof. In ceru
countries the Jews are persecuteu
"a on VIII an immigrant be alloN
10 enter because he is in fear OF !
secution n fear based on past !
formance?" In other WORDS mus
persecution be open ana ao're
must a man be actually heene IRON
IN order TO be admitted to TINS coun
wttbout being asked to read MS
into It? o.,.,
Wilson Silent on Cabinet
Never within the memory VI
.,ora Of congress Oldest III st