The chronicle=news., 1913-03-08
me BEST CLASS
Of IMMIGRANTS

Doaton. March ..-nr. Charles W.
Eliot. president emeritus Of Harvard
Unlveraity, has come out In opposl-
tin to the Wholesale Immigration Of
harhelots to this country and would
limit the number of unmarried mon
immigrants allowed 10 land here TO
. comparatively small percentage Of
the entire number Of foreign-born
psrsona admitted to the United
States.
Doctor Eliot has also declared his
belies that tAs Blending Of diss liar
rsceS 10 Tar from u success and Of
fern 10 support Of this assertion evi-
deuce which he obtaincd on his re-
cent tour Of the world. Ills position
on the question Of race amal9ama-
tion In most surprising 10 many stu
dents Of the subject who have main
sained that the union Of persons rep
resAstiu9 differcnt chronological
strains IL oe Of the best possible 50.
lutlonR Of the intricate iua0igratiou
problem.
'.rhe immigrA4ion Of young mn
.Dafftetl mea h always undesirable
uniees for very Temporary residence.
said Doctor Eliot. "Barrsck life for
young men,. almilar TO that In the
army. 10 bad all over the world.
Everywhere the best Immigration
QUO might almost say tho only de.
firahle mmlgratton-is the immi-
grafton Of families. Il would bc n
useful restriction o. immigration all
over the world to limit the excess OF
men over women In the immigration
grou nor mass TO q very moderate
percentage. snch as II or 20 per
cent.
THE adoption Of auch . rule how
the present laws concerning the in
tract to enter employment here.
Tho prudent. cousiderate head of
q family would want to be sure OF
employment on landing. That kind
Of man. however. u the most desir-
able immigrant. who comes witb his
family to stay"
Doc. Eliot has long been opposed
to the blending Of diverse races. and
hlR views on this weres trengthened
by the observations made during his
recent journey around tho world.
"The Far East teaches u.s." Doc
tor Eliot continued. that different
races should not cross. that only
kindred races may intermarry. Dis
similar races should not"
''Iu the East one secs different
races living peacefully. side by side.
on the same soil for centuries. with
very little intermarriaRe.
"The trial of the vicious white
man from civilized countries Is clear.
~ shown IN these Eastern lands.
These men are from Europe and
America, but their marriage woth
tho natives of these countries has re-
quilted In no good racial product
In stating so positively that the
crossing of the different races is
nroviuE entirely unsatisfactory In
the Far East. and believing that the
same result will follow In all other
nations should 1t be done extensive
iy, Doctor Eliot is knocking the pegs
out from under the arguments OF
many noted immigration experts who
have long advocated intermarriage
OF the races. Those experts have as.
serted that q new tyne OF desirable
and useful American citizens would
result from such intcrmarriage.
"Exeprience durinE the nineteen.
tn century shows" said Doctor Eliot.
that real assimilation will take
centuriesfi and that amnlgamation
or blending of races through inter
marriage is not only extraordinarily
slow, but OF doubtful issue as to
strenkth and yability OF the off
spring.
"lu short, the different races in
tba coun&ry live bestde cach other
and all produce in time good citizens
hut thoy do not blend. The proba-
bility is that the twentieth century