Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-12-30

| ficeTs senators and representatives
take the view that We must at least
have the foundations Of a good mill
tary and naval organization so that if
the pinch of necessity comes there
/ will be something substantial in
training and equipment from which
the volunteer sea and land forces can
get proper guidance and quickly be
transformed into effective fighting
| units.
Big Service for Humanity.
In recent years. as the new admin
istration is pointing out in connection
with its army and navy program. the
| militant organizations have performed
services for humanity in no way con-
| nected with campaigns against human
| foes Secretary Garrison has said:
I'VE have a record of efficiency in
1 the discharge of q great variety of
| duties as shown in the establishment
and conduct of the military govern
ments of Cuba. Porto Rico and the
| Philippines governments whose es-
/ adjustment and maintenance were
accompanied, among other things, by
! great sanitary reforms, notably in
| Cuba, where the work resulted in the
/ discovery of the causes and methods
of handling yellow fever. and also in
| from Cuba. and thereby rendering its
| elimination from the southern United
| States possible
| The doctors of the army and navy
! constantly are at work trying TO solve
| disease problems. Col William c.
! Gorgas of the army, who by his sani-
| tary work made the Panama canal
| possible is now on leave of alb
| sence granted by the war department
| so that he may help the mine owners
| of South Africa to stamp out the dis
| ease which kills hundreds of their en-
| ployes every year. Some of the ply
| sicians Of the naval service and not
| ably some of the physicians of the
| marine hospital service, are now sta
| toned in various parts Of the world
| studying bubonic plague problems and
! other problems to which the definite
! sanitary answer has not yet been
| found. The officers of the twin serv-
| ice say that their work in the main
! Is much more one of saving than it
| is of killing.
| Literary Test fer Aliens.
President Wilson in his address
to congress at the opening of the
! regular session had nothing to
| say about the passage of law
to restrict immigration by the
means of the insertion of the educa-
ttonal clause in the statutes. 1t is
now known definitely, however that a
| majority of members in the house and
! senate is in favor of the insertion in
the law of clause which shall pre-
| vent the landing in America OF Immi-
| grants who can neither read nor write.
| Last year bill was passed with the
! educational provision included, but
President Taft interviewed with his
veto, and while the senate voted to
pass it over his veto, the house de.
! clined by small majority.
The question has come up again, and
! just now it is a sharp one in both
! house and senate The forces of the
advocates and of the opposition al
ready are aligned. Hearings are be-
ing held and it is likely that an immi-
! grafton bill similar to the one passed
last year will go through both house
and senate, and be presented to the
president for his signature some time
before the early summer. The general
/ belief in Washington is that President
Wilson will sign the BILL
Before the committee of congress
there have appeared representatives
of the Jews. who come from Russia,
representatives of the Poles, Hungari-
ans, Bohemians, Italians and other
races which form large part Of the
| immigration tide.
Arguments of Opponents.
The advocates of the admission of
the Russian Jews, many of whom
would be kept away if the illiteracy
test were imposed, have told congress
that many of the Jews who come
from Russia are fleeing from persecu-
| ton, and that to keep them out would
be cruelty and possibly would sub
nit them to the penalty of death
! prominent Polish American, N. l..
| PiotroWski who is the city attorney
of Chicago, In speaking before the i'm
! migration committee of the house ar
gued that the Poles had been robbed
of their own country and their own
| independence and having been down
Urodden and prosecuted, their only ref
uge from oppression is this country.
He said that Poland gave two OF
! her noblest and most valiant sons to
this country in her struggle for indie
pendence, Kosciusco and Pulaski. He
said, also, that if the literacy clause
were included in the immigration bill
many of the liberty seeking Poles
would be denied a chance to reach a
land where their ideals can be real
| lied
| On the other hand, the committees
of congress have been told that the
criminal classes largely are recruited
from the illiterates who come to this
| country and who do not seem to care
to take advantage of the benefits of
its institutions. This is combated by
some Of the witnesses before the com
mittee who have brought statistics to
show that native born Americans form
as large a part of the criminal class,
with Cue regard to numbers, compare
tive, as do the illiterate foreigners.
! The committees have a problem to
solve, but it seems likely that they
will solve it in favor of plan further
to restrict immigration
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