The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-11-19
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GUM and elsewhere, rendered home.
less and beggared by the ravages OF
the war In Europe.
Not only would such a consumma.
tion be In full harmony with the hui
manitarian Impulses OF this nation,
but so much Of good would perma-
nently innurs to our own people that
IL should receive favorable attention
from our President and Congress, and
those interested In co.onizing the
sparsely settled districts 10 the west
The character of immigration mr.
irving al our shores during these lat.
er years has been causing grave con-
Germ I'll the authorities coming most
In contact Herewith. That the i'm
migrant from southern and eastern
Europe, In That he differs so radically
from our own people In racial char.
acteristics, language, religion, babits
II life and ambition, IL most difficult
70 assimilate into the composite
American, is causing, las the mum.
beers OF such new citizens Increase, -
veXing nruhlems in industrial circles,
In municipal administration, and to
those charged with the preservation
OF law aud order. Many thousands
Of such people have recently returned
TO their former homes aud will be
tue less likely TO return should We
succeed in attracting to our shores
the millions more desirable from
western and northern Europe.
In the deN elopment OF these north
western states during the next few
years, we are certain to experience
the vexatlons OF the domestic prob
lem. Hitherto our young women
and girls, find more congenial oeeu-
patton ~ stsnographers in offices, as
teachers in--schools and as clerks In
the larger stores, than as the "hired
help In some neighbors home, The
latter position Is too anomalous 10
suit the Independent spirit Of our
western women. An ever increasing
number OF our families, having nov
accumulated sufficient amount OF
material wealth, are looking for helE
in tins home, IL Is this need that a
portion Of the girls and youne
women, rendered destitute by the
war, can an.
In the manufacturing fields also there
will presently he great demand fol
this class of labor. The northwest
with unlimited power, and most raw
materials produced in Its own limits
has only been at disadvantage with
the states OF New England and sth,
South because OF the scarcity OF rsa
sonably lo~.prioed labor. A THOUSAND
and one factories can operate IN ou
mountain states az soon AS this re
quiremenat Is present. All productl
manufactured from the timber indi
gsnous to the Pacific slopes; pull
nlllla, aud the many finished produst
thereof; paper mills; wooden securing
plants and mills; tiling and earthen
ware; nitratss and fsrtllizing CON
pounds manufactured boy electrical nc
ton, from the air; metal foundries
especially such as use our native
lead, copper, and other metals an'
metallic compounds; meat packing
plants, and tiout and grist mills, ar
but feS Of the many industries tina
might with greater economy be un
dertaken ia the northwest than o.
the Atlantic sea.bosrd; and no on
of tUess industries will find the cap
ltal required for It's promotion unit
there is present suiiieiency Of lObo
TO insure It's economical operation,
A large number OF tina immigrant
70 be brought into this country h
this movement would be old ant
feeble. II would b. pure philanthro
10y 10 alleviate tho sorrows aud priva
tions OF these, since their withers,
hearts mas not hope to send new ten
drills far into an alien soil. In addi
ton howsver, ultimately would com,
many young men, highly skilled II
various industrial occupations, an,
Immediately many, many thousand