Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-31
GREAT INFLUX OF FOREIGNERS
EXPECTED AS SOON AS SHIPS
ARE AVAILABLE.
DEPARTMENT At WASHINGTON
TO TURN TIDE TO FARMS
Efforts to Be Devoted to Keeping For
eisners Away From Industrial Cen.
tiers and Place Then Where Services
Are Observation-Disclosures Asked to~Aid
by Reduced Passenger Rates.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, Oct. 31.-.Aitho the lat.
est figures compiled in the office OF
the commissioner general Of immigra-
ton show a falling off Of more than
95 per cent from the list of August
1914, compared with the statistics fol
last year, nevertheless officials OF the
department of labor are expecting to
witness a flood of immigration begin
ming even before the European HOSTILE
ties subside. Plans are already formu-
uating for taking care of this immigra-
ton, particularly with view to turn
ing it away from the industrial CEN
tiers and placing it where it is most
needed, on the farms.
comprehensive scheme for gov
eminent employment service which
shall utilize the agents Of the depart
ment Of agriculture, the immigration
officials at the ports of entry and the
postoffices is being worked out with
great care with the idea of Connecting
the man and the Job" The postoffice
system 1t is planned to utilize for the
collection of information both from the
employers and from those who want
work. This information Will be avail
able both locally and at the ports OF
entry, and the needs Of the farmers
as gathered by the county agents OF
the department Of agriculture will be
met, as far as possible, by this coop
erative effort. 1t has been suggested
that the railroads aid in the work of
labor distribution by Offering reduced
passenger rates to workers who must
travel in order to secure jobs.
The labor department believes that
this scheme can be put into effect at
d relatively low initial cost. Congress
will probably be asked TO appropriate
generously for its continuance and de-
'velopment.
Wilson Mum on immigration.
President Wilson has SO far refused
to commit himself on the immigration
bill, now pending before the senate. II
is highly improba BILE that, with the
pressure Of favored administration
mea sures, this bill will have a ghost
of chance of passage this winter.
The establishment. in even meager
l0ShiOE. Va bitlOudA SlCbA u IdDOA
exchanges would. in the opinion OF
many political observers here, largely
tend to minimize the necessity for re-
strictive legislation. The Dillingham;
bill has, OF course, long been on the
program of the American Federation Of
Labor but 1t is believed shat the labor
people will be willing to let that drift
along for time while the government
experiments with other measures for
dealing with the supply Of raw workers
coming from abroad.
May Solve Servant Question.
The European war 1t is suggested
here, may materially aid in the solu-
ton Of the servant question. Accord
ing to the law. servants ere exempted
from the general prohibition of the
importation Of contract laborers. This
means that woman. a man, or a man
and his wife may be engaged in Eu-
rupe to serve in an American home for
a contracted period OF lndeterminatc
length. Up TO the end Of June, 1914.
144,409 servants came to the United
States from Europe out Of total i'm
migration of 1.21S,4s0. How many OF
these were under contract is not
known. That the number will be high
er as soon as the after the war" I'M
migration sets in, is extremely likely.