The daily sentinel., 1914-02-14
united STATES IS
To ENCOURAGE
IMMIGRATION
Government Seeks to People the
Lands Of West With Open
ing Of the Big Canal.

Associated Press.
London, Feb. 14.-That the gov
eminent at Washington is making
! preparations for increased emigra-
tion from Europe to the Pacific coast
OF the United States on the opening
of the Panama Canal is indicated by
a requestto American consuls in Eu-
rope to furnish the department of
labor with reports on the plans be-
ing made by transportation agencies
10 handle the increased traffic. The
consuls have also been called upon to
supplement the work of special emf
grafton commissioners who have Wis
tied Europe lately, with reports of
the quantity and quality of the ex-
pected immigration.
European representatives of Ameri-
can railroads welcome this action on
the part of the American government
as indicating the beginning of a
movement by Washington to encour-
age the high type If emigration which
England and Germany are making
every effort to divert to their own
colonies. These governments offer
every inducement to steamship and
railroads to handle this traffic while
the agents of American transporta-
ton concerns complain that the
American government adopts a neg
alive policy. which, while effectively
shutting out many undesirable immi-
grants, also discourages the solid
type of immigrant for whom there is
still much room in the United States.
Alexander Jackson, who has repre-
sented large American railroad sys-
tenn for many years in Europe, has
suggested to the local American con-
sulate that the United States pre-
pare booklets setting forth the agri-
cultural and business possibilities of
the various states, for free distribu-
ton in Europe. He believes that
such booklets backed by the govern
ment imprint would lead to great
increase in the numbers of immi-
grants who are looking for farms or
business openings, rather than for
ordinary jobs.
Club life for the workingman is to
be developed on a large scale in Lon
don. A central labor palace Is to be
erected at a cost of over s250.000,
which in addition to providing meet
ing halls for the trades unions is to
include a moving picture theater for
the display of labor scenes. A large
organ and orchestra will play music
written around the pictures. Ar
engagements have been made with I'M
ions in France, Belgium and Germa-
my for the exchange Of films. pool
of s350,000 having been formed for
this purpose. There are also to be
dining rooms, where orchestras will
play during meals, smoking
lounge and other comforts of first
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will be stores where provisions of
all kinds will be sold to members
and at times of strikes given away
instead of strike pay,
The promoters believe that the
undertaking will pay its own way.
The scheme has the official support
of the London Trades Council, which
represents 100 unions, with a MEM
bership of 100000. 1t is expected
that many other unions, especially
the smaller ones, now outside of the
jurisdiction of the council, will join.
According to a report issued by the
Board of Trade, supplemented by da-
Ia supplied by trades unions, organ
lied workers have lost nearly $780,
600, 900 in wages from stoppage due
to trade disputes during the last
ten years. To this has to be added
a very large amount distributed in
strike pay. Against this the net gain
in wages resulting from disputes is
reported as $4,000, 900. In the
same period the working classes as
a whole have secured advances in
wages estimated at 100000. OF
every hundred strikes or other dis
putes recorded in the years under re-
view so per cent were won by the
employers, % per cent by the work
ers and the other % per cent were
compromised.
Lecturing before the War and
Peace Society of the Manchester uni
! yersity, Vice Chancellor Weiss de-
clared that the necessities of business
| and trade would bring about a
worlds federation quicker than any
ethical movement in favor of peace
He asserted that cooperation was
the order of the age and that since
present industrialism was RESPONSE
BILE for oppression and tyranny the
growth of cooperative movements
mould lead to mutual protection. Co
operation, he said, was advancing
over competition and all reasoning
people ought to assist the movement
He believed that international agree
ments would soon be necessary to
control hours of labor, labor of wom-
en- and children and work injurious
to health