Evening star., 1914-08-09

States?'' This ques-
Effect OF War on ton Is interesting
immigration. m,~rat,on % % in thi.
county. particularly members Of the Sem
ate. who have now pending before them
tho Burnett bill. passed by the House
by large majority more than six
months ago. That a general war In Eu-
rope Will have an important influence on
immigration to the United States after
conditions become normal again Is tho
consensus Of opinion of men in both the
House Of Representatives and In the Sem
ate who have studied the immigration
problem, and also is the belief Of officials
Of the United States bureau Of irnmi8ra-
ton.
When Commissioner General of lmmi-
grafton Anthony Caminetu was asked yes
terday what would be the effect OF Eu
ropean war on future immigration ne ssla
that he had been thinking about what N.
fiuence the disturbances in Europe might
have and that the natural thing TO DC eA
pected was that when peace is deciaIeu
the flow Of immigrants to this country
from Europe will be very much quickeneo
An increase In immigration may oe lookeo
for he said. because II the war is serious
and It causes general business depressions s
in the countries which 1t Affects many 0i
the members of the poorer classes VIII
have to seek opportunities In this country
The normal flow of immigrants to this
country Is now more than NhuD
month, and of the number who nave al
ready planned to come here and whom
the war forces to postpone their 'rlpS .,,s
it is expected that the majority WIN
sail as soon as they can get accommo-
dations aftsr peace is declared. Many any
~ the foraixn men who may leave this
country to take part in the war: psosa1- h a1-
ing they can obtain passage. may oe eH-
pected to return later to resume pa,,s .ne,s
work here The people cop +hasa %nose who s1.os have
left the United States temporary; n lily
along with the normal number VINO
will come here after the war. VIII se1o "a
the immigrant recoros. acsUIa ,hach viii
exceed any other years arrivals; Nv
Il do not know. however" said M.
caminetti, whether even an.e. 'nS ns
close Of the ,,, war' "a rsn the .sr tgu tbsn what
it has been during the six banner years
since 1900. Since 1920, when this gov
ernment first began to make 1mas!s
ton records there have Feen smmisrants 5hsr ITS
admitted to American ports exceeoed eae1
1000, 900. AS Is generally known; lso.
was the banner year. and the fiscal year
which has just jse7 closed .s" was ers 'hs Iss5s3s
aliens who came to our shores ana
were admitted. Last year the number
Of Immigrants admitted exceeded 1,Iie.-
CO., The Y,e ether yesgs Toen tn niss
1908. 1905 1910 and 1913.
IT estimate" continued Commissioner
General Caminetti. that the ships last
year could have aceomm odatea % Per
mitted to this country. do not know
that even with Quickened flow OF
people to our ports. however. at the
snd of the war that immigration VIII
reach the maximum. Inc resu!np
Of commerce and agriculture In Eu,
rope may mean an increased demand
for laborers. which will keep a great
number Of people at home who otner.
Wise might come to America IN case OF
In view of the situation 1t Is now
question whether the Senate will pass
the pending bill to regulate the immi-
grafton of aliens to and the residence
Of aliens in the United States during
the present session. This bill includes
the iiteracy test, which will meet som q
opposition in the Senate az u did IN
the House, and in view of complica-
tiona which might arise It Is believed
the immigration bill will be postponed
until after Congress meets In Decem-
ber. There are some members. how
ever. who may press for It's passage
Tho imnigrstion bill which passed
the House is similar to the one which
was acted upon favorably by the same
body during the Taft standardization.
but which was vetoed by the President
because of ths literacy test provision.
There has been some speculation as to
whether President Wilson might not
also veto the present bill with its lit
eracy test provision. The literacy test
has as it's purpose the exclusion from
admission to the United states of all
immigr rants over sixteen years OF ago
who are not able to read their ow:.
language or dialect Some members of
the House wanted to make the bill read
both to read and ITO write" but the
majority voted to make the bill provide
that immigrants over sixteen years |
should be passed in the literacy test !
IL they are able "to read" their own |
language. |
.n.r;oa,s .most highly developed !