The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25

his heir with the heiress Of BRITTANY
that made modern France. territorially
ana even nationally speaking, with no,
Tar from the boundaries which ENCLOSE
1t to-day.
The Immigrant In American In.
dustry.
Iie touchstone for students of Amer.
Nan immigration Is apparently the con-
uast between the old" immigration
up to tho early sos and mostly fr,,,
/ the north OF Europe. and IN. "ron, !"
representing principally the south and
east Of that continent. Tho earlier In.
niiX was In the main of agrarian ten.
dency: the later accession 1. ch,rac-
| REALISTICALLY industrial, In the debate
on the relative degrees OF desirab,litv
and usefulness of these two bodies ~
immigration The Immigration Problem
I Drunk and Wagnalls), by Prof. .JrRr-
MiAH w. jerks Of New York Univer-
sity, member OF the United States I'm.
migration Commission, and W. .Jr-rr
LAuck. supervisor OF field work in the
commissions recently concluded indus
trlai investigation. Is frankly on the
SIDE Of moderate restriction: II declares
the later immigration a menace tn
american standards OF labor and living.
an accession distinctly less desirable
than lis predecessor. II II not always
POSSIBLE TO say what in the running
text is commission. and what il jerks
ana I.auck; but owing 20 the authors
oHiclaI connection with the govern
mental investigating body Ia. book has
enough homoseneity of authenticity 10
SATISFY almost any reader The report
on winch the book Is based is of such
bulk as Will confne Its usefulness
pretty closely to specialists in the sub
)ect. The book itself. intended to Serve
as compendium for popular consume
ton, Is third edition but practically
remade to check up with the final find
ings or the immigration Commission.
the hgures vi the lat, 81 Census and the
most UP TO date documents I'm it's sinh.
Ject matter.
IL might we'll have been expected
that this book. of so authoritative orr.
gin, would omit editorial pigment and
limit it's dclneation to photoyrapbic
TACT The Immigration debaters are too
apt 10 forget that the north European |
immigration has u past and its south
OF Europe parallel future, and that
temporal sequence does not inyarlablv
or necessarily indicate relations of |
cause and effect. The British, Scandi-
navian and Teutonic invasion of a few
decades ago did not all seek the land"
there We're disturbances due To its in
lection into the perennial competition
or the labor market and there We're
squalid conditions OF congestion. low
standards Of living and wretched hous-
ing even in those days when hand was
SO much more easily available than ii
Is now. II is one OF the theses Of this
BOOK That the present day IMMIGRANT
Is more OF Il raider. less assimilablc
and a greater danger to native labor
Ihan his predecessor: he Is more apt 10
,olne without his women folks. To set
lie III Isolated colonies, to repel the in
'uenccs OF Observation-Disclosures the
tremendous modern development of ma
,hiherS offers an opening for his
masses OF unskilled labor. Whatever
nay he the true merits OF the case. and
hey are not easily ascertainable-hap-
oily the rule OF dogma is declining
he authors are on solder ground when
discussing the methods and proper aims
u practical procedure. the problems of
equations for admittance and "A sys-
Effective in making good Americans Of
he incomers and turning their pres
nee TO best account for this nation l,
'ubl!c opinion seems to Do settling $
lpon realization of the fact that these 4
re some Of the most pressing problems q
# the day. Sentiment and propaganda ,
eem at last to bid fair to give way q
'efore the impulse TO evolve definitely 1
lational policy Of control OF the I'M r
Matched social phenomenon of Ameri- (,
an Immigration.
Probably Prof jerks and Mr. I.auck r
re spokesman Of national sentiment .
'hen they adopt the middle way be- :
ween an open portal policy and one .
severe restriction. They believe the ,
resent laws to be efficient and suffi- ,
lent II more strictly enforced, and ,
'ould concentrate attention upon the n
ASKS OF distribution and assimilation: ,
nth insistence that the "problem" cease -
D be regarded any longer as political y
r social and shall be treated as an -
complication.
If II be indeed the truth that We l,
lffer from disproportion between con- a
uming and producing agencies. then a
here should be "a hearty welcome for ;,
ny class Of immigration that takes TO h
gricultural pursuits. Here a fair word
said for the Italians. who undoubtedly :,
eservs more credit than they get for ;,
he fruits OF their cultivation OF the :.
oil. They do not take kindly to the :.
olation OF remote rural regions but q
re likely to settle In communities near !,
nough to the centres OF population to ~
. OF tho utmost usefulness in truck :,
lrning. Adopts at hand labor In farm =,
*. patient steady, thrifty, they settle y,
pom no tract without improving It in a.
pint OF productivity to an extent most -
'editable to their skill and industry :. !.
nd profitable to the congested ter ~
tory they serve. And they are doing =.
'cellently we'll on sugar and cotton ~ :.
antations In the South. ="
But the people from the south and ~
lst OF Europe-any movement of theirs -
o the land" must be artificially stimu- =
ted. The principal barriers, in the =. &c
dgment Of these students. are those "
language and the requirement of y,
me capital. Unfamiliarity with the ',
eech or the country is a prime cause :,
the herding tendency: =,
Future sctivities must be supported NV NJ
10 resources for It will - nssssssry in