Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-30

racine shores, no one can yet say
| with any degree of certainty. 1t is be-
| lieved by many that, whereas the east
ern states have heretofore received
most of the European immigration
and the Pacific coast states most of
the Asiatic immigration, now the sit
uation will be somewhat reversed and
| that considerable part of the Euro
pean immigration will come through
to the Pacific coast and much of the
Asiatic immigration will go through
to the Gulf and Atlantic coast. 1t is
pretty certain that there will be a
more general distribution of all kinds
of immigration to all parts of the
United States than in the past.
The national conference of charities
and correction, at it's annual session in
Seattle in July, 1913, discussed the
condition of immigrants from Europe
already on the Pacific coast and the
unpreparedness of the coast states to
care for the flood of other European
immigrants via the canal. The re-
port of Charles w. ,Blanpied, secretary
of the Pacific coast immigration con-
gress, says:
| "A great deal is being said about
the large amount of immigration
which will pour through the Panama
canal after its opening in 1914. 1t is
hard to know just how much faith one
ought to have in these general state
ments. One thing seems certain, if
steamship lines ply between Pacific
coast ports and Europe, a certain
amount of immigration is bound to re-
suit. Without question a large num-
Der of immigrants will re-emigrate
from the eastern states through the
canal to the Pacific coast.
"The California development board
recently sent out inquiries as to the
demand for labor. Most of the replies
said the outlook was poor. The show
ing on the whole should be considered
disappointing because it reveals a
state of industrial Quiescence. Califor-
MIA is little prepared to absorb sud-
den influx Of laborers. Because of the
smaller home market and a popula-
ton of less density, she is not able to
support manufacturing industries and
undertake great works giving employ
ment to large numbers of people.
"The agricultural opportunity is not
only the most constructive outlook for
immigrant labor. but also the place
where the Pacific coast people are
willing to give him his greatest chance
for success. The people who go to the
land, should be given opportunity to
get cheap land, or to get land near
enough to the city so that markets can
be had for the products of intensive
!. farming"
/ The annual convention of the Amer
| lean Federation of Labor. held in Sc
attic last November, devoted consid-
cradle attention to immigration prob
lens and adopted the following resolu.
lions with only five dissenting votes:
1--WE demand rigid enforcement OF
{ existing immigration laws.
I'VE demand that the provisions OF
t the present Chinese exclusion law be
> so extended as to apply to all Asiat
: les.
t 1--WE favor a literacy test, so thai
immigrants may be required to be able
2 to read and write the language OF the
i country whence they came.
q I'VE urge upon congress the prompt
q appropriation of funds for construc
q ton of proper immigrant stations ant
l. detention sheds on the Pacific coas
2 to handle the immigrant, expected via
|. the Panama canal.
/. "The executive council of the fed
h Grafton is instructed to consider thu
r. advisability of establishing a depart
ment of immigration and appointing
y press agent to keep up correspondence
a with European labor and other paper
p to give publicity to the exact condition
&c of workers of all nationalities in tn
y various industries of this country.
q 1.-THE executive council is instructe
N to make efforts to check immigratio
1t at it's source by sending to such coul
a tries of Europe as it may deem nece'
a. sary, representatives to counteract tn
20 efforts of those who are promotin
n. and assisting immigration to the Uni
ed States"
/. The action of these representativ
10 organizations. as cited above, and otl
IN er recent developments indicate tina
S. with the opening Of the canal. our In
I'D migration problem is becoming mol
of complex and serious than ever befor
n The present regulations, so far as the
tn go, are probably good. except for tt
as need of more efficient enforcement
gu The demand for the extension of II
exclusion law to include other Asia
les is likely to become more insistel
r. and the literacy test is advocated as
ct means OF segregating desirable fro
at undesirable European immigration.
of Canada's immigration.
While immigration has always be-
3D. factor In the growth and develo
ment of the United States, and O.
IA immigration problems today are n
is lacking in complexity and seriousness
as matter of fact our immigration
Of small compared with Canada's. Wi
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