The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-04

crime while undergoing their term of
residence here
In order TO make citizenship i'm
rressiNe. in order TO show the appli-
cant Tor citizenship the importance
therecf, Or. Gulick proposes that on
the Fourth of July all those in any
community Who are ready for full
| naturalization should take part in a |
great procession, marching through
| the principal streets toward some
large building. preferably a public
school the Chinese marching in one
| division, the Italians in another. the
| Japanese, the Austrians and addi-
| uonal groups forming individual sec
| tlone OF the parade, each carrying its
own national flags, singing its own
| national hymn.
| When, at the conclusion of opening |
| exercises, the proper moment came
each person should raise his hand |
| swearing allegiance to the country Of |
nS adoption AT this moment while |
the bands burst into THE Star Span
gied Banner the foreign flags would
be dropped and each of the newly
made American citizens would raise
IN the air the Stars and Stripes Not
only would this be a picturesque and
| beautiful spectacle, thinks DR.. Gulick
Tut 1t would be q lasting memory to
those who took part in it, and serve
tc rasten in their very souls some
thing Of that which America means,
and American citizenship.
In referring to Pacific coast de-
mands regarding Japanese immigra-
: ton DR.. Gulick is entirely willing to
ADMIT that fair statement of the
case involves full appreciation of
2 Californias situation
Were immigration as freely
: granted to Asiatics as it has been to
Europeans he says the Pacific
( |
| invaded by millions in the course of
e a few years Coming by the hundred
S thousand annually they could not
learn our language. nor we theirs.
{ Assimilation and mutual understands
e ing would be impossible.
Il The result would be Asiatic and
: american institutions and customs
IL struggling side by side, with endless
g rivalry and serious danger of colli-
5, sion. California is absolutely right
II in her demand that she shall be free
: from such danger. Only those inn
a migrants should be allowed to enter
treside permanently, and own land in
l. California or anywhere in the United
y States, who can become citizens and
be completely assimilated.''
'e In order to indicate what would
s. happen if this policy of restriction
W were applied equally to Immigrant
0f of all nations. DR.. Guick has pre-
pdI0O SO1u0 Interesting nSureS DaSet
e. on the Federal Census. In doing S,
se he assumes that of those admitted a
n immigrants during ten years some @
I'd per cent. have died Or have departes
l. to other lands; and that Of those VIII
1e have come to this country in the de
ut Cade 40 per cent have been naturaliz
m ed, leaving 60 per cent. as still aliens
IL If his proposed change of polio
m were put in operation by the Fedora
IN Government, permitting an annua
a. Immigrant from any countr-
ny amounting to per cent. Of forme
immigrants from that same countr
or who now are naturaliZed America
~ citizens, it would permit fifteen time
e. as many Germans to come to tn
an United States each year as actuall
I'd came in 1912, nearly five times a
o. many from Great Britain as come i
1912, and four times as many fror
Scandinavia.
=. On the other hand, the 1872, ,39
liu Russian immigrants who came her
'e- in 1912 would be reduced to s6,4o(
ID Italy could send here only 54S5O, ir
sg- stead Of the 157,134 who actual
III landed in 1912, and Austria's quot
= would be reduced from 17S,SS2
u u the same year to a possible 84,70
III China could send US 1888 immigran
au 81 per year, and Japan not more tina
ne 220. This. be it remembered, if
oe- general immigration policy were el
pe acted which would treat all countri
alike.
ne Personally DR.. Gulick strongly de-
ne recates the marriage Of whites vii
ere Japanese. "The differences Of idea
ers as to the respective rights and duti
md IF husband and wife are co GREAT, >, !
explains, that the intern1arriage
not Americans and Japanese is a high
ely hazardous venture Moreover II
an biological results Of such interma
leu rage are by no means clear. Nal
To- hold them as a rule to be bad.
and "I wish to sav that am in haar
Of aereement with the fundamant
the nost1late of California,s general q,
de- antaI nolicp" he renaated with add
emphasis. "An immigration fro
IN Asia swamping the white man, owe
ion. turning the democratic institutions