The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-21

Russia $4,000 bldgs. orthodox
Balkan S. $4,000 Greek Orthodox
Which shows that less than 1919 ever re-
ceive any education or instruction. One out
of every eight immigrants arriving in our
Country, can neither read nor write, What
contrast, this is against the facilities we
maintain for 22 million of pupils and 100000
instructors. Regarding trade learning, they
do not teach manual training in any of the
above named countries, and little if any
trades, as the population is engaged mostly
with agriculture, and its allied pursuits.
1t is this uneducated class of immigrants,
congregating and settling down in given To-
calities, which form community, that is a
detriment and bar in the uplift and better
ment of mankind, and his vocations, there
abouts, unless conditions are above the or
binary, for their harmonious assimilation.
1.-THE Immigration Board in investigat-
ing one such community, containing over
seven hundred thousand wage earners,
found that, one out of every twelve burials
was at the public expense. That one out of
every four babies born, died within the
first year thereof, that the babies of the
poor died three times as fast as the moder-
ately we'll to do That less than one-third
of the families had to live on less than
$500, per year, and one half to two thirds
of these people were living below any stan
dard of decency. Their report gave, as
the principal causes, for state of condi-
tons:
| (lst) The lack of knowledge, education,
and mechanical skill, upon the part of the
parents.
| (2nd) A combination of low wages and
unemployment, caused by the congregating
of so much unskilled and useless labor at
given place.
(3rd) The employment of child labor.
| As children are the basis of the State ''as
they live or die" as they thrive or are ILL
nourished; as they are intelligent or ignor-
ant; so fares the Country. American soci-
ETY. was founded, and for a long period has
existed upon the theory that the family
should derive its living from the earnings
of the father To maintain and perpetu-
ate the above truths and ideals, we must
control and better supervise our immigra-
ton, so as to avoid repeating and continu-
ing such mistakes, in our midst.
Any law checking immigration will have
to be impartial. and yet it must effect the
number of unskilled labor, as well as those
who adhere to the principles of their home
country, as against the ideals of this, their
adopted country,-or other undesirables.
Therefore to do justice, and yet derive
as great a benefit as possible for the Nation
from the many nationalities and condition
of the wage earners arriving here, we
should encourage, not only harmony among
their many ambitions and aims, but also
private cooperation and goodwill.
The proper National action should be ia
ken to raise the standard of education and
knowledge for the admittance of the new
corners, and to devising a way to distribute
those we do admit, to localities, making
for their betterment, wherein they could
help to utilize and develope the resources
of our Nation, and to distribute the pro-
ducts thereof economically, during which
time they could acquire industrial training
and scholarship and develope into a more