The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-28

moral standards than re are. They
are OF such low intellectual stand-
ards they want for none OF the good
things Of life. All they want Is, food
and when they have all the food
they need they are happy. They
VIII work so cheap they throw our.
workingmen out OF employment. A
dozenScan live In the same room on
few handfuls OF rice a day. while
Q free American lahorer wants
enough to educate his children and
enough TO spend his winter even
ings In a steam-heated fat.
Eaminetti discussed in his report
the immigration Of Hipdoos and
particularly the immigration into the
United States from the Philippines
and Hawaii. Concerning immigra-
tion from the far East and immigra-
ton from our insular possessions,
such as Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
philippines, Caminetti says:
I believe 1t Is quite generally con-
ceded that immigration from the !
Ear East Is detrimental TO the well.
fare Of the United States. not be-
cause It has heretofore been so ex-
tensiye in numbers. but because of
Its peculiar effect upon the economic
conditions and the possibilities of
an almost unlimited increase in VOL
time IL left ,inregulated. and Nln-s.
;checkede Our Oriental irnmfgra-
tion problem, arising more than a
quarter of ascentury ago, has never
been satisfactorily solved; the ex-g
clpsion laws need many amends
ments. mot in purpose. but in pre-
scribed method
isIt will be observed that 1852
aliens came TO Continental from
Insnlar United States during the last
seven years-10,94S from Hawaii,
1850 from Porto Rico. and ga from
the Phiiippines-and that OF these,
l0,740 landed at San Francisco.
1910 at New York. and GIL at Sc
I attic" Referring to Hawaii, the No
port says: "Fhe thorough tAneri-
canization OF Hawaii is a matter
which demands serious considera-
tion and careful and prompt action.
1t never will be accomplished. In
my Judgment, under the present in I
complete. haphazard methods Con-.
ditions should be made such as 10
invite the proper kind OF laborers to.
go to Hawaii from our own country
II possible, and laws should be en-
acted that would induce them TO re- 2
main there as part Of happy and
contented population; anything less
than this is not fair to Hawaii or TO
the mainland, especially so much
of the latter as Is nearest TO that
territory.
~; THE Philippines are too distant
: to be used with the same facility :
and frequency as Porto Rico and
Hawaii as steppingstones to the
United States, nevertheless the Phil
lipplnes are open to be used (and
the attempt has already been seri- .
ously made SO to use them by
aliens who would be excluded at
our home ports as likely to become
public charges to gain the adyan-
tage Of being examined att 3 port
where, on the assumption that they
entered-as they usually do not TO
remain in the. Philippines, they will
not be SO clSsely scrutinized or re-
CURED to come up TO SO high a stand
ard as would be the case were they
applying at 2 mainland port"
.WAR MAY KEEP orr
TIDE TEMPORARILY.
The European war may check the
tide Of immigration Temporarily.
With the killing of Of vast num-
beers of men in Europe by the war
9 room will be made for others there
{ TO take their places, but the terrific
war taxes Will drive fhn,t "a Al. e,..ss...s