Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-08-21
few ITALIANS WILL
EMICRATE AFTER WAR
Government viii Adopt Such
Measures As Will Prevent.
BY CAMTLLO CIANFARRA
(By international New9 serVicel

igration for the North American Di.
vision, discussing the proposed new
American immigration bill today
said that Italy no longer takes a
deep interest in the final fate Of the
biz.
The fact is Dr. De Miehalis said
that after the war men as n ma.
tional asset viii be immensely more
valuable and the price of labor i'm
mensely dearer than it now is. The
larger the devastation and the long
en- the war. the higher the value OF
mon sound of body and mind Thanks
10 The peculiar nature of her war. 10
The density of her population. and
to the high birth rate. which insures
! for many years to come a constant
growth Of the number of inhabitants.
| Italy is one of the few nations whose
losses in mon in the war Will not
materially affect the makeup of her
population.
And for Italy one of the conse.
aucnces of the present war will be
radical reversal CT - slicy
which up to a year or SO aeo regulat=
ed her emigration While in a coun-
try governed by liberal institutions.
he Individual cannot be restrained
from following his own inclination,
yet. in The face of the tremendous
problems which will confront the
nation after the war is over. the
government will be fully justified in
adopting such measures concerning
emigration as will best serve theh.
solution No. we shall never put a
veto to emigration, but we shall reg
ulate it according 10 the best inter
ests Of the country
Very few people realize the ire
mcndous industrial transformation
Italy is undergoing even in The midst
Of the greatest bloodiest and most
expensive war she has ever fought
Il va only when importation ceased
and commercial intercourses with
Germany was prohibited that Italy
discovered the large number of ar
icles for which the nation was trih.
utary 10 foreign manufacturers From
needles TO agricultural implements.
there was a large variety of articles
which We found ourselves obliged TO
manufacture in order to meet tho in
sistent demand. This required the
transfornatI,n of a LARGE number Of
our laborers into mechanics. the es-
fablishmcnt of war industries. arnls
and ammunition factories, has Frea'
Ia helped in solving this problem. Be
sides. these factories have been or.
eanized in such way as "a be easilg
transformed into shops for the man
ufacture of other articles the VERY
day the guns cease roaring and the
millions Of men now scattered along
cur border return to the blessed
pursuits of peace.
In my opinion these new indus
tries will easily absorb large part
Of thar surplus of our population
which formerly crossed the Atlantic
These mechanics no longer earn a
few cents day while the pay of a
skilled mechanic in Italy is not as
high as in America, yet this pay is
considerably higher than what the
common laborer receives in Ameri-
ca. Thus the incentive to cmierate
| is forever removed and the increase
in their earning is more Than sufiei.
ent to keep the laborer at home eY-
On without considering the fact thai
no mortal being is more attached 10
his native land than the Italian
peasant,
And This is not all. Think of the
Reconstruction work to be done in
France. Belgium, Trentin and o.her
places aftev tie war is over. italy
has already negotiated treaty with
France for the supply of labor The
probability is that France will need
more Italian labor when the hun
comes of repairing the deyastation-
in her invaded provinces. Heisinn
VIII ais, need labor even Germaa'
.Iwll need 'ree number of emig-an
10 work her mines italy will then
be in a position to secure for her en-
grants population better WORKING
conditions than she has hilbert,
been able 10 impose.
Il don't think. chat in the futur.
Italian EMIGRATION to the Unitec
States will be as large as it used tc
be. The huge total of 1907, when z
reached nearly 100000. is a thing O
the past. It was a record which vii
| nover b. beaten