The Detroit times., 1917-01-08
McCOllester Hall Is
damned With People
of All Classes
APPLAUSE GREETS
HOWE'S ADDRESS
immigration Commits
siOner Declares for
Woman Suffrage

Long before the hour set for start
ing Sunday afternoon. McCollester
hall was filed 20 overlooking with
a large audience OF people OF all
kinds and conditions who had come
to attend the opening meeting OF the
Open Forum, new movement for
free speech In Detroit
Frederick c. Howe, United States
commissioners of immigration. was
the speaker, and +. r. ingram
chairman of the meeting
The subject for the afternoon was
Immigration" a subject with which
the speaker dealt along broad and
radical lines
Loud applause greeted the speak
er's remarks against militarism and
war and IL was several minutes be
fore he was allowed to proceed. II
was plainly the opinion OF those in
the hall that war was the outgrowth
OF juggling for market and com
MERGE by the big interests and not
NV viii Vi Nue p'opi's WI iip"t
raid a tribute to the women OF
America by declaring unequivocally
for equal suffrage and saying Incl
dentally, that IL the country is TO be
saved from materialism and the pur-
suit OF money II will have to be thru
the women.
After the lecture questions were
| asked of the speaker both In writ
ing and verbally. They related
mostly 10 immigration. the Chinese
loan. compulsory military training
in the public schools. in which Mr.
Howe emphatically disbelieves. the
Hindu. Chinese. Japanese exclusion
on the Pacific coast. the labor prob.
lem. etc.
After the lecture those who de
sired 10 work for the forum were in
| yited 10 remain and 200 responded.
Committees TO take care OF the vari-
Gus parts OF the routine work were
quickly formed.
The meeting lasted from 3:30 I'M
al nearly O'Clock. most of the PEG
Pile being in the hall at three.
Holt is Next Speaker.
Next Sunday, Hamilton Holt, the
noted publicist and pacifst. will
speak on the Federation OF the
World"
Mr.. Howe said In part
Aliens Exploited
Up 70 the present time the United
| states has had no constructive Inn
| migration program. We have dump
/ ed Immigrants outside OF the itumi-
| grafton stations and permitted them
I 60 shirt FOR themselves. They are
not protected from exploitation. Oc-
/ casiOnally some city has undertaken
| to provide education for the alien
4 but for the most part he has been
1 left in ignorance OF American inst-
! tuuons. prey OF employers and OK
ploiters OF every kind.
There are already 5000. 600 for
cign- born people in the United states
/ and 100000 Immediately descended
! from those az foreign birth And un-
| fortunately "A great part OF them are
| IN the cities. Fifty-stX per cent of
! the foreign population lives east Of
the Mississippi sand north ~ tho
Ohio. In New York city 'S6 per
lnenI-a4 Eala .4aa a I
! foreign extraction. IA Chicago. 10.
in BOSTON, ~. and In Cleveland. 75S
| Almost all 81 the immi grafton of
| the last 20 wears has gone 20 the
|
! This Is IN the face OF the fact that
! the immigrant is peasant ~ home.
| We has been accustomed 70 working /
| the soil ct, upon his arrival Ia /
| America he is violently thrown into /
an environment and line OF work /
with which he Us not familiar. Even /
more calamitouS ho rs usually used /
up I'm the Industrial machine In few |
| years time. and is then cast aside 20 I
make way Tor Younger and moro !
efficient mer from the countries from |
which he came who stand ever ready |
to\hll in tho gaps.
Farming the solution
Some mcans must be found 81 I
opening up the land not only 80 the (
Immigrant but 20 our own people "a !
we'll There should hc a constructive ]
agricultural program which viii IN /
able anyone 20 20 70 tho land aud /
produce wealth under active condi- /
tions There "a land enough IN the /
United states but " is all owned. ~ 4
is held at speculative prices.
In addition 90 that. We have land I
monopoly on a colossal scale ~ this i
moro than 200 900 600 acres are own l
cd by less than 10000 persons Three /
hundred persons own 100000 acres. 1
These estates consist ~ 10000. |
100 900 and even 900 0O0-acrc tracts. /
Millions 81 persons could be- furnish /
cd homes and given profitable em- /
pioyment N the land were opened 1
w 20 use.
There are only two ways Yet dc 1
vised for getting people onto the |
land one has been adopted IN west /
crn Canada and Australia. u has
been tried ont in England That con- !
consists in taNing land monopoly. so |
that thoS" who own these great cs- 4
tates will break them M into small |
holdings and cell them az reasonable 1
prices 90 persons who want 20 be-
come farmers.
European countries. AZ we'll as
Australia. have worked ont another I
land They soil ready made farms in 1
prospective farmers IN Denmark n 1
y man has 5000 the government viii |
loan him st50o and nut him on /
farm As result ~ this policy 90 |
per cont 81 tFo. ~ rmcrs ~ Denmark !
own their ow n farms while in This /
country nearly half the farmers are
tenants
Agriculture la Danger
We viii have GO undertake some |
such program IL We are 10 save orfl- !
culture IN this country. Farmers and |
their sons are being driven 20 the i
cities. They have difficulty in mar |
keting their crops They are subject l
10 monopoly changes hv railroads. |
warehouses and terminals. and Can /
not make farming nav In addition |
~ putting people on The farWv.i ~ |
piN be necessary 60 enable them 90 /
market their crops easily. and this |
can only he done ss N has heen fnne !
ts Australia and Europe. by govern |
neut ownership ~ terminals slaugh- |
terhouses and warehouses. This is