The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-06
SAYS Is. 10000
WANT TO CONE
And the United States Has No Means
Available to Stop Those Not
Wanted. Says Commits
sioner of Immigra7
tion Wallis.

New York, Dec 6.-America should
! have some say as to who should be al
lowed to emigrate to this country and
where the home seekers should 90
when they get here. in the opinion of
Commissioner of immigration Freder-
ick A. Wallis He said in survey OF
the immigration situation made public
here that an army of 100000 for
eigners is clamoring to migrate to thus
country and the United States has no
means available TO stop those not
wanted.
Distribution of immigrants TO farms
and mines where laborers are greatly
needed, instead of permitting them to
clog up already congested cities where
no more inhabitants are wanted. would
helm to avert the menace created by
the unparalleled influx Of foreigners
through Americas front door, accord
ing to the commissioner.
More than 100000 OF these aliens
many of them refugees in the strict
est sense of the term"-will enter the
United States during the current fiscal
year. the commissioner said. Some OF
them, he added, will find their way TO
farms where they are greatly needed,
but the great majority will flock to
cities. which is particularly undesirable
in this period Of readjustment because
of food and housing conditions.
Municipal officials in several cities
have importuned the immigration eff
Gals to stop sending immigrants TO
their cities and to induce them to set
tie on farms, the commissioner de-
elared
"There are thousands Of people out
of work in those cities to-day" he said.
"These added thousands of newcomers
only make conditions worse, They
cannot find work They are not pro-
ducers, and they remain in the cities
eating up food that is scarce enough
at present.
81 have been told by the vice -presi-
dent of one of our greatest western
railroads that in the Dakotas next
year the harvest will be less than so
per cent of what il was this year be-
cause they cannot get sufficient labor
on the farms. Proper distribution Of
the immigrants. if it could be brought
about by legislation, would cicumycntI
this threatening situation.
ut would send thousands TO the
farms. thus dealing one of the most
effective blows at the high cost of liv-
ing. II seems TO me that much could
be done in encouraging these people
TO take up small bits of ground and
work them think the government |
ought to help out
Commissioner Wallis suggested the |
of the preferential Sc
lective method of admitting immi- !
grants from the lj.000000 who. he be, |
lieves. are trying TO come TO America. /
But" he added. preferential sd
mission cannot he instituted without |
first amending the constitution. Nu- !
merOus suggestions have been made I
for the handling of the coming millions
and there are many bills before Con
gress on the subject"
OF the present literacy test. he de
clared. there never was greater
farce" and that IL affords mo safety
to the country" Some Of the ~ radi
Gals confined on Ellis Island recently
could read and write in several Ian
yuages, he said. and could have passed
any literacy test devised bat "they
were destructive and bad people for
This country"
we need tests that viii determine
whether a man or woman intends 10
BE- a real worker and a real law -abid
ng citizen. Many people who cannot
possibly pass the literacv test viii
make the most substantial citizers
Il believe we should have some say
Is to who is to be allowed TO come
lere and where they should 60 Per
laps we could have a reciprocal agree
nent with other nations 20 have our
on the other side Of the
-cean 20 determine who should emf
rate We do not want undesirables
nd would rather send back thou
and good men thar lei one bad man
ONE into the countrv.
"Our slogan IL: When in doubt. de- !
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