Evening journal., 1920-08-19

Uncle Harry. do you ,hink thatf
immigrants will ever come TO our |
country again in such numbers as
they used 10 before the War;" asked |
Joe.
why. I've seen several repor,s in
lhe paper lately sailing that the NUM-
Der Of immigrants coming into his
cOunry has been increasing steadily
Helen. 80 I should think 10 wouldnt
be- long before the big steamships
would be bringing thousands OF new
residents to our country from all parts
OF Europe.
What you say, Helen" replied
| Uncle Harry. "is. In "a way, correct
The last few monihs-the last twelve,
I should say-haNe shown a steady
Increase in the number NJ immigrans 5
| coming into this country from all
I parts Of Europe. But while foreign
! born people are now coming 70 our
shores by The hundreds-by the .hou-
sands. some months, before tho war
We numbered our immigrants by me
| hundreds OF thousands every year
During the last hundred years i' IS
estimated that more than WOOOWO
| immigrant aliens were admitted to
| the United States.
"Then the War came and immigra-
ton practically CEASED Moreover.
during :he War. and since the War
ended thousands and thousands N
foreign born men and women and
their families have left the United
states and gone back to their native
lands
Europe Needs Its People.
but from all that ] read on the
subject. our country will never see
such "a food of immigrants as it has
In the past To-day people are not
em grafinc from the European coun-
tries ,he way they used 10 do. IN
fact the European governments are
3 doing everything they can TO encour-
age their people 10 remain In heir
home countries. Millions N Euro
peans were killed and crippled in me
! War Millions more died from dis
ease and starvation. The result Is
fhat The nat 0ns Of Europe need thel
! people in their own countries 10 farm
b The land and To- work In The mills anc
factories
b Then. too. living conditions ir
Europe today. while hard IN man,
- respects are very different from wha
they used 20 be. in the Olden days
y many of the immigrants 10 our coun
try ned from their native lands TO eS
I cape the persecution or tyrannira
governments. Two Of 'he worst %
| these governments. the Russian Empir
~ ihe Gar and the German Empir
- of the Kaiser have been changed com
pleiely by The rav0litIOns that h1v
is also true 90 some extent Of ,he ol'
q, AustrO-Huncarian Empire, and
number NJ fhe smaller countries il
T. the southeastern part Of Europe tha
"a before tn war were under the dom
nation or powerful military empires
have established some form 0f free
dom and something like demJcraii
governments As a consequence of a
F. these changes the natives of Ines
% countries are more disposed to renal
"a m their own lands
\ Governments DiscOuraning Emigratio
, zone Americ7n traveller who I'd
- Gently returned from Europe rep0rie
i that tho European Cove rnmenis wer
doing everything they could 20 IN
, courage employers 10 hire onl
Is natiVe-bOrn men and women and q
the same time these governments ar
y endeavorinc 10 offer special opn1l
Il tuniiies In their own countries tO-iheI
" own c'izens.
4 I'VE must constantly bear in min
10 that the whole world 10 some cXtor
20 ana Europe TO q very large en- ~
IN has undergone tremendous changi
since six years ago This month whe
4 The Great War started We can
N count on things happening and d
r. veloping mo way they used 10 do HI
r cause conditions are dc cdedly diffe
q. ont. The change hat has come in n
@ matter of emigration and immigrath
r Is only ono ~ the many new cond
IN lions that have arisen out pf the Wa
D.. By the time YOU are grown up n
historians VIII lave compiled som
1t thing like a complete record Of u