Marble Hill press., 1920-12-02

service arr likely TO he unfulaned for a time at
least as only yT.igT servants have come and 5SG
have gone s~ay fr~m New York Among the I'M
migrants Who arrived up 20 July | ~ this year.
i2.4t2 had professional occupations. the larsrst
class that II teachers. being represented BY III.
individuals
Among the trades and skilled occupations.
clerks aud accountants lead With i26si. and car
p-ntrF- aud jcners number 5Tl2. while there Is
sUod representation If masons and stone cut
ters Among the so-calicd miscellaneous occupa
tions are found NJ ~. which however, Is not
nearly as promising ngure Hs Il seems. a. dur
Ing the same psrioi tStS2O lRborrrs left the
country There have been admitted laaST farm
laborrrs. AZ COMPARED Uth 2T5+ who have emi
grated The country has gained i2.lE. farmers
In the sane period and lost ii.2f2 through emil
grafton
whst. They Are Going.
lust hnw far the Industrial situation I'm the
United States will be benefited by the new ar
rivals may be cleaned from table showing the
intended future residence nt aliens up to July l.
IL may b. safely assumed that they actually 20 20
the points Indicated. The nducemen' cf high
factory wages has kept the ma jority of them near
the Atlantic seahoard Thus New York state has
received indGJn Massachusetts, Ii.59t. Connect.
cut ia2I2 aud Pennsylvania "-.?qT. Some NJ the
middle western states such ohio Illinois and
Michigan have gained large quotas. and In Call
foruIa \ gain Of II Sf2 is reported With the
crption " Texas where the oil boom and other
causes have brought m influx NJ population. In
cIudng ss.ii5 aliens this year m to July I. the
south has not farpd well. Many rich agrtcul-
turaI areas IN the middle Of the country or beyond
The Mississippi have been neglected The trend IL
still toward the huge manufacturing cities. and
the much vexed problem Of unequal distribution
roattnu-s ms shown nv the official returns.
There Il much promise of better conditions,
however In the division ot distribution, estnb'
uxhed by Commissioner Wallis, and placed by him
in charge nf L. A. ponohue, veteran inveStiGa'
for Of the department af labor. II is the function
of this huresu e see 70 II that the immigrants
know about the opportunities for employment
which arr open TO them In the less congested
areas 81 the country
The recently completed census of the United
states has shown stronger than ever before the
trend toward the municipalities Not only does
the new conner seek the city where he may hnd
his kith and kin and suhmerge himself IN
colony hut there is also drift of the native born
American from the rural to the urban communl"
tteA
Wallis Ant. Segregation piana
Immigration" said Commissioner Wallis. has
nlayed n greater part than II should IN This un-
desirable segregation This has been largely due
IN ,he fact that the immigrant when he arrives
here often has very little idea OF the extent of
the country. and OF the many oppor'uhheN wiz"
,re before him II he win consider them, For this
roaso, we are making clear 10 immigrants while
thew are on the island that they have the whole
United states before them, We are arranging for
,cpular talks In various languages In which the
diversified nature of the country will be explained
Thor, nre To he moving picture shows devoted 10
views of different states, especially those whlch
have large agricultural regions which need deve
opment.
"Now that this movement Is under way and we
have nj least skeleton organisation to carry 1t
out. we have received offers of cooperation from
nj, over the country, We are now In touch with
chamhers of commerce. with boards of trnde, with
emn,oyu,ent committees of the state, So that we
may know the needs which confront all these To-
ea,ttes For instance, receive letter or te'e-
gram from company In Ohio telling OF fhe
need for soft Goa, miners there, or again Ger
tain sect,on of PENNSYLVANIA has dearth Of
farmers Az this phase Of our work Is being ex'