El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-25
STREAM OF IMMIGRATION AGAIN
TURNS TOWARD AMERICAN SHORES

THE STREAM Of Immigration damned by war conditions,
Is again flowing strongly In the II months enoing
June so 10000 immigrants came to AHerlca COM
pared with $4,000 the previous year It IS estea ma
the total for this calendar year VIII be 10000 almost
equal to the high records Of 1907 and 1914 In 1918 only
10000 in and that was the lowest nsule SINCE 1879
with the single exception OF 1862
It had been feared that the heavy immigration would
not quickly be resumed The news that the tide IS setng
our av is cheering There is doubt that considerable
part Of the difficulties Industry commerce. and Trans
po1aon recently due to the lack Of an adequate supply
affected farming mining shipping, numbering raroading
and many other lines Of work
There is no reason why workmen, especially skilled
yren and those in the organized trades, should lear
evil rs-tg from the renewal Of heavy immigration The
resat wiz not be to reduce wages It may IN measure
conduce to greater efficiency the part Of workers py
ness Of competition among those who doing the hiring
But On the whole everybody VIII benefit BY renewing OF
the strain on the labor supply and by having men and
women enough in the country to do the Work thal waits
doing.
It would be folly to impose unnecessary restrictions on
the movement Of workers into the country America nssos
human mower in every line and there is for all Edu-
cfoa restrictions not have the effect or excluding the
undesirable and admitting the desirable On the contrary
many Of the worst and most dangerous enaIcls az ne
best Heducated n the common sense OF the Wo1u WINE
large proportion Of terates" have the mangs OF gooo
citizens Moreover It Would be wise to relax the reste
tious against the admission Of wornen and woIkWoaen
o come over with a GOOD lob IN sight It should be moth
ing against an immigrant that he has insured his new start
In Life before leaving home.
q
5sna-t1ent of labor IF means taken to distribute
fhese people where they are most needed and get them
asv ron the crowded coast cities they can do lot 10
mt the United States back normal OASIS OF
In The farms and mines especially, they should be welcome
Some European countries making It very nare IoI
their people TO leave They say rney nsea an ts 80
tav s obtafn TO do their work But on the otnet
hand the problem Of feeding and erng 1or tne popuA
fous n many Of the worn countries IS SEN acute anu
not only VIII their leaving mean fewer nouns 20 Reg, O
they VIII many OF them send back TO Europe PAT u
their earnings America and so help 10 restore lns man
r i Tsnorte5 that all available accommodations for
ocean travel have been booLd year ahead By those &c
string to come to America to make their new homes
The outflow from American shores IS not important
T-e vas sudden rush after the arisce OF people VINO
wanted to get back to their folks AFTER Iour Yeas "a
blockade But that movement has died down VI course
there never was tie slightest basis for the stories that pro
hbitiou had Influenced any consineraDle nulDs oA
sbIe residents to emgrate from the United States -a
vas lust part Of the liquor propaganda easily reTuteo
The return Of immigration TO pIe-WaT fg1les WI CIV
arhass To Al the arguments have heard IN favor OF
making more persistent and definite efforts 10 asslale
fta new uouuIstion to aAr1ercanise these people, livery
where more attention must be pad to night SCHOOLS ane
vocational schools. The new corners must DC 1susH-
Fnglish and something about or government ana lh
eres and duties Of citizenship. Every agency OF school
and qoTernulsut national state ana MUNICIPAL must ea
in tlis work We have been slack IN the past
There VII be no great demand for German ana AnsIIan
ir1iqrsnts But America VIII welcome the Scanoinasla
Frenh BelEans Dutch, Irish, English and me
Canadians In 1916 and 1917 nearly quarter Ililo1
Canadians cane over There is plenty OF opportunity anu
plenty Of room for these splendid folk whom me AsI
IN Europe during the learned 10 aQn1e 50 eAo.7
bssrtedIv The Rio Grands valley would do vel to make
eI efforts to tu1n the Canadians this way and into
ali this southwest where conditions are so much easier ana
more promising than they IN Canada
Inigration from Mexico does not need TO be encouL
qd especially but certainly II should not be discouraged
It has always been strong and IN the last 1our years more
45 5Goooo HeTicaus have come over, though no
oub with the intention Of returning These people are
valuable element in the population OF the southwest and
we might do much Il We would to make them more t1lu
~ - be1iug them to increase their earning power
troueh education and skin and thrifty habits We DO
qlv little to train them te them to best adYan-
tags but even SO, they are highly important CLEMENT IN
southwestern industry.
intensive development Of the immigrant rather than
neglect ought to be part Of national creed There IS
room for al, and need them
Advice to patrOlsn. the best way to dispsrss crowd
is TO take up q collection.