New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-03

- to tie up for days before Gischarging
their stcerage passengers, and ON the island 1t l.
not unusual for II many aS 5000 immigrants To
De detained for the night in sleeping quarters de
signed for the accommodation Of half as many.
Floors, benches and chairs are filled with the
overflow from the dormitorics, and hundreds
sleep on their feet.
The melting pot is boiling over, and the con
pcstion will increase with each passing month.
Steamship men say their accommodations are
booked for a fun year ahead. Poles aud Italians
especially are coming in SwarmS, and it is certain
that rs soon us the way is clear for them, Ger
mans will enter America in vast numbers.
That the problem of assimilation may be "A
littlc less difficult to solve, despite its magnitude,
IS indicated ly the fact that So many of the
younger generation are now ON the m%anifests Of
IA" incoming vessels, write, John Walker llarrtns-
ton in the New York Herald. The death Of so
many fathers in the war has caused hundreds
of thousands Of families On the other side TO try
q hazard of new fortunes IN the Land of Promise.
Many widows, some of them with two or three
children, are reaching the country by means of
money sent to them hy friends ana relatives.
To the children the New World comes with "A
rush of experiences. To them, until they ARE
pnSscd upon. It seems one Of green sward and of
blue sea, of changing skies and of passing ships.
Tndor other regimes the detained immigrants
were kept pcnned like dumb driven cattle, and to
Them the United States meant for many hours
wire cages ana tiiTk Wits, IL II ul inherent
now. for the present commissioner of immigra-
ton. Frederick A. Wallis. has set II new precedent
by. using the ncres of unused grass plots on Ellis
island rs Il recreation place for the immigrants.
The children are In their element there. The
place rings with hPppy laughter and echoes the
fall of romplng feet. Alert, healthy and strong
nre these Americans to be, and some OF them, too,
ARE more than aliens.
Young Are in a Majority.
- y ,t, n.riY - .aII DAtit lam, thn nth.r
day.
lie had come with his brother, n maker Of bead
bags. 10 see what the new country had in store.
At six he has the vision of his adopted land. His
nthcr, Il cavalrynan, was killed In the war and
as his mother had no other ties except those on the
western shore Of the Atlantic they had come hith-
cr Ia bring up Jean as a citizen of this republic,
At an Impressionable nge, the children, who are
temporarily detained on the island, our largest
cntrepot for the new citizenry, are learning
ihrough concerts and addresses, and through
music. many valuable lessons Of life. A very
large number of them are at school age or II little
less. and they are coming here at 4 time when
they are best fitted TO absorb the traditions and
the history of the country to which fate has
brought them.
The disruption of families caused by deaths In
The war abroad has at the same time brought to
thls country Immigrants who are mainly younger
than the average, as far as may he observed off
hand. a detailed study OF STATISTICS along TINS
line has not been made. but the general impress
sion is given. after seeing shlpload after ship
load of the future Americans, that there is a pre-
pundcrancc not only Of young women. especially
Vt young mothers. in the newly arrived of the
gcntler sex. but that the men who are landing
here I'm quest of fortune are more youthful and
more alert in appearance than the immigrants OF
previous years. Rarely one sees the bent and de-
crepIt who have come over with sons and daugh-
ters 10 begin their lives anew In the changed
world.
More Permanent Class Arrives.
The presence nf 50 many families, although
often bereft Of fathers. indicates Il more perma-
ncnt class than usual. There are not SO many
unattached male migrants-Itallans AustrianS
and the like-who I'm former years sought the
United States only to avail themselves of high
wages and to- return with their savings to their
original environment. Up to the first Of July
here had arrived at American ports 1885 men
, nd boys. and 1S2.316 women and children, which
is somewhat In excess on the feminine side. In
January the two gcnders were about equally
divided and in the succeeding months the males
increased in numbers.
OF this grand total. 10000. 1t Is noted that
a, 133 are set down as having no occupation, this
classification including women and children. The
homes of those who are looking for cooks and
parlor maids and experts In all lines of domestic