Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-11-17
Too Much immigration Head
ed Our Way.

ed Our Way.
The Wall Street Journal, in re-
cent issue, stated that there is an un-
precedented army of immigrants
|nervously awaiting transportation
facilities to bring them from -Eu-
rope. "It is estimated" said the Jour-
NAL, that more than 100000 Eu-
ropeans are anxious to come to
America, and that in one European
country alone about 100000 inhab-
itants would emigrate to America if
conditions warranted"
There is great congestion Of i'm
migrants at Ellis Island, New York,
and the commissioner of immigration
at that point says that he expects
Ellis Island will have to handle H.
100000 immigrants within the next
IL months. The Journal raises a very
important point as to the inrush of
immigrants. 1t states that three ships;
recently came in with 5000 immi-
grants, and of this number about
1000 did not have a dollar; 1900
had less than SIS, and the remainder
mostly between $25 and $50.
What is America to do to meet this
tremendous influx of foreigners? We
already have more aliens in this
country than we can assimilate. If
we permit our shores to be crowded
with millions of aliens, added to mil
lions we now have, we shall certainly
endanger the civilization of this
country. However short our supply
of home labor may be to meet all Of
the demands of industry and agri-
culture, we should not permit this.
country to be flooded with people
alien by birth and alien in thought
to the life of our nation. We have
more aliens here now than is good
for the country. Infinitely better
would it be for our industrial activi-
ty to move forward with less rapid
ity than to be pushed forward by a
great influx of these lower classes
of foreigners. We had better advance
more slowly in material development
than to advance rapidly at the cost.
of the nations life. Some brake
must be put on this rush of ip'miGra-
ton; our safety as nation demands
it, and Congress should heed the
voice of the country on this point
Even if we do not have enough Ia
borers in the country to do all the
work that needs to be done, we had
better postpone much Of ut rather
than sto have it. done by the sinfux
Of millions of foreigners. ASlerica' a's
isi import aut 18th lapid II
iistislty u
eussi1g the daesti . l5 y
6 sItsis i Is repoltsd that Ss7, 700 ID
cations for passports to America
mostly Jews, have been made in Po-
land alone, while more than 3,000,7-7s,
900 Poles want to come over.
Between 100000 and 100000
Italians are seeking domicile here,
and millions will come from Ger
many as soon as the barriers are
lifted.
"Fifty thousand refugees are re-
ported waiting at Danzig alone for
transportation to America. Steam
ship lines, are reported to have every
foot of available space booked up
for a year ahead.
"When the Red Terror is broken
in Russia, flood of starving Slavs
will pour out towards America. We
are as unprepared for this peaceful
invasion as we were for war in 1914
Immigration is the most impor-
tant fact which our nation has to.
deal with in the next few years. Un-
less we wake up and make some ade.
quatee preparation to take care OF
this oncoming flood, we shall be
swamped socially, economically, po-
"The question is not now what we
shall do with the immigrant, but
what will the immigrant do with US"
Record.