Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-02-06
WHAT YOUR FRIENDS AND
NEIGHBORS ARE DOING

Slum are herewith printed for
those interested in the school work
The theme was written by Cornell
ius Griffin and is deemed by mean
hers of the faculty as one of the
best handed in by the students.
people began the day the civilized
ton In every race of people there
are always a certain per cent that
fall ny the wayside. The next
generation comes up in an unfit en-
vironment Now the slum has a
good start along with these unde-
sirables.
The fight with this type of
people beang the day the civilized
class realized it as an enemy. When
this country was formed the found
ers saw the towns as the falling
spot in their plans. At that par
ticular time one out of twenty
lived in the cities, now it is one
out of three.
zone of the greatest problems
the United States has to face is
the immigration problem. The class
of people that has built up this
country has now ceased to come.
In their place is coming class,
which in the majority of cases. him
der the development of the nation.
They crowd to the slunI districts
and become paupers, robbers, vaga-
bonds, and thieves. The majority
of criminals of other countries
emigrate to this country. One
instance of this was the experience
the police had in Mulberry Street.
They were looking for murderer
and came upon band of Italian
thugs who lived by Matchmaking
their fellow countrymen. The po-
lice were curious about them and
sent their names to Naples with a
request for information. There
came back such a record as none of
the detectives had ever known be-
fore. All Of them were notorious
criminals, who had been charged
with every conceivable crime, from
burglary to kidnapping and MAIN
ing, and some not conceived of by
the American mind. Five of them
had not been less than SO times
in Jail, and one no less than FL
times All of them were under
special surveillance, but had come
to this country unmolested inside
of one year.
When one thinks OF this he
would want immigration closed, bu,
on the other hand, there are sc
many good people that come Il
this country it is hard to draw thu
line, The nation needs thes'
people Of strong arms and stron'
courage, but it is in the city tn
shoe pinches. If they were scat
tered broadcast over the countr
there would be few congested dis
tricts. With these and many othe
things to consider, the immigration
problem for this country is har
, one to solve.
Letting in the light has bee
one of the greatest banes to tn
Stun districts. The people OF TN
cities are now putting up publ
parks and play grounds for tn
children, that they may be able
enjoy themselves, which heretofor
was impossible. Children are sin
!, liar to steam engines and thei
play is the safety valve. Ne
I York. one Of the worst congeste
districts of the country, now hs
MANY Fairgrounds and parks. b,
few years ago the ground W;
d thought more valuable for factor
n than for a recreation center. III
y children used to travel the stree
Z. everlastingly because they had
: other place to amuse themselve
o Every park, every playground. al
s every bath house, is nail In Il
& coffin of the slum.
r "In Albany. during the reign
,f the Tammany ring. tenements we
found dark and dingy. and ov
1900 tenement halls were 7
!, ported by officers to be unlight
:, at night. The landlords are lars
:. " responsible for such pitiful co
ditions. Rings and cliques In pc
ties keep reform from going @
O. The Tammany ring Of New 70
IN was one Of the worst to be brok
". up and II was broken up chiefly
u. the late Thee Roosevelt, who
- one Of the main instiatsors to
s. prove the Stun conditions.
ID, EITHER in uptown or DO"
TX. town tenements, the thing II
cannot be found only on rare
- casions, Is the home Of olden tim
so' Managers of reformatories say u
ed IT per cent of the Young pc
n