Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-14
IMMIGRATION PROBLEM |sBECOM|NG
MORE COMPLICATED FOLLOWING WAR;
ALL Governments BECOMING ACTIVE

America. 90 continue ms the worlds
great receiving station for the emigra'
ton from Europe. must reckon with
foreign governments who In the future
will control the movement 81 their PEG
pie even to the extent ~ designating
the countries they may go Ia and tea.
inE them when they may go.
This In the word brought from Eu.
rope by students 81 immigration who
have looked into the situation abroad.
and who insist that the present inflow
of European peoples into the Unite'l
States represents the last stage ~ the
free movement of European emigraniS
that has continued since 1850
Authority on Immigration.
One Of the persons Ia forcsec this si'.
untion In Miss Frances 4. kellor of
New York. an authority on immigra.
tlOn. Miss kellOr Is vice.chairman ~
the lnter.Racial Council. She recently
returned from Europe where SHE went
for the purpose of getting information,
much Of u from government sources.
ON emigration conditions and proposed
government policies.
"The emigIant soon will cease 10 he
free agent" said Miss Kellor. In.
stead Of packing his baggage and going
"a any corner of the globe, his pre-
dilectlon or his fancy may lead him. ne
will remain AT home until his govern
mcnt permits him 10 depart. and when
he leaves he will go To a destination al.
ready picked out for him.
This" she continued, lis Ia he the
result Of Europc's awakening 90 the
importance Of It's manhood. 4 syinp'
tom IL what II 20 happen already hns
Aan0, in that vanguard tI lmfulis
grants following the armisticc when
women and children outnumbered the
men two and three times Europe has
surplusage 81 women--war widows =
and deficit ~ manpower. whereas In
the United States. according Ia the OF
fetal census. there are Is 800. 600 bach
elms as against 1880 900 spinsters.
What In more natural, therefore, than
that European countries should cNnc'
dite passage Of war widows and un
married women. place obstacles In the
way ~ the emigration ~ able'bodic1
males and stimulate the migration OF
some of their nationals back To their
home lands? Even al the present uin",
this country IL receiving an abnormany
high percentage 81 women and girls.
due to the desire ~ European coun'
tries to balance their male and female
populations and emigration ~ able
bodied males has by no means stopped
Merely an Expedlent.
This. however. has been merely an
cxpcd,ent made necessary by cond''
lions following the war. The policies
European countries now are wurkins
ON are not mere makeshifts. They ate
20 be the governing principles Of all ia
ture emigration. Its manhood. Europe
knowA In the source Of It's wealth. and
II IL not unmlndful ~ the fact that this
manhood has contributed "A large me1.
sure To the prosperity Of the United
States in the past
Foreign countries are beginning To
realize that their potential immigra'
tlon and emigration IN an investment
and that they ought Ia apply business
methods to placing II where II viii yield
the greatest return. Each country "
determining whether. In view ot the
defamation wrought by the war. II ~
advisable 20 prohibit emigration AMI
encourage immigration or whether TIE
lack az resources credit and raw mate.
rails necessitates the release Of part OF
its population,
In Case of France
I'm the case of France, which mas
plenty of capital. we see the worklrs
out ~ the new European immigraucn
policy. She especially has suffered
from the loss Of man power during the
war. and moreover her birth rate II no.
turiously low. Italy, on the other hand
is suffering not so much from man
mower as from lack 81 resources.
Accordingly we witness gentle
mans agreement between France and
Italy. whereby the former tells the lat
Ter i'm effect. send us your men and w"
will pay them good money IN that they
can send remittances home. That -
lust what IL being done. The agree
ment goes even further than thar.
France has offered Italy six tons ~
coal per month In return Tor cach
miner influenced 10 go % France. ana
italy In turn has made public the 90
mort az a survey for the benefit ~ IN
lending cmigrants. informing them
that work and wages are better IN
France than In America or any other
country In the world,
Important Matter.
81 doubt II any subject since 10" war
has surpassed In importance the as
cuSslon IL emigration policies III th'
government circles ~ the various
countries ~ Europe These countries
have been studying the subject Sieh
tifically and working ON plans "NhS'
Ia hold their people nj home az In d''
r,ct their emigration. according M u
which az these two things IL IN Keep.
Inc with the hest economic interests OF
the governments.
"America. on the other hand. has
bcen cnntenting itself with reading IN"
statistics rs to the volume oi lmihlgta'
tion and assuming. because ot the IN
ereasing numbers " immigrants, thit
there a no danger ~ our grcateft
so,rce az unsl<Illed labor supply being
shut off We have not even taken th'
mains To- determine how much oi our
Enumeration ~ of unskillcd male work.
crs ndapted 20 our present need ana
vbat mart 81 Il IL made up ~ women
and children. professional aud skillci
l,hor for whom there IL no special de-
mand NJ this time.
Knowing that lanes 81 Immigrant
travel are To- be definitely mapped OUT,
that the European governments are 70
retard emigration OF release sl"'ni'1
number of cmigrants rs they sc W.; !
believe Il IL not nj all certain that w.
United States VIII get the iminigtah.
workers she will require unless SUM-
understanding y rea'heu WIN ''
nations on emlgration.
Food shortage.
"our T., escnt Immigration " W y
,,rs, measure due to the present i"od
shortage In Europe. The people are
coming here for bare means OF 'Nis,
enc" and not az before the war to- :, x
!. haven from Injustice and persecution
or in quest Of liberty, Most OF ~"
Countries ~ the world have won thci.
inIependence rs n result II the war ana
....ul pn sttch haven now.
II am thinking 81 the future wnsn
ocoromic reasons solely viii prom"'