The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-06-01

Europe. Particularly was this true of the people
received from the southern European countries
and the Latins swarmed over here by the hundreds
of thousands -.
Now while the Latin and other southern
European races have their good qualities, it is
a biological fact that they do not mix with the
other people, they do not become assirnilated
into the American nation, as do the emigrants
from the more northern countries Of Europe.
The darker skinned races form their own colonies,
speak the mother tongue and while many of them
conform to the rights of citizenship and in reality
make good citizens, this number is not nearly so
large in proportion as is true of the people from
more northern climes.
=; Then there is another fact. A few gener-
ations ago we needed settlers to develop this
country, men to man the factories and farms and
people the districts where men had not yet set
tied. Now this is changed. Our nation is grow
ing rapidly, the free land is gone and in reason
able number of years we will have more inhabi-
tants than we can care for. Mayhap that is put
Itings things a bit too strong, but at least the
Irooms of our house will be full. A change in the
immigration policy of this country has been
urgently needed for many years and that change
is now going into effect.
The effect of the immigration bill which has
Just become law will be to reduce immigration
from Europe to about one-third of the total for
1920, and admit almost, if not quite as many
persons from northern and western Europe as
came in 1920, but to greatly decrease the total
from southern and eastern Europe. Great Britain
will be able to send 1900 as against 10000 in
1920. Germany has been able to send few owing
to the legal state of war, but will approach the
pre-war total with $1,000 year. The numbers
from France and Belgium were small and will
be slightly reduced. Those from Norway will
increase from 1900 to over 10000 from Sweeder
from a most 1000 to almost 10000.
One-third of the decrease from the European
total for 1920 will come from Italy, which vii
be allowed to send only 10000 as against 245. OO(
in 1920 and 900 in 1913. The former Russian
empire may send only 1914 against an aggre
gate of 1902 from its severed parts in 1920, O
whom IA, 120 came from Poland, while in 1911
the cars empire sent 256, 425, of whom TIA, SO
were Poles. Compared with 1920 Greece's tota
will be cut from 10000 to 5000, Hollands from
10000 to $780, Portugals from over $4,000 t
less than 300, Roumania's from 1850 to .2OO(
, SPANS from $4,000 to 663, Switzerlands fror
; 1880 to 3,745. Austria-Hungary has been so Gu
! lppr that a comparison is impossible.
II 1.-The new law is but an emergency measur
to check the flood while congress prepares a pei
manent bill which will not only restrict immigr:
ton but will select, distribute and Americana
: Immigrants. That will involve an entirely. ne
= policy of which the aim will be to make. ;th
!, Eemigrant valuable to the United States The Of
: policy has been to consider the good of the en-
= grant and to take for granted that he will NAL
: a useful acquisition. Recent experience b;
= Shown the danger of taking anything for grsAAa