The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-04-16
MAKE NEW FARMS
AND NEWT FARMERS.
NEW COMMISSIONERS OUTLINES
HIS POLICY WiTH5REGARDsTo 81.
,s.5 IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
QUESTION OF DISTRIBUTION
plan 10 Divert Newcomers From Big
Cities .toA9rieuitural Sections and
i Give Them Government Assistance
in Establishing Themselves. i..y
By EDWARDER. CLARK.

BY EDWARDFR: CLARK. &c.
Wash1ngton-The new commissioner
general of immigration has taken Of
ice in the. person Of w W. Husband,
Who succeeds Anthony j.. Caminetti.
Already the new commissioner has
outlined in part his policies. Here is
me thing he has said which touches
he Immigration problem in relation
o the IA rmTng interests II >.2s. -
Z. "Our plan is not TO replace Amcri-
AN farmers with foreigners but to
create new farms and make new farm
,rs, thereby increasing the, resources
If the nation. Our immigration problem
IS largely n problem of distribution Of
the immigrants. The majority of our
immigrants are essentially farmers.
1--WE plan to group them somewhat
IN the European village plan, and Of
Ter them the advantages of expert
agricultural and home demonstration
instruction through the Department
Of Agriculture, and to aid them in
taking advantage OF the farm loan
act. BY handling the immigration
problem in this manner we will do
away with the Red Danger r., i. Y
Now on the strength Of long resi-
ience in Washington as a more or
less, perhaps much less, accurate
Of public events, it must be
said that words of this kind have been
heard before. The promise always has
been mnde after a change Of admins
tration thnt the immigrants wereto be
directed away from the great cities into
HE agricultural districts, ~. =. i.
~. II Must Wait for Results. ~.
a@y Nobody wants to write In, a carping
spirit and sucl, writing will not be
lone. The hope is simply that Mr..
Husband will succeed in getting agri-
cultural immigrants into sections OF
he country where they can engage in
'arming without doing anything to In.
lure the prospects Of the American
farmer. 1t can be said, however, that
1t seems to- be the intention of the
Department Of Labor, working with
The Department Of Agriculture, to put
the plans which they have formed in.
10 effect and to carry the work through
TO success. The promise is for today
md the performance must he Of to.
morrow. One must wait for results.
During the last campaign for the
presidency men of both parties dwcIt
strongly and at considerable length on
what it was necessary to do, to
strengthen the agricultural interests Of
the country, and to make the dwellers
on the land happy and prosperous. In
fact, prior to the, Republican and
Democratic conventions, OF. last year
every candidate for the nomination Of
either party spoke largely along farm
ing lines Men who did not know much
about farming from personal expert.
ence talked with every assurance Of
certainty Of knowledge, concerning
tenant farmer problems. owner farmer
problems. wheat problems. cattle prob
lens. poultry problems and all other
problems. ~ 49, 80.
Tho problem of the. farm will be
one Of the great problems of the pres
ent administration. The farmer prob
ably as grown tired Of hearing that
he is 1.-The backbone of the nation"
.'the chief reliance of his fellow coun-
trymcn In time of need,''r and Of hear
ing a good many other nice things
about himself. 1t seems to be taken
for granted in Washington that it is
going TO he a hard thing so to direct
matters that. the producer on the land
and the consumer of his products both
will be satisfied. 1t is only the truth
TO say that various representatives Of
the farming interests differ in their
demands for action. The farmers know
this as wen as anybody else and the
Washington officials say that one of
their problems Of today Is to coalesce
the various suggestions for action SO
that general satisfaction will be the
result. .&.el - A. s14-~ E-
g, =. Hard to Get at Truth. i
The emergency tarlfr bill which
passed the house or representatives
and was killed in the senate, was In
tended 70 be Of assistance TO the agri-
cultural interests of the country. 1t
net with opposition which was more
II less determined in it's activities.
It was charged IN snany quarters that
It was unequal IN its distribution of
benefits and that while it helped here
hurt there. It is hard to get at
he truth in matters like this.
When the extra session assemblies,
md the. tax problems are out of the
way, general tariff revision bill will
70 introduced, and it will include many
# the items which appeared in the
Emergency tariff bill. The effort will
'e to benefit the farmer. Whether the
fort will be successful or not. no.
,ody knows, hut in a General way it
AN be said that the intention of the
directors Of legislation seems to be
good.
1t is certain that, IL Immigration
Commissioner Husbands plan Of di.
recting the steps of agricultural i'm.
migrants into the country where they
shall beceme prosperous producers is
successful, there will be rejoicing in
some Of Tie big cities Of the land.