The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-28

elther all immigration sh..,.
stopped. without exception.
legislation regulating imm;..sat
In . scientific way can BE-
or else immigration shoula II
lowed to run along as II i,
ed. ~
Beats Limit Imnisr.t,.,.
Mr.. Wallis points out the I'M.
ant fact that the amount ~
grafton which We can rec.,..
limited by the number Of n.,s.
which the ships can carry. n y.
mates that the ships now /.
can carry a million steerass :.
sengers a year and perhaps M.
hundred thousand in the frst !,
second cabins. 1t is further brops,
out in the hearings that 25 ~
percent of the trans-Atlantic =.
senger traffic is non-immir,,s,
that is, it consists of people n,
intend to return to their n,,h
countries, or Of Americans retu,.
ing from Europe. In this vay i
seen that our immigration il ~,
limited to less than q milhm
year, barring what comes IN mi
the Mexican and Canadian bori.,,
OF course, inasmuch as the am
ing of immigrant passengers n ~,
a highly remunerative bushes, J
is probable that more ships viii /.
built and put into the business 4,
the increase in the immirraDI
stream, which will result from mn,
will be slow.
Pick the Best,
The situation, therefore, as Nr|
Wallis sees it, is that out Of t,1
million aliens who want to come N
the United States in a given ye,]
only cne million can come by real
son of the limitations of the cal
riers. He argues that our man
fest duty is to choose this millio,
with the utmost care-to see ths,
the 10 percent of the profiered Doh
ulation which we take is the hes
10 percent and not the worst d
middling. He points out that
considerable part Of the immigra
ton now coming in consists .
large, strong, healthy people vii
enough money to take care Of tAs,
for some time. Others are sickl
understood paupers. He aryu,
that legislation should be draits
which will insure that this lars
healthy, thrifty type get in and th
the sickly paupers be kept oy
Since we cannot take them all an
way, why not take the best? N
Wallis does not suggest the natu
of the regulations by which this $
lective process might be accom-
lished; he puts that up to co
gress. He does not suggest Ii
the present laws are inadeQuaI
especially the literacy test. !
points out that a man may be d
to read 40 words and yet be q ve
poor specimen of the human "a,
Choose In Europe.
Mr.. Wallis further believes Ii
this selective process should beg
on the other side-that it Is fo'
ish and cruel to let the immigra
come to this country and then Sc
him back. He believes that an
rangement for such selection
the other side could be ma
through diplomatic channels. Sol
of the senator's brought out the ia
that an attempt had once befe
been made to effect such an
rangement automatically, and Il
all the nations but Italy and Chi
had objected. No reason in law
common sense was offered, no
ever, why we should not be able
receive immigration on our o.
terms or reject it altogether.
Mr.. Wallis further believes tt
to make any regulations OF INN
grafton effective the inspectt
must be high grade men. He poll
out that such men cannot be
tanned at the salaries now p;
which range from $l,400 to $2,A
a year. He points out that TIT
inspectors practically decide !
man destinies and that men OF et
cation and intelligence are reQu
ed.
Lastly, Mr.. Wallis believes Il
intelligent migration legislatl
should provide some machinery
which the immigrant is aided
find a job. A competent govel
ment employment agency in q
nection with the immigration
fees at each port of entry. VIII
simply received applications
laborers, and listed opportunll
generally. could do a great o.
both for the immigrant and for
country to which he comes.