Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-09-27
The Country Home
BY MRS. w. I'll. FELTON,
The Crowds Which Are Rushing In
From Europe

| We heard many things about the
notable George Creel, a favored pub
| Lefty writer, under the chaperonage
of President Wilson, during the lat
| more or Ass of criticism during his
term Of office.
Nevertheless it Is apparent that
Mr.. George Creel has written very
advisedly on the influx of foreigners
to this land that we call our Native
iand-"the home Of the brave and
the land Of the free"
! It was to be expected that the
thrush was going to be great, and
but for restraining immigration
the deluge would be now upon us.
more definite will be it's successors.
This is painfully apparent.
In my early recollections,-more
than seventy years ago-the Irish
then. The potato famine in 1916
helped to move them across the At
lantic. was only ten years old
when the word came back to us
that an American ship loaded with
grain had reached the Irish shore,
lpeople fell on their knees and shout
ed for joy and gratitude when the
ship was piloted into the harbor. The
people of Georgia saw a great deal
Of the Irish emigrants when the
Georgia railroad and the Western
struction. The people who owned
slaves did not hire them to these
railroad contractors, as I now recall,
and these Irish laborers were much
addicted to drink on special occa-
sions,- but they did the work and
to send passage money back for their
families or near kindred to join them
| in America. /..
The Scandinavians, Swedes, Danes.
| Norwegians, Dutch, and others began
to crowd into the steerage of sail
vessels, and steam ships.
The south was not attractive to
these people, because Of the slave
population in our midst. So it hap,
pened that the northwest was better
suited to their calculations and re-
quirements for home in the new
world.
Along in the sos. Mr.. Creel tells US,
| the emigration from the mid
die and lower part of Europe greatly
| exceeded the rush from other Sec
tons Of Europe, In 1890 the city of
Chicago had a million inhabitants, &C.
| cording to the census of that year.
| Only 100000 were natives, born in the
| United States. Russians were much
| in evidence, as I remember. The reg
ular newsboy who sold papers near
during the early days of the Chicago
exposition, was Russian youth still
in his teens. Nobody seemed to care
much for Sunday in that big city, ana
when I attended church it was COM
mon to see street car workers in
gangs on some Of the principal
streets. They were rough-looking
| people.
| Mr.. Creel says the immigration law
| that now holds back perfect deluge
| nf on o. nj q q q W n
ed, because the diseased, the weak
| and dependent and ilIiterate are also
clamorous to get here.
We must understand that our fore
| fathers came here because they were
seeking a home for themselves and
civil and religious liberty. Many of
these foreign immigrants that are
now rushing in come here to accumu-.
late money, which they send back,
they were born. This floating popu-
lation knows nothing and cares abso-
lutely nothing for what we, in our
ideals. are pleased to denominate
| "Americanism."
In 1S20-a hundred years ago-7,-
691 immigrants came to this country.
This is the beginning of the immt-
grafton record.
1t was not until 1851. that there is
any record of immigration from Aus
doods@croa f jews, sIoyenes, Mag
vars, Slovaks and others. In 1890,
4,460,000 entered. From 1890 to 1899
the total exceeded 100000. Eighty
| five per cent of the immigrants up to
1914. nearly 5000, 000,N entered Amer
! lea, and they came by IS per cent ma
jority from Alpine and Mediterranean
stock, the southern part of Europe:
In 1907, this So per cent sent out Of
the country $275.000,000. 1t was
4 how 6t1t inv tn6
over there. AS rule, they come here
as aliens and went back with hardly
a break in their old nationalisms.
According to Mr.. CeciTs statistics
there are $4,000 foreign born insane
to every $4,000 native born.
lion in the courts of Chicago, New
York and in Massachusetts. the
foreigners constituted almost half
| the number The new immigrant is
grossly illiterate. A record made in
1912 of those over IA years oA age.
In 1882 the Chinese were totally
excluded. We send thousands Of
missionaries to the Orientals, but we
cannot tolerate them in America.
The immigration laws now have
prohibitions against the admission
Of the insane and physically defec-
tive, the tubercular, contagious and
Fdangerous physical defects, who cam
rot earn living, criminals. paupers.
| prostitutes and those who follow
prostitution to make money, etc., are
| forbidden to enter.
enacted to permit only 3oo,Oo6 to en-
ter in a. single year. In May, 1922, an
4 other law must be in force or we
will allow millions to enter. Thus
the wells Of our nationaIlife are be-
| ing poisoned-and will continue to
| be POISONED until common sense
legislation is placed on the statute
| books.
In the meantime what we try
| ing to do to stop these hordes from
| being dumped upon us.
Sixty odd years ago know nothing
ism sprang up to begin to preserve
America for Americans. That was
quickly elbowed out by our po1iti-
clans, who cried: "Open the door
make the way clear to all who want
to cast their lot with us. This is
the home of the brave, the land Of
| the free. Hurrah!"
There are sections in the north
| west now where the school books
and the newspapers must be printed
| in foreign languages to be Access
sible to those who come here to
make money and to send it back for
| investment, who are full Of ideas and
| traditions brought over from their
homes abroad. Are we helpless be-
| fore this crisis? These things are
menacing. If they remain with us
the future Of this country Is In
serious doubt.
The open door must be shut. The
hers robbed Charley of reason and
impulsively he spoke.
Then I'll go home in the subway