The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-04-14
NEW COMMISSIONER OUTLINES
HIS POLICY WITH REGARD TO
IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
QUESTION OF DISTRIBUTION
Plan to Divert Newcomers From Big
Cities to Agricultural Sections and
Give Them Government Assistance
in Establishing Thensei. es.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

fee in the person of w. W. Husband,
who succeeds Anthony Caminetti.
Already the new commissioner has
outlined in part his policies. Here is
one thing he has said which touches
the immigration problem in relation
TO the farming interests:
"Our plan is not to replace Ameri-
can farmers with foreigners but TO
create new farms and make gcw farm
crs, thereby increasing the resources
Of The nation. Our immigration problem
Is largely a problem Of distribution Of
the immigrants. The majority of our
immigrants are essentially farmers.
I'VE plan to group them somewhat
on the European village plan, and Of
fer them the advantages Of expert
agricultural and home demonstration
instruction through the Department
of Agriculture and to mid 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"
Now on the strength of long resi-
dence In Washington as more or
less, perhaps much less, accurate
chronlcIer Of public events, it must be
said that words Of this kind have been
heard before The promise always has
been made after a change Of admins
tration that the immigrants were to be
directed away from the great cities into
the agricultural districts
Must Wait for Results.
Nobody wants to write in a carping
spirit ana such writing will not be
done. The hope is simply that Mr..
Husband will succeed IN getting agri-
cultural immigrants into sections Of
the country where they can engage in
farming without doing anything to in
iurp the prospects of the American
farmer. II can be said, however. that
II 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
and the performance must he Of to-
morrow one must wait for results.
During the last campaign for the
presidency men Of both parties dwelt
strongly and at considerable length on
what # was necessary to do to
strengthen the agricultural interests Of
the country, and to make the dwelers
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
cnce 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.
The problem Of the farm Will be
one Of the great problems of the pres
ent administration The farmer prob
nbly has grown tired Of hearing that
he is the backbone Of the nation
"thc chief reliance Of his fellow coun-
trymen in time Of need. ana of hear
ing n good many other nice things
about himself It seems to be taken
for granted I'm Washington that It is
going TO be n hard thing so to direct
matters that the producer on the land
and the consumer Of his products both
viii he satisfied. II is only the truth
10 say that various representatives OF
the farming interests differ In their
demands for action. The farmers know
this MS we'll rs 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