Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-21

quota law is new and thsf those cases
represent tho main hitch IN tho law
81 II stands. Tho department has tried
10 treat these exceptional cases with
fairness 1t has even. no says, been
over sympathetic In a good mnny In
stances, The case Of one Scotch boy,
while not quota case, illustrates tho
departments hesitancy 70 cause hard
ship.
This boy" Mr.. Husband explained.
was widely known as a cripple In
accounts OF his case. In reality ho
was an imbecils--he was so certified
by board OF surgeons at two dif-
ferent times. He should, therefore.
have been gent back to Europe at once
when his mother came here with hirn
a year ago 70 join his father.
But friends we're aroused and pres-
sure was brought TO bear on the do
lpartment to admit the boy for a Writ
The department expressed the opinion
that IT would be best for all concerned
for the boy to 80 back at once.
"One Bureau Of Immigration letter
in the yoluminous correspondencs said
In part:
II Is "A distressing thing 70 d~port
a child in the present situation, but
II would be still more distressing and
, a prolongation OF the agony 20 tear
him from the parental roof. once ad-
mitted, and return him 20 Scotland
But eventually the department.
, agreed 10 admit him for a years visit
! When the year was up. not long ago.
, ne had to go back, and as the de-
t partment had foreseen tho separation
vas worse than it would have been at
first.
] "The friends OF alien fsy'iies are
: naturally eager 10 have them admitted
; and they do not always understand
! why an individual Is barred when tho
quota OF his country rs not filed. They
5 say, on. he could not read. and ~ he
: had 10 go back When they writs 10
!. us and we look into tho cese We nnd
o that tho immigrant had tuberculosis.
g or he was insane, or an innb~cilc. or
e for some other serious reason was .r-
:. pressly debarred By the present law.
g Only Congress can change such re-
n strictions which are for the protection
Of this country"
Il Quota Law Seems Satisfactory.
In general. Mr.. Husband finds thss
d the quota law works efficiently enough
y At first. steamship companies caused
= some quotas 70 be exceeded, and made
y difficulties by bringing IN more alien.
! than could be legally admitted. THIS
10 country was not responsible as ws
- have no control over immigrants leav.
! ing Europe. The consul-, II is true
'n limit the number OF vises accorfins
to the quota law. But when they b.
q, gan TO do this a great many outstsnd
'o ing yises had been issued and thes
- have upset calculations to some ex
y tent.
no The matter OF steamships r cling va
Ut not OF great significance, Mr.. Hustan'
na says. II occurred in the case or
ne few ships carrying Greeks. Two o
er three OF these ships would lie outsid
er the harbor until Just before raidnish
u at the beginning OF a month The
IN they would race 10 sec who would se
a. TO quarantine first. In ono instancs
a ship arrived a, lz.05 and nnoths
got in two minutes Later. This ha
- stopped.
es Whether the quota law goos QUE c
'h' effect June 30, or whether q .s re
- newed depends on Congress- C,ongrss
eo has for years wanted such law b
en- which the steady stream OF in1migra
en- ton from southern and eastern E.urop
pie might be partly checked without re
hs stricting the immigration from n
northern and western Europe. tn
he immigration from these southern an
or caste n countries was more than for
In times as heavy as that from the rel
der Of Europe and the balance tended I
les become more unequal all the time.
ion The quota law settled the propol
It tions definitely. giving northern ar
her western countries 205. 200 immigran
all in the year. and the rest OF EuroI
sm 155.000. With nearly five months
,is- the fiscal year left, the northern az
m western countries have not sent the
ota quotas, while the other countries a
most without exception have hll
the theirs for the year.