The New York herald., 1922-05-14

In that portion OF Europe. but condi-
tions are discouraging there, too, ac-
cording to all reports.
In Vienna I heard much about CEN
tral Europe's problem. And you can
not blame the poor country folk for
wanting to come to America and start
fresh. They recall the days when this
country gave large tracts of land to
farmers who would deign to accept 1t,
and they hope to find that the same
free offer still exists. But we haven't
any more Government land to give
away and we have five million unem-
ployed Of our own that we should look
after.
Only three out of one hundred thou
sand immigrants vised in Vienna in
1920 and 1921 wanted to go outside of
New York. And only one Of these
wanted to be a farmer. These people
are a menace to New York We must
take steps to protect the city as well
as the country from being over
whelmed by these foreigners.
The 4talians are excellent workers
and are needed for landscape garden
ing, for vegetable gardening and for
working on the roads and in the fields.
The Swiss. who, by the way. have
fallen 500 below their quota for this
year. are clean and fine immigrants,
and the Welsh and Irish are also de-
sirable. The countries whose people do
not make such good workers are Rus
sia, Poland and Rumania. These peo-
pie are traders, they live on the pro-
D< oft
tribute to this country. They don't
want to be laborers and help build up
the country. The sweatshop people
are another class that we should like
to see stay at home.
How the Aw~sts worked.
Not long ago foreigf countries were
filed with agents-wfo took charge Of
the immigrants affairs, and frequently
such agents would send over here
families consisting Of fifty relatives.
They were not really blood relations,
but the agent gathered them together
from various districts. arranged for
their transportation and was well paid
by the immigrant in whom the agent
lost all interest after the ticket money
was paid.
There was a peasant woman in
Silesia who wore layers of eight
dresses. She lad everything she ex-
pected to take with her to America on
her back. When she was sent to the
delousing station at the port Of en-
barkation the inspectors had great
difficulty in persuading her to remove
her layerlke wardrobe.
II 1 lad my way I would stop all
immigration until cur men have found
work. Recently I received letter
from an ex-service man living in In
diana. He said that he had been try
ing all winter to get work and that
800 foreigners had been pushed ahead
of him and had been given jobs while
he was still unemployed.
We should give preference to inn
migrants who speak our language
whether II is their native tongue or
whether they have acquired 1t. 1 con-
slider 10 one of the most important
phases OF the immigration question,
and am also In favor of suppressing
all foreign language newspapers un-
less they print TIE news in their ma
tive language and in English on OPP
posite pages. as the Paris Herald does
in French and English.
should Halt the Unfit.
The United States does not permit
any cattle or animals OF any kind,
trees. seeds or bulbs that are not in
perfect condition to be brought into
this country. One diseased bulb
among a quantity will cause all those
bulbs 10 be destroyed. Then why
should we permit diseased persons to
come here and spread germs? Should
we be less particular about the human
race than we are about trees and do
mestic animals?
Men who cannot come over as i'm
migrants sometimes come as stokers
or sailors. That is one gate which
must be closely guarded IL we are to
protect our shores.
Native doctors are not In sympathy
with our problem. They care nothing
about the people who leave their own
country and come to America. They
do not help our Consuls. And IL we
are not allowed 10 examine these peo-
pie before they embark and they are
undesirable citizens, the United States