The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-20

Tue ia" as IL stands. The dens,,
ment has tried to treat tbssdp part
ceptional cases with fairness 81
has even, he says. been over
pathetic in a good many insts1s..l-l'-
The case of one Scotch bow -, 80
not a quota case. illustrates ~ : ul'e
partment's hesitancy to cause b. "
ship. d
This boy" Mr.. Husband
plained, was widely known a.
cripple in accounts of his case % d
reality he was an imbeciIeNbee' II. "a
so certified by a board of snr.,.a
at two different times. He sbor siis
therefore, have been sent bac, y !
Europe at once when his mo+ht y
came here with him a year ag rS''e q
join his father. e0 ~
But friends were aroused .,s
pressure was brought to bea- @,lu
the department TO admit the hov ~ ~
a visit. The department exnTs.s W
the opinion that it would be bast So =.
all concerned for the boy to 20 ba III
at once. 'oA
"One bureau of immigration l.,
ter in the voluminous corresnons
ence said in part: ''''u-
1t is a distressing thing IN !.
port a child in the present eitns
ton, but it would be still more az.
tressing and a proIongation of n.
agony to tear him from the narer
tai roof, once admitted, and retn-,
him to Scotland.
But eventually the departmeD,
agreed to admit him for years
visit. When the year was up. mt
long ago, he had to go back. ana a.
the department had foreseen IN.
separation was worse than if womb
have been at first.
THE friends of alien families AZ.
naturally eager to have them adj
mitted and they do not ALWAYS mn.
derstand why an individual is bar-
red when the quota of this countrv
is not filled. They say. oh, he conI5
not read, and so he had 10 go
back When they write to Us and
we look into the case we find that
the immigrant had tuberculosis n,
he was insane, or an imbecile, or for
some other serious reason was e1.
pressly debarred by the preseB,
law. Only congress can changs
such restrictions which are for tia
protection of this country"
Quota Law Seems Satisfact0ry,
In general, Mr.. Husband find,
that the quota law works efficiently
enough. AT first, steamship com
panies caused some quotas to be
exceeded, and made difficulties BY
bringing in more aliens than could
be legally admitted This country
was not responsible. as we have no
control over immigrants leaving
Europe. The consuls, it is trus
limits the number of Visas accord
ing to the quota law. But when
they began to do this a great many
outstanding Visas has been issued
and these have upset calculations
to some extent.
The matter of steamships racing
was not of great Significance, MI
Husband says. 1t occurred in the
case of a few ships carrying Greeks
L
lie outside the harbor until just be-
fore midnight at the beginning Of
month. Then they would race to
see who would get to quarantine
first. In the instance, a ship ar
rived at 1905 and another got il
two minutes later. This has stop
ped
Whether the quota law goes out
of effect June 80, or whether it is
renewed depends on congress. Con
gress has for years wanted such q
law by which the steady stream Of
immigration from southern and
eastern Europe might be partly
checked without restricting the In
migration from the northern and
western Europe. The immigration
from these southern and eastern
countries was more than iUuf
times as heavy as that from
the rest Of Europe and the bal
ance tended to become more IN
equal all the time.
The quota law settled the proper
lions definitely, giving northern
and western countries 205,00o IN
migrants in the year, and the resi-
of Europe $4,000 With nearly
five months of the fiscal year let
the northern and western countries
have not sent their quotas. WINE
the other countries almost withcA
exception have filed theirs for he
year.