The Brunswick news., 1922-12-14
our IMMIGRATION QUESTION

President Harding and the cabinet
are said to have recently discussed
the immigration laws at sore length
end it is predicted thar recommenda-
tioEa viii "a made to congress re-
ear5.ng chakss or amendments. The
law has worked fairy well, accord
ing to some views expressed on the
sub ect, and yet it is not satisfactory
to everybody; probably NJ iml gra-
tim iaw w1u'd please the world ana
| it Is the OFT lders principally kyhe
are finding :aul: with the limitax xons
and restrictions. OF the most deAra-
Bile immigration it is said the quota
has not een filed in the present
year; on he other hand the demand
for entrakce by horeles of undesira-
bles from southern Europe is insist
ent. Naturally all of those desiring
to come from that section are not un-
desirable, but the quota having been
filed there is great clamor to let
more in-and these are the least de-
sirable.
From some sources, and possibly
from the least informed or the most
Indifferent or the financially interest
ed, comes a demand that the United
States open wide her gates to refu-
gees who have fed before the Turk
ish advances in the east. This is
something that would be not only un-
wise but positively harmful; perhaps
Of little value to the wanderers them
selves, for they are not Of class to
establish themselves permanently
and become useful citizens. Their
presence in Contsantinople and in
Smyrna and other places from which
they have fed was only temporary.
They drifted and swarmed into an
open gate during the world war, and
now have been driven out, and they
are ready to invade any other avaia-
BILE section, This country cannot be
turned into a dumping ground for
undesirables; we have an over-sup-
ply already.
COMPLAINT has been recorded in
various times and many instances re-
garding the operation Of the immi-
grafton laws in force, but when the
facts are displayed they usually show
some technical difficulty that could
easily be remedeid. Rulings have been
made regarding the admission of i'm
dividuals who were apparently held
at Ellis island without good reason
and they were usually just. In any
law there must be the opportunity
for individual exceptions. The real
feature of the law that has not been
repudiated is the percentage basis
of admissions, and it has worked very
well, so far. The percentages. may not
be entirely satisfactory, but the plan
is generally admitted TO be good.
1t would appear from statements
made that the industrial country is
not perfectly pleased with the imIni-
grafton law because It has curtailed
the coming, of what has always been
depended upon, surplus of common
labor. Efforts will probably be made
to have some restrictions changed in
order to allow the entrance of un-
skilled laborers, and the secretary of
labor will oppose just this. The
scarcity of common laborers Is pro-
duct of the Tagtime indulgence of la
Dor and the paying of higher wages
to a man shoveling dirt than was re-
ceived by school teachers or expert
accountants. This is q matter that is
hard to readjust but there must come
time when the Indifferent, umespon-
sible, toiler who chooses to work only
with his hands will be obliged to ac-
cept wages in proportion to the SER
vice rendered.
Importation of aliens who will re-
main ignorant and hostile to our GUS
toms and merely give sullen service
for American dollars to enrich an
other country is not desirable. This
class of immigrants is responsible for
part of the unrest, the strikes and
communist outrages. They are not
SO much trouble makers as they are
ignorant and ready to follow any FIRE
brand lead.