Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-08-30
UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRATION.

During the recent Chautaua assembly speakers
tiers of had much the subject of the pac
tcay unrestricted admission the United States OF undesirable inn
migrants coming very largely from Southern and Eastern Europe
and general nadeqacy OF immigration laws There was
practical restriction this influx except conditions health
and intelligence and these aNy enforced to be farce
until couple years ago when the Three Per Cent law
enacted
theoretically this improvement nasnuch limited
to Tin theory the numbers of these people coming
but the quality remained the and is the today The
Three Per Cent law passed admittedly merely temporary
measure allow the committee immigration time frame de
nothing done in that direction and une the law
prolonged another two years with the same excuse And
the the end of that time will be just denbe they
the end of the first probationary period For all matter
politics The United States has apparently congressman
congressman big enough to tackle the question mtegent
and with the requisite courage In every instance the foreign
up and blocks the game This congressman has large
Italian his district another many Russians;
another large percentage of Poles Luanans what not in still
another big foreign of different character and All
opposed limitations immigration from their particular
section and acting with the OF his convictions
would dig his political grave The result that the desirable for
egn born protect the desae for the United States has
received any number OF people from Northern and Western Europe
who could become amlated and become real Americans
cep instances and in insignificant numbers yet they
jealous Of the rights of their counrnen this country
But the Southern and Eastern Europe have
and will become assmiaed into national body Largely
criminals their countries of low order of intelligence, they
America with born hatred of the government and the
law and perpuae here their ideas of awessne and violence One
has but to read the of the awe deeds in the labor
troubles learn the class of americans who commit these
In the the who have confessed conspiracy
to kill perhaps hundreds by ooenng the rails and wrecng the
Michigan Central limited passenger train Gary have good Aner
namesuh Ulese Petrowsk PopoviCh and AeeO And
when the errm probe will have ended the list will be added
And what will be done about it So far learn from
the speakers referred which include Judge F. P Sade Exon
H T. Raney DR. A. H. Harvey and others the emergency
calls for members of big enough and fearless enough give
us decent immigration law but impressive the suggestion
OF writer that the mental and physical and past
record crmnaly be applied by american agents before the
prospective immigrant leaves Europe and that these shall include the
tests to physical fitness and mntalthe which dis
closed the aarmngy large number of young the United
States unfit for military duty and that the average mental age of those
accepted averaged twelve years How do the candidates
bers OF congress for whom will vote this fall stand this mat
ter: DO you know or do you care?