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/ Of high taxes and hard living Such =

Of high tsres and hard living. such .
Condition vas what they fed from.
Not only did they come 10 the United
States hut TO South American countries.
N il an interesting fact that the
millions who left the war-strcken ooun-
tries after the Arrnrtice fed not %
other countries in Europe, but ., ihs
new world. They sought ncw beds IN
which to find homes Just ~ me esrly
barbarians did. They sought new Land
OF Canaan.
The new immigration laws Of the
United States checked the inrnsh bore
Until that statute was passed tpe only
check was the capacity of tho. trans
Atlantic steamships. The fight has not
been stopped II merely has been
checked. IL Is officially reported that
the Italian authorities have on bic some
100000 applications for srnbarkation
10 tho United States. Tho Italian quota
for the year has been exhausted. u ess
applications are awaiting the beginning
Of n new year. II is a waiting list.
In earlier times, before the passport
laws became possible Of enforcement
and when al people were more wariiks
than they arc now, these 200, 900 would
all be armed and would come whether
anyone said they could or not.
Movement Back 10 Africa.
Another opposite case Of migration
under economic pressure - That Of The
African slaves following the American
Civil War. The slaves were under what
amounted to q military enslavenent
comparable 70 the slavery imposed ~
such conquerors ts Alexander The
Great and other early princes on the
peoples they defeated When the Issue Of
war made good the Emancipation
/ Proclamation Of President Lincoln, the
restraint was remOted and substantial
migration Of NegFoes back TO Africa
/ resulted.
Tho Republic II Liberia on the west
coast Of Africa Was founded by TINS rni-
grafton. Occasionally q small foliow-up
migration Of these same people takes
place Every few years a group Of
I American Negroes Will JOIN together
charter a ship and efect a wholesale
removal 20 Liberia
Strong representations have been
made 10 President Harding snd mem
bers Of Congress 70 admit the Arnenians
Of whom approximately 5000 were
evacuated from Smyrna by the Turkish
/ conouerors on shortinotice. Arnenians
who owned much property were dIvesf-
ed overnight Of fheir possessions and
ordered % get ouf. The President 70
Gently was told y a case Of q Smyrna
merchant conserfativeiy estimated 10
be worth $40 90 600 who within q.
few days Of the evacuation was cressed
in rags, begging his bread IN the streets
The observations Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury Mellon on the irnnnigra-
ton problem have a distinct bearing
on the decision ss 70 whether OF not these
Arrnenians shall be admitted. Tho
Secretary has said that the country
needs workers and that more foreigners
should he admitted % I'll the ranks a
, unskilled labor. He objects, however,
+ 20 the admission OF traders. Dealers
and traders, he saws, sre Tot produners
They do not make any thing but merely
deal in goods others have made Mr
Mellon said this distinction anplIec
. particularly to southern Europeans anr
those Of the Near East. HIS rculars'
, were not aimed at the ArmenIans but D
Is q familiar fact that the Arrnenians Ar
: almost entirely traders rather than pro
. ducers and have been from the carries
j times. IL Il the view Of such se-Tcenfs -
, affairs as Mr.. Mellon that \ numerou
migration of Armenianf would rcsembl
in some WAYS the carrier migration
= which resulted in conqutsts OF tho com
tres visited. They Would. by euteunl
! trade. climb 20 the ud popular posltioI
{ OF middleman which Is already cor
I sidered overcrowded. Commercisli'
they might effect an mi Ortant Conquest