Evening star., 1923-12-05

With Congress back on the job edi-
tors seem agreed that one of the
pressing problems must be radical
amendment to the existing immigra
ton laws. They feel that, while
there is little doubt the restriction of
the inflow of wouid-be citizens to
this country is wise move, action is
needed which will end for all time
the disgraceful herding OF the aliens
at ports of entry and the heartrend-
ing scenes which invariably accom-
pany exclusions when national quotas
are reached.
The Nashville Banner would have
action taken which would make 1t
grants each month from foreign
countries than the monthly quotas
for the respective countries calls
for" although this is only one phase.
as the Flint Journal sees 1t, and the
latter newspaper feels that, "unfor-
tunately, our immigration system is
one tangle of red tape. and one of
the eountry's big problems that de.
the handicaps immigrants suffer un-
der is the private bankers, the New
York Post explains, because new
comers naturally depend on private
bankers who know their language.
yet "only two states have any def
mite control of Immigrant bankers"
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Immigrants can be properly cared
for after they get in, explains the
Detroit News. in insisting that sort
ing them at the source" Is the real
remedy, and referring 10 the success
of the Canadian systems "Canadais
provincial officers" asserts the News,
"are eager for immigrants, but only
for such as Canada wants. Selective
immigration has been tried here on a
small scale; a considerable number
of Italian farmers were recruited and
brought TO the southern states some
years ago. and they made good easily.
There are plenty OF Europeans for
whom there is room in America; but
they ought to be selected in Europe,
not taken in New York simply because
they come within a numerical quota
and were fortunate enough to get
ahead of people perhaps more desir-
able"
News-Tribune that "Mexicans. Gu
bans and Africans are coming In as
unskilied labor in place of those from
central and southern EUROPE, whose
law" and II warmly indorses the
movement to "sort them at the
source" The pressure to get into the
United States, In the view or the
Fresno Herald anoTds an ooJect res
SON ito think about when men are
Complaining of dull times. of unsatis-
factory business conditions and of
high prices. 1t is illustrative of the
fact that the United states Is stil re
earded as the more desirable country
;n TO
The Grand Rapids Herald insists
"no alien should be adamitted to TINS
country, regardless OF percentagess
except as he proves a clean blii OF
health me1taLiY neG aaoLiYitiealy GEat at his R port Of
foreign embarkaattiioaa' - He ss;i shoqdq for
America except as he has satisfac-
torily demonstrated THIS compiete
eligibility, aS ana; 50 for Jar a selfssupport- %
Ing lob. Then, once admitted, he
should be required to start TOWARD
at least the first citizenship papers
within Ave years or he snouid oe sent
esms oacm 70 The % existing law is unfair
hath to the worthy alien and to the
American people
The Mobile Register is another pa
NOR which believes immigrants should
ba kent track of after they land
through some system providing the
means Of checking up the alien popu-
Iataion and getting rid of those, who
are permitted to enter but afterward
prove. unfit for citizenship and will
enable the government. ito discover
aliens who are smuggled into the
country" Incidentally the New Or
leans Ttmes-Picayune voices disap-
proyal OF any official elasticity. be-
eaiIse "once the practice OF admis-
sions in excess Of prescribed totals is
we'll established pressure will be ex-