The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-14
IMMIGRATION PROBLEM
NEW SOLUTION OFFERED
WOULD INVESTIGATE ALL APP
PLlcANTS IN NATIVE
LAND.

In submitting his report on the i'm
migration situation, Secretary of La
Dor Davis gave indication of the point
to which his department has advanc-
ed in working out proposals for legis-
laton to be placed before congress
when it convenes in December. Strong
advocacy of the selective method of
controlling immigration and favor of
the establishment of immigration Off
cials abroad to make the selection
featured the report recently transmit
ted to the president. The solicitor
general now is making an extensive
inquiry into the possibility of estab-
fishing such "a system. Cognizance is
taken of the fact that foreign govern
ments did not look upon the proposal
with favor when it was suggested az
various times during the past. The
secretary also strongly urges the in
novation of system of registration /
and extension of efforts to prevent I
"bootlegging" or smuggling Of aliens
over the borders of this country.
The Davis Plan.
Secretary Davis communication 10 I
the president reads. in part, as fol- +
lows:
Times have changed materially, /
Mr. President, since you entered the
White House. At that time when the
3 per cent restriction on immigration
was decided upon we had more than
100000 of our working people idle
and we faced what seemed almost
certain industrial panic. immigration
restriction was one of the measures
which helped to put an end to the
panic
To-day unemployment has been re-
duced to a minimum. Wages every
where are rising during the last year.
even during the last few months there
have been wage increases in practic- Z
ally all of the iS industries reporting
TO the bureau of labor statistics They
have been very general in the basic in
dustries. and have ranged from to Il
20 per cent"
Examination Before Sailing.
Outlining the proposed plan of test
ing immigrants abroad. the secretary
says:
81 propose that we establish strict
but Just tests of physical and mental :
health and that we make those tests \
under the numerical restriction now q
placed by law on immigration. ! would t
have those tests made abroad, in or t
der that the applicants for admission
may not have to spend the savings Of /
"A lifetime on a long sea voyage in or
der TO find out whether he can enter !
the United States.
zone great result of moving our in
spection machinery abroad to make
selections among the applicants for
admission would be to end the heart
rending scenes which every day con- d
front our agents at Ellis island and :
other ports of entry. o.. So long as O
under the law we admit foreigners to t
this country we could end all of these I
horrors If we could make our selec-
tons on the other side, and transform t
our immigrant stations at the ports
into gateways of welcome.
Seleotive System.
This I call seective immigration.
So long as the United States is to adj
nit foreigners. I would have our sys-
EN- function to bring us the best that -
We can get from abroad and to make
heir way into America easy and COM
ortable n
at seems to me that the immigra- ~
ion laws of the future should be ~
Wholly American drawn by Ameri- w
ans, enforced by Americans for the it
benefit of America today and i'm the OF
uture. This is due to the native ~ ~
'orn citizen and to those immigrants N
Who have, and who no doubt will CON la
inue to come. to contribute TO this
ountrys industry and commerce" =,
We
..,.........a . 1910 mn o.