Show p 1 THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM 1 i The Thc press of the country is much stirred over the i immigration question The Oregonian thinks it J be he better if not another immigrant were to io toland t land on our ur shores for fh Byears to come L' L t I The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle asks anxiously sl how much longer our country can assimilate assimilate i late the hord hordes s that that are arc now pouring pOuring I in upon us i 1 The rhe Troy Times holds that the he fact that the millions mil mil- I lions that have e come is merely a proof of the gene gene- ros ty of the country ou rr but bitt it does docs not c constitute a aright right for any more to come The he Washington V Post los deplores the tong congestion of J I foreigners in n III ou our large cities e t The Baltimore Su Sun wants wants' the laws made stron strong t ik ikI I en enough ugh to keep out the assassin assassins from the old w world r rId ll ji a r. r It s seems ems to us that the trouble has come because i AVe have haye no not distributed t the c i immigrants lD grants i e- e j f. cause we have not kept up lp public works as we should 1 r. r 4 the lc Building of fortifications the 0 of or ll i 9 canals the making certain a a. steam merchant marine marin J f I f und and th the opening in Spanish America of roa roads s that 3 j would draw from us the su surplus people For ink inI instance in- in I k i- i istance stance this cOl country tr could well afford to guarantee th Ll Jd on the tIie bonds of an au American to build a road from Rio Hio to eastern castern Bolivia Brazil would bond an empire in n extent of land along such sucha a road rond at att a n low price It would pass through a aw w wonderfully rich county country it would be flanked by mines of diamonds and gold gol terminate in ina inH a H marvelously rich mining alining reg region on and would open ft a l field for millions of men to settle It would turn aside many immigrants it would create a field for thousands of young Americans The struggle of our country ought to be to stop the dangerous congestion congestion congestion tion of helpless thousands in our eastern cities We Ye have haye still much country that could give men employment employment employ employ- ment there arc are great works that ought to be pushed a better use of the resources and advantages which are ours ouis should be hc made and it is time when we should be he pushing a peaceful conquest to those regions regions re re- gions on our 11 own continent that wait for fOl settlement and Ind civilization The fhe time should never nerd come when an honest foreigner anxious b by his energy and muscle and ail brain to improve e his condition will not be welcome lit in this countr country We Ye doubt about abou our 11 right g to keep keel him out The 1 air is s his the water is isI is his his we we doubt a about out our right to den deny him the earth I His i title is as old as ours |