Show IMMIGRATION LAWS LAINS OF NATION ARE WEAK l J. J H. H Patton Says ays Flood Must Be Stayed to Save Save- Cou Country try 1 I FARMERS MENACED i fc Peril Is Seen in Hosts of Aliens Aliens' Who Seek Refuge in America I This country has a woefully weak Immigration policy and In view of ot what hai may maybe be expected expected- after the cess cessation ces ces- s s tion of hostilities In Europe a su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme effort eUort will be made during the coming oming session of congress to pass the he he bill bill that was vetoed by President Wilson at the last ast session This emphatic emphatic emphatic em em- statement was made by J IL lL Patten Fatten general counsel counsel for the national na na- ia- ia Honal legislative committee of ot the farmers farmers' farmers farmers' union who whoP with his wife wite rived at-rived arrived y yesterday at the Hotel Utah 1 Mr ir Patt Patten n Is a fraternal delegate to the thirty fifth annual convention of the National Grange In Oakland and to th the thirty-fifth thirty annual convention convention convention conven conven- tion of ot the confederation of labor that Is to be b held In San Francisco With his wife he left this afternoon at o'clock over the Western Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- in company with Frank Io 1 Morrison Mor- Mor rison secretary of ot the federation who with a party of labor officials arrived this noon over the Denver Rio Grande en route to the convention conven convention conven conven- tion tion- Immigration Affects Farmer The farmers of ot the United d' d States StateS' are are realizing more and more that the he immigration question is one that af affects affects affects af- af them almost as as' as much as as ag an any other class cass of producers They want the sort o of help that will stay with them there and aid In making their farms more more pr productive Statistics show that from hom 1900 to annual immigration averaged d about Of this enormous number only only aboUt about t were farmers farm farm- ers pa ers ore were qualified to engage In inI work on farms More than three I times s of American farmers farmers farm farm- ers ers era the h same same period have been making their way Into Canada The textile interests of the of-the the co country try principally In the N North rth and the theS S wa t chaPI labor foreign and aid have hae av combated anY i any ns behig be being being be ing hig placed by congress upon immigration gration Mr Patton says Send Money Abroad Statistics compiled by the federal government show that the average I time the immigrant stays stays- In this country is from two to three thre years I Three fourths of those making the their r way to the land of ot the free are males and their savings are returned to their native country Figures have been compiled by the state of ot New York which show that jt lt has cost the Empire state during the late- late years more than annually to care for defective Immigrants Immigrants immigrants grants that have been dumped on its shores by steamship companies Patton Patton Patton Pat- Pat ton declared As counsel for the national legis egis- legislative legislative laUve committee of ot the farmers' farmers un unIon unIon union un- un ion Patton Is constantly in touch tuch with legislators and even with President President Pres tres ident Wilson At the same same time he has his fingers on on the pulse p of pt the political situation as far tar as the farmers farm farm- ers are concerned In the national campaign that will soon be inaugurated inaugurated inaugurated rated for tor 1916 I r shall not be a bit surprised If the farmers show almost a solid front against Wilson He has vetoed the Immigration bill on account of the so called Illiteracy y test He has been against the rural credit mel s measure re and has not favored the building of ot good roads The farmers ask that the government government govern govern- ment extend them he the same ame aid that thatis thatis ils is given business generally throughout through through- out lout the country by th the federal re reserve e e- e serve act Instead of tho short t time loans loans' they ask fo for long time paper That i is Is' practically all the difference II there thc is between the federal reserve act and the rural cr credit dit bill I Farmers Watch Legislation The farmer has come to realize that he has has' as Interest in the legislative crop as he lie has lias in other crops He has haa become a voracious reader on many matters particularly on those that effect his state and the nation declared Patton He has been Instructed In the science soi- soi soi- soi ence of producing and arid now he asks for tor Instruction in the science of ot mar mar mar- Last year the products of ot the farm tarm amounted to between ten and twelve billion dollars Of Ot this hu huge e sum the farm farmer r only received about six billion bUllon dollars According t to Patton the farmers contend that there Is 8 n no concerted ef effort effort ot- ot fort tort to bring producer r and consumer together and as a result the middle middleman middle middle- man reaps the biggest profit Although he has has traveled widely for several y years yara ars in his his capacity with the farmers' farmers union this is the first time Patton has has' ever been beep ir in Utah or Salt Lake The war In Europe has haft done none one thing he remarked it has turned the faces of many westward and tha the West Vest is bound to reap a big reward in many ways What has commenced this year will grow In volume from year to year Salt Lake Is a beautiful beautiful beau beau- city and I wish I could remain longer on er and visit other places |