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Show BAR ON ALIENS . URGED TO LIMIT POPULATION Washington, D. C Exclusion of every unneeded Immigrant to postpone post-pone as long -as possible the living , conditions' and population problems of the older countries was advocated advocat-ed in a statement, made recently by Representative Albert Johnson,' of Hoqulam, Wash., chairman of the House Committee on Immigration. The statement read : "Unless some gigantic new industry indus-try Is developed, the newer generations gener-ations of the United States will have to emigrate to the other open spaces of the world, among which are Canada, Australia, Africa, Mexico and the South American countries. We have lots of unoccupied unoccu-pied land In the United States, but it is apparent that farming under our standards of living is not pro- fltable. "We might reflect that more than 2,000,000 boys and girls became of age in the United States last year. Many of these are at work, others have joined the ranks of the unemployed, unem-ployed, there to jostle elbows with the elderly, the skilled, and the newly arrived aliens in the scramble for jobs. Each year the use of labor-saving machinery Is greater. Each year the number of citizens coming o fage is greater. "In spite of this, we are still an Importer of immigrants, although nearly everyone advocates further restriction of Immigration, except Immigration of those of their kind or those whom they need in their business. How long can this go on? "Sixty years ago, the homesteads absorbed the excess of our population. popula-tion. Thirty years ago, factory development de-velopment and growth of cities came to the relief of the Increased population. Women began to be employed em-ployed in Industry. Twenty-five years ago, the automobile Industry Indus-try from the raw amterlal to the finished product, and the selling, fuelbig and driving of the auto, provided work for our young men by the million. Next came the moving mov-ing picture industry and then the radio. "But as these increased the use of hands, the development of la-borsavlng la-borsavlng machinery of every kind offset the Increase in part, which helped to bring about the present unemployment situation. One can not but conclude that the United States can postpone but not ultimately ulti-mately escape population and living liv-ing conditions of the older countries Postpone we can and should, even to the restrlcion of every unneeded immigrant" |