THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enirv as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION.
It is a refreshing idea whichj
Mayor Oie Hanson has thrown into
the melting-pot, as refreshing as it i
is common-sensible, comments the j
New York Times, in a discussion
of the immigration problem. If na
tional service is to be selective, why
not also immigration? Hitherto we
have regarded immigrants merely as
laborers—so many “hands” to build
our railways, operate our factories.
It is the fault of the entire eco
nomic thought of the nineteenth
century, with the solitary exception
of a few sentences from John Rus
kin, which sufficiently amazed his
generation. Today those sentences
are flaring up from the past in
letters of fire. The wealth of a
nation is not a homogeneous thing:
it has two elements, “the possession 1
and the possessor." The men who
come to live among us are not
merely workers; they are also pros
pective citizens. In a very few •
years they will have at least an j
equal voice with the most ingrained
American in determining our laws I
and the spirit of their administra- j
tion. What will it profit how great j
the national possessions are if they 1
lapse into the hands of- unworthy!
possesors?
In our easy optimism, facilitated
by the pi ad prospect of exploiting
a continent, we have offered our
freedom to the “oppressed” of all
nations, our wealth to all who are j
“ground down” in European pover- i
ty. It has been ' our confident as
sumption that those who came to
us were, like the leading pilgrims
of yore, the more independent minds
and the hardier ‘spirits of -the Old
World. That idea has been pretty j
thoroughly exploded. In the period
of greatest immigration, many came
simply to escape military service at
home. Many more were agitators
who sowed broadcast the doctrines i
of Marx and Bakunin. Even in 1
Colonial days, many immigrants had
been forced out of Europe by ina
bility to survive in the keener
struggle for existence, and not a
few were of the criminal classes.
Today as never before we face the
problem of the nation possession and
its possessors. The middle classes,
who have sojourned long enough
among us to be trained in American
ism, and to live by the labor of their
brains, see their earnings, with all
that makes life worth living and
useful to the State, dwindle day by
day, while the earnings and the
power of the hand laborers mount
and soar.
Mayor Hanson is amazed at our
“haphazard” methods of admitting
newscomers. He would have repre
sentatives in every foreign land,
whose business it would be to in
form themselves fully as to “the
record, training, and character” of
prospective citizens of the United
States. And he would have the
prospective citizen pay for the pro
cess, though it averaged $50 a per
son. This fee would include a fur
ther and only less important ser
vice to the immigrant and to this
country—a selective distribution of
the immigrants when they arrived.
In the past, “thousands of experi
enced, skillful farmers” never got
farther than the city in which they
landed, becoming sweatshop work
ers. They should go to the fanning
states where help is most needed,
and where the opportunity for the
experienced farmer is greatest. Sim
ilarly, the day laborer and the
craftsman should be put in touch
with his best opportunities and with
the most urgent needs of the public
here. "Selective admission and sci
entific distribution” are Mayor Han
son's watchwords.
By a notable coincidence—which
may not have been wholly fortu
itous—the mayor’s proposal was
made on the same day that saw
the introduction of the Dillingham
immigration bill into the senate.
This bill provides that each year’s
influx from any country shall be
limited strictly to 5 percent of the
people from that country who a^e
already here. It is not to be doubt
ed that large element of the sup
porters of the bill are the labor
unions, who fear competition and
the lowering of wages. Against the
bill will be arrayed all those who
still cry out for more “hands” at
whatever cost to the morale of our
population and to the integrity of
cur institutions. In this aspect the
bill affords interest material fc.r de
bate. And there is other contentious
matter. Senator Dillingham urges
that his bill will solve the question
of Asiatic immigration. Already al
most 5 percent of the number of
Japanese among us, he says, are ad
mitted under the existing agree
ment. On this point California has
yet to be fully heard from.' For
the present, chief emphasis is laid
upon the question of immigration
from Eastern and Southern Europe.
As yet the numbers already here
are in no very serious disproportion
to those from Northern Europe.
The bill, if enacted, will keep the
proportion where it is.
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The residence of Alex Simson, on
Fifth avenue, Fairbanks, has been
improved by the addition of a room,
the work haring been completed
yesterday.
The Fairbanks Gold Mining com
pany has let a contract to W. E.
Terrill for the construction of a
ditch on Fairbanks creek from eight
above to discovery, to carry water
to a hydraulic outfit to be installed
next spring.
A son was born to Dr. and Mrs.
Pierce, of Fairbanks, at St. Joseph’s
hospital, yesterday. The mother
was attended by Dr. de la Vergne.
A signal corps car left Fairbanks
for Valdez yesterday, with two
members of the up-river detachment
as passengers, enroute to the coast
to get their release from the service.
The men are Dana and Griffith, the
former of whom will return to Fair
banks to prove up on his home
stead.
Battleship O-Cedar Mops, $1.50.
Fowler & Morris.
We nans. W\ere Kalla sad Xlvtrs Meet
JAPANESE WOULD
BUY PHILIPPINES
FROM UNCLE SAM
TOKIO. — The suggestion that
Japan purchase the Philippine is
lands from the United States and
the Dutch East Indies from Holland
as a means of solving the problem
of Japan’s ever growing population
is made by a writer in the Herald
of Asia, a conservative Japanese
weekly journal. The writer coh
tends Japan is bound .to expand
territorially as she is expanding in
population. Pointing out that the
population has more than doubled
in the last fifty years, being now
lover 57,0000,000, he estimates that
jat the same rate of increase the
| population will in another fifty years
|have reached 114,000,000.
I “It is not too much to hope," he
argues, “that some day justice and
[destiny will decide that ail the is
lands on this side of the Pacific,:
north of the equator, will come i
under the jurisdiction of Japan.” i
He asks the question whether Am-'
erica intends to keep out Japanese’
emigrants and still hold the Philip- j
pines permanently. If not, why j
should she not some day sell them
to Japan? He adds: “Having closed
her own doors to the Japanese, this 1
would be a gracious act on her part
and one that would be but naturally :
expected from a country boasting of
so much philanthropy and Christian
altruism."
As for the Dutch East Indies, j
the article contends the inhabitants
are more akin to the Japanese than
to Holland, and that Japan could
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administer the islands with greater
benefit on the whole to the people
land to herself than could Holland,
j which, moreover, is a small country
untroubled with surplus population.
It is pointed out also that the
Dutch East Indies form the southern
i line of Japan's defenses, and that
.more than once the independence of
these islands has made them a men
ace to her safety.
After remarking that the Japan
ese do not like to settle in cold
:climates like Hokkaido or Siberia,
|the writer concludes: “Certainly it
would be better to let Japan have
them than to let them pass into
| other hands, a contingency that
Japan could not contemplate. There
was no surprise when America pur
chased the Danish West Indies.
There should be no surprise if
Japan should purchase the Dutch
East Indies. Were Japan once in
command of the Sunda straits she
; could slacken her naval program and
Ifeel at ease both as to defenses and
population for all time to come.’
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
> Sunday school will be held in
the old commissioner’s office build
ing, opposite the postoffice, Sunday
at 1 p. m.
The regular service will be held
at the same place at two o'clock.
Subject: “Matter.”
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Lady’s pony fur coat
and muff. Apply Mrs. R. S. Mc
Donald.
FOR SALE—Furnished house, four
rooms, with summer kitchen, at
tic, large basement and winter
cellar for vegetables. Heated by
furnace. Winter supply of veg
’ etables Full comer lot. One of
the most desirable parts of town.
Inquire at News office.
BUNCH OF KEYS found. -Owner
! can recover by calling at News
office and paying for this adver
| tisement.
FOR SALE — Showcase, 5% feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
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town are required to purchase
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