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i MR. PATTEN ON IMMIGRATION.
| He Favors Restriction?W003 Not
I See Why the South Sohuld he
L so Eager for Immigrants.
If v Columbia, Nov. 23.? " Among; the
K|. senators who have already, and withM]|^out
solicitation, raised their voices
congress to protest against inmiiP'
gration abuses, and who have vvorkhard
in and out 011 commit tee,
P|reparing bills, and have labored
h art! for their consideration before
k|'^ that body, and who have been suecessful
in their struggle on the floor
HL of the senate to perfect and pass
the bill which became a law last
Jo*1ehruary, is your junior senator, A.
K C. Latimer," said Mr. J. N. Patten,
Secretary of the Immigration Restrict
ion League to a corresopndent.
K "One of the most practical and
common sense devices in the bill for
B;fe' keeping out objectionable aliens and
repl fo> compelling foreign steamship
Bp companies to respect our law, and
AVhi<*h will prevent those selfish in wK
terests iVom using this country as a
Jp: dumping ground, is the extension of
the fines which was suggested and
introduced by Senator Latimer.
My "In the debate, Senator Latimer
R showed that foreign governments
K would not permit our officials to inV
spec! and reject undesirable immi
grants on their soil, and he argued
J till a t as the United States could not
r turn brock those who would be ex|
eluded on the other side, that the
I only way to nvake tlie steamship companies
respect our laws and put an
end to the hardships of deportation,
was to fine the steamship companv
ies for bi*inging any alien here who
j?8? was excluded, provided the ground
for his exclusion could have been deBV
tected at the time of foreign embarkation
by 1 medical or other
competent examination. Such a pro^B
vision, the senator aj'gued, would
make it to the pecuniary interest of
9 the company to refuse to sell pasm
sage to deficients and dependents
? who would clearly be excluded when
V they reached this country.
Although the senator's :unendjjfflftmout
was not adopted in full, the
^^Hiew law incorporates a. part, of it. and
j^^Hforbids the steamship companies to
EDKacccpt any indemnity of deposit to
SB Cover fines or expenses of deportation,
and imposes upon the eompajV
nies a fine of one hundred dollars
V for bringing to this country any
?, idiot, imbecile, insane person, or
h\ any person having a loathsome, danRV
crous, of contagious disease, providfji,
ed the condition of the immigrant
could have been detected at the time
| of foreign emibarkation.
"It is very ditTicult to understand,
as Senator Latimer pointed out on
; the floor ?f the senate, why this
^principle of a fine, should not be ex|H
tended to all the excluded classes of
aV immigrants brought- here contrary to
[B other provisions of the bill. Such a
Wr provision as he argued would make
H! the foreign steamship companies
li?e up to our I rows and save many
|w an alien a forlorn and disappointing
Ms voyage across the ocean. Last year,
B|; for instance, about 12,000 poor unHgf
fortunate.* were nnveigled by the
?-: steanisliip companies, merely for the
V sake of the passage money. into
Ja making the trip, only to be denied
PBcntrnnce and deported.
jM "Among the other senate bill proW
visions which your junior senator
was instrumental in securing, was
V the illiteracy, or, as it is called by
D its enemies, the educational test,
H which would exclude merely alien
2ft adults unable to read or write in
any language. Unfortunately, the
H house had a bill of its own, which
W also contained the illiteracy test,
1m and which, when the senate bill came
yBknp, was substituted and the wholo
aR matter thrown into conference. In
jgJE the rush of business in the closing
W days of the session, and owing to
the hard fight, which was put tip by
'11 other ^ elfish interests, a bill was
til "pon by the conference which
i'lf doubled the head tax, increased the
|9 excluded classes, extended I ho fine
upon steamship companies, limited
|j V the air space, and established a eomR
I mission for the purpose, of invest iH
I gr'iirv Hie rpr^tion and reporting
Qm additional legislation, but. dropped
the illiteracy test. Tf the test had
I jbeen a law last year, it would have
Mmexr'u^d. (>vpr 300,000 aliens from
''BB>outbeast Kuropo and western Asia.
was pointed out in debate, it. is
I ^difficult to see why this country
l(fshould spend millions of dollars up|[Aon
its public schools, in fighting igI
IBnorance and illiteracy, and rofpiirK
Miner of its own "s a qualification for
ajBeili.i;.:ship a rudimentary education.
Awhile leaving its doors wide open
the absolutely ignorant and illilyiterale
of other races. Of course no
r 'L>ne maintains that the teat would
Limwclude the educated criminal. That
Beseems to bo tho- chiof argument
hL *
against it. Such an undesirable is
supposed to be kept out by exieting
legislation, which debars criminals,
aiul which oug'ht to be further
strengthened by requiring every
alien to have a passport and certificate
of g-ood character from his own
local ollicials. The literacy test,
however, would keep out a large
percentage of very objectionable
aliens, because it is the ignorant and
i illiterate who are such a fertile llehl
lef the irresponsible agitator; who
are destitute of resources and a
knowledge of support; who have
low standards of living and little
ambition to seek better; who are
averse to country life and crowd into
the city slums, increasing the
crime, disease, misery and poverty
there. Certainly the test would do
much to improve the present inferior
quality oP our immigration and
would greatly enhaiiVe the chances
of the south securing the kind of immigrants
she would welcome. Northwest
Europe is a land of universal
education, wjhile public schools are
unknown in southeastern Europe. If
the steamship companies cannot
bring the more profitable but less
desirable illiterate alien races from
the Mediterahean countries, they
will till their steerage with the less
profitable, more desirable, literate,
kindred peoples of northwest Europe.
"In a short time you could probably
settle every cultivatable acre
of land in the south, and in the i
course of a few years quadruple the
present, cotton crop and cut the price
in two. In an even shorter time
youh* forests could be turned into
lumber and your minerals mined.
Hut what i.-' the use of all this mad,
hot haste to develop every one of
your resources? You are now, after
many years of hard and self-sacrificing
effort, a happy, contented and
prosperous people. Why fly from
the present labor ills, whatever they
are made out to be by the selfish interests,
to ills you know not of?
Why not leave something for your
own posterity and not jeopardize
your institutions, ideals, and very
civilization itself, by bringing in
other alien races which arc now hcginuing
to cause in the northwest the
very economic, social and racial evils
which arc known on the Pacific j
slope as the "Yellow Peril' and in
the south as the ''Negro Problem?'
''Our present laws, with the. exception
of Chinese and Japanese exelusion,
are mere police regulations,
and debar merely the admittedly deficient
and dependent classes. What
is needed is legislation that will test
the caliber, the character and the
capacities of immigrants. Why
should we admit the penniless alien
who is forced by his ignorance and
poverty to go to work at once in the
sweat s?hops and slums. Why admit.
the unintelligent, illiterate person
who is sure to be ignorant of a
trade, lacking in resources and ability,
likely to become a public charge
and sure to become a. tool in the
hands, of the c^Tupt boss or anarchistic
agitator?why admit the illiterate
adult when we are spending
millions on education and make literacy
a condition of our franchise
and citizenship?
"'With regard to legislation, in
my opinion the. head lax ought to
be further increased to ten or twenty-live
dollars; the possession of property
or money, say fifty dollars, as
in the case of England, ought to be
required; all assisted immigration
ought to be forbidden except where
the passage is paid by the alien's
nearest relatives; a passport of cer-?
tificato of character ought to be required;
and by all means all illiterate
adult aliens ought to be oxclud- |
ed. Such provisions would go far
toward relieving the northeast of
its intolerable immigration evils, and
would certainly bring ns a far belter
class of immigrants than tho bulk
of the new immigration which has
just begun lo come in large numbers
from southeastern Europe and
western Asia. There is no reason lo
fear that the south and west would
suffer, in the least by such laws. As
n. matter of fact, they would gain, j
for it is the coming and competition |
of these new classes of immigrants,
with their low standards of living,
which has caused the rapid decline
in the more desirable immigration
from northwestern Europe. Of one
thing you can be sure, if the steamship
companies cannot bring tire
more profitable, less desirable classes,
they will fill their steerage with
'he less profitable and more desirable."
"T thought you were married, and,
vet you're sewing on your own buttons."
"I am married, but T keep my independence,
let- mo tell you."?Mcggendorfer
Blatter.
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STATEMENT
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THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF NEWBERRY, S. C., *
under call of State Bank Examiner at close of business f
September 17, 1907.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts - . - - - $406,831 16 n
Overdrafts 5,653 08 E
Furntiure j.nd fixtures - 3,116 93
Cash and sight exchange - 42,172 36
$457,773 53
LIABILITIES. J
Capital Stock - - - ~ " " $ 50,000 00
Undivided profits (less expenses paid) - 49,484 84 Dividends
(unpaid) 1,030 00
Cashier's checJks 103 88
Due Banks 858 38
Bills payable 20,000 00
Individual deposits 336,296 43
$457,773 53
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J. Y. McFALL. Cashier J
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of The Exchange Bank of
7tli, 1907, in response to
ler.
Capital stock $50,000 00
Surplus 6,460 74
Cashier's Checks 269 84
Dividends unpaid 87 50
Bills payable 75.?oo 00
Deposits 106,799 15
$238,617 23
(lit. interest in our Savings Depart(OMKK,
M. L. J
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National Bank
^y, 8. C.
- $25,000 00
Profits $6,000 00
3 W . $25,000 00
itors.
1 A. Carlisle, Vice-President
Jeo. Johnstone, Attorney.
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osit. Government supervision
rd of Directors is a guarantee
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TORS:
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Jno. B. Fellers.
W. A. Moseley.
Geo: Johnstone.
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lowers.
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:he women alike,
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J. A. Counts, Asst. Cashr. 1
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Statement of the condition
Newberry, S. G., Sept. 1
call of State Bank Examii
Jills receivable $219,605 64
)verdrafts 0,180 70
fi x til res
,asli on hand and due
10111 other Banks ? 10,193 92
$238,617 23
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President. /
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2STo. <=
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surplus and Individual
stockholders* Liabilities
7or protection of depos
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V. W. Wheeler, Cashier. C
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R. L. Luther.
M. A. Carlisle.
J. H. Hunter.
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YOUR Bi
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We take the public into
Our patrons embrace mc
We make few large loan;
We are progressive and
The Bonk of
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J. F. Browne, Cashier.