The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 20, 1907, Image 2
SENATOR LATIMER
ON IMMIGRATION.;
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WRITES HIS YIEWS FROM MID OCEAN
ON HIS WAY TO EUROPE TO STUDY :
QUESTION.
Mij? Ocean, May 25:?Perhaps:
a tew words concerning me immigration
commission and its trip
abroad will be of interest to the
readers of your paper. As most of
them already know this commission I
was created at the last session of
Confess, and its creation grew out.
of the discussion of the immigration i
question, which was given a great !
? deal of attention during the session.!
This was emphasized b.v the number
of amendments that were mtro- j
duced. of conflicting kinds. Some |
j
wanted our present immigration:
laws made more lax, while others j
wanted them made more stringent*
Congress was slow in agreeing to
any particular measure, and there
was much uncertainty as to what
/ should be done for the best interests j
of the country. Finally it was decided
to appoint a commission to in- j
vtstigate the whole matter in all its t
] bases and to report its findings to.
Congress. The commission consists
cf three Senators, three Representatives
and three laymen appointed
by the President. The Senators
are Messrs Dilliugham, Lodge and
momKonc fliu nnm I
lii fvV.ll) UIV.111 VV. i C Vi V UV CV & J 11IV Win- I
mittee on immigration. The Rep-1
resentatives are Messrs Howell,
Bennett and Burnett, members of
the House committee on immigration.
The President's appointees
are Messrs Charles P Neill. J W
Jenks and W R Wheeler. Senator
Lodge and Messrs Xeill and Jenks
were unable to take the European
trip for different reasons and they
will be studying immigration questions
in the United States this summer
while we are abrcud. Each
member of the commission taking
the trip has his wife along. Among
others along with the party are Miss
Wheeler, a niece of Commissioner
Wheeler; Mr Burnett, a son of Congressman
Burnett; MissOlire Lati,
mer and Mr A M Carpenter, editor
of the Anderson Daily Mail.
The commission sailed from Boston
on Saturday, May 13, on the
steamer Canopic, of the White Star
Line, and yesterday we passed the
Azores, stopping for a few hours
-at Ponta Delgada, on the Island of
St Michael. We are due Monday
at Gibraltar and the steamer then
goes on to Naples, where the party
will land. The weather has been
lideal so far and the trip has been
delightful. There has been little
if any seasickness.
The commission has already started
its work. There are about 400
steerage passengers on board, which
class embraces the immigrants, who
.are returning to their native homes.
We have gone among them and
made investigations as to their reasons
for returning. About 33 per
cent ate returning on account of
sickness, many are going home to
visit their relatives, and j
others are going to bring relatives
back with them. The general condition
of the steerage passengers is
good: they have fair accommodations
and the legal requirements of
our Government with regard to
space on board the ship and sanitary
conditions are complied with.
A close inquiry among the passer.
gers, reports of special ageiiis and
our own commissioners emphasizes
the fact that in order to obtain permanent
benefit from immigration
it is necessary to treat the first immigrants
in a community well and
to surround theui with proper economic
conditions. In other words,
the wages paid, whether in money
or cheaper rents or lower priced food
and clothing, must equal or nearly \
equal, what can be obtained in any
other section of our country. If
these conditions are met the first
immigrants will be pleused, and will
write back to their friends that conditions
ai? satisfactory and their I
friends will follow them. On the I
other hand, if these conditions are;
~ not met, the first immigrants will
50 somewhere else and will net writei
thtir friends to come until they have !
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found a place where conditions are j
satisfactory.
Of course, it must be borne in |
mind that conditions geneially in
our country are much better than
they are abroad. Conditions in dif- j
ferent parts of our own country,1
however, vary, and these variations
are not always understood by our
own people, and they aie liable to be
misunderstood by the immigrants.
For instance, an immigrant arriving
in one section of the United States
may hear of some other section
where, he is told, the conditions are
much better. It is quite natural
that he should not understand the j
advantages of the other section, and
should become dissatisfied and want,
to go elsewhere
1 learn through oue of my broth- 1
er commissioners that the planters of j
Hawaii early this year sent an agent j
to tiie Azores, which are peopled bv ;
Portuguese, aud succeeded in seci/r- j
ing a ship-load under contract to (
engage in sugar planting in the
Hawaiianjt Islands. Shortly alter
arriving at that destination a general
exodus to California ensued, owing
to the report of better wages
prevailing in that State. This instance
seems closely analogous to j
that which we have recently experienced
in our own State, and goes
to prove that the immigrant, no ^
matter how much he may be bettering
his original condition by immigration,
will not hesitate to better
himself after arrival at his first destination
on learning that better wag
es or conditions prevail eisewnere.
As uu evidence ot the interest of
the immigrants in our country, I
quote the following from a recent'
official report:
"Distribution through labor!
agents is the most satisfactory nieth-1
od for the unkilled worker. The;
most effectire is through the United ,
States domestic and international j
mail service.
"Through this channel reliable!
information as to employment,1
wages and location is giveu by the!
relatives or friends in the United i
States to the intending immigrant!
before he leaves his native land.
The relative or friend iu the mine,
factory or work of construction
knows if there is a shortage of labor
or room here for his relative or j
friend in -Europe. The magnitude
of the international mail and mail
order system of the Uuited States,
together with the fact that the;
great mass of immigrants go uner-^
ringly to the States where wages are
highest and their services in great- j
est demautl, indicates the effective-!
ness of the system and the accuracy !
of the information."
This will give some idea as to the
conclusions that I have reached as
far as our inyestigations have gone
and I find that the view is shared j I
by the other members of the com- *
mission. If we are to get the bene-j
tits of immigration we must makei
the first ones who come oyer satis- j.
fied with the conditions thev Hnd. '
If we do this they will write horn*'
to their friends and relatives, who/]
will follow. j 1
I will mail this letter at Gibraltar,
where our ship will call, and
will try to write occasionally while, I
on the trip. On reaching Naples !
we begin our study of the condi- :
tions surrounding the immigrant in
nis native land, and the causes that !
induce him to emigrate. Fiom It
alv we will go northward. The ex- j ^
act itinerary has not beta fully de-1 "j
termined and may be changed to,
suit circumstances. We are sched- "
t
tiled to sail from Liverpool for ,
home on August 29, and will reach I
New York about September (?.
Respectfully,
A C Latimeu.
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