THE WASHINGTON TIMES SUNDAY MAY 31 1903

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Cast by Revere of BostonMany Years Ago and Pre

sented to the Congrega-tion by MassachusettsBrethren Church OnceOccupied the Present

Court Building

TV T OT guilty sirI j Where hundreds of men

and women prominent in thenation and the District once raisedtheir voices In praise of God hundreds-of men and women who have forgotten-the teachings of the Man of Galileetoday beg for mercy

The District Police Court was former-ly one of the best known churches InWashington It was the center aboutwhich the New England colony in thiscity gathered to perpetuate the Unitar-ian teachings so dear to Bostonians

Pews which were formerly occupied byJohn C Calhoun Daniel Webster JohnQuincy Adams and Millard

serve as the bench forunfortunates who know no home butthe workhouse

Judge Kimball now sits where the RevEdward Everett Hale preached his firstsermon the pulpit which was frequent-ly occupied by the Rev Samuel Longiellow brother of the famous poet

All Souls Church brought Washingtonand Boston closer together Harvardsbrightest men came here as the guests-of the New England colony and preach-ed in church fashioned after theBoston models

Tolled for John Brown

The New England conscience wastransplanted to that section of Washinglon surrounding the Police Court build-ing Louisiana Avenue was a sort ofBeacon Street Abolition doctrines thrived there and the bell in All SoulsChurch was the only one in Washingtonwhich tolled for the death of JohnBrown

This historic bell was cast In the Re-

vere foundry near Boston and presented to the Washington church byBostonians For years It was rung forfires and on gala occasions It served as

n sort of town bell for Washington until after it rang for Brown Thisoffended many Southern sympathizersand the bell was no longer In demand

When the Unitarians deserted theirold church at Sixth and D Streets theymoved the bell to the new church atFourteenth and L Streets It is still inuse and Is one of the sweetesttoned-bells in the District

New England statesmen broughtto Washington In 1832 All

6ouls Church had its beginning in ser-vices held over a bathhouse which form-erly stood on the north side of C Streetbetween Fourandahalf and SixthStreets The first pastor of the littleUnitarian society was the Rev Mr Little He died suddenly in Harrisburg Pain 1834 and was succeeded by the RevMr Bullfinch

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HAT Is the record numberpounds of beefsteak a man

can eat in a contestdiffer It has been said that

Isaac Fromme had the record at ll1pounds 12 pounds and 10 pounds

Little Bobble Van Wyck New Yorksdoughty raayorris said to be equal to

ten pounds any evening Hundreds of

men have eaten as much as six pounds-

at a sitting and felt none thereally Is no difficult feat to eat five

pounds of good steak The slice of breadserved with each cut of steak at a beef-

steak dinner usually is thrown aside inthese contests and very little beer or

Rhine wine is drunk as liquid is filling

The only other article of food offered iscelery and only a morceau of that is

takenThe contestants never starve them

selves beforehand but live their regularlife until the beginning of the feed To

have the body empty of food Is courting

certain defeat Owing to some Inexplie-pble law of physiology the starvelingcannot take as much into his stomachas the well fed

Beefsteak Suppers PopularBeefsteak suppers continue to grow in

popularity Rarely is a new restaurantbuilt without its dungeons Some havetwo or three different sizes for largeand small companies Even privatehouses have dungeons where nocturnalcarousals drunken revelries feasts ofEfronyslus and Bacchus with maenadlcgad bachantlc rivalries are diversions ofswell society It is said that there arethree women in the fashionable whirl inNew York whose capacities for steakwould put a Tammany politician toblush And they do not remove theircorsets until the feast Is endedy Thus far we have never had a Beefstead Society Of Isolated find Im-

promptu gatherings for the purpose ofdemolishing steaks there Is legion Thefirst English organization of the kindwas in the reign of Queen Anne Itwits composed of the chief wits andgreat men of the nation Its badgewas a geld gridiron hung about theneck with a green silk ribbon Estcourt the actor wore it as a

when he was made ofthe club The members called them-selves The Steaks abhorring the notT0n of being thought a club

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C Calhoun John F Webb Moses PoorW W Seaton Joseph Gale Seth HyattWilliam1 Thompson Judge Cranch andJohn Purdy were the prominent contributors to the new building

Some Early PastorsAfter the Rev Mr Bullfinch left the

congregation John G Paltcey ot Bostonbecame the pastor The Rev Mr Allenwho was afterward a professor at Har-vard Dr Orville Dewey a relative ofAdmiral Dewey the Rev Edward Ever-ett Hale the Roy Moncure Dthe Rev William H Channing and theRev Frederick M Hinckley are otherpastors who preached In the old church-

In 1862 thero was a split in the con-gregation The stronger part of thebody left the old building and held ser-vices In Willards Hall For years therival congregations were without

pastors They were reunited underthe Rev Clay MacAulay and in 187S

entered the new church on FourteenthStreet

The old building at Sixth and DStreets was sold to the District for 20

000 For years before 1878 the PoliceCourt had been in a building just crossthe street from the old church andsince then it has been In the old church-A cheap bell substituted by the District the Revere bell which the Uni-

tarians carried to their new buildingThe auditorium was divided Into courtrooms and offices and cells were builtat the east side of the structure for thetemporary accommodation of prisoners

Henry A Wlllard was among theprominent members of the Unitarian

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the badge of the Steaks Its FortyImmortals regard themselves as the

Wits and Great Men of America Andno doubt they are

The Gridlrbners are not In any sensegourmands but in other respects theyfavor the Steaks of their greatgreatgreatgrandfathers The ablest trench-erman of the Steaks was tho Dukeof Norfolk who used to hlsflsh-at a neighboring restaurant arid hisbeef at the societys As the clockstruck 5 a curtain drew up discovering tbe kitchen In which the cookswere seen at work through a gratingwith this inscription fromIf t7cre done when tis done then twere wellIt were done quickly

The steaks themselves are in the fin-

est none excelled his graceIn devouring them Two or three

from tho gridiron vanished andwhen his labors were thought to be overhe might be seen rubbing a clean platewith a shalot for the reception of another

A pause of ten minutes ensued andthe duke rested upon his knife and forkHe was waiting for a steak from themiddle of the rump of beef wherelurks a fifth essence the perfect Idealof tenderness and flavor We seem tohave lost sight of that part of tho boutin these days The rump now whichought to be the finest meat is regardedas second or third class

Norfolk an Enormous EaterHis grace was an enormous eater

After his fish and four or five pounds ofsteak he would take a Spanish onionand beet root chop them together withoil and vinegar and eat them When hehad finished he was invested with anorangecolored ribbon to which a smallsilver gridiron was appended Usuallythe president was the target at whichall the jests and witticisms were firedThe duke took everything goodnaturedly At 9 oclock he quitted the chairSometimes without a sign ofInebriety ho would become immovableas If deprived of all muscular volition Insuch cases he would have a bell rungthree times This was signal for bring-ing in a kind of easy litter which fourdomestics placed under him and thusremoved his enormous bulk with agentle swinging motion to his apart-ment

With his departure Sir John Hipplsleytook the chair and he always had a

time of It A storm of arrowy sleetand Iron shower whistled from all points-in his ears All rules of civilized warfareseemed suspended and even the newmembers tried their first timid shafts

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body which left the old church andworshiped in Willards Hall and wasthe chief subscriber to the fund forerecting the new building for the reunited congregations The cornerstone-for the Fourteenth Street church waslaid June 28 1877 by the Grad Lodgeof Masons of the District of ColumbiaA large choir under the leadership ofProfT H H Bradley sang at the ceremonies and the Rev Charles R Welchpastor of the Independent Church ifBaltimore preached

The Rev R R Shippen succeeded theRev Mr MacAulay aspastor and re-mained with the congregation for fourteen years The Rev E Bradford LeavItt was the next pastor and left Washington to accept a largo San Franciscochurch He was succeeded by the RevU S B Pierce the present pastor

Proud of the Old BellAll Souls Church is especially proud-

of its historic bell and has Its belfryopen to visitors who desire to see theproduct of the famous Revere foundryThe old bell tolled at the death of

When PresidentGarflelds deathI was announced Henry A Wlllard climb-ed to the steeple of All Souls andawakened the city which had been expecting the sad announcement for somany weeks The bell also tolled forPresident McKInley-

For nearly seventy years it has servedthe residents of the Capital It has proclaimed messages of joy and sorrowlonger than any other bell in the District still Its tone is unimpaired and itremains an honor to the famous NewEngland bell founder

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BEEFSTEAK DINNERS OF THE PAST AND PRESENTupon the baronet than whom no manwas more prompt to attack others

There is something In moat men thatdrives them to relish a taste now andthen of this sort of bandinage PresidentCleveland never had more enjoyment inhis public career than en the night ofhis roasting by the Philadelphia CloverClub The most important men In polit-ical and official life with few exceptionshave reveled In frozen brollings by theGridiron Club of Washington Such asare invited to dine with these organiza-tions and escape without roasting gohome n deep disappointment Everyguest expects to receive the honor ofsound grlddlng and to be deprived of itInjures his selfesteem as he Is bound tofeel that he has been neglected owing tohis lack of Importance

The only theatrical performer admittod regularly to the Beefsteak Club atthe Theatre Royal Dublin was MrsMargaret Wellington Singularly enoughactors were the animation and zest ofalt other beefsteak societies It Isneedless to remark that this femalemember was our old friend Peg Woffington who possessed captivating charmsa3 a jovial witty bottle companion butfew remaining as a mere female

The Dublin BeefsteakersGarrick who was and Is more or less

associated with Peg belonged to theSteaks Somewhere there are a hat

sword which David wore on theright when he stayed so long with hisclub and had to play Ranger at theDrury Lane The pit grew restless thegallery bawled Manager ManagerGarrick had been sent for to CoventGarden where the Steaks then dinedCarriages blocked the street and hehad to thread his way between themAn he came panting into the theater Ithink said Ford one of the anxiousproprietors considering the stake youand I have In this house you mightpay more attention to the business

True my good friend returned Garrock but I was thinking of my stealcIn the other house

Remove the actors and newspaper menfrcm our Bohemia and you remove ourBohemia But beefsteak dinners seemto have degenerated into a feed of poli-

ticians and a few heavy swells andtwellcrlnes of society The Quaint Clubfcj dead The Clover Club Is IncineratedThe only remaining roast Is the GridironClub But we shall as long as life lastscontinue to sacrifice to Bos The realien why we do not have enough of him

home is that wo have too many sidedishes A baby of ten months can eata pound of raw steak

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LiRBADY the soda water patrons

have begun to order thedrinks and they are numerous

Perhaps they dont differ as to ingre-

dients but new combinations have beendevised and they have been DUt forward with new names to bid for popular favor The warm days suggestive of ennui and spring fever Inspired thirst in the most temperate andtho result was an early rush to the sodafountains

Certainly the man who still Insiststhat theres nothing In a name goeselsewhere than to the soda fountain forhis potations Perhaps the nomencla-

ture conveys little to the prospectivepatron but no pernon canlittle thrill of curiosity of tryiny something to see what It is like when

confronted by such alluring legends-as these Twixywlxy CherryChump Sweet Sixteen King DodoLoop the Loop Over the Wavesand many others equally as enticing andpuzzling The soda water man at leastthe one who invents the names has theP T Barnum Idea and if he does nothumbug the American people he at leastmakes then spend thlr money In order-to gratify their injiulsitiveness

Advantage of Catchy Names-

A catchy name adds greatly to thepopularity of a good drink althought Itcannot maintain the vogue of a poorone There is a firm out in Ohio engaged in the making of fruit juices andsyrups which pays an employe a largesalary merely to devise new drinks andgive attractive names to them Thissets the fashion for the rest of thecountry although nearly every largeconfectionery establishment In NewYork has several names for thirstquonchcrs which are exclusive to this orthat concern

Each year sees more and more attention paid to the soda fountainwhether it is conducted as an adjunctto a drug store or confectionery hopIt is within the memory of a generation when the soda fountain was a triv-ial affair where a tired drug clerkwould turn from compounding a prescription to draw a glass of carbonatedwater flavored with vanilla lemon sar-saparilla and two or three other ex-

tracts The trade was unimportant asort of side issue This went on untilsome bright individual bethought himself of imparting body to the drinksby adding Ice cream From the invention of Ice cream soda dates the su-

premacy of the soda fountainThere are dozens of soda fountains in

this city which represent an outlayfrom 2000 to 500ff They are madethe most costly materials the choicestMexican onyx and frequently the platesare of sterling silver The counter 3

of marble or onyx and the glassware Is

of the best Nothing is left undone tomake everything attractive to the patrons

Clerk Must Be Up to DateAt the large fountains the expertdls

penser receives a good salary But hemust be an artist for there Is art Indrawing soda It is not merely a question of putting in the flavor and turning-on the water Sometimes you might hitit but more frequently your customerwould discern something lacking andgo to some other place For a good glass-

of soda one should draw first twoounces of the desired flavor then turnon the fine then the coarse stream fin-

ishing with the fine stream Care shouldbe taken that the syrup and water arawell mixed and that the product is nottoo foamy

With phosphates even more caretaustbe observed but the fancy drinks affordthe best test of the dispensers ex-

pertness Take the matter of egg drinksYour artist will give you an exhibitionthat will be as pleasing as the drink isrefreshing In the first place he willbreak an egg into tho glass with onehand This looks simple but if youthink It is try it yourself and see howyou fare After he has added the otherIngredients will shake them He has-a whole lot of graceful movements asattractive as the exercises of a Delsartean professor Then comes the toss-Ing He will throw that foamy mixture from the shaker to the glass andVice versa until there is continuousstream at least a foot and a halt longAnd he wont spill a drop After he hasput the mixture in a clean glass ho will

top it with nutmeg whlh is supposed-to give the best finish to the summerdrink Your expert dispenser neverneglects any detail which will catch theeye or tickle the palate of the patron

Improvement in Flavors-A great improvement has been made

in the flavors They are no longer mereextracts Crushed fruits and fruit Juices-of every variety are used Skillful

and confectioners devote their bestefforts to devising something newt andpalatable Every quarter of the globe-Is ransacked and Importations are madefrom the tar Eat the Levant and SouthAmerica We have even won the secretif the famous sherbet of the Turks fornothing Is too good for the Americansodawater girl

You ask this pays this onyxfine glassvnrc polished tables for thosewho wish to sit down the dispenserand the rest Of course it does It isnot uncommon for a large fountain totake in a thousand dollars on a warmday There are plenty of drug stores Inwhich the wellkept soda fountainbrings In more revenue than all the

medicines and prescriptions put

TRUE WEALTH

Tis a false doctrine and mostgrave

And yet tis taught us every dayThat men grow rich by what they

saveAnd poor by what they give away

Yet to this I now make boldAnd hope my words with you may

liveMens wealth Is not In what they

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THE HORSECHESTNUT TREESIN THIRTEENTH STREET

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They Are Now in Bloom and Present a Beautiful Spectacle

N and around Logan Circle at1 and P Streets the horse

chestnut trees arc now the admiration and delight of all passersbywho haw an eye out for Dame Natureschanges in her dress From everybranch of every horsechestnut treethere now springs one of the clusters offlowers which give the tree its peculiardistinction from other trees in thespring Every plant growth includingtrees of every kind has a flower a actof which one seldom thinks but fewtrees have flowers which are beautifulor even noticeable Sonic of the flowers

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of trees would never be recognized assuch by anyone except the scientistBut the large handsome clusters whichadorn the horsechestnut in May arcflowers as unmlstakeably as those of therose the pansy plant Thehorsechestnut flowers are grouped Inlarge pale coneshaped clusters whichstand out distinctly against the darkgreen of the leaves Every tree Isadorned with hundreds of them at thistime of year and lovers of beauty innature are finding great pleasure In thesipht of these striking blooms Alreadyhowever the buds are slowly losingtheir pale petals and soon the trees will

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resume the appearance of their lessfavored brethren the ordinary flower-

less shade treesFrom the seedpods which spring from

the tip of the stems of the floTversr the buckeyes which give thetree its name in some States Later Inthe summer when the thick outer huskhas split open the shiny redbrown nutswUl fall to the ground to be gathered-by boys who for the inexplicable in-

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AN AVALANCHE IMMIGRANTS FROM EUROPE

NEARLY1000000 immigrants will

America in 1903 says an

of the Immigration Bureau Last year which broke all recordswith the exception of 1880 only 700000

came to this country Europe Is being

drained of its surplus population which

attracted here by the tales of unprece-

dented prosperity Of the 357378 aliens

who arrived at Ellis Island N Y up to

May 1 241434 or more than twothirds-were from Italy AustriaHungary Rus-

sian Poland and Hebrews from southern

and southeastern EuropeThe tide of immigration set in un

usually early this year April broke all

records at Ellis Island with 92000 arrivals For the first week always the banner month more than 25

000 were scheduled on the steerage listsot Incoming steamships On certaindays more than 7000 foreigners haYe

been handled at the big building on Elfi

Island-A glance at the reports of aliens

Indicates a great change In the

make up of the Incoming hordes For-

merly the bulk of the Immigrants came

from the hardy Intelligent stock of Germany Great Britain and Ireland andScandinavia Now the alien incrementcomes largely from southern and southeastern Europe Italy alone sends morethan twice as many as all the Teutoniccountries combinedWill Locate Mainly in Eastern States

Moreover the part to be played in thedevelopment the country by the im-

migrants has changed Whereas theScandinavians and Germans went outWest to engage in farming and theIrish built the great railroads whichspan the continent it is estimated 70

per cent of the arrivals at Ellis Islandthis year will remain In the vicinity of

New York and other large cities alongthe Atlantic seaboard The Poles andnatives of AustriaHungary will go tothe coal mines of Pennsylvania Some

f the Magyars are destined for thetruck farms within a radius of fiftymiles of the metronolis

New York Citys ShareAn appalling number estimated by

some at 2COCOO will be added to thepopulation of Greater New York Mostof these are Italians and Hebrews TheItalians have been attracted by the re-

ports of Improvements going on In thecity The subway the proposed Penn-sylvania tunnel and other great enter-prises have been responsible for theInflux of low grade laborers Some otthem are sent to work on the Wabashextension for it must be remembered-that the railroad builders of today areItalians The Irish who did this work-a ouarter of a century ago are now thecontractors and bosses In fact manywho object to the undesirable class ofimmigrants from the shores of the Med-iterranean are met by the answer thatwe must have laborers The nativebornAmericans are engaged In other call-Ings and the Irish have risen above-It The riffraff of southern Europe objectipnable as it may be from the standpoint of citizenship alone can furnishmen willing to toil in tunnels ditchesand railroad sections

Italians Going SouthOne exception is found to the general

trend of the Italians toward the greatcenters of population Several thousandare sent yearly to the sugar and riceplantations of Louisiana and the fruitranches of the Pacific Coast In

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account of their clannish instinctswill take at least three generationsmake American citizens of themthe work in the South and WestSicilians are sreferrcd

Immigration from Italy isthe home government Protection

given the voyagers and governmentare found on every steamship

weighing the food and passing on itsquality Sixtyfive per cent of the Italians are illiterate Out of 66000 fromwhom the average was taken 37500could neither read nor write This

makes a poor showingagainst the Scan-dinavians of whom out of 17000 only 41

Were illiterateFourteen Per Cent Hebrews-

Of the alien Hebrews it is estimatedthat all but 30 per cent settle in NewYork State The others are scatteredfollows Nine per cent In Pennsylvania1 per cent In Massachusetts 3 perin Illinois 3 per cent in New Jersey

in Maryland and 1 per centOhio Xot onehundredth of 1 perwill be found on the farms as they pre-

fer large cities even though they haveto dwell in the slums They constituteabout 14 per cent of the new arrivals-

Of the immigration up to 1890 thevast preponderance was from the north-ern races of Europe Since that timeradical change has taken place in the

laclal character of the Influx TheItalians according to present Indica-tions will constitute 32 per cent of theallen arrivals The Germans have fallen-to 8 per cent Scandinavians to 8 per-cent Irish to 4 per cent English to 2

per cent The Crciats Slovaks11 per cent and

the Mngyars to 4 per Cent

Commissioner Williams EstimateCommissioner William Williams In

charge at Ellis Island although unwlllto be quoted in a positive statement

regarding the probable number ofthis year said If the present

inflow did not abate the total would farexceed SOOOCO

Commissioner Williams takes no rad-

ical stand in opposition to admitting thepresent class of Immigrants About 3

rer cent of the arrivals last year wereexcluded as unfit either mentally

or in a material sense to land in thisccuntry At least 200000 of those whowere admitted he classes as

although under the present Fed-

eral statutes he cannot bar them fromentering

It is generally conceded that immigration in the past has been an Importhat factor In enabling this country toattain the position of eminence It occupies said Commissioner WilliamsThe Northwest is In this respect undei-

L peculiar obligation to the Old Worldand In some of its sections the votersjf foreign extraction outnumber those-of native birth Such development hasbeen caused not by the mere fact thathundreds of thousands of foreignershave been coming here annually butby tho further fact that they have gone

Into the agricultural regions andthat they have come from Great BritainGermany and Scandinavia countrierwhose inhabitants more closely resem-ble our people in blood traditions andIdeas of government than is the casewith any of the other large countries ofEurope from which our immigrantscme

The occupations of those now comingand the portions of the country-

to which they proceed may be roughlystated as follows Out of 700000 whoarrived last year about 3000 were

SOOOO were skilled workmen120000 were unskilled laborers and 150

were women and children who nooccupation The average amount ofmoney is shown by the records to have

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have made ample allowance for suchmoney as the aliens may have declinedtp exhibit at the immigration stationsOnly 70000 possessed more than 20each

A CityLoving Class

Seventy per cent intended to settle-In NewYork New Jersey Pennsylvania-and Massachusetts Considerable lossthan 10 per cent went West and about2 per cent South The statistics showthe great stream of immigration todayIs a city immigration and the bulk ofthe immigrants do not and cannot baurged to go Into the unsettled parts ofthe United States to develop them

The pauper statistics show thatabout thirty aliens out of every 100CO

become objects of charity whereas Incase of the native born both white andcolored only nine out of every 10000become such

It Is probably true the United Statesneeds all the Intelligent and ablebodiedlaborers it can procure and at the pres-ent time no steps should be taken whichwoulu prevent such people fromiicomlnghere On the contrary we mutstrlyeto legislate as to getand keep out those who are below a cer-

tain grade of intellectual and economicfitness Germany and England have alarge surplus population and jet thosecountries are but

I do not attempt to answerfully the questions suggested by thesefacts but it would seem that the

large Influx of undesirable and un-intelligent people from southern andeastern Europe may be at least one ofthe reasons why we do not get he better labor that used to come

The indiscriminate cry forlabor attracts the cheapest labor of Europe and Mexico the presence of whichtends to lower our standards to driveout American laborers and keep the bestEuropean laborers from coming herethe Immediate development of all thematerial resources of the country werethe only Issue Involved It would be proper to let in all kinds of laborers moreparticularly the Chinese who are themost efficient In tho world But nilthinking men realize that we cofifronted with problems of greater Im-portance than immediate material development and that our national ideals andand character cannot be sacrificed formere pecuniary gain

Problems to Be SolvedThe question at Issue is not the total

restriction ot immigration but its proper regulations Europe has a great manydesirable pecle and also millions whoare undesirable Every nation has Itsquota of both At least a portion aridmany of us believe a considerable por-tion of this Immigration consists of thisundesirable element It Is undesirablebecause it is found to be unintelligent-of low vitality uf poor physique able toperform only the cheapest kind of manual labor desirous of locating almostexclusively in the cities and unfittedmentally and morally for good citizenship

Ratio of Desirables and UndesirablesAt present It Is Impossible to state

the relative percentage of the desirableand the undesirable It is sufficient toknow that at least a considerable por-tion of those coming here particularlyfrom eastern and southern Europe andSyria are people who although theymay be able to earn a living are notwanted and will be of no benefit to thecountry

Aliens have no Inherent right tocome here and If the American public-as I think it does wishes to exclude theundesirable foreigners I see no reasonwhy it should not do so We should atleast see to It that our rapid growth Isnot at the expense of our nationalcharacter

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