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The JEWISH OUTLOOK A WeeKly Journal Devoted to the JewisH Communities of the Rochy Mountain Region PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Vol. 11l Third Year Let Them Come Says Frank P. Sargent, United States Com missioner of Immigration. Frank P. Sargent, United States Com missioner of Immigration, who was at the Auditorium in Chicago, said to a newspaper reporter that he did not share the alarm expressed by certain pessi mists over the surprising recent increase in immigration. “More than 1,100,000 immigrants ar rived during the past fiscal year,” said Mr. Sargent, “and there is no present indication of a decrease. Immigration is only harmful, however, when the im migrants are allowed to remain in the already congested Eastern cities. If they can be diverted to the sparsely set tled regions of the South and West, they help build up the land and are an un mixed benefit to the country. “Several of the Southern states have taken the bull by the horns and have sent agents to Europe to advertise the South and divert the tide of emigration to that region. South Carolina has in duced the North German Lloyd Com pany to run a line direct to Charleston, and the same company has been sending emigrants to Galveston for some time past. “Yes, it is true that emigration from Germany and the Scandinavian coun tries is constantly decreasing, while there is an ever increasing number of immigrants arrive from Russia, Italy and Austria. “The trouble in Russia has enormous ly increased the emigration from that country, but nearly all the'arrivals are intelligent Jews who follow some trade and get on their feet with surprising rapidity. Most of the Hungarians are miners who have an unfortunate ten Denver, Colorado, Friday, October 12, 1906 dency to congregate in the already con gested Pennsylvania mining towns. “Much of the prejudice against the immigrants from southern and eastern Europe is unfounded. Even the Irish were regarded with disfavor when they first poured into the country, and in fact, every strange nationality is looked upon askance. “I regard the present immigration laws as satisfactory upon the whole, though they should be extended to ex clude old people who are sent to us with out means and without friends. It seems as though some European countries looked upon the United States as an ex cellent substitute for the poorliouse. 1 am also opposed to admitting young boys who at present come to us in thou sands to work as bootblacks under a sort of padrone system. All under fourteen having no relatives in this country should be excluded. “I do not look upon the proposed ar bitrary restriction of immigration to a fixed number for years with favor. Such a measure would be decidedly injurious in prosperous times when an unlimited amount of labor is required. At pres ent the demand for labor is unprece dented and no employer would thank the government for shutting down the sup ply.” Much interest is being aroused among Columbia students by James IT. Mullen and Benjamin Bernstein, Ihe two blind men in the freshman class. Both have entered with the intention of studying law after completing an academic course. Mullen comes from Rensselaer, New York, and Bernstein from Rochester. Mullen succeeded in winning a scholar ship before entering the institution, but Bernstein expects to pay his expenses by tutoring. The Sultan and a Jewish Doctor Although he is the head of so fanat ical a religion as the Islamic, the Sultan of Turkey has always treated Jews with extreme impartiality, and he has again manifested his good-will towards it by his reception of Dr. Richard Bier in Constantinople. Dr. Bier, who is the private assistant of the great German Professor von Bergmann, was called to the Sultan in order to attend upon the latter’s favorite daughter, who was lying dangerously ill, though she has now fortunately recovered under the successful treatment of the physicians. Dr. Bier, who was pressed to remain in the Sultan’s palace, has returned to Ger many after a two-months’ sojourn in the Turkish capital, and avers that the hos pitality and gratitude shown to him there were quite exceptional in their sin cerity. An adjutant accompanied Dr. Bier on all his walks, and besides hav ing the carriages at his disposal, the Sul tan lent him his own yacht, whereon the doctor explored the Bosphorus, the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora dur ing his leisure hours. His Majesty pre sented Dr. Bier with carpets to the value of 10,000 francs, including a choice old Bokhara specimen. At part ing the grateful convalescent also gave him a gold cigar-case studded with rich brilliants. The Sultan honored Dr. Bier with no less than three medals, viz., the Mejidjie (first class), the Liak at (pour le merite) in gold, and the Im tiaz in silver and gold. The last three are hereditary and the highest honors conferred upon foreigners. The Sultan only awards them from personal initi ative. Besides the princely fee he re ceived. Dr. Bier was appointed physician to His Majesty’s embassy in Berlin. Number 50