SELECTIVE IMMIGRATION.

One feature of the new ImmigratIon bill which hda been reporte4 out favorably by the house Immigration will mcet with almost unanimous approval. That is the provision that all prospective Immigrants shail get certi Beaten of entry from United StaLen consuls before - Ing. thus Insuring selection of giants . Such an arrangement will relieve most of the hardship of the quota restrictions which form the rest of the bill.
As at present administered. the 3 per cent quota Law now has resulted In great hardship to many Immigrants who have come to this coun- iry only to be held for Indeflnite periods while the Question of' was 'being settled, or who have come only to be shipped back because their country s quota had been filled. Under the proposed new arrangement, such hardships can be largely eliminated. It the consular authority Is wisely- applied, few I. need make the Ionagvoyage In vain, and those who do come ought to be of a better type than 'Would come without such precautions .
The approval. of. the other feature tof the bill. quota, to 2 per cent of the foreign born of each nation here In 1890 Instead of 3 per cent ,of those of 19tO. will not be 'so . American residents of the blood of southern and eastern Europe especially wil resent that measure. It Is designed especially to restrict Italian, Greek, Polish. and Ruseian Immigration. That purpose in Indorsed by many students of the problems of Amnericanizatlon and immigration on the -ground those nationals are not easily as United States citizens. But despite that contention, a vigorous opposition,to the mea- ure may be expected In from who believe it' to be unJust .
The general purpose and of the bill-to restrict the total of Immigration-cannot be opposed on suchi . Even under the 3 per cent quota law, more than 300.000 Immints Were admitted In the last fiscal year of which a report is .