The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-11
The Emigrant Economy or New York-A
Suggestion for It's Improvement.

your columns venture to ask insertion in the er aid
Great, growing, and very natural uneasinsss is fell
by ell classes Of the citizens Of New York. at the
Der and Importantly of the European beggars in the
streets especially OF late days As Is human nature
hate whatever is undessrved burden to u.s. 90 the
oil but exhausess charity which a first relieved and
provided for these unfortunates Is turned into
sore and irritable disregard and very soon will deepen
into fixed and rradcsble prejudice For the two fold
interest Of the city and the emigrants themselves,
something sheuld be dsne to provide temporary
for the poor unemployed strangers, in part Of the
State and on system where they could be occupied
In reproductive work to pay for their ainte.
nance until permanent employment would open to
them.
BY the Philadephis journals, I perceive a meeting
has been called there to provide such
The Legislature Of ha. also just
ed on the same subject. Their action however, strikes
prohibitory OF the ingress Of emigrsnts rather
than 10 control and that element for the
good. They have enacted that every landing of an
alien pauper In that State without the payment of
500 for each, and giving bond Of $1,000 that such
alien hall not become public charge shall be at
Penalty Of $1,000" The definition pauper appears
likely to be tho root Of series of htsations equally
ruitiess and wssteful TO emigrant shippers and the
State authorities Of Massachusetts,.
To come to New York
What is the present emigrant economy Of this city,
where eighty per cent Of all the incoming stranger,
arrive On all hands 1t is admitted 20 be very
Il ctve. The commissioners appointed by the act of
1s45 cannot attend to the working of the law cons
tutng them number OF paid clerks, whose patisnce
severely tried employed In the Park to all
sorts OF Wild questions sign dockets committing the
more unlcrtunhLo or fortunate TO the unprOJuctlye
I'll arranged and administered bastiles on Wards
and RaBdslis Islsnds In those places able men md
and women are pent up like fsundlings In a hospital
or chickens In q coop, with certain quantity OF food
throw at them periodically There they drilled
into ideness and depe Bdence others for days.
until they are again loosed this city, helpless
nay helpless than at hrst because they have got
the bad fashion OF contentedly digestng idle alms,
and even expecting its continuance This surely is
not satisfactory state of things The spirit Of ths
emigaDt economy Of New York should be that Of Psis
tratus when he answered the idlers Of Acadia, who
q tfA rh Ify him k.aa
your land" said he will lend; If you want seed to
Gov viii give you somei but will encourage none in
The State of New York cannot give beasts, or lend
seed; but this it oan do instead Of unproductive
prison houses for emgrsns on roc ss in the East yer
IL could locate temporary emigrsnts home In some
Of the upper counties of the State cay the line Of
the New York and Erie Railroad. The present CAPT.
tstior tax Of 81 90 per bead would more than pay the
communication price of transmitting them from the
dock to the home" superintendent, Q registrar,
and spotbecary would be the only resident oc ers
ne~dsd the intelligent emigrants could be m
poyed to oversee ths classes Of males and females while
at work few frame buildings would lodge and make
workshops for them; few hundred OF land would
occupy the agricultural class and support the estab
lithnent. Whatever their labor would be werth
their maintenance, would In few months carry them
to any part Of the INTERIOR and If any their friends
came OF cent for them before they had obtained the
ton, not TO throw them tho State. This Is no
theory OF mine, sir. II IL was. would not have
the same copGdepcs In IL I have. It is the
method Of extirPating mendicscy which has been
tried with such at Hoagsraen aud other parts
OF Belgium IL also partakes OF the method by which the
enormous paupersm Of Munich and other parts Of
vsris was efectualy sxtrpsted by Count Rumford In
many parts Of Great Britain and Ireland, charitable
Institutions, and even unstic ssylums, supported
BY the labor Of their inmates principle also largely
Introduced into ths American prison system.
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men who could easily arrange the details add present
the project In such shsps to the Legislature as to
have 10 acted upon during the present session. have
myself, given some attention to the details, but can
not tr.sp.ss on your space BY entering into them IL
boms for sngrsIts In the ntersr Of the State should
meet the public favor, the rest would soon follow.
have the honor TO be- Sir,
Your osedient servant,
THOs ID. MCGEE.
P.s. One detail Of importarce I may mention q
rsGular bulletin Of the classes of laborers wokmen
and the numbers OF each oAss who could be procured
by application to the Superintendent Of the Emgrants
HsDe shoud be published weekly In the principal city
papers, for the Information OF contractors As 80.
The N.w Code or Procsdsre.
Our attentive correspondent st Albany has sent us
asvpplnsptsry chapter 20 the Code of Pyooednrs said
TO be reported by the Commissioners Practice As
y concerns this city v. are fortunate As usual with
the Herald N being hr,t TO lay u before the public
Guar. OF Hogs.
The People Of the state Of New York represented Ia
Ser etc and Assembly, do enact ~ folloE,-
Sac. 1ss6-Tbis get shail be known as " The Act TO
prevent Il,gs running at sse in ths city Of New york.
New that statutes in derceston Of the rights Of
htes TO at large In that city TO be striey con
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