New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-10

The dishonesty practiced upon immigrants by land
sharks is proverbial General as is the complaint Of
such an evil there is yet no systematic effort made 10
eradicate it, Now we hold that this can be done in
great measure if not entirely All expressions against
the wrong in question are futile, TO say the least 50
long as The re is no means taken to eradicate it.
What is the true state Of the case Simply this:
There arrive here somewhere about thousand imm
grants day. This is stupendOus fact, and perhaps
in q national sense the sublimest in history. The
great mass ofthese immigrants poor ignorant, and
Il portion Of them, vicious. They arrive in strange
county with strange language strange institutions
and arc suddenly freed from what to them is the force
of laW-namey, standing army. All this boiling mass
Of adventures is thrown upon what Upon any sys-
tematic arrangements for their comfort any official or
individual provision for their safety No. They are
delivered over to the tender mercies Of low keepers
of halfbrothes haltboardiDghO halfgrog shops
TLoy are or they may be, If We'll disposed, con-
terminated or ruined thus from the start; or they may
be cheated and heeced of their last cent and turned
desperate on the world Now this Is all wrong The
magnitude of immigration makes it vital affair for the
well being of society and country that adequate
measures should lie taken 10 receive these immigrants
properly and prevent them from falling into moral
business suares. Heaven knows we need it, when
ninety per cent OF the rumhoes in some Of the Wards
are kept BY foreigners and Of the eighteen murderers
before the Court Of Oyer and Termner az this instant
hardly an American name appears. We are now
grooming under this incubus of foreign crime little
Of it due 10 the neglect Of the immigrants their first
arrival Now as FIRST step toward reform, let us offer
a uggestion as follows:
There are in this City many wealthy foreign mer
chants their wealth amounts to untold millions. They
have amassel it here, BY profits made on imported
goods Their right feeling toward this country is an
nually expressed at their National Benevolent Festivals
and lis sincerity we do not question. II occurs to u.s.
that it would be grateful tribute to this country, as
well as frsernal recognition of the claims their
humanity from their immigrant cOuntrymen less fortu
nate and intelligent if the various Benevolent Societies
the st. Georges, the St Andrews, the st. Davds
The St. Patrick the French Benevolent Society the
German Benevolent Societies, the Scandinavian, the
Italian aud 40 forth, would raise und-say of hun
dred thousand dollars for beginning and put up at the
most eligible place where land does not cost much,
model boarding and lodging house for immigrants. \
house plainly and substantially built with lighthouses
and rcadingroom in place OF bar and the hotel
nomics of a common kitchen, and common wishhouse,
could ently be put up to accommodate one thousand
immigrants. These could be lodged and boarded
~ cost for a limited time-whatever might be
6Wtcd upOf-nnd connected with the hotel
should be National Intelligence Office for finding out
places ~ All pnfs OF the country for whatever kind Of
labofeu Ihs could be regularly and literally organ
ned. carrying ts correspondence b. post, or tele-
pialL Iiy tlia means. whatever number Of mmg granite
40 accommodated would under such guardianship both
~ lhe hgenls Of The stockholders and Of a special
police place therein be- srcured against the Ordinary
imposensLne frauds pfaoticod nganai them aud be-
famo,ed fam Tho iempiationa which tho irty dons
nie,e iLey i've nou scatter viii opon palm We
La,. iHatiion ~ suggesting such lotai ne char.
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