The New York herald., 1873-08-25

to bring in hook after the analrs OF the agencies
with which they connected, and skilfully avoid
attracting 4he attention OF the police.
FEEDING, SLEEPING, LICKING.
They 90 not trouble themselves with preparing
food for the children when reaching home al ngnt:
wserever "e they nave 70 PICK up crumbs and ses
sign OF the cross when appealing TOR food 20 the
cooks ana servant girls In the easements Of dwell
the pangs OF hunger. In this way they are some
times tle recipients Of very good piekings, and
seen HIS Holiness the Pope. As reesras
sleeping accommodations IL Ii an invariabe
practice for the men and women, boys ana girls 20
rooms, or rather nurseries OF immorsiity spd
crime The amount exacted from each sfsfIee
e1 ses s 10 s ne :s
tts led ysses Ia ass aS' q, y 'As ss: II,
heads hanging down and then whipped; sometimes ,
the soles or their feet are raped; sometimes
and bitten In various parts Of their nesh; some
times they are plncned with Iorceps. These ana
through ofciaI Investigations made In this eoun-
try and IN London and Paris-the other Two CHIEF
slave markets Ior little Italians.
GIRLS AND ORGAN oRISDERs.
Girls make more money than boys and more u
required OF them. for II II calculated tnat they m
sent out by couples, wearing new dresses and
straw hats, ana they cut rather queer sight m
QuakcT-llkC
doors OF lager beer saloons playing the .wacht sm
Rhein." This little tribute 10 Won Moltke never
fails to bring down the house. There are NJ
In the American cities IRON the villages OF
BOrzOnasca, province OF Chiavar, and fontana
about with them monkeys dressed up IN red clothe.
and taught to dance and beg, as well as oid women.
who ply the .amaor1nc while asking for a Few
cents and proclaimin9:-"we are poor Italians"
Towards the close Of last year The fofeisn Minis.
ter Of King VICTOR Emanuel addressed the follow.
ing note ~ his colleagues, urging them 10 have the
senate bill for the suppression Of the trafnc passed
BY The Chamber OF Deputes:-
- Eonr, November n, ls7s
regard to the shameful traffic carried On by dshcnes'
ssn o s s "Sd e @ D.
for vile , san ~ and, shout a. s q
tho e as'
many losses ese thus hsaaV osussd the nsson s sss
seem to s srsssy s any
sonaIy utmost fS.i he p.s sw SI %hes iSs
mas 70 hs hs s
have The approval 81 both branches OF farsneni aud
- ~ wv s'Nfl% The % minister, yIscoSrrvESosrA
IN accordance with the foregoing note the
Senate bill referred to was passed by The Chamber
kingdom. In substance it DEGREES nne and lm-
prisOnment against all who shall trafc In Italian
nracs or ae 81 arsns
spectators ana cOmpels the restoration OF all
minors under the specified age to their families;
tives to provide out OF the public money for the
restoration to their native land OF all such children
THE ORIGIN OF THE TRADE.
On the passage Of this law the Italian legislators
went into the question Of the 'trade In children"
learnedly and thoroughly. 1t has been pointed out
generally supposed as there Is hardly any legisa-
tion WMch does not refer to 1t. The hebraic and
SS HG%e a e as G
q similar traffic. NeiIher the progress OF Christian
ity nor the invasion of the barbarlans was
Between the eighth and ninth centuries, and par
ticulary between the thirteenth and fourteenth,
the evil increased through the means OF that vasa
bond race OF people who came from the fnuus into
Europe, and who ware known under the name OF
gypsies. Severe laws were enacted against the
and England during the sixteenth centurySapainst
the comprac'icoS, Or buyers of fchildrep~-descrbed
by the author OF "L'homme Qu Rlt'-reveal how
serious and pernlcous the trade was at that epoch
Coming down to more recent times even in the Oays
when italy divided into little states the misery
and ignorance in which were Immersed the inhab-
itants OF some OF the mOse sterile provinces, and
through lack OF popular education and interconl.
munlcation, had induced some Of them to seek the
barter their young for the profits accru1ng from
such professions. When this lasf.mentloned iea-
diatey spring up horrible conscription OF
innocent madens and tender little boys.
Miserable parents, stimulated by pressing
and sometimes to sell or hire their children
to the more fortunate spectators in their midst.
The governments which then ruled Italy were in
truth not Indifferent to this great evil each tried
to provide according to its character and tenden-
cies. 1t is certain that neither the preventive
measures OF the NeapOlltan or Sardinan govern
ment nor the represstye ones OF the government of
Parma availed to eradicate the noXious proceed
under the weight OF q burden which it had not
created; but 1t is only too true, however that
e % to aa on accUpaeG SS new
regime to the free development OF private
effort and greater intercommunicati0n from prov
ince to province and from the interior to foreign
parts or, perhaps also may be, through the insti
cations and encouragements of parties hostile to
the new Kingdom Some opposition was expressed
tiOnal system OF Italy to the passage OF the law
above referred to. The Italian lawmakers decided,
however, that the State had not only a right, but
the duty, to do all 1t could to afford protec-
tion to Its minors, and at least save
slavery. In support OF their view they quoted the
following propositions OF Stuart Mill:-"A person
ought to be free to do as he pleases with respect
to his own affairs, but that person should not be
free to do as he pleases when he acts for another
under the pretext that the affairs OF that other
are his own. The state. while respecting the
liberty OF each individual in what only concerns
that individual is obliged to watch with care the
manner ma, in which he uses the power accorded to
FIRST PREVENTIVE MEASURES
As far back as 1861 tile Foreign Minister OF Italy
caution in granting passports to Italian BOYS, and
to refuse them absolutely, except for returning to
their homes to all exclusively dedicated M to TIE
ers and managers. But suoh instructions
availed ittie and things progressed so favOrably
until now for the trafnckers that the latter
have been enabled to hold on to the children as In
struments of gain, If helping and valid, or to
abandon them to misery and starvation, II sick or
useless. Thus they have been rendered, In both
cases. those objects otpublic pity which foreigners
in Paris. London, Vienna and New York are &C
customed to designate-as we are told by Italian
lawmakers themselves-''under the painful name
OF Little Itallans'-F,ccou LtGliani."
EXTENT OF THE TRADE.
For q long time France was the only market
trade was limited; the road across the Alps was
interrupted at every step by barriers, passports
and policemen. The market Of America was not
Yet open, and, between sorr0wing mothers and
the Outstretched arms OF their little sons, the
ocean did not pass. To-day however as the official
documents show, the industry is carried on by an
extended association on vast scale, upon almost
bOundess territory reaching from the province
OF Basincata, in the old Kingdom OF Naples to the
shores OF California. The traffic counts by hun
dreds its accomplces and by thousands its victims
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