New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-28
PLEA FOR ITdLIAN EMIGRANIS.

TO the Edftor Of The Tribune.
SIR: | have read with modification and
pain the facts you have recently published on the treat
ment which the poor Italians IN this city receive rom
the ,yorkmen Of other M onates. As friend OF the
Italians than You from the bottom OF my heart nov
only for the kind words you utter in their Deha' o'
for the opportunity which Tue Tribune Association mas
given for tho employment OF their skilled wotamen III
the construction Of Its great edsce.
Living az did many years ago IN ltay ana Charming
to know something OF the Italians. have long desired
to see large em grafton from that country and have
lono what little could promote it, Had II not been
for the dreadful impeachment of our language-whch! IS
to them literally unknown tongne-we should long
ago have received from that country more valuable
acquisitions skilled labor than from any otber nation
in Europe. The italians are bOGn artisans Pro rata 10
their population there is genius and aptitude ior
art than p any other with which am familiar True the
number OF them brought in the ars OUT
side OF agriculture, bears small proportion 10 the
same class in countries like Great Biiain France Bel
GUM, and some parts of Germany since these arts
have been so little cultivated among them uuu very
recent times There is comparatively little building
going on in Italy. this respect, their country mas
been finished good while But great change has
come over Italy since the her hitherto separate
aud discorant provinces and kingdoms under the sta
ble and splendid Government of Victor Emanuel
A whole system OF railways has been con
structed and great number OF other Pupiic
works. The mechanical arts have received
rapid and surprising development. 1 remember
when these first undertaken, they were generally
committed to English Swiss, German, or French eng-
that she would not only be dependent upon Foreigners
for tho management OF these enterprises, but for the
labor OF their workmen In carrying them OUT Ils mis-
apprehension. however, corrected Before tue
great Mont Cents Tunnel was fully under way the
superiority of Italians in department OF engineer
mi aaH Oh n lap0r do Ten competent
MOI he had n ca a.
In fact from the finest processes in the jewelers. art
silk manufacture. and IN every department of mocha
art down to the simplest forms Of construction the ca
slant surprise 10 the most accomplished en- neers and
rnechaniclans Of other countries.
while Itay has furnished from the revival of Art in the
Middle Ages the Benvenuto Collins to educate the
of the world in the fine arts the masses of the people
been Inferior to those OF other countries Tie con-
trary is exactly tho truth. Throughout her whole his
tory, from the foundation OF Rome the Italian people
preeminent for their genius In construction.
They have rebuilt their country time and again. after 1t
had been laid waste by the spoer and no nation since
the Egyptians has constructed public works so en-
during OF on so large scale Inc new eonce' erected
rous nation h the traveller with amazement In Turin
Genoa Florence, Rome and all the Italian cities where
been required they have been built quicker and better
excepting Chicago In fact, with the revival OF
the mechanical arts. Italy has developed quality and
quantity OF superbly skilled labor in every department
which indicated aptitude for mechanical achieve
ment utterly without parallel In any other nation.
ful I'm invention patient in toll, ingenious in con-
trivance faca in uan,nuatiop GENITAL in temnerament
earnest IN purnose social 70 a charm in bis do,
nestle spirit, economical beyond our comprehen-
son simple i'm his taste limited in his want.
healthy and strong in his cOnstitution EXEMPT
a. a yo,ryoIoua aagraa from bereditarv comnIa,nrs
like consnmption scrofua atism govt or disease
from alcoholic drnks-he Is the model workman of the
world The best en- gineers who have devised and con
struced their recent works with one voice have de-
that the Italians from their common aborers 10
their highest engineers have carried the palm from
those of every other country This Ia their record at
nome and abroad they have done the hardest and the
best work all through South America.
When think that ihese poor fellows so competant 40
superior by mature and ASSOCIATION TO the rougher and
les cyized classes that are pched in ON ma with great
ships for sboyes In piles by the thousand day inter
9ar,ng an the emnIovment Of thasa TtaIians 10 90
municipal authorities and capitalists, am filled with
loatbing and Indignation. The idea that any class
that from the Dauper dens OF Northern Eurone
shoud-only In nee OF their numbers-oin 10
gether Cypress Italians their superors
in ali things ought excite the of every
true American Ii there be foreigner who deserves "A
warm greeting these shores Ii Is the countrymen OF
Columbus and Vespucius; Of John Cabot aud Vera
zann: OF Calico, Michael Angelo, and Raphael of VOLTA
and Galyani; of Nico and CanOVa and the whole army
81 ciyzers who have transmitted TO ~ the Torch m
naht from other ages ~ "
Italy contains manhattan M ahout 90 ooo noo aud
NOW nnder fairer ausnices Of civil ufe and ,uncn.
sbe ia on the road OF progress thar popniation will in