New-York tribune., 1882-08-14
CASTLE GARDEN LABOR BUREAU.
PROPOSED CHANGES IN IT'S MANAGEMENT.
THE GERMAN SOCIETY OPPOSED TO PLACING 1T
UNDER The COMMISSIONERS CARE-WoRk DONE

PROPOSED CHANGES IN IT'S MANAGEMENI'
THE GERMAN SOCIETY OPPOSED TO PLACING 1T
UNDER THE COMMISSIONERS CARE-woEK DONE
BY THE BUREAU.
At recent meeting of the Commissioners on
Emigration IA resolution was adopted thhI IHo
Castle Garden Committee should take INTO cOnsiu-
Grafton the feasibility OF d'sposng Oh the cypress,
restaurant and money brokers privileges 10 luo
highest bidders, and OF charging ihe raiiro.Ls LIS
and telegraph company having Offices IN inc
rotunda certain rental for the room they occupy.
AZ present the Commissioners do not feceVe any
T, yenuc from these privileges. While some OF tne
Commissioners claim that the prOhts from INC
privileges large that IA part oil these sn1uiu
be pald for the maintenance OIL enlgf"'ioh, otnci'
take the view that ii tins IS So the prices LOT pIoN
sions the rates OF eXpressage, brokerage, oc.i
should be reduced The resolution was SO anchhcu
that the committee are also 10 &C hni1er te p@UpV9 @
tlons TO transfer the LABOR Bureau from the super-
vision OF the German and Irish Eulgraht NocietteS
to the Commissioners, and to exact hereafter Zee
from employers for every person hired through tne
Bureau The latter proposition would BE- Lover
feature in its government slDce tne oIuce haS
never charged let or commission OF any hinu W
employers immigrants, aud II IT. shou'u o, pe
adopted it would become regularly Ilcehseu "hco
like many Others. =, c:.
The Labor bureau was organized by lhe Co,li'm.1
sioners of Emigration When the fnIncial dIlhcul-
ties of the Board IN 1879, made economy necessary
in every direction, they were cOmpellcu 10 closo i
The German and IRISH EmIgrant societies. recog,,
nizinp the Importance OF maintaining IT. proposed
to continue the Bureau at their JOINT expense. ne
offer accepted. ana under tho lhallaeS ihoit vi
an officer from each society the Bureau mas Deeh
supporiel at an expense OF $1,000 year since
then The German Society on Wednesday decided
that the proposed change would be IN VIOLATION Oh
the charac er OF the Bureau ~ chartaDlc lhst't-
tIon and declined TO favor the proposition ol ino
Commissioners. The Burtau is conducted nnder
tine superntendencN of William Commonly anu MS
Esslinger 1t Is free market Tor Immigrant iaooT,
ouen 10 all employers from all parts Ol the Onlteu
States. 1t offers 10 employers superior opportuhIc
ties to choose suitable subordnates on account oi
the great number of applicants l0T work OF every
kind who daily resort to the oihce; II FURNISHES FURNISHES
not only domestic help. agricultural or uhsklHeu
labor, but also all kinds OF skilled ianorers,
mechanics and artisans. Land sPecula'0rs arc
excluded from the privileges OF tue LABOR bureau:
and propositions looking To the safe oI V'''iS vi
land TO immigrants are never entertained En-
ployers applying at the office must either De known
to tho superln-endents or produce satslactoIy
references. Agents must be dhly authoriIeu rVy
their principals and he well recommended. Inc
Office does not make contracts tOrtmin@rahts WIN
the employ 1t does not IA the amount ol Masos,
nor the time of service. nor prescribe any CONDITION
OF the contract 1t leaNes all such lnaitrrs to uo
determine ed by the persons immediately Interested,
and assists immigrants only by giving lhclh heeuI
ful information and advice. EMPLOYERS are III all
cases reoured 10 provide tor the transportation OF
employees to the places where they are required IL
means sufficient 10 pay travelling expenses are re-
mltted to the Bureau. with the request 10 sehC
hired help to the applicant ~ IL seen tlaI INC el
plOye is properly started ON his journey; OuI aii
applicants are requested to state distinctly the klnu
OF labor required, the nationality Preferred anu uo
rate OF wages proposed
Notwithstanding the fact that the immigration
for the first six months this year i nearly nun
dred housana in excess of that for the same pefOd
in 1881 the statistics of the Labor Bureau sho"
decrease in the number OF peIsoDs mo nave apPneu
for employ ment. In the SIX months endlnS July
l. 1sS2 II 900 immigrants found employ neht
through the Bureau OF these l6Js5 were men
2767 being SIX lied workers ana To- IL iarn hhnus t
and common labOrers-and 4.4I0 women lhe lattcr
were dumestics mll-hands For the INST SIX
months of 1881, employment was i0und lOr -z'1d
nnin grants, of whom l1,2S2 were men anu oo'z
women In speaking of this falling OF in persons
seeking employment MIR. Connolly salu 10 %
tribune reporter: a. Alarger number of immigrants
come here now with liked points Ol dcsllnatloh'
they having been advised and Llade every arrange
ment for establishing home before leaving Europe.
In many cases the informant given TO immigrants
with regard to where they shall settle is not Salts
factory, and they find their way back 10 Caste
Garden see king empoyment 1t tfiequently happens
in such cases thai employment IS found LOT tneih
within few miles of Shere they hrSt went we
have found employment for shUemakers "atch-
makers carpenters lron-wOrkers, IthoEIapheis elc'
also for large number OF Young men Who' not nav,
ing finished their apprenticeship are eHplOyeu
under instruction at fair wages. ..
"New-YOrk state absOrbs the largest share OF I'M
migrants seeking empOyment with New-JerScy'
| PennsN lvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, NcT-
| mont ana Michigan folio cIng in the order named.
| A large number of families. most OF them To woiK
| IN SILK cotton and wOOllen nils, have gone 10 Coh-
necticut Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New
| Jersey. large number OF raw hands nave also
beeA engaged as apprentices. The demand Ior laIm
! labOrers has been greatly IN excess ol the supply
! We have now a large number OF appllcalOEs
! which cannot be filed. We have many applicants
| for employment " no would willingly go distance
| from tie city. but great many OF these nave no
money to pay their fares and little or no baggage as
security for their tickets TO secure the arrival OF
! employees, especially where money is advanced To
| them for their tickets we have Their baggage
| checked to ITS destination and send the
| checks nv mail press to the employer. This
| prevents the immigrant from stopping hall way.
| For farm labor Swedes are preferred. great
| many Holland families have also been engaged ana
| many others sought for. OF the Irish immigrants
| the farming element has readily iound employment.
and large number OF Irish families have been
engaged Tor mill work in New England.
| There has also been a large demand Tor miners
| in PENNSYLVANIA, Virginia and North Carolina but
there have not so many come out TINS y,ar ~ ias
| aud our supply has been limited for tins reason.
| While we have sent large number OF Immigrants
| TO Minnesota and Michigan, we have not been able
| 10 satisfy the demand especially IN the iormer
| state wnere thrrc is need Of wO0d-ChOppfrs anu
lal,orers for smelling furnaces. We have also had
orders for immigrant Labor IRON Georgia and Virginia
but we have not been successful IN sending there
The probability is that when the demand Tor labor
| falls of in the North ard West as winter ap
| proaches. and when wages are lower, we VIII be
| able to send immigrants TO the South. We sent a
few families to Texas carly in the season, but the
| demand from that State upon the Labor linrean
has not been so great IN previous years. This ls
| due TO the fact that considerable effort has been
made for direct immigration To Texas and the
| peoplc coming to Ncw-l ork have not money
| mands from Florida for farm labOrcrs. WITH a
| properly organized systcm, | think "A good class OF
| immigration could be directed there. ne scheme
Organized IN South Carolina to induce Immigration
| has worked very well under the Commissioner ap.
| pointed by that state. and thnk the eHoTts Will
| be renewed this t.ill."
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4 DISHONEST BREAD-WAGON DRIVER.
| Richard BrodowslIy, age twenty, was before JUS