The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-06
THRIFTY IMMIGRANTS.
Claiming tn Hav. No Money az n Matter Of
Economy.

Economy.
"Some people don't know any more
where they're going than dead man.
said an agent Yesterday who has had
long experience IN transferr.n" irnmi-
grants bound for Western points. BE
fore II present system was c>tab,
li-hed. he continued. the used 10
give Us a great dca! OF trouble. but now
everything run, Ike clockworh. \
man passes through ever. incoming
tram before I rracsc, the CITY. finds
ont from their tickets where thc mmi-
Grants are going. AID then give, them
cplor'i cards Indicating the druot, To
which they should bc transferred.
"h hen they reach the station they
ar" separated into Gi1crant groua> and
'ach lot D, taken to il, proper depot.
bag aud ha@gage. by F~ariur.c-> buses
The road receiving the people payiu"
thee bus fare. Ih-n. when our con
>l%Hment arrive. here. for instance. |
have TO SOFT them al over again and
~" them now slips designating their
towns ana tra n. Ait-r ". seen t. +;
l'i.f -'.N sf-''asaA A.&t [4-lk
tram ann done v 30 teen.
''Bcipl- IN" ire | Wa IN the .mrI,v
% an itrm grant aid society that used
10 take care Of The immigrant, in a BIZ
Dom over ON III nos, street. There
wa an o-ht-hplc,i ran-c m the room.
aad every .itii" while the women would
get into Il fight and rush up 10 nv d.-k
III the corner SCREAMING: Il put nv pot
on iir-t. She took my 30; or in
different languages and with arm,
ak rbo.
There used 10 be a urea, deal nf
h~umbu%@ery in those DAYS. too. You
see people already over here would
write back 70 their f. ends. tell n~thcm
10 say that The, had no money when they
reached Chicago. and that somebody
would TAX. care of them and send
them ON free. ! remember one Nor
wegan, for whom / was iu-; abou, 10
get 4 pass. when "A man who cam" over
on In" III " IN him told me that he
had Il big bag of gold. Tie Norwegian
refused Ia >wrarihat he had no money.
and | then gave h IN lust tine ENOUGH
To get out OF the house. The next day
he bought atich"t anipa,dforit m cold.
The ncatc>t catch lever had though.
was Il wornan who's" husband had
written a letter 10 her here. She
cpuldnt read. and 50 She asked m. t.
read II to her. | read along until
came 10 a sentence that made me stop. |
1t Wa: When 4" get To Chicago. say
that YOU haven't got any n
asked her If 81" had any moucy. and
h. r.,lr..l ,l,. - ii ~.
on with the i"tt"r-not without re-
inarningto her. however. Madam, Your
husband i a ScOundrcl.'
w don't have much Of that sort of
thing now If Il mar gets stranded
here and hasn't much moncv We give
him z ticket for what h" has. If he's
gong 10 a place where he has friends.
we telegraph To them. and. if they de-
post tn" pr cc of The ticket at the other
end of the ne. we send him on. In
he mas nothIn" but ~ornc barra"c.
give him Il ticket and turn II , bar
gage check over to the conductor"
"Nhich naturally gives YOU the least
.lroullc?' he was asked.
'N ell the Germans. on the whole.
The Norwe@ianS and Poles are the worst
because they won believe ANYBODY.
there are the h~alf-gcntlcmen who
nave been behind the counte in the
'id country. and who expect Won to
AXE OH Your hat To them. | speak
cr1nan Swedish. Norwegian and Ital-
ior~ transfer purposes; but Poles,
Sohcmians. and Firms | can't do any
hing with have to get an inter-
- Chicago Ncws.