Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-21
GOING HOME RICH.
A Laborer With 5000 a Baron In
Hungary.

Hungary.
It is estimated that within the past
three years over six hundred thousand
dollars have been sent to Hungary
from the Shenandoah (Pa. region by
the foreigners who came there to
struggle for a few years by roughing
it, and then return home rich men.
These foreigners come to America,
live like animals, send home their saw
ings, work for next to nothing, live
cheaply, and in a few years save
enough to go back to Hungary and
live on the fat of the land ever after
ward. A sample story will fit into
hundreds of communities.
A reporter met an intelligent Hun
on his way to New York. He was
bound for Hungary. He could under
stand English only fairly, but suffi-
GENTLY well to take part in converse
ton. The following conversation took
place:
yes"
How long have you been in Amer
leap"
-Four years.
Your age"
"Thirty-five."
How much did you pay to come
herep"
Sixteen dollars. l come under
contract. | work for my passage.
Pay to re agent so much a week until
it is all paid"
"Do many come to America in that
wayP"
''Nearly all. A law is against it,
but foreign labor comes in nearly every
day under contract with some agent. ~
"Why do you return to Hungary
81 have saved enough money;
worked very hard; lived like a hog;
now go back to live like man in my
native country"
How much have. you saved in four
yearsp" 800 ~" s,n
six hundred dollars. sent all my
savings home by the month" ~ ~
''How do you send money homer"
with the postmasters. They do all
our business. We trust them"
''How much can a laborer earn in
Hungary by working hard?'
six guldens month, or about two
dollars and forty cents. In America ]
average eighteen dollars month"
''Quite difference.
Eyes"
''How much could you save out Of
your eighteen dollarsP' e..U
about thirteen dollars month. II
costs five dollars a month for board
wash, tobacco, rum and boots"
Nothing for clothes?"
Il bought one suit in four years."
Then you saved 1856 a year, or S624
in four years?" suH
II sent home 5000, and 1924 have tc
go back home with" t.l.
"How much does it cost you to live
in Hungary year?" 1t-f
about $50; but then l live very
good"
How will you invest your saw
ingsp'' q
Buy land or loan it. out on frs
mortgage
How much interest can yon get il
Hungary for your $500 savingsp" y
One hundred guldens bring six
teen guldens interest a year; that is
$40 American money bring S640 in
tcrest a year, or $500 bring 800 a yea
interest ONE; three times more thar
1t will cost me to live.
"You have closely calculated it.
Long days and nights l calculated
| do not oyerstate it. 1t is true. In
terest is high in Hungary. 1t keeps
all the people poor"
Then you will be a little nabol
when you get back homepn nia
IF | get back safely will be al
right It is great risk to come t,
America, Like big lottery, Com
three thousand miles over the sea
work hard here. four years; live in
shanty all together like pigs; eat rougl
black bread, cheap potatoes; drink ba,
rum; smoke strong tobacco; live will
rough, bad men, all men and m
women; very cold in winter; nothin.
clean: sleep on straw on the floor; risl
in sending money home. might get los
at sea; | might get sick, might ge
killed; now | go back; must cross tn
sea once more; do / get back? Sc
what big risk-big lottery
"Where is vour happape7h
II have none when l come; hav
none when l go. l am baggage, N
more"
Did you never become citizen Q
the United States?" ........ q.
mo sir. Out of about two thousan
Hungarians l know in America onl
one is citizen" ..sr
What is the highest wages you eve
got in American" .,l
Ninety cents day."
The lowestp" 1850 1r1'- e
Fifty cents.n
How much did it average you 70
toard?n
Five dollars month. One man d
the cooking for twenty Huns. We pa
IN SO much apiece to pay for all. "
DO all Hungarians live in that wa
here?''
"Nine-tenths of all who come {
America to stay only few years joi
together, and live cheap in that way.
Then You work cheap and cut dow
the average rate of Wages for labor ]
American"
On, yes. Some foreigners al
brought to America under contract
work three years, They get sixty-fiy
cents day. and their boss or sger