Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-25
THE I7u,Gsar,oN rNau,uY.
Tho Agent os the &c lam burg tsu. TELLS
the Comosittce How the Bussue~. Az
Managed.

NEw NoEx. July 2a--TAe congressional CON-
mittee appointed 20 inquire into the Immigration
Affairs OF the country-al-large. began It's work nc
the Westminster Hotel al 10 O'Clock THIS morning
Chairman MclsoaTne n. ford u Michigan, and
Congressman W. ". MorroW. Of CALIFORNIA and
RigHard Ggcnthcr, OF Wisconsin. were the only
meaoers ot the commit;ee present, Tut general
Spinola and Congressman Oates are eNpectad 10
arrive tomorrow. The commissioner uf s,fnigrs-
ton werr none uf thcia present at the Ops.An. OF
the Inquiry. nor was any one else there IL rrpre-
take the chair was T. l. BoaS passenger
agent " the Htmhurg hne "a steamers
company transacted its Passenger business Hs
said Jhat his company had AcoO geats In different
parts OF the country, ana about 80 pr cent uf the
sales maie by tnese agents ~ere prepaid passage
tlckels sold 10 frenfs ana relatives Tor peOpie Ia
Europe. In New NlTk the company has aOouI
they seu about - per cent OI the emigrant uckcts
sold here in New York. The Wines never knew
or tickets being sud IA Quantities 20 any one per-
tell what was the highe>- num0cr ever sold
10 any one person. Apout - per cent "
steamers are elni-rantS aud during the
years uamcd the numbers brought were
ls~6, ~. 7sSe; lsS5, 2s.l52. lhe COMPANY agents
sell LHAeJs from any rolnt ~ Europe 10 ANY plint
In tins ,1untry. About une-lhird oi tae emisranis
brought by MS line stop here la New 4 "a ahi the
balauce 90 60 points farther west Ekerl Aan
who buys a ticket has to present passport snow
ing that he .s allowed 90 en- graie. aa1 has not
takes great pains TO inspect all pas,rhrs Ia oder
that none shall come over who would nut 20
allowed 10 laud mere. All railroad tickets are css-
tnbuted on the steamboat according 10 the ~ g
OF the castle Garden cieIring-upusf, ana the pas
senAers are dNl4rd up among the different roads,
- n 10 eQualizc the business.
Mr. Boss Nas ques ioucd closely by each oi the
committeeman on tuia passport question and ac-
know lodged that the principal puiAt uNeil on in
The DO, ument was whether or not the would Oa
ems rant was uabe Tor military service.
Ne said That atl he steamship lines held con-
Ference periodically, and that one ui the rule, "
tAiS conference va, tuat no agent should b. al
loWe0 TO sCll uckets on credit or on the Install
Mr. Boas said that most OF the Hungarian emi-
erants are common labOrers, the boucmiaus are
about evenly divtued between agricultural and
common labor, aud the Poles are almost 20 a unit
common iaOOTerS. The Poles mostly 30 10 Suualo
Mr. C0Ser.y the second witness examined. de-
scTlhed the Mediterranean uuSuess done by ms
company, ana gave ngurcs relating 10 Italian In
IA. -railon.
lne majority of prepaid tickets from italy. he
sIlo, wc.e sold by the italian bakers here Ia New
YORK. They have :! stem uf tnelr own, a sort Of
wildcat speculation They issue Jheir own lex
ets which sold in tAe fOfn OF orders on their
agents in Italy. ana then, wuen they have loo or
~ Issued they 20 10 the stCains ~ companies aud
make the best rates they can With thrm. IA this
piching up q tramp steamer at a low rate. Mr..
JoVerly thought tuly so per eenJ OF the prepaid
Italian tickets were sold by these Italian bankers
lie sald That 90 per cent OF the Passengers rom
ltau n ports remain IN New hoTk. IhUsr going
20 Western ports are sent over sucn roads "a, ths
Castle Garden clearing house dCtatss- He s1d
that his company had RESIN, ted the sale OF blank
tickets 10 any one party 20 ten. Anyone wishing
more than that must give the names OF the pas
sengeTs who were o. Use them. Ar. IOyerly
stated that the greatest number Of tickets Witch
MS company ever sold ln one block was loo.
which were sold about year ago 20 Mr. BdTsOlu
OF the Italian payer AZ thOgreSSO.