The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-26
EUROPE'S SWARMS.
Opening Of the lmmigra-
tion Investigation.
rnE DrIreE or rrnnA~s-
why TA<y leave Their Houes-Is-
aaced BY False stories Of America
Many cone Here Unaer Total
Misuna<rssasaiax Much r.efai
Iassrn.sisn B~inx Gathered.

Sxx Yeas. July 2Ee day The e.snsre<-
zfo125 eezssazttee spSsesa'ess - AAek Into
xsasasgrsfsea Affairs u tisc eolntry af ;a-re
hsxaa is work The Hrst <sssissa Of toe
ecsanssssse yfsEs=l ~ tav " ssEuEksssar Aesei
this Ka@rastEx Chairman Fssrs a. Nsras-
rsn and Congress razn Morrus af Call.
fssnsz ssre TIE onfx Hsenhxrs af sise eosn.
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{ f1n zrzs<szaH OATES arr cxfx<rx<s 10 STRIVE
/ tss-snssrssS. The Mes York essssss sssscuers
~ tEnissssrsssua seFe Essne of shsaa PRS
cut NJ She opening of she Inquiry. nsf wAs
aas tsse esss there - rrssressai Castle
Garden
1fls hsss wfsness 10 take fl.c chair wss &.
/. 6aaiss, passenger asE1f of the Hafasas<
I; lsne 81 sseaa8ers. He ass QUESTIONED atoss.
/ the manner in which his company trans
acted rs passenger business he described
tlle eosaFanx's systera % agencies IN this
coGEtry aaa Eurof.e Witness said that
; every person bus Ing ticket has to present
9 passport showing that be j. allowed 10
efesErstF. aEs1 has Bet committed ans
! crime Tue eesnpeay. he said. takes great
pairs 10 snsaecs all passengers. IN order
thai zone shall come ever " Ao would net
be allowed ~ land here.
Baaiss vas questioned closely by each
committeeman on this passport qaestien.
and aea RON edged flat the principal nosaf
.s@rsi ou IN the document aSs whether or
not the soald-be sfnsgrant was liable For
military service.
Mr. Co4eriy was the secoud witness ex-
Amiaed, The committee devoted especial
attention 10 the Mediterranean business
done by his company.
Arthur Lesereg, OF the kesi star line.
thought his line had arslaghf I2a.ed4 snai
grants into the cosntry in the past Eve
years. reH per cent of the tickets sold in
New York ART prepaid
A representative uf an italian society
during recess stated that Immigrants fiock
to their rooms begging for relied and max
ing cosn fieiais- Nhea asked Why they
ecuIe hers they say taey were persuaded
BY sissai1g riacafts which adorn tbs walls
Of their native villages, segtsnS fe~;h in
giosIng terms the advantages of coming
10 America and promising thesn psoiiigble
employ nfSlst as sDeD as they ia1f- These
piaeasas tasy say are spread broadcast over
ttAly by agents of the New YORK Italian
bankers. Wis reap rich harsc from ,heif
pr,slst on steamship tickets
ioHis u. Benis. ageas oi the Hasre huc,
stated thai the majority af the stecrage
passengers who cufne 10 this port by his
line are ssedes- His company ouly has
dealings with ten OF twelve local agents,
blank. Arrivals the past few years have
been about lGats VERY few OF their pas
scagefs remain ia New York
A. II UndeEhili said ihe t;uion line had
brought in Tie past fiye years a,ssiif iGtl.eoo
eiaigranfs mostly English, ifish scotch.
About 10 per cent OF the passengers
coming over ON the ttsion Inc go % points
beyond New York. majority of them
ge.ng - The Northwest
Theodore Scroder, agent Of the North
German Lloyd line. gave tbs arrivals Of his
line the past Ave years GsI 800. The major
ity nf them were Hnagaffans. They were
mostly on prepaid tickets, and these were
sold by local agents mostly In the Pennsyl-
yaaia coal rssions. Two-thsrds Of the iia-
migrants by this line went west Of New
Yufk.
j. Quirkniit, agent of the Fabre line. said
= majority OF the Italian immigrants went
West III Sew York He aeknowl leagrd at
one time he kad sold 100 tickets 10 one
party, bat he now restricted the number TO
tea- This was done to preveat speculation
He claimed thai ltaliaa bankers realized
yuyy little from the commission ON passage
tickets.
RoNE, July 25.--The RefofNc has an ar
tscie today on the agitation carried en In
the tinted States against Italian insmigra
ton. The Etyf8vsna says the movement in
question is based soiesy upon miserable
hatred OF the Italian element. aad that
public opin1en IN Italy viii not allow the
question 10 drop.