The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-15
THE LAND OF GOLD.
Immigrants Deluded by
False Promises.
POLES BLING DEIvEs HHrHEE-
misyerreseufasisrs Made 80 Irish
men. Of PI@nfy 81 work aEd Coed
wages-Pyfaee Etsrasrek sna fhs
Lsrd Mayer Of Lsnisa Helping -
Popaiase America

sEw YoEx. Aug 1.-THE eozzrs>-
ssoaaI committee to-Gay Tesgrnszd ~
Investigation into the evils Of imnzgrz-
ton. L. Packard. manufacturer q
ship stores, took tie stand To give
evissnce Of his knowledge Of alies5s
commanding American vessels. Wit
rezs had heard o. risay szcA eases,
and said Il was common TAX among
shippinS usen a. farming ont Ame-i-
can commanders % make way Tor
foreigners. The reason OF this vas
that Aliens worked cheaper than
natives. Their salaries rzngsi from
SO tos-5 1 month The natives whom
they drove away received from, $50 TO
sl25 monthly Witness went On % say
TIA: foreign crews we're usually en-
gagged By these alien CAPTAINS. Two
thirds o. the crews were foreigners. be
said, principally English and Nor
wegian ssilors-
Capt. BTisgs. now engaged A. travel
ing agent for a ship-chsndlsr, knew OF
many cases whsre American vessels
zere bought BY Briti-heTz. Despite
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TIME to fiF the American flag. ThIs
was 50 their vessels could engage In
the coasts iSe trade. Foreign cap
com rIand Of ve sells. Witness him esf
had t. give Up his ship because his
wages were 70 be sedncetl from SIS to
so month. His place was taken b.
Norwegian
H. a.~~~ 80
and said be knew several instances
where American captains had 10 give
way to foreigners. the vessel he hiHI-
sell lett Wa the Gordon Colby. and
his foreign successor sent abroad for
hi. brother ami changed the ereg 70
men of his osn nationality.
James HehSney, an Irish immigrant,
said be WAS induced 10 imnigrate By
stoTi , told him BY st.am hip agents
in ireland. Agent John IoaneIy of
the Anchor line met him while he wGs
orkiag oriying car. and toll him
he eoaid ret from $40 10 Si4 a week in
this coIntry. His wages abroad
rangei from II 10 p shilliags week.
steamship agents we're constantly talk
ing OF the good wages that could he
received here Circulars were also dis
4 = =
accounts o. the money that could he
made IN this country. Witness could
neither read nor write. Since he came
here he had not been able 70 get any
work
PdtFick Cavanaugh said he arrived
in the country "A fortnight arc. " Oh Il
! think, said the witness, '.you could
ind gold collars on the streets from
I - ALI A
Dome w of the Anchor line tod NE
I coald get good work the moment |
got To this country. knew hundreds
ho came here. Some of them sell
their lands 10 get here, and D0nueliy
is an auctioneeF, too. and he sells the
land for them and then sells them the
tickets To come here.
J. Is. Greenaale, once an inmate OF
the City OF London asyium. swore
that he wa discharged after ten day,
conlinment. The lord mayor sent
him and his family 10 this country.
Geo Guirichek, . German who had
been in this country three year, said
that whSe in Berlin be was agent for
French Sleeping cir company. lie
was acquainted si,h reriin stitis,ic
| and they showed that during the pa I
| five years there were about go, 200 inn
misrants Meyrt hagnus. a city
councilman and man held in much
favor By the German government,
once called or witness respecting 8
mole by which prosecuted Rus ian
Jews co I'D lie shipped TO this country.
IL is the policy Of Bismarck. sail tie
witness. TO drive OF the Poles ard to
rc-Germanize the country. There was
an immense fund in the hand OF tn.
German government. to buv mp the
small lanaei posse sions o. the unce-
iFable Pole, ard then sell the prop
crty for small sums to Germans.