Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-27
HOME AFFAIRS.
LABOR DELEGATIONS CALL UPON
GENERAL HARRISON.
Three Persons Roasted, and Three
Boys Drowned Seven Days in
Well--Sheridan.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-Us1os.l
IMMIGRATION.

The Ford Investigating COMMITTEES Re-
suInes Its Inquiries.
Copyright, 1888, blythe California -associate5 Press.
New YORK, July 26th.-The Congress.
sional Committee this morning resumed
investigation of the subject of immigra-
ton. The same line of facts was deyeIoped
as that in yesterday s: hearing.
Steerage PasseDgef Agent Curtis of the
Cunard Steamship line testified concern.
ing the growth of Irish, Scotch and Eng
lish immigration since 1883, with which
his company is principally concerned. The
Cnnard line brought 1000 immigrants in
1888, while so far this year it had brought
2l,000. Out Of $4,000 passengers arriving
in the last twelve months, over thousand
had prepaid tickets Curtis also testified
regarding ths fsicise.g hssinSss. similarly
to the preceding witnesses. The business
was sought by agents all over Europe. The
Cunard Company sold return tickets on the
other side, good fer three years, which
were practically good for all time Tickets
had been sold as low as SIS, and at one
time the company Eetted only S12 per pas
senger, commission ut S3 being paid on
each ticket.
General Agent Brown of the Cunard line
testified 10 the ssme general effect.
Italian Vice Consul Monaco testified con-
cerning the conditions attending Italian
immigration.
CONDITION OF ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS.
Monaco testified that large proportion
of the Italian immigrants were farmers or
farm laborers. They are generally without
means To get further than New York.
About thirty per cent. of Italian immigrants
are skilled artisans and about fifty per
cent. farm hands. About one month ago
the Consulate received $1,000 from the
Italian Government, through the Italian
Minister, for the relief of Italian immi-
grants in this city The money was dis.
bursed through the Italian Immigration
Society. The pressing need of money was
represented to the Italian Minister, and as
suranre was obtained that the Italian En-
igration Sociery would be aided in sending
poor Immigrants b4ck to their homes in
Italy.
VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW.
Monaco also detailed the method of
bringing Italians here in violation of the
Contract Labor law. Contractors and
others direct their friends in Italy to send
over men and pay their passage. The pas
sengers then are sert to certain people in
this city, who place them at work at from
81 to 81 25 per day. The Immigrants then
are required to pay back to their employers
on this side the price of their passage and
liberal interest therefor. The advance on
the ticket was never less than S5, and often
$50. Contractors receive the wages of i'm
migrants when employed and deduct what
they see fit Tor passage, board, etc., and
then give immigrants the balance. Some
times the bosses jer contractors skipped
after receiving the Immigrants wages and
left them in he turch altogether. Then
the imniigrants..e go to work elsewhere
or appealed to the Consulate to be sent
home. On rare occasions immigrants got
the best of the cont act labor bosses.