The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-09-28

| ~~4&~@ e11t t44~<44 ~ . IN Wocu me
0overruene Treasury = bursting vi>h wealth.!
Does u ro, look . 4 e.1ss nss we're
s,rs1ning ~ suaL vhen tnoy hn1 prerooasly
swallowed > canel1 Ihe lnatE a. Rnssia aver.
aEct - Dee ccol- Italy h1s : tar1 q - per
eenl. Germany GO q , pr cenl. Austria {
pr cent France per cent What b carss
fo<sy eve: per eent-eea:l % sn.s q France.
We propose nor 70 reduce Il from ~ o. ne
hundred % 80 on the hundred. ana We are told
that We shall n9t DO n because d neans s-frce
trade" hat instead Of that we must take the
az q Of whisky. We VII iot ne vo,ers d.
eide Ivonld like % know whether me srusts
And combines shall make our sax lava o.
whether The people propose - make themf
thrusting itself forward and which must soon
b met and dealt with II m6st th0uxhtfal and
careful manner refer % The question Of I'm.
migration. I had ne honor on Labor day. :
year aeo - address the working-men Of this
cssy - Reeds lake. upon this very subjeca !
a important problem 8 nee then I have
gwen considerable study - me question. ana
the result o. that study embodied a . bill.
which introduced n the House early IN the
present session The bill was referred 20 The
COMMITTEES On Foreign AGarA but vas never
reported back
Ino<ice n the newspapers from time 70 time.
accounts Of he arrival .: large numbers Of i'm
migrants q the port OF New York, Who had
bern Induced 70 imm.grate b. false rcprosen-
tsrious - 20 the opportunities for obtaining
uork n this country. and Who were IN penni-
less and destitute condition. This moved
ne 20 Introduce . resolution prov.dinr
for the appointment Of committee Of nve 10
investigate - 70 whether our immigration laws
were being enforced This resolution Vas
passed b. the House last July. and the Speaker
aid me ne honor 70 appoint me chairman OF
the committee We commenced % Investigate
the question and have beea almost continu-
ously engaged IN u ever since. We spent most
o. cur time IN the city Of Nev YORK.
The result OF our Investigation shous IN
alarming state q acairs- We discovered that
II q The practice ~ most steamship lines 20
have agsnts in every village and hamlet OF
southern Europe. Who use every srtincs % In |
dnce peoole 20 buy tickets 70 America PA
cards are posted ~ n prominent placeA with I
the Information that there is plenty OF work |
for common laborcrs IN the United States a. /
ti-5o per day. and that fortune u easily made /
n shorc time II . man has no means. but Is
Possessed Of : lirtis property. such - hose. |
o. nuis. o. little land the steamship agent .
vilL take mortgage on the property - Is per
cent interest Tor the price OF the passage TICK
e. Thousands Of persons are thus irduced- by /
lying stasenents. 70 inmigrase % The United /
SfatcA
Again. there . : class Of Italians n mis-
country who make . business Of importing
common isborers IN larrc numbers they OBJ
tasr contracts 70 furnish latorerR principally
% WORK in constructing railroads. They prose-
cute their business IN about this wise: Thsy
All have agents II Italy. and they will write 70
the agent 70 send them = certain number OF
men- The agent then goes through the small
towns a Italy. Offering % prepay the passage
plenty Of work Al q or no per day. The pas
sage ticket costs about - and the agent
requires m agreement from each man 10 ,
whom he furnishes ticket that IN consftera- .
ton Of The ticket beng furnished him be viii ,
pay back out Of bis wages . sum ranging all !
ne way nom ~ % ~ depending upon the
simplicity Of the immigrant When the immi-
ErnEt arrives - this country be Is taken IN
rhnrEe By me Italian contractor here and put !
- work But his troubles have but lust com
nenccd From THAI time on the immigrant. In 4
many cases Is systematically robbed b. the 1
'ontractor- N this manner whole towns have ,
'een nearly cepopulnsed IN Italy. and within
ne last eight years nearly $4,000 men have
Keen imported from Italy only per cent Of
Ehom wees skilled Iaborers II,
The committee examined large Number Of
hem and did nos n . single instance fnd 81
nan Who had intended % become citizen Of
ne United States AL Of them invariably re-
ear Or Two and make money and then return. {
-pcn examining LOT Of neuly-arrtved iumi-
rants We found several Who did not know 1
'hcther this country was IN empire. Kingdom /
republic They did not know whethcr We !
"a . king or President They were al bound I
o ths ''oai regions IN PennsylvariA Taxing !
II the immigrants together within the last :
ight year, 4&5c $50 people have come q. The !
'nfted States A Large proportion OF these ,
s0Dte we're common Isborers. great number Q
whom hsd come b. reason OF lying state
zsDts - 70 the condition Of the labor market {
ere. and The eject upon the iaboring men o. I
be Cn:sed 8: sfes By this forced Induced and \ 4
tnm grafton he's been very dspress- !
y II.
n Ho1ton ve discovered that o. all fisher /.
len cngagrd II thr New England nshinr in ]
ustrles IS PER sent were alienx- don't mean /.
'reign born. bit aliens- subjects Of Great
'rsain. anf also aooo people came 20 The port =
lev Brunsuick % work u his country during =
be summer noashs and 80 back in the fall Ii
S.uuel G0uperA president Of the American j
'<derasion o. Labor. testified that - per cent | !
{ the cizar-nakcrs IN New York we're zliens-- /.
ersons Who never intended % become citizens !
{ - United S<ateA
NJ Pcw1eriy. Ceasr1l Master workman o. 2
Ls knights % Labor Of America testified that y
J his opinion there were over l.O0-Ol0 OF men Z
! the uniled States out u work who were
cady and willing % work n they could nLi
Employment and also that some OF these fm-l
@ft<4 t441tEf4 WrfE not ku0Hu d any mama II Z
~ that they esch had : brass cneck with = | I
umbcr % a. attached 20 their waist and were | :
imply known b. the number that TIE check !
ears
Every slmshonse and charitable inssitufiou I
, New York STATE Il fun and oscfo0uing. :
vhtch . largely owing % this in1uccd and as I
listed fmmixr1f'cn. and the state Annually I
pends sAonso5 for she support o. paupers 9
nd insane In
The investigation also shows nnme-ans IN Z
tances % the importation Of laborers under !
ontr.ct 10 q rect violation Of the Law. Th.sfs I
argeiy owing % the fact that me Law provides !
% machinery for ~ enforcement Ths evS- !
|encc also disclosed that : society cxsss m !
England whose object u the fmporsasioa d
1auper4 md poor persons. and that II &c year y
here were over four thousand such persons Z
sndct n Boston who were assisted 10 emf !
Ir1fe ~ that society Also that In Munich.
bavaria there exists society Tor Tho exporta- 4
hon Of incorriRibie criminals. mea VINO arc 70 I
ally lost % reformation. Prince Leopold ID /
De honorary president o. Il, and IN the year
80 tnas society shipped thirsy-seve. fuch neu
% the United Stassa Enaland nd Switser-
and both encourage their convicfs . emierate
% America and ~ many Instances those Gov Z
srnments have released convicss from prison |.
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