New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-10
THE COMMISSION.

IA IA ,o-x Of the and abuses OF
I"0 car,on ,ra. tod again yesterday before the
49,. oh committee which is here investigating
,ro onoratons of the immigrant laws superintendent
Jackson and immigration 'omh,iNSio"er o'a'i ,,.
.ho only witnesses examined by thc committee M
Jackson occupied the stand durins inc io'V"oo' W.
Ssarr,s examination took up the afternoon session
i,,ao was reinforced by the arrival OF Con
~ ~ !, blhach OF New-Icrscy who assisted
c,.ir,oan owen and Congressman stump III question:
inc tho Witnesses None OF the senators belonging
90 tho committee have yet appeared. Inc lhvesusa-
.i ,r.s held in the night inspectors room at the
Barge once. . -. .,, s.,.
oadrgs WAS Mr. starts testimony regarding the
;rportation of laborcrs under contract. The state
commissioners particularly Mr.. Stephenson and GER
,ain Democratic newspapers have been making some
strong statements recently about the alleged way III
which the representatives Of the Treasury Depart
men have been allowing these alien laborers to land
Mr. starr upset their arguments in behalf of the state
commission Yesterday when he declared under oath
that while he believed hundreds and thousands" Of
such labOrers permitted to lana, yet the state
Commissioners had never met any success in their
efforts TO detect them. Mr.. starr also Informed the
committee to the amusement Of all present, that dur
Ing the summer he spent most of his time while az
the Garden fishing Of the dock
Mr Jackson began by telling the committee about
the privileges of the Garden, which, lie said
worth about $4,000 year. These are let by the
Board and are revOcabe at its pleasure. Mr.. Jack
son and also Mr.. starr said that the money
changers treated the immigrants fairly. The rates
for delivering immigrants baggage the witness said.
we're Twenty-Five cents, below rifty-ninth St.. forty
rents above that thOrouchfare and below One-hun-
iredth.st.. and fifty cents in brooklyn and Jersey
city, The baggage contractor. Bernard Bglin handled
about 40 per cent of all the baggage. about 10000
pieces year. Mr.. BiSlins gross receipts were about
ga 900 per annum Less baggage now brought
BY immigrants than formerly. the being that
hey knew that clothing and household nccessaries
Eere as cheap here in the old countries. The
arrivals tins year far about - per cent above
that Of the corresponding period last year Mr..
Jackson did not think that increasing the per capita
tax on immigrants from 30 cents TO - would result
IN bringing a better class OF immigrants here When
the tax - 30 the steamship passage remained the
same He did not show much faith in the proposed
consular Inspection means Of keeping out undesr
able immigrants.
In explaining the railroad connections with the
Garden the witness said that all the trunk lines had
joint Office there and paid ~ 30 for the privilege.
The expense Of handling the immigrants baggage
borne by the companies i'll proportion to the amount
received by each. The contract between the railroads
and the commissioners provides
That the proiata expense be charged % the Castle
Garden shall BE- oaethird the piece
and TO the local and Eastern transportation line,
hds the amount pee. charged 70 the other
pCftation lines and that the handling baggage
delivered to immigrants personally by the Commits
sioncrs and the deficit the Castle Garden and
local line baggage shall be included
transportation lines.
The expense of handling this baggage last month
was within fortytwO cents Of II ,0CO There now.
according 10 Mr.. Jackson. forty eight employees al
Castle Garden. and fifty three at Wards Island. The
total expenses OF the Emigration Bureau last year
about 100000
Mr.. starr in the of his examination dwclt
upon the difficulties of solving the contract labor
problem II beyond him. in fact. but he was
looking some Congress bills the subject that
had been submitted to him. lie was certain that
contract labOrers coming here drOves. but
there way 10 detect them The Board had
tried in a sort OF way, but failed.
lie Endorsed the Garden money exchanges and
denied that they kept their accounts at the Home
Banks OF which Commissioner stephenson is pr,>
dent and with which Mr.. starr j. connected. Mr.
Stump tried 10 get some information from him abOu;
the Italian padrOues, who Mr.. starr said. bring
ing immigrants here by the thousands. but ne could
get information about them. Mr.. Starr referring
The committee on this and other points to Commi,
sioner stephenson.
The committee will its labOrs this morning
al il O'Clock samuel GOrmperS, president IF the
American Federation Of Labor, is expected ~ testify