The sun., 1890-04-23
UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS.
a BTNT EROH TRE JEFFERS0N COUNTY
POORHOUBE
Ouperintsnasnt wsshSuFus Bays Ne Tries
60 Make Canadian FauPsrs 60 Hungry
that They Will be Glad TO 0o Hone.

SupsraatsnSsnt wsshsurus says Ne Tries
90 Make Csnadisn FauRsrs 60 HHunGry
that They VIII be Glad 20 es Home.
The principal witness before the sub
committee OF the Congress Committee on
Immigration. which resumed It's sessions yes
terday at Castle Garden. was Louis NJ. Mont
Romery, special Treasury Agent In the New
England States.
MIR. Montgomery said that he had spent as
an official OF the Government fve years in
Italy. journeyinG from tho Alps to the sea. He
had made emigration from Italy study. Tho
Italians in towns and villages are induced by
the steamship companies agents and by let
ters from this side. to hypothecAte their land,
goats, or whatever they have. for tickets to
Now York. They agree to pay back the passage
money to the Italian American broker or pa
drone ou this sideor forfeit wh atever they have
mortgaged The pa1rons usually made not less
than 10 per cent on these transactions.
The witness thought italian immigration
might be improved II every immigrant was
compelled to show q certificate OF character.
and that q law excluding them II they were
unable to read bnd write their own language
would keep many out OF the country. he
thought that the foreign Consuls, who were
more ornamental than useful. could not per-
form the duties OF inspectors OF omigrants.
MIR. MONTGOMERY eaid that American labor
had been as much degraded by the periodical
influx OF Canadians as the immigration OF
1taliana "Of the 5000 workmen In the lum-
ber. region OF Aroostook, Me-" the witness
return to Nova Scotia at the end Of the season.
Most OF them are really engaged by contract,
Sbed from o
cent OF the 1900 workers @ in the Bangor dis.
Ss sen eny so IN the s
While In Canada recently | was informed
'S the States % next month to find work. The in.
dustr!es In which those people labor are. be-
enty-fve per cent. OF the iishermen OF Now
England II the Esea. thlshhinE town OF Glouees.
fishing port. hasn't q single American fishing
SALON." ~ ',O'O - " wa - ~
have tGoy not found something better than nshsr
m o in SsUn. aoIF DO sASS no
know whe.hoE - 70 call that an i%proysmsnt The
naval reserve during ne war Ths Jaw rsSuirs. AmeE
sSSds tnis law The Canadian S,SsrmSn get" ii. cook
American citizen. to ewsAr that he ia commandsr
galley and mo real skipper command.
Mr., John R. Washburne. superintendent of
OF the paurers under his charge were immi-
grants from Canada He couldn't send them
back into Canada unless they w wanted ns d to 70,
some OF them 80 back.
Q.-How do you themi Ave refuse to help
,.Q.-You don't mean TO say you lot them stArvs' A.
Mr. L.hibacnHSou come as near to I, as you can,
Al try TO make them so hungry that they will 20
M owsnThs reporter. need no. take this down; but
NJ LehssckEfiuw could american farR laborers be
driven out II the farmers would not empoy Canaaaus
pricei
Mr. Nicholas Fish submitted statistics about
the immigrants who are he ped By the Charity
Organization societies and tolo how he mad
tried TO prevent assisted pauper emigration
Thomas b. Mcclure. general lecturer OF the
Knights Of Labor suggested amendments to
the Contract Labor law to prevent tho steam
ship companies from MISUNDERSTANDING
by advertising and misrepresentng the condi-
Robert b. Layton. an immigrant inspector at
Pittsburgh. said that nearly any intelligent i'm
der one Of its PROVISIONS any person here was
permitted to send for a relative or friend. He
%Cud have that m CLAUSE ssIiGkeP H. en- out 81 6e a%
witness thought could Investigate moro thor
ouEhlv II forewarned. by the inspectors at the
landing station. OF the arrival OF suspected i'm
The experience OF Superintendent Of Immi-
the last several days has immensely Increased
it's efficiency. 1t did nobly yesterday. landing
1000 were sent away by rnilr6ad. The hospital
at the west end OF the Barge Office has been
ted nd S@nsanS re 5ess add
tional Immigrant INSPECTORS: MINOR Osborn OF
Iowa, Andrew ); Lester OF springheld. III! and
interpreters. It was said. will be appointed in
Hamilton of tho Marine Hospital service has
gone to New York under the instructions from
the Secretary o; the Treasury to confer with
and disposition OF the sick Immigrants on
Wards Island in charge OF the State Emigra-
tion Commissioners.