Evening journal., 1891-05-13
NEWSPAPER OPINION.



louisville Courier-Journal
It is no secret to those who have in
vestigated the matter that the enormous
emigration from Europe to North aud
South America is partly due to the glow
ing, but false representations Of emiEra-
ton agents and steamship companies
This Is especially true Of those people
who come from Italy and the non German
speaking portions OF the Anstro. Hun
garian Empire, where the Inhabitants are
not at all educated, and there Is no
diffusion Of correcs information concern
ing America. The British, German.
Scandinavian aud French immigrants are
usually intelligent and know pretty well
what they are about, bus the Italians.
the Hungarians. the Poles, the Bohs
mians and such trust 20 the exaggerated
tales they hear, and take chances. The
emigration agents and the steamship
companies have made great profits out Of
this business, and are, of course, bent
upon maintaining IL The more numer-
GUS the emlgrants become the larger are
their incomes, and it is the testimony Of
all who have made investigation that
they rarely scruple at anything
that will induce emigration. The
steamship company cares very little
whether the smigrant be a pauper or a
criminal. If II gets its fare for the pas
sage out of him. The emigrant agent
cares not what lie he tells II he gets his
commission from a man for inducing him
to.buy ticket for America The latter are
nearly all Europeans, and their reckless
ness has gone to such an extent that most
OF the European governments have
taken severe measures TO repress and
punish them. People are lured from
Europe by the most extrayagant
stories concerning the United States
and South America palmed off on
those who are utterly ignorant Of
anything beyond the limit Of their own
village OF whom there are millions IN
Earope. Recently many thousand Poles
we're induced to 60 TO Brazil by tale
that a ten year old child in the most
backward portion of the Allegheny
Mountains, even where they ars still
voting for Andrew Jackson. would know
TO be false In many Polish communities
OF Austria and Russia a willy smi-
grafton agent told that Brazil was q
country Of temperate climate
aud magnificent soil, where ricl
land was TO be had for
the asking, and life was In all things
easy II was ruled by great and good
Empress. whose chief mission in life was
to right the wrongs Of the Polish nation.
She wished to bring all the Poles from
Europe TO Brazil and establish anew the
Polish nation, the Poles assisting her in
the government. reuded by these alb
surdities, thousands of ignorant Poles
went 30 Brazil TO sieken aud dis in tropi
cal wildernesses II will not be long
before these people begin to disbelisve
the stories Of emigration agents, when
disappointed emigrants return to their
homes and show how different
reality was from imagination. IL seems
that they are finding it out
already, for last week number of
Hungarisns returned from Brazil and
lynched tho emigration agent whose liss
sent them there There is plenty Of
beef and bread in the United States for
those who work to get Il. but the people
Of Europe should know that work Is the
only open sesame. Stories Of easy
fortune should be discredited. and the
consuls Of European countries located In
American cities could do their country
men great service by disseminating the
truth. AS for South America, civil
wars aud financial disaster render that
field at present very uninviting for
ami orante