The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-10-01
PAupERs AND CRIMINALS.

An INVESTIGATION of tho Manneri in Which
They Are shipped to this Country.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-Within a day or
two there will be published under order of
congress the reports of the commissioners
sent to Europe last year by the treas
ury department to investigate the extent
and origin of emigrotion to the United
States. The commissioners sent out by the
secretary OF the treasury were J. R. Webber,
commissioner Of immigration at New
J. York; Walter {; Il kep stress Of Fl MM' iseensin,
Joseph Powderly of Pennsylvania and H.
]. Scnultis Of the District of Columbia.
The conclusion showed by Messrs. Weber
and Kepster was made public at the time
their report reached the departing nt. Tbs
report of the Others hasno been pubiishedr
In the division OF territory to be covered
Messrs. Weber and Kespter were assigned
to Northern France. Holland. Belgium.
Germany, Ru sia, Austria and Hun
gary, and Messrs. Powdsrly, Gross
soS seh F1snee, s. svit,. Glsa; and Sr 1tsig.
They did not. however, strictly contine
themselves to these limits. Asa result OF
his investigation, Mr.. Shultis
found that large numbers of
homeless children Of both sexes
under sixteen wears of age were being
sntppeu 70 CHe OAlteu 0tnteo lTOu Liver.
which has ;orty-eight branches. A society
which Queen Victoria is = pat
ron. is cited as q type Of those
engaged in sending the criminal classes to
America. A list Of sixty-nine others is
AZ a member Of the American con.
erence OF. charities and corrections.
Col. H. Buchanan, secretary OF the
royal society aforesaid, told how nscely
one OF his discharged prisoners got along in
North Carolina. The records OF the post
Offices shows that the society sends
thes. discharged al no e%slgrant o'G prisoner 70
MI. Schultis furnishes a case of two persons
who admit that they were inmates Of poor
houses in England and their passages to
America were prepaid by one of the so.
%cietiee. ~
schultis. Eat his Office in the railway station.
and was informed that he had nothing to say
relative to matters pertaining to the
ean = never gave sSttf1ii ntormo sou t to
TONED e. smpioye about r. railway station
sent contract laborers to one DELL whose Of
ace was III West Forty.seventh street. New
York city. but l could learn no thins definite
Nj. Scllultis' interesting and most valua-
BILE information on the subject was OBJ
tanned by questioning. He says:
On July Is. disguised as a destitute alien
pauper, / re aired to IS Arlington place. Lon.
don. and foundW. H. Williams, secretary OF tho
association Tor the prevention Of immigration to
England Of destitute aliens Who. after listening
to my story OF restitution, gave me two lot
tiers, one to the Emigrants' Information. No
81 Broadway. Westminster. and the othe-
to the Society for Relief Of Foreigners in Dis
tress, stating that bis association kept paupers
from landing in ENGLAND and tho Others as
sisted them to leave the country. I may
instance the sham inspection OF the steam
ship companies ut Liverpool, when they were
not aware Of the presence Of q commissioner and
the careful inspection they hold when 2 com.
missioner was there in person; aud tho
fact that when We sought Information or
even printed reports, thry were refused directly,
or Tho existence Of such reports Was
denied, though we afterwards succeeded in
they aatly refused. When in incosnito ] saw
many emigrants passed without any qusetions.
There may have been physicians around, but
tho only inspection held when the EN-.
igrants embarked was the examination Of their
tickets, in order that none misht 60 on
board without tickets. The steamship com.
panirs and port officials always contEved to
present to the commissioner u superficial ex-
animation we'll calculated to deceive.