The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-09-29
PAUPERS AND CRIMINALS.
An Investigation of the Manner in Which
They Are Shipped to this Country.


WASHINGTON, Sept. 27-Within 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. Weber,
commissioner Of Immigration at New
J. Walter Kepster of Wisconsin,
Joseph Powderly of Pennsylvania and H.
J. Sch ultis of the District of Columbia.
The conclusion showed by Messrs. Weber
and kepster was made public at: the time
their report reached the departm ent. The
report of the Others hasnot been published.
In the division OF territory to be covered
Messrs: Weber and Kes7pter were assigned
to Northern France Holland, Belgium,
Germany, Russia, Austria and Hun
gary, and Messrs. Powderly, Cross
and schultis to Great Britain.
Southern France, Switzerland and Italy.
They did not, however, strictly contine
themselves to these limits, AS a result of
f bis inv ,sig Mr.: shultis
homeless children Of both sexes
under sixteen years of age were being
shipped to the United States from Liver
pool. They go from ''homes," one of
which has iorty-eight branches. A society
in aid OF discharged prisoners, OF
y which :. Que queen .. Victoria is pat
An"rica. "A list Of sixty-nine others is
as a member OF the American CON.
ference OF charities and correcti ons,
Col. H. Buchanan, secretary of the
royal society aforesaid, told how nscely
one o. OF his discharged prisoners got along in
offices shows that the society sends
numbers of money orders to
these discharged enjgrant prisoners
Mr.. Schultis furnishes 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.
cieties. w.
Il visited Mr., Hetherington." says Mr..
schultis. eat his Office in the railway station,
and was informed that be had nothing to say
1 relative to matters pertaining to the
Outsiders on any y'' subject tio 1 que 80
ton TONED an emp9ye about the railway station
sent CONTRACT laborers to one DELL whose Of
fee was lit West Forty-seventh street, New
York city but could learn no thing definite
as to names or occupations" p, 3
Mr.: Schultis' interesting and most valua-
BILE information on the subject was OBJ
tanned by questioning. He says: s0.. -.
On July Is. disguised as destitute alien
pauper, l re aired to Is Arlington place, Lon
don, and found W. H. Williams, secretary of the
association Tor the prevention of immigration to
England OF destitute aliens who, after listening
to my story of destitution gave me two let
tiers, one to the Emigrants' Information, No.
3S Broadway, Westminster, and the othe
to the Society for Relief OF Foreigners in Dis
tress, stating that his associat ton kept paupers
from landing in England and the Others as
sisted them to leave the country. / NAV
instance the sham inspection OF the steam
ship companies ut Liverpool, when they were
not aware OF the presence OF a commissioner and
the careful inspection they hold when a com
missioner was there in person; and the
fact that when we sought information or
even printed reports, thy were refused directly,
or the existence OF such reports was
denied, though we afterwards succeeded in
procuring names; ~. and in some cases
they fatty refused. When in incoguito saw
many emigrants passed without any questions.
There may have been physicians around, but
the only inspection held when the en-
igrants embarked was the examination Of their
tickets, in order that none might 90 on
board without tickets The steamship COM
panies and port officials always contrived to
present TO the commissioners superficial ex.
animation we'll calculated to deceive ~