The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-05
IMMIGRANTS WfTa MONEY.
How tho Fresh Arrivals HIDE Their
Cash--yome Queer nccepsacics
for Worldly Wonith.

Ellis Island. A strange feature Of the
renewal Of immigration after the quaian-
tine embargo is that the newcomers
bring moro money with them on the
average than they ever did befores
Their cash comes from queer hiding
places. Although gold Is the standard
Of currency, yet the incoming wanderers
prefer the big silver dollars OF the
United States to either goh or paper.
Ten or twelve OCCASIONS esci day Fran.
els ]. Sculiy, the exDsrt Of exchange at
Blis Island, has gold turned back, vita
the request in some jlrgou unknown to
any but tho initiate /, from some rough
shod, unkempt immigrant, with shake
OF the head aud su ygestive gesture to-
war shining heap Of "cart wheels"
This means that tho man wants tho
A nericln dollar. Gold doesn't please
him. In every instance his wish i, graf
iicj, aul he goes away, happier but q
he ,yier woiq hiei msA- -. -,
Immigrants are always superstition.
M,ny of those who layo ,n)loJ say theJ
have none, wlilo th)So wiD ale poorer
than the provcr5,a oaureh mouse say
they havo plenty OF it. TIE Italian i'm.
migrant Is tho most deceptive. With
his loaf Of brca uulcr one arm, 4 bottle
OF sweet oil and bunch OF garlic hang
iny over his shoulder he is prepared to
90 ont in,o tho world. lie seldom has
btySa;e. The Only clothn, he bring,
arc tiose Oh his back, an in nine olt OF
tea cases he could n)s sell these "a old
rags. Every Italian clrrlo5 lol5 tin
tu)a in w1'ch hi. m)aoy an passport
arc kept. Tho popular cons ot the M.
tloi acI lircs; equal t, nineteen cents
An,ric,i mouey. Som,tim.B ono i'm.
mi9riut has as many rs $40 Iircs, and on
other occasions 1908 immigrants from
that coin,rJ will not exchange more
/. than 800.
~Engish, German and Frcach immt,
q" ..-.-y ,no n',s hr,ur. C,louol
W6Jcr, several months ago, was standing
in the registration department, where ho
notice | u Frcnc,innu clothsl alm,,t in
rags. TIC C)iolal ht1 son, d)u)Ss as
wlctlcr tho mtl woIld be- a1,o t) SAP.
port him'clf, All wa' atxioIsly waiting
for his turn to 81 n | b, registered, as
h. wintcl t. h,lr WA; wis sail. Tie
hn'f.doz,u i'm nj grants wi) were in front
pl'ic throi5l, All tho 9rct'y Frelcl-
MN pr.,cntc / him,clf. uI.ye yo, a,v
money!" the mlr WAS askc |. The inni.
grant ip,iclu., snHcl asn'lcog c,n.
tcntmcnt, unwounl II dirty nccxcloth
anl brou rht to view DOC ic,b,ol that
lo,kcl a, thou "a it hal goa, throu IN a
thrc,linr m;u. From it ho tooS a b,r
coatainin S5))) in gold. To show that
he was rica in tin worlds gor:s, the
greasy old immigrant shovel letter of
credit for 5000, IIc wa, allowed to
land.
Ur,llv tho pi1 10 E,,,c',n,, c,rr;o,
his mo,ev in n short hrass iu,e II h,
i, ric', thr mo,ny ia in N,,,lo,,s ~.
his Nancy i, ,.hy, franz" siIv,, picc,,
When he GETS ch,,,c. II, wants oood
Am,ric,, silver dollar, w,ici ft into
his coin tub, and nr, olw,vs worth their
face value. 4, i'm MIGRANT. more than
usually iutclli,cnt. who presented him.
self ot tbc mon,v cn,ntor npa d,v osl,ol
for silver dollars, After givinr th, ~ to
him S.ullv inouirsl way il w,, tb,t
Fr,,c, non al ,y,v. w,,t.I s,,vnr rio
i'm nirr,p, s,ia th,t -, t,h, full NJ s;,v,r
w,s nr,ttv bo,v, o,a ,v,,,, r,,,,,t;,
int, hi, n,cr.et ho c,,,d ,I,v,v, f.sI j.,
yyo;,ht ,,,d know - w., soro
E,,,ish o,a Ir;s, ;,,,,,r,,t, o.o
ooIJ,n v,ry bo,v;Iv wo;,tI,.l ,,;.l,
wr,lth q, ,rr,vinr hcr. r.. orr,,r,-
mont :, ov ,,o for o,rr,;, tho;r -,
is = sort Of wntc,. .shansj = .rnjr which is
m,lc to hold two,ty s,v,rn;,,, Tho
Ir,,hn,r nroI,,hIv fro,r - o;',
L;c, ch,,aa. wnat En,1lis, rnnnnn ho
has for tLot of tho Ir,itei st,.,, pnt
thc Enolishm,r has n nridc i, ho,din',
IN to his soVcrc..s..y and -SD notes, ia
I may leave England, but for all that he
likes her money, and if ha has some with
| him it re minds him Of u,ns" r. il NOT
unusual for him TO buy fool NJ the land.
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