Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-20

harbor of New York. Professor Od- rini was appointed as the result of cor respondence between Herman Stump. United States superintendent of i'm migration; Baron Fava, Italian min ister at Washington. and Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle. regarding the conditions under which Italians of the laboring classes come to America, the conditions with which they find themselves confronted when they arrive here, and particularly the padrone sys- tenn, so generally and obnoxiouSly in existence among the Italians in the United Sh,es,
 In ono of the letters, written by Sec retary Carlisle, especial attention was directed to the fact that there is main tained in New York an immigrants free employment bureau, to which i'm migrants of all nationalities are privi- legged to apply, but which is never taken advantage of by the newly arrived sons and daughters of sunny Italy. The req son for this is undoubtedly the fact that nearly or quite all Italian immigrants. whether coming here under direct con tract and so liable to be excluded or not, arc we'll informed with regard to the To- cation of various padroni, and expect to secure employment from them-in fact, will not accept it from any one else Previous to the letter by MT. Carlisle, above quoted from, Baron Fava had written to Secretary Gresham of the Ital- ian governments disapproval of the padr0nc system as follows:
 ,,r,,,o -i,,,,, r,plitj,D in ,rbj,b ian immigrants find themselves on their arriv- al ln the CElt,A states on account of the Ital- ian spVCulaturS who gyt hold of them deserves to be taken mo serious consideration. The immoral trai.' originates in the evil of the ''padruni' (b,r>,,>l, who find means in the Unit vd states to ransom outraSCuuSly the Italian immi miErantS, with more or less evil ConSC- Qu, nr,'s. In my opinion the only way to pro t"rt tho lt&li.sn immigrants against the rapac- ity "f the 'Is.lrunl' would be tu establish in th" ports of arrival bureaus of labor CT other similar offices duly authorized and recognized ly the federal guVcrnmcnt.
 This, however, was not considered practicable or desirable. inaSmuCh as the bureau uf which immigrants of all uatiunalitirs other than the Italian take advantage k maintained without tN pUll>r tO the government aS we'll aS with out cost tu thrm, hut ruumy quarters for the Use Ol al a!'tllI CT tnc ltailln gov rrnmrnt, t,.,rthrr with every facility fur the performance of his duties. were >vt apart ai the Ellis island bureau by the United States government. Pro f, >>ur OiIini being selected tu act as such agent, he hogan his work uS stat cd, in June last
 Though this Italian bureau Is not an employment agency, 1t has proved tO be of the utmost VIlue tO Italian immi grants. and the moro so because Profess or Ouriu and Dr. Senncr, commissioner at Ellis island, and Mir. McSwreney. assistant commissioner. work in the most perfect harmony
 Professor Olrini has been q resident of the United States for many years He speaks tho English language perfectly and understands the immi grafton laws and the bureaus rules thoroughly AS, of course he speaks Italian huently and knows the Italian character as only an Italian could. he is able to unravSl many complications that might be in soluble without him and more thorough ly to protect newly arrived Italian i'm l migrants than they have ever before been protected. He is as anxious to see the restrictive laws carried out as any of the United States authorities. for the sim pie reason that Ec realizes that in that