The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-05-06
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wages than be can earn In Italy. lire like
dog meanwhile, save the greater part of
all he receives and finally return to.tho
old world with enough good Yankee
money In his possession to provide all his
simple wants during the remainder Of his
natural life. And, ouriously enc ugh, the
existence of a war with Spain, which IL
undoubtedly keeping some OF tbe most do
sirable immigrants away, is bringing thou
sands of theothers. They reason that with
thousands of men. withdrawn from labor
to fight there will DO opportunities for
corresponding thousands OF Iaborers from
abroad, and consequently manv have man
aged to scrape enough together to got hero
who In ordinary times would not have
dared risk the possible lack of employ
ment after their arrival.
Quite naturally In the circumstances the
number Of immigrants sent back SO far
this ycar-tschnically termed depored-
because of fear that they might become
public charges attempted violation Of the
contract labor law, etc., has been unprece-
dentedly large, the percentage bcing more
than twice as large as during tho first four
months of last year. Here are the figures
for the two years placed side by side;
Immigra- Deporta-
tion. tion.
First four months 1878. 03,25S 1882
First four months lso7...... HS2S H6
On their face these figures would show
an enormous incrense in the proportion OF
the utterly INDECENT and those who wish
to evade the terms of tho contract labor
law, and no doubt there has been some in
crease of thi5 sort.
Rigid Enforcement of tho Law.
But tho larger proportion of deportations
this year than last Is largely due also to
greater vigilance on tho part of the au-
thorities and increased stringency in car
rying out tho law. The system now in
force for the detention of undesirable i'm
migrants at the very threshold of the
promised land Is more effective than ever
before. This affords the authorities much
cause for congrntulation, especially In
view of the fact that since the burning of
che immigration bureaus buildings on
Ellis island the resources of those who
would evade the law have been vastly In
creased
One of the chief reasons for removing
the immigration bureau from Castle Gar
den when it was transferred to Ellis island
was the evident dosirability of getting en-
tirely away from the vicinity Of the yari-
Gus Immigrants boarding houses" and
other institutions located near the Battery
whose proprietors divided their time be-
tween swindling honest Immigrants and
helping acknowledgements to ges through.
1t was feared that a return to Man.
hattan's shores would bring about re-
vival of all the old time abuses. Undoubt-
edly some of these have been revived. Ger
tainly many of the Objectionable places
that were closed down for lack Of business
have been reopened, but 1t Is just as GER
tain that tho revived abuses do not include
those by which the contract labor law aB'l
the law TO keep out those likely to become
psupcrs were eyaded In the past
1t may be added that there has been an
unusual number of Spanish immigrants
of late, some having entered through Can
ada, though being compelled to register ~
this port. Even so the total from the
Iberian peninsula has not been very large,
however, for while the Spaniards were
once great emigrnnts they are now as
confirmed stay at homes as the French,
and there have been weeks at stretch
during which not one Spanish Immigrants
has landed on American soil at tho port OF
New York. DEXTER MARSHALL