The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-05-17
UNDESIRABLE FOREIGNERS
Treasury officials Are Considering a Suggestion
That Newcomers be Discouraged
for a Number Of Years.

Treasury department officials are
considering a suggestion that all immi-
grafton be stopped by law for 15 or 20
years. mmissioner-General Pow
derly of the emigration bureau has
just returned from New York city.
where he spent ten days closely exam
ining the arriving migrants and the
system of inspection In vogue there.
lie found all the present laws and
regulations being carried out fully, but
found that present laws restricted
but slightly. He thinks the present
influx 20 per cent greater than that of
recent years. Those from the south OF
Italy, Poland and Hungary, who form
the larger number of newcomers, he
considers undesirable. Those from
Germany, Great Britain and the north
OF Italy he thinks well of.
lie doesn't consider that the Lodge
Dill would have had much restraining
influence. Said he:
II was told by an intelligent italian
that the agitation in congress for the
past four years of the Lodge bill had
had the effect of causing the intending
Italian immigrants to study the Eng
lish language and the Constitution OF
the United states. so that they would
be prepared for the examination III the
Lodge bill had become law. The gen
tleman also told me that the idea had
been taken up in Russia and Hungary,
with the reslA that there was a de-
mand In all these countries for copies
OF the Constitution OF the United
states and for English school books.
So you Will see that the delay In en-
acting that measure into a law has
been seized upon by intending immi-
grants to perfect themselves In the
English language and our Constitution.
SO we are the gamer, as the imml-
grants viii have n better knowledge
of our country and our laws"
An authoritative statement was made
to correct the widely published report
that the italian government was en-
couraging the sending of released con-
victs and all manner of criminals 10
the United States. Official informa-
ton In the hands of the authorities at
Washington shows that the Italian
government has adopted just the con-
trary course to that indicated and has.
issued instructions to all port officers
rot to permit any ex-convict, criminal,|
paupers or persons likely to become a
charge on the community, to take pas
sage from an Italian port for the
United States.
special dispatch from Halifax re-
ceived at New York Wednesday says:
ih' isdflDufB american stehHlsnip
Brasille. which arrived from Hamburg.
from which port she sailed on April 20,
had on board 1,400 GaNcian immi-
grants, who are bound for Canadian
points. Tho health officers in inspect
ing the steamship at quarantine found
fourteen cases of measles on board"
cable from Hamburg supplements
the above by saying: THE steerage'
quarters of the German-Amerlcan
liners are crowded with Galicians. who
are emigrating to the United States In
consequence of oppression and famine
at home. Fully 5000 are on their
way or preparing to leave. The Pat
rlcia. the last steamship leaving for
New York, took $500 and the Graf
Waldersee. the next vessel sailing, Will
carry $500 more. The bookings for fu-
ture sailings are filled and the North
German Lloyd liners are similarly
crowded" Chief Clerk Lederhilger o
the immigration bureau. who Is an ex- !
pert on the question of immigration
| said 81 have some doubts about tn,
accuracy of this dispatch. The emil
grafton from Galicia of $4,000 of Its
people would be serious beginning OF
the depopulation of the country. 1
would not like to see these people here
for they are most undesirable. They
rarely become farmers. have no knowl-
edge of manufacturing or trades and 30
per cent after arriving here go to the
mines of Pennsylvania and elsewhere
in the states"