The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-12
INFERIOR GRADE
OF IMMIGRATION
Believed Company Exists to
Flood America With
Paupers Of Europe.

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.-Of the 1,400
Immigrants arriving in the port last
tuesday on the Belgravia of the Ham
burg-American line, 256 appeared in
the ships manifest with addresses in
New York city, to which they intended
going. Careful investigation made by
immigration inspectors proves that So
per cent of the New York addresses
are fictitious.
There are good grounds for believ-
ing that the false addresses were fur
nlshed by men who are in a conspiracy
to flood America with the pauper pop
ulation of Europe.
immigration figures are rising in a
sensational manner, and in spite Of
the earnest efforts of Commissioner
Williams to exclude the most undesir-
able of the foreigners who arrive here,
wave of illiterate, criminal, pauper-
lied, insane, Weak-minded and diseas-
ed humanity is sweeping into the coun-
try
In addition, an organized effort is
being made to hinder Mr.. Williams in
his efforts to dam the flood Race pre-
JUDGE is being aroused, and Washing
ton is being besieged by those who
make money out of the arriving im1ni-
grants.
In the meantime agents who receive
a commission for selling tickets for
Europe, accepting the most undesirable
as future citizens of the United States,
raised to pay the steerage passage to
it being only provided that $25 can be
New York.
The fact that a bill is now before
congress to make the immigration laws
much more stringent is being taken
advantage of by foreign agents, who
have spread the report, GO to Amer
lea now, or your opportunity will be
LOST
Other phases of immigration are &C.
cupying the attention of the authorities
at Ellis Island as we'll as those at
Washington. Girls are being enticed
to this country, the contract labor laws
are being defeated by trickery, and
honest immigrants are being robbed
by persons appearing in the guise of
Samaritans.
After having enforced the immigra-
ton laws more strictly than had ever
been done before, and having still dis
played what he feared might be mis-
taken liberality, Mr.. Williams became
conscious of the fact that he had
aroused the opposition Of powerful in
terests. To satisfy himself as to the
real conditions, the commissioner de-
cided to make an investigation in con-
nectiOn with the arrival of a steam
ship with a large number of Storage
passengers aboard.
It happened that the ship to be sub
jected to this test was the Belgravia.
When the Belgravia arrived the ordi-
nary processes were gone through
with and later the commissioner start
ed his investigation. 1t happened that
1872 of the immigrants giving New York
addresses were detained for special
inquiry Seventy -four giving New
York addresses were permitted TO en-
ter without question. Then inspectors
investigated, finding that forty-two
had given false addresses These for
tytwo, who, it is fair to suppose, had
their own reasons for wishing their
true identity to be hidden, had scat
tered.
In the detention room at Ellis ISL
and yesterday were many of the i'm
migrants who had come on the Bel
gravia. They are to be deported and
will be returned to their homes in Eu-
rope worse off than they were before
they met the agent who persuaded
them to pay for a passage to Amer
lea. Among those who were dolefully
awaiting return was Jacob Dubrodud,
forty-five years old and broken under
the weight of his hard life.
He is a Russian. and through an in
terpreter told this story:
Il am tinsmith and in Russia I
was able to early barely enough to
keep my family alive. I was persuad-
ed to come to America by man who
told me that here could find plenty
of work and good pay.
Il had little money, but when he
found out how much l had he said
he could arrange for me. My ticket
cost me 7455 rubles. I brought with
me 10 rubles. My family has very
little money, but / was told 1 could
soon earn enough money here to sand
for them. On the ship 1 w&s told to
say / have three brothers -in-law in
America, and 50 I have, but l ID MT
know where they are"
Listening to the tale told by th7 cl3
man vas Joseph MorIos, twenty-five
years old. a nativs OF Russia. H.
classes himself as q farm Iaborer,
though with his physidue it is net IKE
ly that an American farmer coulI be
found svho would be willing to give
him board and lodging for the work
he could DO. His ticket cost him az
rubIes and when he went aboard the
Belgraria he had in his pocket s
rubles When questioned he saiG his
brother IN Sugar Notch. Pa, had
sent for him. Under cross examina-