The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25
CRIME COMES
WITH IMMIGRANTS
SAYS FRANK P. SARGENT
THE WORST CRIMINALS OF EU-
ROPE GET IN THAT WAY.

A Terrible Trahlc in Women I'm
migrants Coming Mt the Rate OF
5000 "A Day-263,IJ0 Foreigners
Come 10 New York state Alone
Last Year, 40, 900 to PennsyIvania
and $4,000 to Massachusetts.
New York, Dec. 24-Spealing earn
estly and forcefully and in a manner
that impressed his hearers that his
heart was in what he was saying,
Frank p. Sargent Commissioner Cen
eral OF immigration, won hearty APP
plause at a lecture before the League
for Political Education, for his ar
raignment of those who traffic In flesh
and blood and who are responsible for
bringing the worst class of immi-
grants to America.
Into this country to-day come some
of the worst criminals of Europe" he
| asserted, "and 1 have the evidence of
It in my possession. The time has
come for this country to demand to
know what is the character of the i'm
| migrants that are being sent here. It
is what the people should demand of
the government in order to protect
this country against criminals.
There is a terrible traffic in the inn
portation of immoral women from for
elgn lands. We are sending back to
| Europe thousands of women, six with
| in the last week. who were brodght
over here by scoundrels. We should
require of foreign countries a report
of each individual who comes to this
country. / believe that every alien
who steps on a ship bound for America
should be examined before he sails by
a United States medical examiner.
None should step on a ship but those
| who Will be permitted TO land.
Now they are taking them out of
| hospitals and aims houses and send
| ing them to Ellis Island. From 5000
| to 10000 persons are sent here annually
| who have to be returned.
Il want 10 get these people out where
they can earn something for them
selves. New York Is a fine place to
| come to IL you have money, but not
a good place In which to get a job.
would like to see a bureau of infor-
nation established by Congress in con-
nection with the Bureau of Immigra-
ton to show people the advantage of
| going South and West. / would like,
| as a representative of the United
States government, to get husky girls
| into domestic service where they would
| have to pay no commissions and could
trust the agent
Immigrants are coming more rapid
| ly than ever" Mr.. Sargent stated.
"There were 10000 in two days last
week in the port of New York alone.
| You charitably disposed persons who
want TO relieve the congestion OF the
city, try to find some way for the gov
eminent to aid foreigners to get away
! from It,
"There is no reason in aliens COM
ing who viii be going home in a short
time. II is time for America 10 have
something to say about aliens as she
has about peace. IL you want to main
tain citizenship you must have the best
people of the world, the industrious,
conscientious people, who love their
families and churches, and will stand
by the flag of the country that shell
| tiers them.
Mr.. Sargent said that 263, $50 foreign
| ers came to New York state alone last
year about 80 per cent. of the total
number Of immigrants); 140,47S to
| Pennsylvania and $4,000 to Massachu-
setts, while to Virginia there went only
1889, and to Florida only 95. Other ag-
| ricultural states received similarly
small proportions.