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Frederick A. Stokes, CO.. New Isn xxx ,fsS
i,lond. -
Gently been printed upon the 1uestior.o1
| Immigration to this country, OF the grow.
Ing insistcncc in some quarters tn ~ ~ !.
SShfeyes STATES e e,est re
make them much more difficult OF pass q,
ling, or the increasing sWarn1s OF allen
labor that the Continental hlves 81, are un 2.
not Surprising that some active brain "a,
should have conceived the desirability
sfeknE ght b fro me how 81 S,sw
time and admittedly. with tho pages Of
a magazine. ultimately II, view, w. are A. 9
question that the story of Mr.. Brough-
ton Brandenburg's investigations into tho
Italians of America. both here, N Italy.
aiid liz transit. furnishes il' decidedly 'r' m
The idea Of milking some original re- !.
searches into the Immigrant question first +,
came to the author one day In the
group Of newly arrived Italians, "hcrded
together, counted of rs they passed
through the ghte and taken aboard ,,oo the
sort OF animals, instead OF rational
human beings" The idea grew. and be-
fore long the author and his. wife, after
good deal Of preliminary diif,cuty en-,
n the heart Of the italian colony OF New
York city. Tho room was 7x12 feet. and
though their landlord turned out to be II
but55a nice room. 1mnedlately5 below
them was a sort OF restaurant and club
where tho convivial guests used to play
y, IRA and sing songs III f Jar, ne
iBrandenburg noticed at this time was
that the lower class o., Italians IN this
fotry to and
been born TO position without regard to
the changed and democratic conditions"
In general our aut lror believes that half
who come to America make far more
&Cndesrab BILE recruits than any Of the lower
class immigrants. barring out only the
small fragment Of the latter who arc
gard tosthe large increase Of immlgrn-
ton In 1908, MIR. Brnndcnburg found out
very early in his stay at the East Side
Tenement that the real explanation Of
alarged demand for contract labor in this
country or the advertising efforts on
the part Of competing steamship lines
& ing authorities had assigned. but merely
the fact that the prospect gilmore strin-
gentRimmigration laws here FASTENED the
otherwise have appeared on this side
of tho water for another year or more.
E: In regard to the remarkable Italian
banks the author has a good deal
metropolitan district alone; there are 4lo
operating without a charter;t usually
these are In combination with a grocery
ether business. rhe part that these
institutions play in, the life OF the ltal-
ians Of America Is s. truly !, astonIshins;i
italian laborcr in this country. They
'bureauize. him privately as the Italian
4governmont,,is endeaaroring ,5and failing
laborer's address for8his mail from home.
1t writes his letters for5fhim II he Is
unable to write. 1t forwards his say
ings home minus Il percentage. 1t holds
essential to him that Ii has him entirely
in its control. Often hcSrealizes that It
Ge KS hs G om h xs 'RFfy pe as s
profitable habit Of Importing labor by
agreement---..an.c evasion Of the lettcraof
the contract alien labor IlnW and a IA ma
The author and Mrs. Brandenburg had
an Interesting time OF it on the trip over
in the steerage Of the North German ,l
taken away by the dining implements
which the steerage steward handed out
to them, and byth he scenes on deck at
+ the first meal and therea fter. The CLOS.
q they were told were to be had oil board
at an expense Of $40 added to the $50 for.
passage, were nowhere to be found. put
by an ingenious system which included
fleeing the ships doctor, they managed to
secure beds in the hospital wards II IS
interesting to note that the changed satti-
Htude and demeanor OF the slti1iians3 on
/ thor that his previous conventional hem
was quite incorrect, that just t that
time when VIC. thou ght ourselves m the
italian cmlgrant in the new world, We
were merely in that false tcmporIzlng
atmosphere which hc.icrcates for MN,
self" OF. course as we hayc IS! suggcestS.,I
deeper knowledge OF these Imported
Americans might lead the author to q
stI further modification Of his = yl ! VS. /,
what he saw and learned are, first. the
obvious ones that immigration must DC
either controlled or a bolished;. and. sec,
zondly, the latter alternative being Dcyond
the bounds Of common sense, that the
difficulty should be rea ched& by e&amlnil-
ton, of prospective Immigrants before
they are allowed to embark Thls could
be he srsa ns
In the home villages OF those, INTENDING y
10 transplant themselves. The l'or
works out and Offers q detailed 1, plan,ln
8ticability.of which we shall have to leAve
10 others better qualified, for. Judgment
that is Interesting. and sensible rs I. IS
every thing THAT Mr.. Brandenburs has
set down In these pages. tii ia5 4 a 4 I'll
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