New-York tribune., 1905-01-29
Alter, Colonies Here.
Not Encourage Segregation of Their
ported n the United States

Mayor des Planches ably seconded by DR.. Gus
tavo Tosti, the italian Consul General in New
York, is actively engaged in the promotion OF
scheme for the distribution Of Italian imm-
grants among the agricultural districts OF the
South, with the idea not merely OF alleviating
the misery that often prevails in Ne"-forK
and other big cities among the new arrivals
owing TO the crowded condition OF the labor
market. but a., in the belief that as t!llers OF
the soil. among native born Americans IN
stead of herded together in city tenements filed
TO overhowing with their fellow countrym9n.
they are likely to develop more rapidly into
lava biding useful American citizens than
otherwise The majority of Italian immigrants
come from the agricultural districts of the pen
insula and OF Sicily. By providing them with
labor in the field they are furnished almost I'M
mediately on their arrival with the means Of
livelihood to which they are accustomed, In
-tead of being subjected to the ordeal of lenrn-
.rg trade.
he experiments in this direction have proved
so satisfactory in every respect, that means are
being devised for the extension of this method
Of distribution of the Italian immigrants among
the agricultural districts of the South and West
II must be thoroughly understood that there is
no idea of forming agricultural colonies of Ital-
ians. The object of King Victor Emmanuers
representatives, on the contrary. is to scatter
the immigrants through the agricultural dis
tricts among Americans, with a view to their
absorption by the latter, and to discourage in
ev cry way anything that savors of colonization
and segregation. realizing that these not only
create animosity the part of the people
around them, but likewise tend to foster dis
position of the alien born to disregard the laws
of the United States. Too often the refusal to
accord loyal allegiance to its institutions implies
for hat
reason alone if for no other. foreign govern
ments and their representatives here dsin-
clined TO offer any objection, direct indirect
to the Americanization OF their countrymen in
the New World.
In this connection it may be recalled that when
Prince Henry Of Prussia visited the United
States in behalf OF his brother. the Kaiser,
few years ago, he took particular pains wherever
he went TO impress upon the Germans settled
in this country that they could best serve their
Vaterland and add to its prestige by giving their
entire allegiance to Uncle Sam, and by showing
that Teuton Drawn and brain constitute the very
best raw material for healthy. useful American
citizenship. All his utterances were on these
lines and. while he expressed his satisfaction
to find that the Vzterland had not been forgot
ten by those of her children who had emgrated
to the New World and was held in affectionate
memory by them, yet he made it thoroughly
understood that neither the Kaiser nor the Ger
man government harbored any grudge against
those who had foresworn their allegiance to the
Vaterland. in order to take up that of the United
States. Indeed, on several occasions Prince
Henry while here, and his brother. the Emperor.
in Germany, have given evidence of the fact
that they looked upon the German who made his
home in the United States without acquiring
American citizenship anomaly.
It is a mistake to imagine that foreign gov
ernments encourage those of their countrymen
who have emigrated to America eventually to
return home, bringing with them their savings
in order to spend the remainder of their days in
their native land. Foreigners who have lived
for any length of time in the United States be-
come. matter how much they may hold them
selves aloof from Americans and, herd here to-
gether in colonies. nevertheless imbued with