Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-01-26
SCUM OF EUROPE
DUMPED INTO AMERICA eY iMMi,
GRAFTON AGENTS.
CONSTANTLY VIOLATE LAWS
Report Of Special Inspector Braun
Hungarian Government Agents
Worst offenaers-other Countries
Scheme to Our Disadvantage.

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I Secretary Mstealf OF the Department
ot Commerce and Labor sent to the
/ House the report OF Special lmni-
/ srant Inspector Marcus Braun. which
deals at great length with the ehaEae-
I der ol immigrants coming To this eoun-
Iry and the attitude OF the European
governments on the matter. MT.
Braun declares he has ineontToV"Ftibl.
evidence that while the number OF
aliens shipped Ia this country who are
legally inadmissibls because ot dI'
s..ss Is diminishing. immigrants in,
admissible for other reasons are con
slanily brought into the country in
large numbers -by the concerted ae-
lion OF some European governments
ana steamship agencies. by bankers
and schemcTs of all sorts"
H.. declares that while these gov
, .Fnm.nts have laws ost"nslbly ln-
tended TO restrict Immigration. in
stead OF doing no. they actually en-
couras. IL by keeping alive THE patri-
oiic spirit Of the fatheFland In the
minds OF theS. eoloniSts." by repre-
s.ntins that unicss they adhere 30 III.
principles OF home patriotism their
governments would leave them with
out protection In ''barbaric America"
was sent last year from III" United
States to AuStria'iInnsI - alone from
ihcS. immigrants. Not u single prom
In. which III. new hungarian imInl'
grant law guaranteed has been kept.
. experienced the b-wild-rtns sp-cln.
c!c." Mr.. Braun says. '-of hundreds
upon hundreds of agents licensed by
the Hungarian government carrying
ON and conducting nm almost unhcaTh
of campaign To get Immigrants. In d.
rect and open violation OF III" laws"
lie states that In order To discouraE.
Hunsarians from becoming American
citizens the pr-caution IN being taken
to advocate the establishment In til.
United States OF Hungarian homes.
churches. schools and institutions, the
intention OF which IN to avert the TER.
rife danger" OF Hunsarians becoming
naiuralizcd.
Mr. Braun then takes up immiEra-
iion from Turkey. Asia Minor and Sy'
ria. Speaking of the Armcnians. h.
says that they have Invented n scheme
whereby they can stay In Turkey and
mt the same time defy Turkish laws,
This scheme consists ~ u large num-
Der OF Armcnians cmigratinI TO III"
United States and nv soon aR they have
earned sufficient money for their need
they return supplied with American
citizenship papers and ar" continually
conspiring against the Turkish govern.
mcnt under the protection OF American
citizenship.
Regarding immigration from Italy
he says that nm Italian subject may
lcav. that country for any place on the
globe except the United States without
passport.
He further declared. upon the state
that the amount annually received In
Italy from Italians In this country av-
eragcs 81 day for every Italian in
this country. II is openly stated. lie
says. In the Export Revue. n somi-of'i.
cial organ Of the Austrian government.
that thrcc.fourths of the immigrants
leaving that country for the United
States come under contract, and. add
ing:
God forbid that the American gov
ernmcnt should read this"
The emigration from the Turkish do
mains. says Mr.. Braun. is nothing
less than a menace to this country:
from there we positively get the worst
kind OF people In the world Violations
of the immigrant law will continue. he
declares. as long as there are agents
and sub.agents of the steamship com.
panics working on commercial basis.
These violations are not confined to
Europe alone. but are fragrant in Am
erica. Bankers. publishers of newS,a-
pers in foreign languages. foreign cler-
gymen and others doing business here
are ardent missionaries in inducing
immigrants to come here for purposes
of exploitation and are equally inter
ested in the return traffic.
The foreign priest and minister, he
saws iS n most lnnpnrpus maIiln,.
and political agitator. 1t has become n
favorite expression to speak OF ''our
colonies in America"
He has word of commentator for
the Russian Jew. Once he becomes a
resident of this country. Mr.. Braun
says. the Russian Jew stays, and his
children become among the most patri-
otic and thriftiest of our citizenship"
Based upon his investigation, Mr..
Braun makes series of recommend
atoms:
That the United States maintain
abroad n secret surveillance of unde.
sirable immigration.
That n statute be enacted requiring
aliens to produce at landing "certi-
ficate of origin" from the nearest
Uniteu States consul, to be issued only
in the event that satisfactory informa.
ton has come to the consul respecting
the alien from secret service officials.
That a bond be required of not less
than S25,00O from persons engaged in
the United States in the sale of steam
ship tickets, forwarding money. con-
tracing labor, etc, for faithful and
conscientious performance of ob.lga-
tions and contracts.
That a law be enacted making it o
criminal offence for any resident of the
United States to travel abroad for the
purposes of inducing immigration for
temporary or permanent stay, exempt.
ing only relatives.
That naturalization laws be amendd
to require n longer period of resident
before citizenship is granted.