Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1906-02-22
Extracts From an Article bv Marcus
Braun, U. S. Immigrant Inspector
on Abuses of immigration Laws

81 found condition of things which
convinced me beyond any doubt that
some European governments, agencies
and private individuals are continuing
to regard this country the dumping
ground for thousands Of their unde-
sirable people.
"These conditions, coupled with
the arrogant and widespread assump-
ton that this country is but an asset
of large number Of Europeans sub
ject only to their desires and orders,
is such that if universally known in
this country, it would drive the blood
Of humiliation into the face of every
good American, and description of
which would defy the pen OF
Macauley.
81 shall attempt to prove in this
report, by uncontrovertible evidence,
that, while the number of aliens ship
ped to this country who are inadmis-
sible under our laws because of dis
ease is considerably diminished,
immigrants inadmissible for reasons
other than disease are constantly
brought into the country in large
numbers by the concerted action OF
some European governments and
steamship agencies, by bankers and
schemers of all sorts.
Immediately upon my arrival on
the European continent l noticed a
feverish activity among the various
steamship agents with reference to
the business from Hungary. I saw
tons of enticing Literature shipped to
tina country, and l learned that enor-
nous commissions were being offered
to sub-agents.
"With reference to the question of
bringing women for immoral pur-
poses into the United States, beg
to state that there positively exists an
organized movement of this sort,
which could only he discovered, how
ever, by travelling to and fro be-
tween the various ports of the United
States and Europe. In some Euro
pean countries the emigration Of
lewd women is aided by corrupt pc
lice officials, hotel porters, and keep
ers of intelligence offices.
'The great horde of Immigrant
who have flooded this country dur
ing the last decade come here not be
cause of our free institutions, or be
cause they have the opportunity tt
advance themselves both material,
and intellectually, but because TIN
American dollar has a much create
purchasing value in their native coun
tries, to which they always remain
loyal. They make no effort to lear
our language nor our customs an
views. They do not think of eve
becoming citizens or to contribute j.
the least to further the development
OF this country, and if, perchance
some do take the oath of citizenshi
it is only because it facilitates thei
purposes here and protects thel
abroad in legal or illegal occupations
''When they think that they hav
gathered a sufficient amount of do
lars they return to Italy, Hungary
Galicia, southern part of Austria
Syria, or Greece, as the case may bt
and those who have procured Amer
can citizenship forget and disregar
its obligations the very moment the
leave our hospitable shores. Durin
their temporary stay in this countr
they live in manner unbecoming an
unworthy of America. Their Who'll
effort, energy and mind are concel
trated upon the one thing-to earn a
they can and return "home." Durni
their stay here they are all instr
mental i'll reducing the price of labor
for to them dollar is a forum,
while to the American laborer it fir,
quently represents All insignitical
amount.
Having arrived at the above COZ
clusons. it is but just and proper thu
shuold ditferentiate between good all
bad immigration, in so far as I'll
countries are concerned whence "
get most immigrants, and respec
fully submit that the very bets IN,
terial reaching the United Stat,
comes from Germany, Great Britain
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, HOllan