The Springfield herald., 1906-01-26
SCUM 0F.EUR0PE:
DUMPED INTO AMERICA BY iMMI.
GRAFTON AGENTS.
CONS TANTLY VIOLATE LAWS
Report of Special Inspector Braun
Hungarian Government Agents
Worst Offenders-Other Countries
Scheme to Our Disadvantage.

| WoTSt Sou"s''SS
Scheme to Our Disadvantage.
Washington-In response to the
| SulZer resolution passed by the House
Secretary Metcalf of the Department
| of Commerce and Labor sent to the
House the report of Special lmmi-
grant Inspector Marcus Braun, which
deals at great length with the charac-
| ter of immigrants coming to this coun-
| try and the attitude of the European
| governments on the matter. MI.
Braun declares he has incontrovertible
| evidence that while the number Oh
aliens shipped to this country who are
legally inadmssible because of di-
sease Is diminishing, immigrants in
admissible for other reasons are con
| stantly brought into the country in
| large numbers by the concerted ac-
ton of some. European governments
and steamship agencies, by bankers
and schemers of all sorts"
He declares that while these gov
ernments have laws ostensibly in
tended to restrict immigration, in
stead of doing so, they actually en-
courage it by keeping alive the patri-
otic spirit of the fatherland in the
minds of these colonists," by repre-
senting that unless they adhere TO the
principles of home patriotism their
governments would leave them with
ont protection in "barbaric America.
He cites the fact that $50,OOO,OOO
| was sent last year from the United
States to Austria-Hung y alone from
| these immigrants. MOT single prom
Use which the new Hungarian immi-
grant law guaranteed has been kept.
experienced the bewilderinS specta-
cle," Mr.. Braun says, "ot hundreds
upon hundreds of agents licensed by
the Hungarian government carrying
on and conaYcting an almost unheard
of campaigfSi{o get immigrants. in di-
rect and opSff violation of the laws
He states that in order to discourage
Hungarians from becoming American
citizens the precaution is being taken
to advocate the establishment in the
! United States of Hungarian homes,
churche$,s schools and institutions, the
intention Of which is to avert the ter
! rife danger of HunSarians becoming
naturaliZed
Mr. Braun then takes up immgra-
ton from Turkey, Asia Minor and Sy'
ria. Speaking of the Armenians, he
says that they have invented a scheme
| wherehXahey can stay in Turkey and
at the Eahie time defy Turkish laws.
This seIfHme consists of a large num-
Der offsShmenians emigr;ting TO the
United States and as soon as they have
earnsd Sufficient money for their need
theypreturn Supplied with American
citizenship papers and are continually
conspiring against the Turkish govern
| meut under the protection of American
citizenship.
Regarding immigration from Italy
he says that an Italian subject may
leaye that country for any place on the
| globe except the United States without
a passport.
He further declared, upon the state
ment of bankers and steamship agents,
that the amount annually received in
Italy from Italians in this country av-
erages 81 a day for every italian In
l,thts country. 1t is openly stated. he
| says, frf the Export Revue, semi-of
cial organ of the Austrian government.
that three-fourths of the immigrants
leaving that country for the United
| States come under contract, and, add
ing:
.Goa forbid that the American gov
ernment 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 positivhlY(as! the wors,
| kind of people in the world. Violations
| OF lTt llullllSTdut ldW COiltlHi', nv
declares, as long sithere are agents
| and sub.agentS of the steamship com
| panies working on a commercial basis
| These violations are not confmed to
| Europe alone but are fragrant in, Am
| erica Bankers. publishers of newspa-
| pers in foreign languages. foreignNcle
| 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
says. is most dangerous meddler
and political agitator. 1t has become
| favorite expression to speak OF 'our
colonies in America. ~ ...,x,
He has word OF commentator for
The Russian Jew. Once he becomes
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. y
Based upon his investigation, Mf
| Braun makes a series of recommend
| ltions:
That the United States maintain
| abroad a secret surveillance of unde
| sirable Immigration.
1 Ehat a statute be enacted requiring
/ llisis to sPtpsiuce, at. landing a 'certi-
fcate of'{hfsfnn Nfiom ther neares'
Uniteu ittss,.fons6l, to be issued only.
IN the event that satisfactory informl
ion has come to the consul respectin-'
the alien from, secras service officials
That bond he REQUIRED of in9t less
than $4,000 from peTsons ensaged in
the United States In theisale of steam
SHIP tickets, forwarding money. con
tracting labor, eYe.. for faithful am
conscientious performance. of obliga
| tionS and contracts
That a law be enacted making 1t
criminal offence for any resident of the
United States to travel abroad for thc
purposes of inducing Immigration fof
temporary or permanent stay, exempt
! ing only relatives. 10
That naturalization laws be amended
o require a longer period of residence
i before citizenship is granted.