The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-02
Brought twenty-five Million


81 suppose most Of those Immigrants
were very po0r7"
Yes the majority had little or nothing
Nevertheless the total sum brought i7
hv them in 1905 amounted % moro tr.r
81 oo0noo
81 suppose the most az that sum came
from the English and Germans. did IL
Yes proportionatelv SO There were
BOO" English and thcv brought about
S3.ooeo. whereas nearly as many Nfa~-
vars brought Joss than ylH.nI Tho -a-
v'l Irish had almost million and "a half
Wh-le TIE more than double a- many Jews
had only about 10000 more The 5000
Germans brought in $3.50 on and mono
'nan double as many southern Italians
naq NOT as much Altogether there were
less than 1900 immigrants who had so
or more EACH ana about cs1ooo who had
less than that amount The balance were
children who had none m aIl"
Immigrants Come with Prosperity
What is the cause NJ this great in-
crease in our immigration. Mr. Commits
sioner Ceneral2"
'lt IS largely due 10 tila l-a az r-,er.r,.,,
which this country IS now having ANA tho
great demand for labor arising tnorefrora
II YOU W-H look over table showing tho
Ilsc ana ran Of ONT Immigration since our
u"Enn'ng as an independent Government
you "l- see That we have biz Influx ~
the no" sfons when thov become bad In
deed. immigration fe one OF the baet ~
thermometers 20 test our financial condi-
ton From the beginning un 20 1885 the
rise was comparatively steadv Then
came the panic Of 1857 and the C1vfl War.
ana the number % Immigrants fou from
over $1,000 20 less than 100 900 nor artrr,-r,
As the war closed the stream rose and
gradually approached 5o0 0O9 when the
pane OF 1873 sont IL down AGAIN II rose
10 almost sooofo I'm 1sS2. and then. because
OF another hard-tirnes season. again dron-
ped. 10 fall stll farther down after foq7
The present increase bnron with 1900
when 1t was little over 2o0 0o0 The Inn
MIGRANTS we admitted IN 1905 were ] .02s
49S. II we should have q season Of fnan-
cial troubles 7 have no doubt our irnmi-
grafton would at once fall of and that
we should lose many Of the men who are
coming now"
Contract Labor.
~Are not many Of our immigrants
brought In by the owners Of mines and
factories? Are they not furnished with
money and imported in violation Of our
laws as to contract iabOr2''
1T seems natural TO think So" said
the commissioner general OF imroieratoa.
"but It is di@fcult to prove Il. Take ior
instance. such a case as frequently occurs
IN which I'M men. more or less. each
supplied with the same amount Of money.
start a. the Same time from one small
community in Europe for the same port
of the United states and upon landing
all make their way to one locality. whore
they 60 to work for one factory or rail
road-would YOU not think that those
men were imported under contract? We
do but we find II almost imoossible to
prevent II. Indeed. have little doubt
but that much labor IS imported that
way This may be the case with the
southern Italians. who are largely worked
here by contract after they land. with
padrones in charge"
Immigrants Should Be Scattered
Would it not he far better for the
country Mr. Sargent. II these people could
be scattered throughout the United
States?"
Very much So and am doing all 7
can toward that end. Indeed 7 think
II would pay the national government
and the individual States to institute
measures whereby the immigrants might
be induced 10 go whore they VIII do the
most good for themselves and the coun-
try. This work should begin in the To-
calties from which the immigrants come.
As it is now the immigrants who longest
our big cities have gone there because
their friends who are laboring in America
have written them
"Thev go where their friends are and
do not know that there are better loca-
lions elsewhere. They expect to find
good jobs and big pay waiting for them
the moment they land in New York.
They often fau into the hands OF en-