The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-14
Interesting Government In
vestigdtiOn Just Ended !
4 REGARDING Our" Most N4-
n1eronS Glass of Aliens

|pUTLADEBPHlA, July Iu.-Io de-
1;ns iust how rapidly and how
.s1nohly the largest foreign element
;olursiy ,ur ssiyilization-the alien Italian
e mss assimilated into our body poll
, ~as the purpose of a most import
Geological Investigation just COM
a,,J by the United States bureau Of
@ nnder tho direction Of Commits
s,, Charles +. Neill Since the sons
s' ''Jouuhters of sunny Italy com
..sJ 70 outnumber all the other for,
hosts fastening to our shores
.,;sts have given voice 10 many
.Sr;nos rs TO their effect upon the
4, e5nilibrium, but hitherto no in
s;ration Of the component facts Of
nroblem have been made. For the
,,rses of the investigation, which
been personally made by Emily
~ Meade. special agent of the bu-
of labor. the Italian settlement
Spammonton, n, j., was selected,
IA fown, which has sprung up in a
.,nnp of that vast primcval forest
I'm as the Jersey pines, was chosen
q the study because the influx of
X,6ans there has not been assisted
sny wav bv Americans and because
20 emigrants have there been left
rork ont their own salyAtions. They
u been settling there III increased
rbsrs for thirty years, and with
n children born in this country now
|-priso very nearly A half of Ham
Lston & population of 1900 souls.
A, truc value of the invt stigatfon is
4 demonstration of what tho Italian
Lorant ran make of himself when
[.,n away from the slums Of our
RS Il offers the Grst tangible data
|.ard the solution OF what, after that
II The negro, is now eur most serious
Esl problem.
|fsc condition of the typical Italian
II Srst arrival is contrastod by the in
|dIeator with his state of being after
In years in "tbe land of the dol,
[r and finally with that of the first
Lrsration born in America.
Ifhe first picture is that of tho
|reenhorn Italian berry pickers
saeht into the Hammontou district
a their native padroncs. Many of
Ia class, having become attracted to
f,nmonton, have remained there and
-,opp hume builders. Thus all grades
"A, seen in this settlement. These
[sscomers are mostly from crowded
,T;ees of southern Italy and Sicily
N.Y. than from isolsted farms.
|Ew possible space in their native
|rlhges has been occupied by a brick
|rr,e of three or four rooms, a mule,
|rHal pigs and somo chickens common.
4 sharing the same roof. They have
<arally owned or rented in the out.
|ng districts small farms of from one
4 dne and half acres. Living has
% cheap, prices low, and they have
ID able TO 1.-Two, on 5 cents a day |
|te, eating polenta, macaroni, green |
Iytables, bread, cheese, milk, Mgs, |
|aimis aud fresh fruits, but ias Or |
neat. Those who have done FARM 7
b for others have received 20 TO 80 !
|ls day. Only the rich have worn |
a Wooden sandals have covered their |
\ and collars and neckties have
~ been possessed.
INriving on the berry, fields about
[nmonton, they bring with them such
.|fge as boxes, barrels and corded |
Pen trunks containing bedding,
hing and some provisions. I have
bnally visited this region on my
account and have seen them bring
rs as milk supply for their in.
fh. The escape of a goat resulted
suspension of berry picking for
us and until the fractious beast had !
p captured. The women among these
|Fcomers wear skirts, waisfg and
gns Of cotton and bright! Sdlored
dkerchiefs for their heads. The
arrive in old store clothes and the
RdTen In dilapidated single garments.
latter sometimes 60 entirely naked
Ech hot weather as this.
Ans breakfasts Of this class consist
lily of dry bread and water, with
pms and cucumbers added What lit.
cooking thero is is commonly donel
'ooofs, frequently in ovens built tSNk
s' Some place chunks of dryf
rao On fence until it molds, and |
rfi IS then pumped on it before it
Scores il One House,
Naen visited one property to make
Photograph of the Italian berry.picls-
g found scores occupying q SINGLE
.'sse Tbs manager, who pointed ont
tSn ud small buildings erected for
Nv 'fs9 eeltei accommodation, explained
-ssi,, ~ conid persuade none of the gre
pus people to occupy these. ALI
-, - "pmen and children ogether-pre-
:,.ea 70 pack themselves, like sardines,
~ ,us lew rooms of the meager build
~ whlch found them.
~ itslian, as soon as deciding to
~ N this district, starts TO buy his
none and often patroniZcs ono of
,yea building loan associations. He
80 commences his new life in a
00l9 ~ mousse l6xl6 feet and costing
orI He Is generally prompt in get
g W. oI debt and unwilling to as