The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1907-01-03
LIVING In SLAVERY,
plrlFuL pLl0HT or ITALIAN EMI.
onANSs IN aRAxll-
complrssly st the Mercy Of cruei
Tsxkmastsrs, unforsunssss Wsar
out Thesf Lives n Hardest
Kind ol Tell.

For the last few years italian peas.
antfy have been encouraged 70 ensi-
crate 10 brazil. and Roman aud Flor
entIne reviews have Published nrti'
cles setting forth the advantages Of
south America for tAe exploitation ol
Italian capital aud labor. says the Lat
erary Digest IN the year 1904, We
are told. there we're 400. 0Q0 Italians
settled ii Brazil, $50 300 being Ia san
PAulo. 10 the south region q the re-
public. But according 70 0rrste Ris.
gorl, who writes from San raaio. the
condition of the Italian farm labofers
Ia that region II most EsWlorahle
Writing In the University poplorae
tManiual. he speaks OF the miserable
slavery Of his fellow countrymen.
They are compelled 60 work from is
10 "A hours a day The food given
them Is both nnwholeaome aud lnaui.
liclent Physical and moral dogen-I
GRAFTON has resulted from the hof'
rors Of their lot and they have Eurk
into a condition below that - the
brulea. This writer saws that al
though heavy taxation and capltalistic
oppression have driven them % for
eian lands. they ind after some years
IN South America they have merely
jumped out Of the frying pan into
the FIRE. To quote.
"0n their arrival in nFezii they are
distributed through the fazandas. or
farms Of the country. and are com
PEELED % labor far beyond their
strength. badly fed. lodged ike swine
In the mud of novels destitute oi
light or fresh air Here they are ex
posed to the weather to disease % al
the pestllentiaI yapofs Of night. with
no alleyiation for their exhaustion ex
cepsing a few hours of aieep between
sunset and dawn After years ~
weariness and trlhulation our slaves
og tho soil. those stroag and indom
itahlo culEiyators Of the ground. are
not longer recognizable Their physl
cal constitution Is broken. thess
strength Is exhausted. their blood b
comea impoverished. their spirit i
gane Even their countenancea be
tray their condition. for priyallon and
suffering have emaeiated and turned
them into the aspect Of skeletons"
The personal liberty of the Italian
settlers has become subject % the
whlma OF cruel taskmaaters. and the
law in San paulo Affords 40 redress
ur. RistoH tells us
On no fazendas the Italian eolon.
Izls COUNT for nothing. They are mere
+ shattelz gifted wlth the Bower Of
lacamokion. and their masters have
ahsoluta right 70 than. as 10 the ne
zroea who were formerly their slaves
They ere compelled 70 e1se up 81
their human rights. - think only ef
their duty ana 70 conform % the bcaf |
estimate Of their own lnferiority te
Iaelr masters. At The riak q bsank -
verely punished. Meekaess and re-
|gnaEion are indispensable requisites
II avoiding the Lash oF the slave driver
ar foreman. and only in this wey
an the laboreFs escape from : worse
Iate.=
The aworse fate" IL forfeiture q
wages. torture and sometimes death
The laus and the italian consulate
have NJ protection for the Italian
'arm hands OF san pauio. Thus
The laws Of the land. which breathe
be spirit of the fullest liberalism.
lave no foFee IN protecting she Italian
'alonist Al The guarantees Of which
Sc 20 freely hear are 3 mere dead
ettef a. regards him The police IN.
eariablf fasor the assasslaa and the
magistrates exenlnaie them Their q.
the italian eonsuls diae With
he owners Of the fazcndaa. and the
Iorrofs 0f slavery apparently put 3
fep - by Iira4ilian legislation. are
Ieinally brought hack aeain in ali
heir frlehtful cruelty and still -four
= under the blue sky of tAe ropnb
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