The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-23
,ther, = and win ,bes given as~oonspicu~
GUS position In the division OF iitera-
-ttfres "-~'-----.. ~ - Y, ~. - -
ITALIANS FOR TIN" SOUTH
to BE Directed More to
: Galveston and New Orleans. -


Emigration to BE Directed Moro to
Galveston and New Orleans. Il
!. The question Of Italian labor for
the South holds large place in pub
lie interests, t-That-the South, or at
$eassS portion SIT, .i,ta desirous of
Is wpll .kpo%h. eTE$ Ataltan govbfnnI
3ment is impressed S 81 faSorsbiy
sa ash sse Rissse ss; s,
Feau In New York. Mr.. G. B. Schmidt
writing in the New York Evening
Post, reviews the work Of this bu-
Feau at length and gives much 5valu-I
X Hole 1p TO- @s}ss son ths whole aues
/ The annual report of the commits
,tioner-general of. Immigration for
The fiscal year endgd, June u.s. Ayw,t
Sgives the total number of immi-
grant aliens admitted into the Unit
ed States during that year as 1,1OQ,-
20 S5-the highest number reached
since the year 1920, which Is as far
back as the records are available.
Tylhe report further shows: that of. this
grand total S5.35 per cent. landed
the ports Of New York, Boston, Phil
Fadelph1a and Baltimore, while only
about O.56 per cent: (6,2O1 persons)
were, admitted through Galveston.
and about O.19 per cent. (2,051.
Fpersons) through New Orleans, the
remaining 1873 per, cent. being dis
Etr1buted through the minor Atlantic,
$Pacific, and insular ports and the
stations along the Canadian and
borders; Tbs, North Allan
tic Division OF stafes8f omprising the
|six New England States, with New
y ork, %PennsylvanlR and New Jersey,
absorbed 1923 0W0f = these immi--
grants, or 6S,3 per Cent. OF the total
|tor the twelve months. OF the re-
manning 349, 1885 aRimthfgPants, ,242,-
$3.50, or 22.1 per cent. OF the total,
distributed themselyese over, the
ENorth Central Dlvisioh Of States,
E48,125, or "A per cent, over the
tWestern Division. while only 46,232,
Tor per cent. OF the grand total
volume. found their way into the
great South. Alaska and the ins,rlar
dependencies of the United States
absorbed the remaining 11,O78, or
per cent Of the total immigration of
that year. 49,, ="
e., The table and charts in the report
OF the Federal Immigration Bureau
certainly show conclusively the need,
OF proper distribution. Of that peace
tul INVASION" as Mr.. Sargent calls It,.
At present the bulk Of 1t remains In
that part Of the country where it Is
not needed, while all the States Of
the South, from the Atlantic Coast
to the Rio Grande, are clamorous TO-.
settlers for their waste lands, for la
borers in their harvest fields, on
I q In hnf
and factories ~
One-Fourth From Italy. -.
immigration from Italy alone,
during the fiscal year ended June 80,
1906, Is shown to have been $685.
814 persons, more than one-fourth
of the total European immigration.
The North Atlantic Division of
States absorbed 233,508 Of that
humber, add New York alone i3e.f
|'TU3"H' Thgr etiFfeht f1seal'c year wifi
probably show an increase of at;
least 30 per cent. Of italian immi-
grants. =,
Agriculture in Italy has not been
lucrative for centuries, and the peas
ant class has gradually drifted into
condition approaching serfdom.
The opportunities for acquiring free
farm hOmesteads in America, or to
purchase virgin land with. his pro-
ceeds OF wage labor, have not been
made known to them, and certain Of
their own compatriots in the large
cities manage to keep the newcomers
Under their own influence for selfish
ends and discourage any attempt to
enlighten them. These so-calletf
'padrones" resent any interference
with their system of monopolizing
italian labor, and they are chiefly
responsible for the condition Of
sem1-peonage Of italian laborers
which has existed in some Of the
Southern States east of-the Mississi-
ppi, and which Is even now prevalent
in the phosphate mines Of North
Carolina.
The Italian Government, realizing
Its inability to stop emigration is
now endeavoring to give it proper
direction and protection against the
immigrant sharks In the big sea-
board cities. An italian labor In
formation bureau has: been establish
ed in the city of New York and is
presided over by Government Off
cial. 1t Is accomplishing much
good in directing friendless Italian
immigrants to places in the interior
where they may obtain employment
under tolerable and honorable con-
ditfons. !"
Wherever the italian In our coun-
try has turned to farming either as
mere >1aborer, Oh tenant, or q
proprietor, he has made his mark.
Witness their settlements at Vine
land, N. j.; Asst, Cal; Bryan, Tex.
Memphis, Tenn; Sunnyslde and
T ontftowa5T DENVER. and Pue-
bio, Col Everywhere their truck
are models Of thrift and intelligent
management. In some localities in
the Southern States, where the orr
nal settlers were berely eking out
scant living on 900 acres or more,