Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-07

(, slant fault finding with his mode OF
| life change him. The first thing is to
try TO know and understand him as he
Almost invariably" continued Miss,
/ Bernardy. "his Italian conditions were
better than his American ones but in
Italy, the climate and his environ.
nlent discouraged extra effort. In
| America, the conditions drive him like
q. slave. lie works, he receives rela-
| lively good wages. lives in deplorable
conditions, makes heart-rending sacrl-
| fees and saves
10 return to Italyo''
sometimes And right here | would
say that the returned Italian itnmi-
grant. as a rule, is practically no good
for Italy. He has lost his good Italian
qualities, and has gained the worst
American ones. retaining the worst
not the best OF both lands. If he re-
mains in America like the German al
the past, he will in time become what
both President Roosevelt and the pope
alike declared tc me to be his true
destiny, the role OF good citizenship.
But he must be aided to this not only
lntelligentlN, yes. but sympathetlcally.
also 1890
What method would you surgest?..
WORK THE SOLUTION.
Distribute the demand for his worl,
and he will distribute himself in n11r-l
sun OF II, MS 1 said recently in nv
hpeecn on congestion Of popula tiou il
New York, but don't lay out acres If
undesirable land and offer him III cent.
]. day, with chance Of suppression
race iyar naonage, child labor. etc,
10 accompany, it. BY shoveline in New
YORK, he can make from 81 to So /. day.
and the other makes no appta l. no
matter how much he be expected IA
move on Tor the good OF the nation. nor
now much he be advised by the com
mtttee on congestion You can't get
MIN west by promising him farm in
10 years, If he pays his own fare etc.
to get there. II lie has 500, he prefers
to buy fruit stand in New York. or
grocery on an instalment plan, or,
better, house through 4 share In some
mortgage. nc You can offer him bet
ter Inducements, and insure the safety
OF his life. he viii see to his own dis
tributior. In America, the conditions
regarding labor. legislation, peonagg
Ghlld-labor, explosions of antagonfsti,
feeling against the newcomer, arr
frightful equal to the stats Of affairs
in England as regarded the German of
the early part of the nineteenth cen
fury And another thing added Miss
BfrnardY. AL The distribution of tracts
against tuberculosis and tenement
house evils are not going TO counter-
act the effect on the Italian newcomer,
Of seeing his MANNED and crippled
Ways and mines of Ohio and West Viz
ginia.'
y SCHOOLS AMERICANlzE HIM.
And what of the effect of the public J.
schools ~
They do their duty" said Miss Be,,-
hardy decidedly. that is" she added
they absolutely Ainericanize the shi-
dreri."
And what of the italian in the
south. or on the plautations?p
TO begin with there he is in q
sunny land, and the customs are more
his own. A. southelmer, too, by the
very nature OF his aristocratic constltu-
ton represents 10 him Il consen!ai
Padrone or Padrona. Southerners too.
understand his sentimental yearnings.
Bernardy, .'is that the sottherner, in
his heart, does not really want him.
nor any other Immigrant
And what do YOU think America
has done for The Italian Is he happy
there?"
When he becomes Anericanized he
is all right Happy, yes. America has
made him understand economic Views,
in fact. has disciplined his sentimental
ity and systematized his mind. IN the
second generation, at the latest. tne
third. he is an American. 4 word here.
about this outcry over the money he
brings back to Italy. As a ruleit is
10 pay back debts. or the cost of his
ticket over. Generally the successful
italian remains in America He has
a vague dream of Italy. but he stays.
For my part I think the money is his.
He has given America his work for /,
and more than the contractors pay for
and he has the right to take it where
he Will.