The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-25
IeInlluenCe
10 Europe Of
Returning
Emisrants

redic.. sssct. past, present and pros
Rice. uroduced upon the social and
wr,t..- condition of the United
book :. !, the millions of e.nigrants
with N ,.,e come hther from Europe
10 the the last sixty years is sub
eau jed endless discussion, but very
aarana .,,ontion has been given to tn:
= mann five effect produced on their
"a ~ q sseping countrymen BY emf
v p returning from America to
saw ntive lands, says the New York
,thc, With 100000 of these in 1907
ain . :. .aueuce must have been consid-
8 alte,. An independent investigation
desc,,..4 ,uostion has been undertaken
); the 4, Edward A. Steiner in Italy,
emark, a.Hungary and Russian Po-
h the md we find the outcome OF his
intact rstions set forth in the June
tiles OF - of the American Review OF
anecdd =
ana i appreciate what these return
the Ind sia-.nts have done we should
- any the fact that previously to the
o,o ming of emigration to America
49,, ~ .a |gayic peasants both in hungary
~ p,land we're gradually losing
,t.,.. usnts of land and were deterior-
ion i. physically and socially. Intern
Var rss NJ and incidence were driving
90 pad INTO the hands of usurers, and
be q vere fast dropping into the land
Addr dass and into dependence upon
Leonl labor. The returning emigrant
the United States set a very
Fo. ka; example. He evinced en-
was mess to buy the land which the
one n b Of labor and the resultant rise
ges. II ges often forced large land own
mile Il b sell. Mr.. Steiner says that
the years between 1899 and
e an he land owned by peasants in
I yous I'd in some districts as much as
bow" W cent. and even if all the emf
"a vhy| iurn, shing districts in Austria
a - nry and Russian Poland are TAX
cen "a rsetner' une increase III iouf
. A.. reached the remarkable figure
per cent The deduction from
4 ACTS Is that not only was money
.n,v BIT back from the United States
r,r.u hyested in land, hut the home
ms peasant also was led by en-
To become more Industrious and
NJ xn;, ha <~1
,..a BIS, by unbiased landowners and
h,eturers that while wages have |
10 the Countries named nearly !
:, - y cent since the emigration to |
a.w Gifted States began, the efficiency |
l., : workers in almost all depart |
has been increased correspond |
eemS, too. that the change in |
:. ~. Fandard of living among laborers
80 Stria Hungary and Russian Pc
has been 50 great as to be al
Incredible. Usurers to a very
extent have been driven out Of |
II Z ess, and the PEASANTS house has
TO be a mud hut with straw
BOD hed roof; indeed this type Of
ekefd ING has been, according to Mr..
n, condemned by law at the
ave Of returned emigrants. The
snopkeepers report. that they
ealth been obliged to augment their
ion " many varieties of goods and
prop ne peasant now wants, the best
q Sd u the market. Noteworthy is
rear aemand for American clothes.
rs Hmrned emigrant from the Unit
ifBcu ates can be recognized by his
enti and collar, and especially by
buil noes and the gold filling in his
NJ Mf. Steiner recalls that ne
Pastor Holubek of Bosacz in
! \. " what effect the returned emf
.,ou ma produced upon his parish.
" Qy was: "The returned emf
! y "a new man. He carries him
~ inherently; he commands the
4. q his fellows; he treats his
'el1er, and he keeps the windows
house open" 1t is we'll known
suopeans Of the lower classes
uisnt almost say of all classes
" verse to fresh air in sleeping
81 epecially at night.
Steiner says that there is not
=. q village Of any notable size
- he field of his inquiries. al.
ms extended from Naples to
8 g which larger or smalle.
q enigrants had not returned. I
'oI s to him that he could note
re- tasn quickening of the NOR. s
9 specially among the men !
~ come in contact with the z
DC dass Of American mechanics.
q PARTICULARLY struck with the S
T. - way in which these men +
= ueir wives, which was in
q 0ntrast to the conduct OF G
= nne.keeping peasants, among f
oman is still an inferior be. U
2: sne whole Mr.. steiner's OBJ
nave convinced him that
n % the United States has '