New-York tribune., 1909-07-11
BID FOR INUIGR4NTS.
Brooklyn WouId Offer Inducements
to Garment WOrkfrS.

Uncle sam not being interested in municipal divi-
sons and city governments. does not recognize
Brooklyn a port OF immigration. The thousands
OF men. women and children who first touch Ameri-
can soil when they set foot upon the piers that
line the South Brooklyn waterfront merely so
many in the tables set aside for the Port Of
New York, IN immigration Commissioner Will
ian1s's report, and credit gees to Brooklyn for
the work of handling them
Naturally. the Brooklyn Board OF Trade and Ger
tain rcivic organizations would like 10 the
borough get credit in this connection. In
normal years TIE number OF future Americans who
land at the local piers mounts 10 close TO 150o0
and even the low water mark year. 1905. showed a
total OF so.oso So FAR. counting up the end of
June, over eoooO immigrants have been landed in
Brooklyn this year.
One Of the principal reasons why II is deemed
desirable TO the borough's immigration records
kept separate lies in the fact that the number of
recently arrived aliens. who settle IN Brooklyn Is
increasing every year. and the organizations would
like 20 establish the correct relation between the
increase decrease in immigration and the growth
Of sections which almost entirely depend upon the
O. errow from Manhattan's congested district
Until . few years ago. cases Of immigrants who
settled in Brooklyn Immediately after landing
rare. With few exceptions they stayed for some
time on the East Side. until a business enterprise
or some turn Of fortune brought them the
Bridges. NoE. however. the number Of those who
settle in Brooklyn within day so after their
arrival in this country IS steadily growing larger
Hughes investigate the immigration problem in
tts relation the State Of New York made its
port the last Legislature il generally ex-
pected that something definite would result from
its Recommendation for the establishment of
state department OF industries and immigration
ard many men OF prominence in Brooklyn strongly
favored participation of the authorities in
effort direct aliens 10 sections where their
willingness 70 living would be most readily
appreciated The report was pigeonholed, how
ever but believed that will be resuscitated at
the next session for the purpose OF serving
basis for wider agitation.
Among those who deeply interested in the
ouestion is Irving T. Bush. the president of the
rsush Terminal Company, who said the other day:
1T IS unfortunate that the aliens arriving IN
Brooklyn have not better opportunity to learn at
the very first OF the advantages which this borough
offers as q home for working people. Property
values are lower here. the apartment houses
newer and the general living conditions for the
working class are both better and cheaper.
Il know of one large manufacturer OF silk gar
rnenis who has recently moved his factory 20
Brooklyn and gave the controlling reason for so
doing that the working people in Brooklyn live
under more cleanly conditions and the damage to
delicate fabric which he in his business
much less. he obtains cleaner and more self
respecting help The federal government has done
much IN the past 10 point out 10 immigrants the
best locations fer settlement but Il is not likely
thst it will extend its labors pointing out the
most desirable sections in cities.
IL may not be generally known. but think that
statistics VIII prove that majority or our I'm
migrants find employment in the garment making
trade and IL is this trade which is gaining steady
foothoid in Brooklyn. II was not many wears ago
that the work was carried on in what were known
as swestshops These are being gradually abzn-
dored and the manufacturers centrinz heir
work factories lofts q convenient nlsees
Ths pa rticulsr Interest which this holds for Brook
1vr 1. that the high rents and high insurance in
Manhattan and ths lack Of shipping facilities are
rskinf the manufacturing costs in that borough so
h.gs that the trade is becoming restive and IS
essne ita ewes across 70 Brooklyn IN the hope Of
en6tsG eetter coadtaorA-"