The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-22

Senator Viliari. in an article publish
ed recently in the corriere della sera
OF Milan. Italy. suggests the formation
Of syndicate to buy up land with the
purpose Of selling 1t again at cost 70
the returning emigrant This, he
thinks, would stop the undue exploita-
ton Of those emlgrants who after
years Of hardships return 20 Italy with
small capital with which TO buy a
homestead. Now they often have TO
buy poor land at triple it's value, and
finding II impossible TO cultivate IL
with sufficient profit, they are COM
PEELED to sell IL to the man from whom
they bought at such price as to en-
tirely lose their hard earned savings.
IL the welfare OF the returning
italian emigrant demands that they
BIO protected In any attempt to enter
upon agricultural pursuits in their own
country where they understand the
language, public welfare in the United
States demands IL no less II is I'm
perative that large numbers of south
ern emigrants, by no means Italians
alone, should be induced to leave the
city and take UP agricultural pursuits,
but IL Is also imperative that limited
number OF them. particularly Italians,
should have every facilitation when
returning to agrarian occupation In
their own country.
The congestion Of population, the
low standard of living due 70 INSULT
Client wages. and the natural difficult
ties of acclimatizatlon in the rigid
northern climate, have resulted in a
deterioration OF the race which de-
mands effective curative and preven-
tive measures. As every emigrant who
has resided In this country more than
three years becomes in case Of illness,
burden to this country. the amazing
figures furnished by the investigations
Of the committees for the prevention
of tuberculosis suffice 20 prove the
need Of concerted and strenuous eff
fort.
DIR. Antonio Stella OF New York city,
says: "The proportion of italian con-
sumptives returning to italy in 1903
was 292 per thousand. In 1904, BIS, in
1906, 5.B1 per thousand But this
average Is far below the real condition.
because 1t only takes account OF the
very advanced bedridden cases among
steerage passengers. isolated in the
ship hospital, who constitute a small
fraction indeed, as compared to the
large army Of those I'm the incipient or
moderately advanced stages, and those
travelling second or first cabin. From
what ] have heard and seen, am
ready to venture the statement that
fully so per cent OF the second class
passengers are suffering from tuber-
culosis In some form or other and
during certain seasons. and on certain
cheap lines. the percentage may be
still higher"
To these appalling figures may be
added the no less impressive state
ment that last year the committee for
the prevention Of tuberculosis in New
York city found 10000 cases which
had not been reported at any of the
various institutions which treat tuber-
cular patients. And when we consider
that bed for an adult in a hospital
for tuberculosis can cost no less than
$4,000, while the place OF a child in
the children's hospital treating the
various diseases Of the bones which
tuberculosis causes, costs $4,000, the
material interest Of the more fortunate
classes in the United States Is better
ing conditions Is easily brought home
even to the least philanthropically In
clined. For all immigrant tubercular
patients that cannot be sent back to