The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-01-01

and fall between the immigrant ana
the American of native parentage. The
children of immigrants received aid
less frequently because of old age thai
the children of native parents, and
likewise needed aid fewer times be-
cause Of deaths or disabilities in the
families. On the other hand, among
the children of immigrants there was
a larger number of breadWinnerS
whose dependents sought charity be-
cause of neglect or bad habits than
either among the immigrants them
selves or among native Americans.
Likewise, they were more frequently
out of work or a insufficient earn
ings than either of the other classes.
When the immigrant sought charity
his needs We're greater, because he had
a larger family than the native. There
We're twice as many families Of ten
or more among the immigrants aided,
more than twice as many families of
nine and nearly twice as many families
of six, seven and eight respectively.
1t will be seen from this that one
reason why the immigrant seeks char
ity so frequently is the fact that he
has such a large family that any
untoWard incident in the family econ
omy leaves him unable to meet the
demands upon him.
The charity cases examined show
that the immigrant respects the mar
riage bond more than the native
American. While approximately II
out of every hundred cases among ma
tive Americans We're those of women
who had been deserted or who were
separated from their husbands, among
the immigrants assistance for that
cause was requiered in less than eight
out of Every hundred cases. And al
most without exception the races from
southern and eastern Europe showed
the lowest percentage of desertion and
neglect.
The immigrant, as a rule, hesitates
to seek charity until he has been in
America for four years. Seven-eightns
of all the cases presented IN the i'm
migration commissions report were
those of immigrants who had been in
America for more than four years. OF
course. if they become a public charge
at an early date after landing they
the liable to deportation, and this may
lead them to keep their misery tc
themselves.
One is surprised at the nulnher O
those seeking charity who are able tC
speak English. The natural inference
would be that those who cannot speal
the American tongue would rave the
hardest time to get adequate work, -anC
that this would bring a large percent
age of them to the charity relief or.
CARNATIONS. But only about three pei
cent of the children of immigrants VIII
seek charity are unable to speak Eng.
lish, and less than o~ne-fourth of the
immigrant charity seekers themselves
are unable to do so.
The care taken to admit only able,
bodied Immigrants and dependent:
who have relatives both able and viii
ling to support them, has tended to re.
duce to a minimum the need for char
ity, and pauperism is the exception
!, and not the rule. But it was not al
ways so. In the earlier days, Whei
immigration was unregulated. immi
grant pauperism was mi of the mos
serious evils Of immigration, and thi!
+. was enhanced by the fact that man,
European communities preferred t,
pay the cost of transporting their pau,
Il pers to America rather thar provid,
for them in almshouses. It is recorde,