Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-09-22
AMERICANS OF FOREIGN BIRTH
ARE DOING THEIR DUTY.


country in these trying times is fur
nished by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. This company says in d
statement to the press:
ITO ascertain the extent to which
railroad employees of foreign birth
subscribed to the first Liberty Loan,
a special investigation has been COM
pleted on the directly operated lines
of the Pennsylvania Railroad East OF
Pittsburgh and Erie. The result of
this inquiry shows that out OF total
Of 160,127 employees, in all Depart
ments, 25,827 were born in foreign
countries. There were, among all
the employes-both native and for
eign born-52,7S subscriptions, tot
aling more than $3,400,00O.
"NearIy one in three of the for
eign-bOIn employees was found to
have been a Liberty Bond purchaser.
The exact number of subscribers of
alien birth was STAG, or almost 32
per cent. of the total foreign born.
This was within two per cent OF the
proportion OF employees OF American
birth who subscribed.
"The inquiry also brought out the
interesting fact that there are, in the
service OF the Pennsylvania Railroad,
men of AZ different nationalities, be-
sides native-born Americans; and
members of 30 alien races were in
cluded among tie buyers Of Liberty
Bonds.
The Italian race furnished the
largest number of foreign-born en-
ployes on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
the number being 1856, OF practi-
cally onc-third Of all the alien born.
Thirty-two per cent. of the Italians.
or a total of 2,725 employees, bought
Liberty Bonds.
Employees of Irish birth were
found to number S,139, of whom
1929, or 43 per cent. subscribed to
the Liberty Loan English born en-
ployes numbered 1875, and 663 Of
them, or 36 per cent, were subscrib-
ers. Out of 2.466 men of Russian
and Polish birth. 100, or 36 per cent.
invested in the Liberty Loan.
"Of the nationalities representing
the Central Powers, employees Of
Hungarian birth were shown
to be the most numerous. They ag-
gregated 3,977 men, and OF these
1897, or q per cent, subscribed to
the Liberty Bonds. The Austro-
Hungarians rank next to Italians in
respect to the total number en-
ployed.
"Of men of German birth, the
Railroad payrolls carried the names
of 2,060 and Of these $50, or 80 per
cont, we're subscribers to the Liberty
Loan. There were found to be in the
service 81 men OF Turkish nativity,
and 43 of these, or A per cent. of
the total, bought Liberty Bonds
"The smaller countries allied with
the Central Powers were not very
well represented among employees OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad. On all
divisions put together, the Bulgar-
ians employed numbered only 81.
and no record can be found that any
of these purchased Liberty Bonds.
"Some interesting facts are shown
in connection with other nationali-
ties. The Scotch stand high on the
scale OF thrift. Out of 247 Scotch
men 1855, or 65 per cent, invested
savings in the Liberty Bonds.
"The Canadians followed closely.
Out of SO men OF Canadian birth 40,
or SO per cent of the total, bought
Liberty Bonds. There are only 40
Frenchmen in the service, and OF
these "a. or very nearly one-half.
were subscribers. OF men of Belgian
birth, II were found to be in the SER
vice, five OF whom, or fl per cent,
subscribed to Liberty Loan Bonds
"Other buyers of the bonds in
cluded such diverse nationalities as
Swedes, Slavs. Spaniards, Bohemians,
Swiss. Roumanians. Norwegians,
Hollanders, Danes. Cubans. Firms,
Greeks. Australians, Portuguese,
Serbs, Syrians, South Americans,
West Indians, Arabs, Armenians
Persians, Africans, Ukranians, Costa
Ricans and Croats.
1.-TWO japanese and two Cinnamon
were found to be in the service, but
none was recorded as a Liberty Bond
buyer.
"The inquiry brought out the i'm
portant fact that since the Fall Of
1914, the Pennsylvania Lines East
of Pittsburgh have sustained a net
loss of 1877 employees of foreign
birth, as a result of men returning
TO their native countries for military
service, or obtaining employment
elsewhere in America, attracted by
the higher wages offered by indus
tries which have been able to take
of economic conditions"
This great participation of foreign
born employees of the Pennsylvania
Railroad in subscribing to the First
Liberty Loan, as illustrated by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's re-
port, is the fruit of the earnest work
carried on by the foreign language
press. And it is Of especial credit to
the German language press that Of
the German born employees of the
Pennsylvania Railroad 32 per cent.