Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-21
ALIEN born MEN
ON PENNSY Loyal
One Out of Every Three on
Lines East Bought
Liberty Bond
PROPORTION WITHIN
2 PER CENT. OFNATlVES

To ascertain tho 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 a total
of 1922 employees, in all depart
ments. 25,S27 were born in foreign
countries There were, among all the
employes-bOth native and foreign
bOrn-52,7S2 subscriptions, totaling
more than $4,000 900.
Nearly one in three Of the foreign
born employees was found to have been
a Liberty Bond purchaser. The exact
number of subscribers OF allen birth
was S,146. or almost 80 per cent. OF
the total foreign born. This was with
in two per cent. Of the proportion OF
employees Of American birth who SUD
scribed.
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 Amercanse. and
mmbers OF 30 alien races we're in
oluded among the buyers OF Liberty
Bonds.
The Italian race furnished the larg-
est number Of foreign-born employees
on the Pennsylvania Railroad. the
number being S,365. or practically
one-third Of all the alien born. Thirty
two per cent of the Italians, or a
total Of 2725 employees, bought
Liberty Bonds.
Employees Of Irish birth we're founr
10 number 3.139, of whom 1923, or
AZ Der cent. subscribed to the Liberty
loan. English horn employees mum
bered 1875. and 663 of them, or 36
per cent, We're subscribers. out ci
2.466 men Of Russian and Polish
birth. 79O or 36 per cent, invested
IN the Liberty loan
OF the natiOnalities representing
the Central Powers. employees OF
Austro-Hungarian birth were shown
10 be most numerous. They aggre-
gated 1917 men. and OF these J ,O97. oi
p per cent, subscribed to the liberty
bonds. The Austro-Hungarians rank
next to Italians IN respect TO the tota
number employed
OF men OF German birth, the railrOai
payrOlls carried the names Of 2060. an
OF these $50, or 81 per cent, were sub
scribers to the Liberty Loan. Their
were found TO be I'm the service o. me
Of Turkish nativity, and 43 OF these, o
"a per cent. Of the total bought LII
erty Bonds.
The smaller countries allied with On
Central Powers were not very we'll r.
presented among employees Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad On all divisions pJ
together, The Bulgarians employe
numbered only 81, and no record ca
DE found that any Of these purchase
Liberty Bonds.
Some interesting facts are shown
connection with other naiionalitlos. I'll
Scotch stand high on the scale
thrift. Out OF 2i7 Scotchmen, iJ5, or
per cent, invested savings in the lii
erty Bonds.
The Canadians followed closely. On
OF SO men Of Canadian birth 40, or
per cent Of the total, bought Liberi
Bonds. There are only 40 Frenchme
I'm the service, and Of these 81. or yer
nearly one-half, were subscribers.
men Of Belgian BIRTH ~ were found
be in the service, five of whom, or
per cent, subscribed to Liberty Loa
Bonds.
other buyers Of the bonds include
such divers nationalltles as Swede