Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1919-06-19
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but to men and children, down to the
very youngest; convicts, paupers, in
sane, may be and usually are citizens,
and as such entitled to the care and
protection of the state. By the law
of 1885 every woman married to
citizen of the United States is deem
ed a citizen. Citizens may or may
not be voters. Only about one-fifth
of them have the right of suffrage.
Over there in such countries as
Italy and Russia there are few we'll
TODD farms Most of the land is
cultivated by peasants; that is race
of people, often very poor, who can
do nothing to better the conditions
of their children in the future. They
find it very hard to pay the high
rents and taxes, for most of the
peasants have really no right to the
soil. They live on large estates
which are owned by very rich men
who parcel out the land to them and
demand high rents. They have
heard of better chance in America,
and the people of the different vii
lagos often raise funds to be given
to the young men and young women
so they can travel across their con-
tinent. For here, after while, a
man may not only support himself at
good wages but he rda9 save HIS fff6Ai
ey and soon buy himself afiRcaef Fern
and still later he may BECOME fa Wstef,
a citizen of the Unitedl Seftes9D o1a1
Most of these inning nie!s e ohne fbg
steerage. They have TO asHk a 'lUHg
way before they get to 9the Store!
Their ship is probably l very "a efiisy
and they can not get hnIcfF h'cittaa
water for drink. ohs s Eino
Before the war there we5 aBeH
eight to ten thousand ihmigf AAts
arriving by steerage week aothe
number has been greatly ifeduesd.
These immigrants came fromo Naty,
Austria, Hungary and Russia mSstly.
When they arrive at Ellis island
there is an organization called "The
Protection Of Immigrants" that is
waiting for them. This society sta
tions the men at wharves in order to
prevent boarding house runners
from urging hte ignorant immigrants
to 90 with them. Then they have to
look out for Crooks, who would
sexchange the peasants money,
which he had worked hard for on the
farms, into useless counterfeit mon
ey. Their ignorance is shown very
plainly by their acts. They often
draw knives and other weapons when
they are being examined.
i The advantage to the United
States is, they have the soil titled
and it is in use.
''t To become citizen of the United
States the person must first be
naturalized. Naturalization is the
act Of being invested with the privi-
Ieges of native subjects.
Some of the requirements for
naturalization are:
/. Five years residence in the
United States and one years resi-
dence in the state where naturaliza-
ton is sought.
2. Two years preliminary decla-
ration Of an intention of becoming a
citizen.
3. An oath to support the Con-
stitution.
a. Remuneration of all foreign
titles or orders of nobility.
5. Abjuration of all allegiance
to any foreign power.
g.. No alien can be naturalized il
his native government is at that time
in war with the United States.
When an alien becomes a either
he has all privileges and rights OF
the United States government.
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