New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-22
Lack of Work
In Italy Forces
Steady Exodus
Stringent Emigration Repr.
lations, However, E,x
Thousands of Idle Fro,,s
Getting w rk Abroad
transportation Handican
36,836 Leave Native Land
to Seek Fortune in Amer.
lea in Last Six Months
From u Special Correspondent

~e' o. "a pio4lHc nation 1fks
Italy must be allowed to emigrate -
It's 9l,277 square miles it has a pon,,,
ton Of more than 10000 900 II,
younger men must go abroad to earn .
living, because there is not enon.s
work for them at home.
The government has made evsrv =,
fort to keep the workers home. ana 3.
was expected that with building and
reconstruction of the devastated arso
there would be plenty of work for
every one, but strikes, which have tied
/ up ali trades, as we'll as the rajlwsvs
have caused crisis, especially in he
north. In the Venetian and Friulian
districts the inhabitants have lost homo
of having their province rebuilt, as de-
lay has followed delay in the arrival ~
building materials and settlement NJ
the various strikes.
The Friulian and Carnian districts
have many young men UNEMPLOYED.
who before the war were allowed "a
emigrate into Germany or Austria for
the winter months or for several wears.
according to the work they found
abroad. Thousands regularly emit
grated, some for q shorr time and
others on long contracts.
France Field
Now Austria is no longer in posi-
ton to employ many workmen. and
Germany, Of course. employs her own
returned soldiers. France needs many
workers. but the conditions under
which Italians would be employed do
not comply to the rules OF the Italian
Emigration Commission, but it is hoped
that through negotiations undertaken
by French and Italian emigration Off
Gals some agreement will be reached
which will work toward the benefit OF
France, which needs the workmen, and
Italy, which has men looking for work,
The Italian Deputies in an effort to
improve conditions under which their
fellow countrymen as emigrants were
treated have enacted so many laws
regulating emigration that now il is
difficult for a foreign company to OBJ
tain workmen from Italy For instance.
short time ago a Canadian railway
needed 1000 men. In order to ex-
pedite matters the company sent
special delegate 20 Italy to arrange for
these men to leave at once for Canada.
Long Negotiations Fail
Negotiations were begun between the
Canadian official and the Commissioner
of Emf gration. There was meeting
almost every day, and sometimes it
seemed the matter would be arranged,
but, unfortunately almost every tine
a new decree was unearthed and the
Canadian had to communicate a new
condition to his company. The dele
gate continued these conferences for
three months. The conditions imposed
on the company by the Emigration Com
missioner were so complicated tina.
finally the official left for France to en-
list workmen, despite the fact that
more than 900 Italians would have
been only too glad to emigrate TO
Canada under the conditions proposed
by the railway.
Many of those who returned from
America after the armistice. owing 10
the fact that wages were high are row
regretting their return Many Of the
jobs then available are gone, as the
country has changed from a war to
peace basis. Even the government
work in the north can employ only
certain number of men, ard those are
from devastated regions or are returned
soldiers. The government has made
great effort to induce these returned
soldiers TO form themselves into vari-
Gus cooperative societies. according TO
their trades. and much Of the work
was given into the hands Of thesc firms,
but conditions were difficult and they
have not pYospered as they should.
me work undertaken was not the most
necessary, which caused d good deal Of
resentment, in consequence Of which
tAere were series OF strikes.
Rush of Emigration
During the last SIX months there has
been rush Of emigration including
many reservists, who after the ar
m.stlce had almost decided 20 remain
al home, bat many found conditions
too difficult. Besides. the letters from
1llenas who have return ned 10 their old
places IN America aroused IN them a
desire to return TO the United States,
where the workingman has u chance.
N some districts relatives have ioi-
lowed the directions given hv their
friends in America and have sold their
goods. arranged for Their passage ana
lest no time about it. Ia the last SIX
months the number OF emigTants 70
both America and the Argentine mas
reached 46,So2. Of these So $50 ieft
for the United States. The greatest
rush Of all occurred before July !,
when the price OF the visa was raised
from $40 to $50. ii is estimated thai
IN April. May and June 10000 passports
were issued in Italy. Only lZ,0oU per
sons were able to leave for abroad as
there was not sufficient accommodation
81 ships for all Of them.
The United States is getting the
cream Of the Italian workers, as snes
are coming from the Abrrzzi, ~heIs,
hard work and thrift are the rue aha
not the exception, and where respees
for the man who employs them AAs
been inst.lled III them for generations.
In certain parts o. that province MAJ.
hamlets and villages are cs Yea -
American names, because the honssss s
were built by men who had made '"s''
money in America.
When the successful emigrant TO-
turns from the United States ne IS ~.
mediately called "L'Amerlcano ana IL; !.
considered wonderful person a.,
fellow villagers are always Aeen "
listen to tales of the wonderful 1hiHss
ia the United States. A real Amef.e~'-
would be surprised at the whop9.LhSs
stories these humble children oi Wv
sod hear. and in hearing decide tns''
to-, must go
Gayly they pa up with the taoa-
sand discomfort 8. u ch less pa,
tient race would balk. They wait i9a
hours for their visa. journey on SIC"
trains to the city OF embarkatlon' Fa;s
outside the steamship Office al. siam.
ing up or leaning against walls NJ
the agents are attending to the his,
corners. and finally, when they. ge' -
the steamer they are crowded IL ~ -
= +iVs ,,or,,nfa endure at