Year: 1872

trates precisely tho defect OF subordinateS'
While tho managers OF the steamship colh-
panies. looking at general results, Tar removed
from direct communication and personal sym
pathy with the indiyiduals who compose the
mass Of thoir human freight arc satisfied with
results. and believe all goes well, so long as
shipwrecks, with fearful loss of life, donot stare
communities from their prOpriety and sense OF
security, subordnates, almost always from cul-
pable carelessness, render the life in tho steer
age far more miserable than there is any need
il should be IL is not to be denied that the
abuses Justly complained Of are each of itself
trivial but it is just these trivial wrongs
which annoy and oppress the most, and which
aggregated and daily repeated for weeks be-
come almost uncomfortable. The steerage cabins
arc as large as circumstances permit; the ap-
pointmcnts might well be better for the
money, for though tho fare is necessarily
small, in order at once to meet the means OF
the emigrants and to make the steerage IN
any way attractive TO that class Of passengers
whom poverty at once cOmpels to emlgrate
and restricts as to the means, the charges are
shown in our narrative TO be fairly remunera-
tive But though it be compulsory to herd
emigrants like sheep" it is not necessary 10
:" feed them like pigs" and yet 1t Is shown
that the food, supplied in plentiful abundance
is drtly prepared and disgustingly served
All this would be easy of remedy, If suDordinates
| did their duties as managers in theory require
but have not the time or opportunity to com
pel in the practice by constant personal
supervision. The suggestions OF the reporter
in other respects are practical and worthy OF
enforcement To secure them the managers
may well be thankful for such exposures as
THE TRIBUNE, [partially III conjunction WIN
| Tho London NewS and partially as the result
of its own investgatiOns,] now furnishes
and we shall be disappointed II early ana
marked improvement be not made IN these
minor matters We do not expect en-
Iarpement of steerage holds, for that Is
nractically impossible; nor reduction IN the
number of Messengers admitted; that would be
asking from corporations, which are supposed
10 be soulless, concessions of material interests
which cannot be extOrted from individuals or
from human nature under the most favorable
circumstances, or any combinations. But there
are conyeniences and concessions which can
be and ought to be granted as right 10 emil
| grants and a benefit to the companies, and





these it is the purpose of our article to point
out.


Castle Garden under its present administra-
ton and the constant supervision OF the
Commissioners of Emigration is well nigh
perfect public institution. The few minor
defects pointed out are easy of correction 1t
is no part of the present article to notice the
commendable features of this institution-we
started out designedly to find fault and pick
flaws and yet the reader will observe that
the advantages aTe so great that they natu-
rally force themselves upon the attention OIL
the reporter. The experiences in Washing
ton-st. Boarding House for Emigrants Is as
perfect q bit of description as The TRIBUNE
has published in long time, and the hint OF
the reporter that the Commissioners of Emi-
grafton might wisely establish an Emigrants'
Lodging House appears as natural suggestion
of the perusal of the story as of the expert
ence. The Emigrant Train on the Erie Rail
toad is naturally described, and the conclusion
of the reporter will be readily adopted by
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