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Show WENS PREPARE TO BEIIII TO EUROPE More Than Million Steamship Steam-ship Tickets Sold, Commissioner Com-missioner Says. WAITING END OF WAR Declares There Should Cej Legislation Against Pri- j vate Bank Evil. Thai nhout I.O.noo steamship frnkols have hern sold to resident immigrants im-migrants who are to return to their central cen-tral Kuropcni countries fit the close of the war is the statement of Lajos Stein-cr, Stein-cr, commissioner for Inn agricultural colonization col-onization of resilient immigrants of the Vnion Pacific system. The private hank evil, which is to be uue of tlie big; problems before V. K. J-Ivnns, incoming state bank commissum-er, commissum-er, replacing ('. A. (Hazier, aryfl Aubrey Tolton, bank examiner, roj. lacing T. W. liall, is blamed by the railroad official fur the present git nation which is con-Jrnntin con-Jrnntin tlie United Elates in handling jt alien population. In a letter received last night in Salt .Lake Mr. Steiner says "The searchlight of publicity thrown upon this important n nnnmic problem should result in a congressional con-gressional investigation and subsequent remedial legislation, and in the improvement improve-ment f conditions. ' ' .Mr. Steiner says, in part: A 1 in ut 1 T.fHio.nno immigrants lire oiiwh in A inert can industrial vhk e;i niing. They rcaiizt; that mill and i.i i lie would not employ superannuated superannu-ated hands, so they plan ro return to fur mi nt; when t heir savings will en-a en-a hie them I o do so. They save out of their waes all that can be paved, a nd In time re I urrt to Europe to sr-cure sr-cure and cultivate the coveted acres. About 400,000 of this sort of residents resi-dents return lo Knrope in each normal nor-mal year. American land agents have victimized unmoors of such n-m n-m grants by selling to them farms on terms which made it impossible for the in to prosper. Those exa mples have scared away the hulk of our immigrants im-migrants from American farms. A rican banking proper 1ms neglect- ed I he savin.es of our immigrants. ur postal savings banks are practi- ,tlly unavailable for the miners, mill hands or laborers at construction work. Immigrant "banks," on the other !i;i;iI, are omnipresent and do secure the deposits of Immigrants to export 1 1 10 j-ame for safekeeping In tlie native na-tive hi uds. This proceeding- Is well slaMished and has the solicitous attention at-tention of the consulates of the respective re-spective countries. Iarge numbers of foreign language newspapers co-operate and derive the lion's share of their income from moneys paid for art b'les ami advert isements making" I ropaganda for trie exportation of im-migi im-migi u nts' savings and I heir remlgra-lion. remlgra-lion. Perfects Colonization Plan. The only remedial measure insti-t insti-t uled up to date is tlie work conducted conduct-ed by the In ion Pacific system for t he colonisation on farms of our nualitied immigrants. Passenger Traf-lie Traf-lie Manager Gerrit fort has arranged with the Chicago Tile & Trust company com-pany for fertile land and buildings wiiich immigrants purchase at ten ;i nnual Installments, without payment in advance. The colonist pays the first installment install-ment at tlie end of the year, after crops are raised and marketed. The colonist is enabled to use his cash for moving and living expenses until the tirst crops have been produced and to buy livestock and farm equipment. This latter item is provided for through relia.Me local dealers at the payment of one-half cash of its cost, the other half In installments. No direct di-rect profits are derived from the sale of these equipped farms. Contrary, tlie Union Pacific pays the expenses of tills colonization work. This practical philanthropy anil good business is bound to benent t he individual immigrants, a number of physicians, bankers, storekeepers, a rtisa ns and ol hers who will prosper in the thus created new agricultural colonies. Tlie intensive "methods applied to the fertile, American farms will, with.-out with.-out doubt, result in the increase of t he production of foodstuffs and will augment our national prosperity permanently. per-manently. In time, the success of these Immigrant Immi-grant colonists is hound to attract large numbers to follow the example and prosper by farming in the United Slates. But for the time being remi-gration remi-gration is planned by a great many of our resident immigrants. It is estimate,! that about 1.250,000 steamship tickets have been soll to resident immigrants who are to return re-turn to their central European countries coun-tries at the close of the war. Exportation Ex-portation of sa iugs and immigration of the thrifty is by no means a healthy condition of affairs. Lands Await Tiller. Millions of our idlo acres in the west are waiting fur t he tiller. ln-cr ln-cr ased production of foodstuffs in t he United States is the very thing needed. The average colon:! t has not enough, cash to finance the initial ini-tial expense for land, buildings, livestock, live-stock, implements and retain enough to live on until the crops raised would support him. Willi tlie exception of some gardening garden-ing schemes, careful research reveals no opportunity bu I the newly insti-t insti-t uted one made a va liable by the Union Pacific ssiem. for this sort of people to secure farms in tills conn- ry so as to 1-e enabled to prosper out of its produce. Consequently, it is easy K induce tne laml-hungry immigrant im-migrant to return to tlie country or o Um. 1 lab it ua t exportation of pavings pav-ings has been established, and it )s n.ainiaind. f n normal years about threo hundred hun-dred million dollars are traifinitted to I'm rope by our Immigrants. Dor-ice Dor-ice the war the amount of the trnns-!"i trnns-!"i , ic 1 .Minis became mucn larger. The reason is that the immigrant can ro.v much more easily induced to epirt his cash at the prevailing low-rates. low-rates. The a vei a ice- iinrn iera nt earns v ai:c more t ban twice as Ugh as be:ue the war. The number of those -, i o are engaged in the r portal ion of savings has greatly increased. The rftivitv of the exporters of ash lias become almost feverish. Each day tlie full page and oilier advertisements ad-vertisements of the newspapers are ! stimulating the export of moiu'y. j '" immigrants are flooded with c!r- ! ul'tra and other "li leratu re," in- ; d':' ing exportation of their cash, and , "iiis are camassing from house, to l.ose ureing the transmission of ; ;if'iicy thrnuch their Jirms. i Outflow Is Enormous. (in- immigrants transmit to central Iv trope al"Ue about S 1 CO.Onil.tH'O in i-M-i-v rM!-ta) '.ear. The- present ex- ntioi:,'I a'-'anda and condition' I'i.w di. ul, led this annum even frei.y-d it. : haps have quadrupled Ti '.n fui. t;j'- aui'UUit ; ra n.s 1 1 c 1 to central Europe during1 the last two and a half years mav amount 'to $1,000,000,000. This question presents itself: Was it possible to transmit such a vast amount of money while the war, in its advanced condition. Is I going on, and is it possible at the present time? American commerce with - central Europe has stepped completely, therefore, there-fore, no debit balance exists over tlie re to be drawn against, and out of which wireless or other money orders, in the usual foreign exchange business between the United States and central Europe has become impossible im-possible by now, the transmission of money could only be consummated by the forwarding of gold. The clearance of such an enormous quantity of void, as would be in proportion pro-portion to the amount of money deposited de-posited for transmission, would attract at-tract immediate attention and result in the widest publicity. It Is, therefore, there-fore, puzzling to know how the money, so deposited for transfer to the central European postal savings banks, other banks and Individuals, has been sent across the ocean, if it has been sent at all. If it has not been forwarded, out of what funds are the transmissions transmis-sions beini,' paid out over there? Are those moneys being paid out over there at all, or do tiie bankers just allege that the same are paid ? It seems obvious that the amounts deposited de-posited with the bankers have not actuatlv been transmitted. It is possible pos-sible that the bankers have deposited a part of the enormous total a thousand thou-sand million or more in American banks and that central Europe Is issuing is-suing bank notes and is paying the transmitted moneys with them? The sum that has been deposited by our immigrants for transmission is enormous. If it has not been trans- ! mitted. how wan it disposed of here? j Has some of this money been used ! for the fomentation of the Mexican and Cuban revolts? Are the moneys of our immigrants being- used to create cre-ate trouble for tlie United States the adopted country? "Where are the un-transmitted un-transmitted cash funds of our immigrants immi-grants at the present time? The exported amounts are not sent to relatives in Europe for their support. sup-port. These hime amounts are exported ex-ported for safo keeping as the result of the operation of a system, composed com-posed of private banks, their facilitating facilita-ting firms, certain foreign -language newspapers and agents of the respective respec-tive European governments. This sort of stimulation of our immigrants for the exportation of their cash should be prohibited and stopped. Depositors Complaining. 7,arge numbers of immigrants complain com-plain that tlie amounts entrusted by them to the bankers for export half a year ago, have not been receipted for from Europe. Tlie receipts published, as received fmm Europe by the bankers, bank-ers, are so few in number and proportion pro-portion that the whereabouts of the bulk of the money has become uncertain. un-certain. And still our immigrants are being constantly urged to continue the exporting of their savings. This condition makes it highly desirable that tlie publm be informed where the rnonev of our immigiants Is really held. ' National legislat ion should prohibit the piopac;:inda for tlie exportation of savings, ("ohmiza tion on farms should be regula ted bv law a nd supervised by our government. I'nited States postal savings hnnk branches should bp established and ma in tallied a t the mi nes. nulls, labor vamp and such other points w here numbers of ern-pluyees ern-pluyees earn wages. Acents nf foreign for-eign trovernments should be prohibited lo molest our immigiants. Our eompt'lents should co-onerate in clearing up lids matter and putting an end to abuses al'-og these lines. r or so 1 1 1 u ' 1 1 so. ;is hf pn-PrUMinlii f,.- I'.f cm'oi t.itl'm ; savings is jMung in, in tr ;i! leasing pi oporl ioi i s. "dtig i '-ss sin i id enact remedial U gis-la gis-la lion. |