Show COUNTRY AS MINE OF WEALTH paid agents misrepresent conditions to secure immigration misrepresentation on the part of paid agents Is the chief reason for eo much of the undesirable immigration to this country said george P wag ner of chicago who has recently returned from a trip to germany and austria the agents go among the peasant classes and tell them of the money that can be made by coming to america the standard of wages Is so much lower there and the money itself divided into smaller denominations that these promises are alluring the agent however falls to tell them that living expenses are proportionately higher in this country so the peasant sells what property he has and with his family takes pas sage tor america the land of quick fortunes arriving here they soon discover that while the scale of wages is all that they have been promised and that work Is plentiful they can make no more and probably not as much in this strange country their idea of america Is about the same as that of two irishmen who came over not long ago they had been told that in america gold was found lying around on the streets and all a man had to do was to go out and pick up as much as he wanted As hick bave fluie yb ad nomore set toot on shore than one of them did find gold piece passing on they met one of the professional blind beg gars here said the irishman you take this 10 I 1 am not blind and I 1 can look for more |