| Show AN UNJUST REPORT ON the insl inet there appeared in a number of the papers of the country a special press dispatch in reference to the alleged ill treatment ot of steerage passengers on the 8 8 maasdam of the netherlands american steam navigation companas Comp anys line the complaint which iwas said to come frum passengers included the supplying of unwholesome food and rude and brutal behavior toward steerage people this report calculated to damage the reputation and business of the company to which it referred to is but one among innumerable instances of bf wrong and ID injustice Justice inflicted by newspaper sensation mongers bongers mon gers the entire scandal had bad for its basis the spiteful assertions of a couple of italian immigrants who were firebrands fire brands such as many of them tu turn ran out to be aft after er t they h ey law 4 A from the time they stepped on they were rough boisterous an behaved and did all the they y could ate disturbance the officers compelled to I 1 iut ut a check oil oft them action filled gheith them alth the spirit of 16 ie the purser of the vessel con 1 soldered it his js duty to represent to the government immigration inspect in speet 4 ors that these two iti were evidently not suitable sons to be allowed to land in ii the united states this step was not taken on account of their unruly conduct on board but because it had bad been ascer pained that their record in their own country was bad A press reporter f took the unqualified statements of the two turbulent bagoe and without even inquiring of the Comp company anys officers as a to their truth sent them over the wires numbers of utah people have traveled i by the netherlands line and we have had any amount of reliable mony going to show that passengers oc dr every class on these steamers receive so aa kind bind and considerate t treatment rea ament as ae they do on any other vessels while the food and accommodations accommodation fj are not excel excelled ed by those accorded enoth on other ahins we make this statement as a matter of j simple justice because th the e FJ substance uban s 0 ce of 11 the damaging dispatch aphea appeared red in the columns of this journal |
