Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1909 — TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS [ARTICLE]

TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS

Government' Will Probe Grafting by Alleged Charitable Societies. Washington, Aug. 13.—A vigorous probe instituted to suppress the practice of alleged charitable organizations in preying upon ignorant Immigrants at Ellis Island may result in a series of prosecutions by the department of commerce and labor. The Bcope of the department’s action to wipe out this form of "grafting” will be determined when Commissioner General Keefe of the immigration bureau reviews the report of Commissioner Williams at Ellis Island.