EXTRAORDINARY REPORT
TRANSATLANTIC LINERS' STEERAGE ACCOAIMODATIQN.
By Cable—Press Association—CopyiijtSt New York, December 10.
The United States Immigration Commission has issTied an extraordinary report, based on the voyages of its secret agents, on the steerage condition of the transatlantic liners. It says that the sleeping quarters are filthy, and that the male stewards, the crew, and the male steerage .passengers on many of the steamships crowd the women's compartments. Their language and manners, it alleges, are revolting and insulting. The Cunard, White Star, and other companies indignantly deny the allegations.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 266, 17 December 1909, Page 2
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89EXTRAORDINARY REPORT Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 266, 17 December 1909, Page 2
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