Let the reader climb the stairs of some of the tenements in Elizabeth Street, or go through those in Union Street, Brooklyn, and he will get firsthand evidence.

This is generally true of the lower class of Italians throughout the United States, whether in the city or country.

They live under worse conditions than at home.

You may go through the railroad camps and see twenty men sleeping together in a one-room built of lath, tar-paper, and clay.

The writer knows of one Italian laborer in Massachusetts who slept in a floorless mud hovel about six feet square, with one hole to go in and out by and another in the roof for ventilation--in order to save $1.75 per month.