Mr. Day to Mr. Gage.
Washington, March 31, 1898.
Sir: I have, by direction of the Secretary of State, the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th instant, advising the Department that you have deemed it necessary to put an end to the arrangement concluded with Baron Fava, the ambassador of Italy at this capital, by which a room at the immigration station at Ellis Island, New York, was assigned to the agent designated by the Italian Government to aid in attempting to protect Italian immigrants from the evils of the padrone system.
In reply I have the honor to say that a copy of your letter has been forwarded to the Italian embassy and notice given that the abolition of the arrangement would date from April 15 proximo.
Respectfully, yours,
Assistant Secretary.