Who wrote the joke “The Italian Who Went to New York”?

0dd1 asked: I’ve seen this joke a lot (mostly on postcards) and I am wondering who its author is. Here’s a transcript of the joke (as transcribed here: http://www.klenger.net/humor/italian/italian.htm ):
“One day ima go to New York to a bigga hotel. I go down to eat soma breakfast. I tell the waitress I [...]