New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-26
INCREASE IN IMMIGRATION
EUROPEANS COMING TO ENJOY THE
PROSPERITY IN THIS COUNTRY

c,,,,,ussroNrp F1rcHrE ESTIMATES THAT THE
ror.r. ARRIVALS AT THIS PORT THIS FISCAL
YEAR WILL. Be NEARLY THREE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THoUsAND-THB LARGER
Nr,uHEn FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE
Thomas Ftchie Commissioner Of Immigration OF
New-York is bringing to close s,sninoa' rh
in the history Of, immigration at TINS poru "
business prosperity OF the last year mas inV'.o'
the United States an increasingly large hunhoe, W
the inhabitants Of Europe and the year Is ehu''.e
with almost record breaking figures especiaiIy io
southern Europe where according to MI fl'che'
the least desirable immigrants come FROM MI
Fitchie said recently to Tribune reporter
We have ,ust forwarded to the Commissioner ef
hs poor cur classes Of Southern italy and Austria
Hungary more fully alive man man e as Mace OF
residence About per cent OF the total sbst
ton OF this country comes 70 ,fersstng about the
Immigrants here applies largely to the whoI eonih
migration a ueSe4h month ~, in many years. During
N9yem ahs we sdmted $ and
Se -" good idea Of how the people are coming by
Comparing this record with previous ones; an an
P5teU0gs 6 Noye s s is. sc 1897 l 1893 1873
looks nov nov as and ending inH With June 30 next viii
see mighty army of Immigrants or sre ~ Of the
Sntloos Is that almost the entire increase this
year over last comes from Austria unsaiS from
1talv Moreover
Ia yoorost and most illiterate sections OF those
TWO tmg Countries The Austrans coming are from
from Croatia Kraine Dalmatia Posna. Herzego,
vina and Montenegro The men are WanraiitIes 70
snnnort the family plough the fields. get the fuel
and do all the drudgery The greater % that
country the Sicilians and Neapoitans predon'-
mating.
Commissioner Fitche's attention being called 10
office work. his deputy MI Mcsweeney' TOOK up
the conversation He said:
There are golden threads in the warp and wool,
though. For Instance, on North German LIoya
liner a week or two ago there came 70 tHis pot'
hundred Russian MennonIes s, saWsrt and
finest lot of immigrants we have received C io1
Russians. for that is really what they are went to
the Dakotas, where there are large ana sucJes 's,
fui colonies OF them. not fully Informed about ao
the history of these big Industrious people. but !
understand that they were driven OUT o, 81 tbar
Protestanisu' They went to Southern Russia, and
have been there ever since They DO not p p.s,e
has succeeded in getting many OF them into the
army They are first class farmers
There go three OF them now said MT NC
Sweeney pointing to two men and woman carry
ing lot OF luggage away from the Barge once.
Look at the size of those fellows. See their
healthy skin their honest faces. their substantial
boots and neat clothing. They can stand Da-
kota blizzard all right. guess and they VIII get
TO the Dakotas In time TO get holiday greetns
from their kinsmen who nave precedeu tHeHi We
get four thousand or five thousand or them year.
and they go West almost TO a man.
These Mennonltes had an average counting ba-
bies and ALL OF $50 apiece. This is larger sum
than was brought by any other class
Commissioner Fitchie estimates that the imrni-
grafton this port for the present fiscal year VIII
reach nearly $4,000 His estimate is based on the
fact that for the four months Of the fiscal year.
ending with November, there has been an increase
Of 35C5 per cent the same period In 1898. 1T
has been experience" said the Commissioner,
that when the immigration starts In heavy during
the fall and early winter It will Increase right
along through the year Probably the Austro-Hun-
garians will double their figures Of last year. and
there will be an increase OF SO per cent for the
Italians. immigration from Germany remains about
stationary. and the same Is true OF Ireland. The
Scandnavlans also holding their own"
Speaking OF illiteracy among the immigrants,
Commissioner Fitchie said:
1t appears that the arrivals OF certain which
show the highest percentage OF illiteracy generally
also bring the smallest amount OF money per capita,
in most instances far below the general average,
SIG 26. This table Is instructive showing what
mean: