The Springfield herald., 1902-05-23
COMING TO AMERICA
PEASANTS LAND IN HoRDEs.
Hungarians, Italians, Russians, Firms,
Greeks, Syrians, Reach New York
in MISUNDERSTANDING Ten
Thousand Land in One Day-Aver-
are is Far Above One Thousand.

in MISUNDERSTANDING Ten
Thousand Land in One Day-Aver-
are is Far Above One Thousand.
In Marcel. 1901. ~ iG1 immigrants
landed here, according 10 Statistician
Charles 6. Eichler of the bureau, says
the New York World.
In March. 1902. 5I,1T5 arrived leav-
ing the Increase for last March over
the same month one year ago. 22,T1i.
To the 1I,1I5 for March, 1902, should
be added l91 transicnts.
April and May, always the heaviest
months. are yet 10 be figured The
above figures represent actual immi-
grafton not including tranSicnts.
Whence come these hOrdes?
In March. 1902. from Hun
gary, 1o.Ju9: Italy, 21,4lO: Russian
empire and Finland, 9.2SG
The Finlaudcrs are coming to escape
military service. and General Count
Bogrilioff, the governor. has forbidden
the issuing of more passports.
The week of April 18Th broke all rec
ords in the Morse invasion of America.
Thirteen hundred Scandanavinns sailed
from Christianin
A peculiarity of this springs immi-
grafton is the falling Off of eighty and
ninety per cent. in Syrians and the ire
mcndous increase of Greeks. Eight
hundred Greeks on one ship from n
port on the North sea. There was n
riot at the cmbarkation, and the gen
darmes had to be called to beat back
the Greeks who feared they We're go
ing to be impressed into the English
army.
The immigration officials. owing to
the lack of men educated in the Orien-
tai tongues, they allege. are at the
complete mercy of the Interpreters OF
the Greek, Syrian and arabian Ian
guagcs.
The decline in Syrian Immigration is
attributable it is argued by some, to
the decline of personal influence from
the Syrian colony i'll Washington
street, and il is feared the increase in
Greek immigration may he traced to
the rise of Greek padrone influence in
New York.
As SyrianS used to come through the
landing station. each with shining
so gold piece. the officials marked
some of the coins When Il fresh lot of
Syrans passed through a few months
later, back from the Orient across the
seas, back came The old coins. as
bright as ever, but bearing the telltale
seccrt marks,
For the fiscal year ending June 30.
1901. i62. Cos Immigrants landed in the
United States. of whom 3SS,y3l arrived
ut this porr. This years summary for
the United States viii probably exceed
that of 1901 and may be equal 10 the
record Of 1892. 5T9,6G3.
They are coming, some days Mt the
rate of 10000. the horny-handed. cor
setless, suu-broilcd pcasantry of Eu-
rope. Across the narrow margin of
stone quay at the barge office they
shuttle. hurry and scramble.
All day long after each trip of the
fcrryboat John q. Carlisle, from the
InnroOned landing station in the bay,
this ocean of humanity, each man,
woman ana child. scurries over the
granite quay.
Each bending under burden griev-
Gus to be borne: some under Two and
others under three huge, shapeless
bags. valisos. lin boxes. unwieldly
lunches Of ticking. mating and can
vas. baskets big and small, cages. mu-
steal Instruments. bedstcads of wood
and iron. chairs. kitchen uter7Sils, bot
Ties. vegetables. saus;igcs, prctzcls,
candles. coffee pots. babies. quilts, bath
tubs mot many. curtains birds. mas
cots. chihron's chairs. canes, sticks,
umbrellas and every combination of
wood. Tin. iron and cloth.
What awaits this human sea of ig-
norancc. physical wcarimcnt helpless
ness, bcwldcrment and lost" souls?
For the immigrant. his heart throbbing
with excitement. stranger in the rear
of the new world. is as truly lost
on the threshold of the metropolis of
America MS if he had been dropped for
n time upon the moon or the planet
Mars.