The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-22
HEAVY IMMIGRATION
TENS of THOUSANDS POURING INTO
AMERICA.
A RECORD BREAKING YEAR,
ELEVEN MONTHS SHOWS OVER
THREE-QUARTERs OF MILLION.

Majority of Newcomers from Italy,
with Austria Second.
Russian Immigration Also Heavy.
Great Britain and Ireland Send
ing More Than Usual-EnRland
Sent Four Times as Many in May
ds "a Year Ago.
Washington. June 21.-Enough i'm
migrants arrived in the United States
in the eleven months ending May 81 to
make two cities as large as Boston
Mass; and Newark. N. j., were when
the census of 1900 was taken and have
24,s22 left over. The total number of
immigrants arriving in the eleven
months, as shown by the detailed sta
tistics just prepared by the Bureau of
immigration including May, was 1885,
225. The total arrivals in May were
1854 an increaes Of II ,2S2 over April,
which broke all previous records up to
that time. The large influx of immi-
grafton in May makes it certain that
the total for the fiscal year will not
only break all previous records, but
that it will probably be from $4,000 to
100000 in excess of the largest previous
record-that for the fiscal year ending
June 80 1882, when the total immigra-
ton was 1882
The returns for May show that
Italy, including Sicily and Sardinia,
continues to lead all other countries in
the number of immigrants sent to the
United States, the number being ST.
1888, an increase of S75 over May last
year. For the eleven months the i'm
migration from Italy amounted to 20s,-
T42 an increase of AZ, 1866, or 81 per cent.
over the corresponding period last
wear. The Italians arriving during
May constituted 20 per cent. of the to-
tai immigration for the month and %
per cent of the total immigrants ar
irving during the eleven months were
Italians.
Austria-H Hungary comes second in
the number of immigrants for May and
for the eleven months with 32,700 for
May an increase of 1900 over May,
1902, and 1870, $40 for the eleven months,
an increase of rs, 500 over last year.
Third on the list in point is the Rus
sian Empire with 1887 immigrants for
May, an increase of 3,649 over May last
year, and lis ,699 for the eleven months,
an increase of "a, T84 over last year.
Sweden sent 960S immigrants in May,
an increaes of 3,712 over last year, and
40.676 in the eleven months, an in
crease of 1404S over last year. The
German empire sent 6,440 immigrants
in Nav. an increase of 2059 over last
wear and So, 946 in the eleven months
an increase of 1858 over last year.
The figures show that the three
countries of Italy Austria Hungary
and Russia are furnishing considera-
bly, over one-half the total immigra-
ton to the United States. In the
month of May the immigrants from
those three countries numbered 1894
or a fraction less than 65 per cent IN
the ten months ending May 81, the to-
tai immigt alton from those countries
amounted TO 503,2S1 or fraction over
65 per cent.
The rapid increase in Immigration
from Great Britain and Ireland which
has marked the statistics for Some
months past is still going on. The to-
tai immigration from the United King
dom for May, 1903 amounted to 1859,
against S,9S1 in May, 1902. an increase
of $685. or 60 per cent In the eleven
months the immigration from the
United Kingdom amounted to 6l,2l9,
against Al. 691 for the corresponding
period last year, an increase of 1928,
or AZ per cent. The figures for England
are still more striking. The immi-
grants from that country in May num-
bered 4,520 against but 1881 In May
last year, making an increase of 3.0S9,
or 205 per cent. The number of Eng
lish immigrants in the eleven months
was 22,774 against 12 1876 for the same
period last year, showing an increase
of 10,579, or 81 per cent Though the
immigration from England is much
smaller than that from many other
countries it is increasing at much
more rapid rate than that from any
country from which any considerable
number of immigrants arrive.
The tatistics of immigration from
Japan are of Special interest in view
OF the recent report of Commissioner of
Labor Wright in which the opinion is
expressed that the Hawaiian Islands
are rapidly becoming Japanese. The
immigrants from Japan during May,
most of whom went to Hawaii, num-
bered 2,190, an increase of S47 over May
last year. During the eleven months
they numbered 1850. an increase of
6,552 over last year. Commissioners
Wright called attention to the fact that
the JAPANESE arc showing a disposition
to settle in the Hawaiian Islands and
establish their families there. He also
directed attention to the increase i'll
the number of Japanese women arrlV-
ing in the islands. The statistics by
sexes for May are not yet available
but during the ten months ending
April 30, the Japanese female immi-
grants numbered $500 to -, 720 males,
In the corresponding ten months of
last year the Japanese females coming
into the United States numbered 2547
to 1873 males, an increase of 1,15S in
the number of females.
Following is a detailed statement
showing the number of immigrants by
countries for May, 1902 and May, 1908
with the increase Or decrease for each
country:
Country. 1902. 1903. inc. Dee.