The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-14
GRANTS A DEGREE
Ven Sternbere is the Recipient of an
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Chicago university upon the occasion Of
tn, granting of the degree of doctor Of
Laws TO Baron Won Sternberg, German
ambassador to the United States. and
others, President Roosevelt said:
To our citizenship the German element
cntributes a peculiar degree Of business
trift and industry and Of the power OF
jyous living
How vast have been the proportions Of
German emigration for the past thirty
ears and more is shown by the reports
our consuls in the old country pub
tshed in an Interesting monograph by the
department Of Commerce.
So long ago rs 1872 119. 80 German emf
rants started for this country. The
hildren Of the young men and women Of
he army Of emigrants are now grown
men and women.
High-water mark Of German immigra-
ton was reached in 1881 with the thrush
of 2ot,1Ss persons. \ great falling of fol-
lowed four or five years later but in 1891
the number headed this way was again
ll3o46 German emigration TO Brazil.
about which 50 much IS said. has never
reached 300 since 1873. 1t has averaged
about 1000 q year.
Ninety per cent Of all German emf
grants come TO this country. In the first
thirty-two years after the formation Of
the German empire 2,23l,5 Germans have
emigrated hither
In 1892 only 9 per 10000 inhabitants of
the Rhineland emigrated: from Posen 207
per thousand left their homes: Hamburg
sent half as many; Schleswig- Holstein
nearly half
The German immigrants are Of the best
class. highly educated. frequently i'm
proved bodily by military training. Farm
ing and forestry. the building and me-
chanic trades were in l90e the occupa-
lions given by . 600 out Of some 3o,oe0
German immigrants
Emigration from Hamburg is decreas-
ing; that from Bremen shows an increase.
This is a favorite port for the great tide
of Russian emigration that is so weaken
ing the Cars empire. and of that from
Austria Hungary. Bremen alone has
since 1892 sent this country population
g greet as that Of Manhattan Bronx.
An emigrants passing throush Bremsn
are thrice inspected. according to Consul
Henry v Diederich. It costs the stePm-
ship companies so much TO carry back
rejected persons that they exercise great
care They have entered into an arrange
nent with the Prussian railway authori
ties under which the latter companies
refuse transportation to persons from Au-
tria and Russia who fail 10 meet certain
Requirement.
.-AccorGinglyT Mr. Dieterich says
Russian emigrauts must have passports.
steamer tickets To an American port and
certain sum of money. Besides. every
Russian Is compelled. before crossing the
border of his country. TO submit TO
physical examination. 20 take. bath and
have his baggage diSinfected az one OF
the following Inspection stations: Mcneil.
Tilsit. Eydtkuhnen. Inowo. Posen.- OF
tlochin. lnsisrbUrg. and Prosiken.
The Austrian emisrant must also have
a steamer ticket and a sum OF money.
but not passport. In addition. he must
ESQ present certificate from the medi-
cal examining agents OF the steamship
companies II Mushlowitz or Rattibor. At
RuhIebea, near Berlin. these two streams
Of Russians and Austrians flow together
and once more every man, woman and
child must undergo . ve-y strict exam
.yatiCn.
''on the day before each departing
steamer every one Of these ernigrants
Eho Rave already undergone the sitting
process twice-on the border Of their ma
tive country and again at Ruhleben-is
most carefully inspected for the third
time here under the supervision Of the
United States consul
As whole. the people passing through
here are largely field laborers. as can be
seen from their sunburned faces and
their arms. which are Drowned up above
their elbows Everything about them
shows that they lived IN the open air and
are accustomed TO the simplest habits OF