Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16

Slovaks concerning whom. you prooaoiy
know very little.
Fresh From Mud Huts.
They come to us fresh frem their mud
huts, without chimneys built In the
mountains Of northern Hungary. Ihey
are the Slavic people akin to the Russians
and have language much IKE the oo,
hemian. Nearly third are illiterates, and
although they are turbulent under lead
ership. they are said to be more sincere
honest and self-reliant than most branches
of the Slavic race. They are haroy' ropust
mountaineers, and soon find labor mere, pu.
show a tendency to return 10 their Hiuo
huts after saving little American money.
The next greatest wave from Austria
Hungary is that of the picturesque Mag
vars nearly $4,000 strong-a kaialh.Ao ~.
full-from northern Hungary. EXCEPT IN
language they closely resemble the oio
walks hut are of Slavic origin. whereas the
Slovaks are Turanian. Only IL per cent
of the Magyars admitted last year were u
literates: Next strongest come iau ud SIo-
yenians filling the Pennsylvania mines anu
colonizing in southern California ana VI
egon. More than third of these can can
Bohemians and few thousands OF RuIhe-
mans Roumanians Dalmatians ana Bui-
garians, and the Austro-Hunsarian MS. -
about exhausted. The DalmallahS arc
raplQlY forming SebeiSiliSiieE' S|fNN-"
California.
Wave Expected From Balkans.
| And before leaving this section OF the
man it may be of interest to state that d
projected cheap river route on the Dahupe
and running to the Black sea Is certain 10
send an early wave upon us from the "hoie
Balkan territory. Then may we expect 'he
| semi-civilized tribes of Bosnia, Servia, Herr
D,,Ier ri
far by the prohibitive rates for passage.
Although Russia is the third greatest
source of our immigration, the true RUS
sian never comes to this country, except as
an occasional student or merchant, travel
ing as a cabin passenger. RUSSIA gives TINS
class an incentive to remain at NOME VIM
encouraging an exodus OF those VINO ~ NJ NJ
accent the Greek religion or the RUSSIAN
law ethical or political. The majority OF
our Russian immigrants are HEBREWS year
ly arriving II, 500 strong. Indeed, there arc
enough Russian Jews now lahdin In neae .o ~
Del each year. Next in numerical strength
from Russia come the Poles VINO, Win
the Hebrews, have been spoken OF above
and after them come the LlthuanlanS,
at the rate of nearly 600 year, major
ity of them illiterates
Where England Beats Us.
The most desirable Russian immigrants
are the Firms who are coming In upon US
at the rata of only 10000 a year Only
three out of each hundred of these are I'M
able to read and write. Until six years ago
the Cars of Russia had all made good their
oath to keep hands off the constitution OF
Finland. In 1899 the present ear thrust IL
aside and Finland was reduced TO the de-
pendent condition of the other RuSsian
provinces. Prior to that time no law couid
touch Finland unless emanating from It's
own parliament. But since this change OF
affairs the Firms find themselves without a
free press, are prohibited 10 hoio pupiic
meetings and their private gatherings are
dispersed by the cars agents. -Four years
ago the Finnish army was broken up I'M
mediately after their constitution was wiped
out the Firms commenced an exodus to TINS
country, and were welcomed as excellent
raw material out of which to make use1ui
American citizens for among them gener-
ally only one in 100 is unable to read ana
write whereas in other parts of Russia illlt-
eracy varies from AZ to G6 per cent But
England, at once seeing the value OF sucn
desirable people, diverted the greater part
of this Finnish exodus to Australia ana her
other colonies while we continued to re-
ceive more of the illiterate Poles and Lithu-
anians.
Since their war with Russia commenced
the Japanese have been coming to us only
at the rate of a trif1e over 14000 year,
whereas, just previously. 10000 were arrlv-
ing annually. In our Chinese Immigration
crease of 100 per cent in the past year.
4,3OO entering In 1904. We are getting nm
ward of 18,000 Greeks per year-mostly boys
and young men-who are crowding many
italians out of the fruit and peanut ped
ding trades. 1t is generally understood
that they are brought over by padrones
and are paid only 800 year by these
masters. Some are put to work In the
mills of Massachusetts and many are en-
ployed in bootblacking stands In the cities
syrians Undesirable.
Another race of immigrants mainly con-
trolled by padrones are the Syrians, now
coming at the rate of some 1900 per year.
although we saw few. If any. of them before
the worlds fair at Chicago, when some OF