The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-13
HEAVY IMMIGRATION.
AN INCREASING TIDE
Already May Bids Fair to Outstrip April's Record
 of 133, ,452.

New York, May 12.-The flooding tide of immigration to American shores runs ceaselessly on and new high water marks for the influx of Europe's migra- tory hordes are being recorded every month in the port of New York. AL ready the month of May bids fair to far outstrip the April record when 19S,- 452 persons poured through the gate way of New York into the country Five transatlantic liners brought in over 5000 immigrants yesterday and off, ficials at Ellis island say that there are no signs of cessation of this European invasion.
 The well spring of this human stream lies principally in southern and middle Euroipe. while another but lesser cur rent has it's source in the Scandina- vlas and Germany Italy, Austria and 1 Hungary and the lower Russias now supply more than one half of all the immigrants seeking homes in this country Every fourth alien examined at Ellis island Is Italian, while every fifth new conner is from the Austrias. A score of years ago the headwaters of foreign immigration were in Ireland and Germany. But now the source has entirely changed.
 The industrial fields of the United States still absorb the greatest part of foreign outpour and seven states, Mas sachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Ohio find homes for 70 per cent. of the total number Efforts to defect this stream to agricultural channels have been largely futile. The movement is urban and toward the industries and not to agriculture.
 "The character of immigration is in the right direction" said Robert Watchorn, immigration commissioner of the port of New York to-day, "and from the strict enforcement of the law of 1903. which provides for a fine of $1, 900 on steamship lines for every inn migrant they bring, who is found to be affected with a contagious or loathsome disease. there has come a decided bet ter class of immigration. During the last month the steamship companies turned back 5000 would-be immigrants at the ports of embarkation. The steamship lines now investigate each immigrant before he embarks and this has aided the government in keeping out undesirable clements.
 There is an Improvement noted in the mental capacity of the present day immigrant. l have faith In the imni- grant of to-day Look him over and you will see the father of race, who. after they have passed through our in- stitutions, may not be known from the children of American parents. l The records of the local immigra- tion bureau shows steady decrease in the number of deportations, Of the 134.O00 aliens who entered this port in April only 452 were sent back There is also decided substance of the movement of the pauper and criminal element toward this country.
 Tt is beyond my understanding, Y saiG Commissioner Watchorn, 'why | tn, movement should be so nronounc- edly toward the industries. but 1t is true, This tendency towards the cit ies Is world wide and the Immigrant feels it the same as our own people.
 We are enforcing the immigration laws strictly and aiming to keep the quality of the immigrant as high as possible'