The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-25
The Magic Name Of America

The whole vocabulary OF mankind
contains no more alluring name than
that of America. This country has
attracted moro home-hunters than
ever went anywhere else since the
world began. All the other migratons
of men are puny affairs in comparison
with the movement to the United
States-in fact, the grand totals of this
unparalleled trek" to the land of the
free and the home of the brave are SO
staggering that mere figures do not
cover their full significance to the
mind. Let us make our SMILES without
the aid Of figures.
There are more Jews in the state
of New York than were numbered
among the hosts who followed Moses
from Egypt to the promised land. The
manner in which the subjects of the
kaiser have flocked to Yankeeland is
Indicated by the fact that there are
nearly 700 newspapers in this country
which are printed in the German lang
uage. There are so many French
Canadians in Lowell, Mass, that they
hold the balance of power in the mum
dcipal elections of that busy manufac-
turing center. The Swedes are so
thick in the Northwest that a Mime
apolis newspaper recently offered the
Bible printed in Swedish as SUBJ
scription premium, and there are so
many Irishmen in New York city that
each year 100000 Sons of Erin march
In the parade on st. Patrick's Day.
That the lure of America is not a
myth Is proved by the material cony-
ton of the $4,000 natives of Italy
who now make their homes in New
York-a colony in a single commun-
thy in the United States containing
more Italians than there are in the
city of Venice. These New York Ital-
tans possess property worth 100000
90. They have over $15,O00,00O in the
savings banks of Manhattan. They
own 10000 stores, 1000 pieces of city
real estate, and they are increasing
their substance every day. At the
last horse show held in Madison
Square Garden, an occasion when the
richest women of America vie with
each other in Haunting their collec-
ton of jewels, the most resplendent of
them all was Miss Norosini, the daugl-
ter of an Italian banker in Gotham.
AS rule it does not take long
for the foreigner to prosper in opu-
lent America. If you inquire in all
likelihood you will find that your serv-
ant girl is sending part of her wages
to the homefolks in Europe. The Or
gan grinder and the banana man US
ually send portion of their nickles
and dimes to dependent ones on the
other side, and the sum total from
such sources soon climbs into the mil
lions. The enormous sums going from
this country to Europe in this manner
are shown by the postoffice reports.
During the last fiscal year the United
States sent postal money orders abroad
TO the amount of $62 1887 ,73S, and mas
much as most business transactions
are conducted through banks, the bulk
Of the money order receipts is con-
ceded to be personal remittances.
Italians send more money home
than any other class of adopted AM
orleans. Last year they sent to their
families and friends in Italy, and to
the Italian savings banks for deposit,
over $13,000,000, which was an IN
crease in one year of more than $4,-
100000. Even the Greeks. few in num-
Der, sent home over 100000 last yeac
AS the Christmas season approaches
the volume of cheap travel to Europe