The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-28
Prosperity Likely to Cause an
Increase in immigration
To Set in by April.
LOW WATER MARK IN 1908
YEAR IS ABOUT 100000 AGAINST
1,17o,2s5 FOR THE PREVIOUS
YEAR.

New York, Dec 2S.-According to
the best information from official
sources, there is as yet no increase in
immigration due to the election of Mr..
Taft as president, although some ships
appear to be bringing to America i'm
migrants in growing numbers. The
commissioner of immigration says
that this is only an apparent increase,
and gives his figures to prove it.
Only those who have been planning
for months to emigrate to America
are coming now, seemingly. Even af-
ter the tide turns and begins to make
for prosperity it takes time-even
months, the immigration sharps say
for the European peasant to set his
house in order, dispose of what little
he has, procure his passage, and make
all his arrangements for coming to the
land of promise. Neither on the day
after an election in the United States
nor for several months following, ar
que the wise ones, may any appre-
ciable increase be looked for, but 1t is
coming surely in the spring.
May Set New High Water Mark.
Next year may see new high wat
err mark established in the size of the
alien labor army which will invade the
United States, an army all of whose
members, down to the smallest boy of
legal age to be employed and the tin
lest servant girl, will find work in
plenty, while the bread line is idle.
The largest number of immigrants
leaving Europe in more than a year
| came in on the Hamburg-American
liner Amerika on her last voyage ov-
er. She brought in her third cabin
and steerage 1884 souls The next lar
gest number brought over this year,
| which will go down on the records as
| a low water mark year, was on the
kaiserin Auguste Victoria. of the
same line. which arrived on Dec s
with 1,545 third class and steerage
passengers.
There is no increase in immigra-
ton, none whatever" said Commits
sioner of immigration Robert Watch
orn yesterday. There is no change
whatever. There will be little more
than an avera>/ Of 1000 day for this
calendar year.
Strike the Lowest Average.
Eve are having frequently only 800
day, as against 5000 on occasional
days in other years. For the class of
ships to which the Kaiserin Auguste
| Vjcfnrio and Tho Amarillo I,I opu tbaro
are now fortnightly sailings, which
doubles the number of immigrants
| that would arrive on a weekly SEIZED
ule.
| ION one day recently seven ships
came in with 5,572 immigrants. but
this denoted no increase in immigra,
ton. The ships had been delayed by
bad weather and happened to arrive
together. For two days previously we
had practically no immigrants on the
! island and on the day following there
was none.
so far about 100000 immigrants
have arrived at this port, and if there
is a like showing for the remainder
Of December it will make a total for
the calendar year of about 100000.
Looks for Rush Next April.
The commissioner said he did not
look for the rush due to better times
until next April. During November a
total of 1891 alien passengers land
ed here, Of whom S,707 were non-im
migrant aliens; that is, they had eth
er been here before or were passing
through the country.
Of those who arrived at this port ir
November, 9,2SS named New York
City and state as their destination
$3.50, Pennsylvania; 2,156, Illinois
LISP Massachusetts; LOO New Jer
sey and 1854 Ohio. Up to Dec 10 Of
this year, 646,O62 of the foreign labor
element have returned to Europe from
United States and Canadian ports
which is 123,ss4 more than had gone
back up to the same date in 1907.