The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-06
were they called upon to name the
Senators who thus offend
"AMERICANIzING EUROPE"
must boost now.

The reported great increase in inn
migration to tins country from Europe,
no doubt means increase from southern
Europe, lower Italy, Hungary, Croatia,
etc. The arrivals of aliens the first
four months Of the present year were
something like two and half times the
number arriving in the first four
months of 1908, the figures being $780,
6l6 for this year in the four months,
and S6,474 in the same months last
year.
The total immigration into this coun-
try last year amounted to 1880, as
compared with the record, which was in
1907. when the arrivals amounted TO
l,2S5,349 It is probable that the re-
turn flow. that is, the emigration Of
former immigrants, going back to Eu-
rope from America. amounted to CON
siderable over n million during the
twelve months beginning with our
panic Of 1907, The return of those i'm
mense swarms with the enormous ag-
gregate of money they took with them,
has had z most important effect upon
certain Of the old regions.
This subject is treated in the June
Review of Reviews, by Mr.. Edward A..
Steiner. under the title, ''How Re
turning Emlgrants Are American nizing
Europe, - The food of returning emil
grafton reached its elimination in
the twelve months indicated. but is
strong every year. Mr. Steiner made
the investigation Of this question the
object Of trip over to Europe, 10 in
vestigate actual conditions. He says
''the first phenomenon which he OBJ
served was the fact that there is not
a town or village Of any size between
Naples in italy and Warsaw in Russia
the field of his obseryations-to which
a larger or smaller group of cmigrsnts
had not returned
It was easy to trace these returned
emigrants; for they emphasized the diff
ference between themselves and those
who had remained at home. The re-
turned emigrant. Mr. Steiner saws,
"does everything and wears everything
which will make him like IN American.
even if while in the United States, he
had scarcely moved out of his group or
come in touch with our civilization. -
The men wear with pride American
clothes, including ties and stiff collars;
and whenever there is room for doubt.
the American shoes tell The story; ''by
their shoes ye shall know them.
The returned emigrants have thrown
off the traditional lethargy Of their
race; they go back with a spirit of
push and energy that infuses new life
into the communities where they go
"Unbiased landowners, SAYS Mr.
Steiner, told him that ''we have trained
their workmen in industry, that We
have quickened their wits, and that
while wages have risen nearly 60 per
cent in almost all departments of labor.
the efficiency of the laborers has been
correspoudingly increased, most notice
ably where the largest number of re
turned emigrants has entered the larger
feld''
They have created IN their old homes
n new standard of living; they have
removed the horror Of fresh air in their
habtations, and enforced ventilation
and better sanitary conditions. they
have incn]cated increased respect for
women And this Improvement has
como TO the three great monarchies
chiefly concerned-Italy, Austro Hun.
gary and Russian Poland.
Highly important economic results
have also naturally followed. The re-
turning cmigrant is not content any
longer 10 be a sort Of tenant-serf: he
wants land of his own; and he gets it.
The land is cheap, because the great
landholders can no longer afford, with
the higher wages and cost of living, to
hold vast tracts for the nero pleasure