The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-06-22
MONEY VALUE
OF EMIGRANTS

Idea, a contradiction in terms, to the |
general public. An emigrant is sup |
posed to be an unfortunate person
who has not been able to get on" at
home, or at least sees no prospect of
and is driven out of the coun-
try by adverse circumstances. To a
large extent this is true. Apart from
the young men who are impelled by
an Unborn love of adventure and en-
terprise, it is true that most emf
grants would stay at home if they
saw before them anything like the
prospects of success that they ex-
pect to find across the seas.
There is another side to the pic
ture, however. The thousands of en-
igrants who are crowding the third
class accommodation of all the steam
ers leaving our ports for Canada this
month are not merely of a good class;
they include a considerable number
of capitalists. The $50 immigrants who
sail from Liverpool to Canada under
the wing of the Salvation Army in
clude at least half a dozen who have
in their possession at least 9100 a
piece, and large number taking
from 40 to 91O0. Yet this is COM
paratively poor party. The 300 en-
igralts sent out by the same organi-
cation last week comprised another
half dozen who took sums varying
from e100 to $1,000. 1t is estimated
that the two parties between them
will have in their possession when
they land in Canada not less than
100000. The Salvation Army, when
desired by its clients, takes charge
of their money and RENTS it by draft,
to be paid by the Armys officers in
Canada on demand. The official emf
grafton organization of the Canadian
Government does not do this, nor
does it particularly inquire into the
/ financial condition OF emigrants, so
long as they can comply with the
governments regulations No exact
statistics therefore, bearing on this
point, are on record. But many emf
grants who are going out on the
strength of information supplied by
the government office have made vo-
luntary statements or the amounts
which they are taking with them.
One man, for instance, had from $50
to 92OO; another about $500 to G750
Two men, going out to grow wheat
in Alberta, will start with G12OO
and from e15OO to $4,000 in their
possession respectively. And so the
tale goes on, till at the end of the sea.
son a total will be reached that may
fairly be described as enormous.
1t will not be without interest in
this connection to notice that a large
amount is sent out 70 emigrants after
their arrival by friends in this coun-
try. The remittance man" in Can.
ada generally gets his monthly allow
ance from home through a bank, and
the total can hardly ever be guessed.
The smaller amounts sent out by
money orders, however, are on re.
cord. The Postmaster Generals
last report shows Enat in the year
1909 as much as &2S6,22O was sent
to British America CHIEFLY Canada)
through his agency, as we'll as e126,.
SS2 to Australia, f45,196 to New zea.
land, and e92,6O5 to South Africa,
On the other hand, far larger sums
are constantly being received in this
country through the Colonial post,
ofhces. Last year, for instance. as
much os e991,27S came from Brit
ish America, e27O,z25 from Austria
liza, 8lS7,019 from New Zealand, ant
96l7,2O1 from South Africa. A large
proportion of this money, at any
rate from the first three region,
named, is sent over by successful
emigrants for the express purpose O
enabling members of their families
to go out and join them.
The money value of a citizen t,
the Safe is estimated by some Ameri
can authorities, looking at the mat
ter from what may be called a Chan
cellor of the Exchequer's point o
view, at $500. At that rate the 100
900 emigrants who are expected t
cave the United Kingdom for Canad
alone this year will increase the pre-
ductive capital of the Dominion b.
eSO,00O,00O. in addition to the "a
100000 or more probably e5,0OO,OOC
which they take with them in money
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INTENDS TO EXPLORE HAWAII.
John Gunnell, NJ. d., now the pc
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