The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-08-05
MANY SCOTS Are
COMING TO j. S.
lush on to Canada Also Be-
cause Of the Unrest Pre-
vaihnu at Homo.
STEAMSHIP LINES sWlMPED
cenfuslsn Into Which Industry Has
priftsd - Result Of stsppIpe Of
War Wsrk Adds T. 0sn.
oraI Oiscuntsnt

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Glasgow. ScotIand.--At the mOmcE
there are more people DESTROYS OF
leaving this country and going tc
America than ever before. All the
available steamship berths from Glas
gov are booked until the Qtddle OF
summer. II is estimated that already
there have been more applications for
passages to New York than there were
IN the early months II any year before
the war
To Canada there are also 70 many
prospective emlgrants that the ship
ping companies engaged In the Gas-
gow-St. Lawrence service cannot guar
antee passages earlier than July.
1t is evident therefore. that there Is
= general Inclination to leave the Unit
ed Kingdom. and to take up life IN
the United States or Canada. For q
short time after hosuiities closed 1t
eeemed that settlement 1t homo would
apneNl strongly to sx-servtco men.
The government promised them land
and houses on reasonable terms But
the process ef Industrial and social re
construction has been slow and tiIe
land and houses seem still very far
on. Besides. there Is good deal of
Unemployment. caused mainly by the
confusion Into which industry has
drifted ns result Of the stopping Of
war work. and the lack Of new Indus
tries to absorb all the war workers.
Then. again, although wages are high.
the cost OF living Is even higher In
proportion, and there seems no iInme
date prospect of any reduction IN the
prices of food or clothes. There Is a
continual call for a greater production |
OF manufactures for export so that the
rate Of exchange may be put right. but
the great mass of the workers persist |
In looking upon higher wages as of
more Importance than. increased pro-
duction. and the output, even of new
ships, remains much too low.
Apathy Among shipbuildera
The tonnage launched on the Clyde
during the first quarter of this year
was somewhat better than that of the
first three months Of 1910. but was
much less than the average for the
corresponding quarters Of pre-war
years This Is explained. to some ex-
tent, by lack of steel. which again Is
ore from Spain. But that there is a
certain amount of apathy In industry
Il undoubted This Is the reaction aft
or the intense activity Of the war.
The general effect OF all this has ,
been to breed form OF Impotence !
with things as they are and desire Z
TO emigrate to other countries. Con-
sequently there is a rush for passen
ger accommodation on the New York
and ST. Lawrence steamers. II there ,
we're plenty OF steamers this would he
III right. But there are less than half !,
he number OF pre-war passenger YES
.els. On the Glasgow New York serv- :
ce before the war the Anchor line had
our first-class vessels-the Columbia.
he Caledonia. the California and the
OF these only the first q
,amed remains. The others were lost 81
Turing the war. when "the four C.'s" a
rere running they maintained regu-
ar weekly service, One boat OF the
our left New York and one left Glas-
ow each Saturday. II was a service 81
carer to that OF trains run to time Il
able than any other from Glasgow. -
low the company finds It totally i'm. N
ossihle TO resume any such service.
Americans Get the Berths.
One or two vessels have been char ty
-, ,sr1a hr,f or |
tied for carrying large numbers of T.
assengers, and they can do little TO
,lieye the situation So the chances M
70 that many of those people desir- no
Is of going to America will be unable tn
do so. OF
For this Americans themselves viii 70
somewhat to blame. Large num- in
RS OF them have already booked &c
USAGE eastward and also return an
ssages later IN the year. The round 10
10 Is booked In New York. and the ne
Ices of the lines here are simply In MI
rmed that SO much westward ac- Nj
for such and such trips Wi
filed. The Americans viii be COM VII
: over in large crowds early in July ne,
d returning IN september or Octo-
+. This means, that heritage which
,uld have been utilized for lmmi-
ants In the latter months has been NJ
TEN up by Americans who have
,ncy to spend and wish to see Eu- I
Pc II IA a pity that this should ~
We been the case In a year In which
ire would certainly have been AZ
ON In immigration. We have been :
Hiding cargo boats until we seem to -,
re enough. but we are only now get ~
Z on with tn building Of liners OF the
we there are many on the stocks o,cl
different parts Of the United King. 40
n, but few Of them win be In serv- IN,
this year. BY next spring there Cor
,ald he a large number, and then II.
re should be no lack Of travelling VII
Ilities. -,