The Adair County news., 1920-11-03
WEST is MAGNET
FOR IMMIGRANTS
Majority of Ellis Island Arrivals
Drawn to Industrial CenterS
by Higher Wages.
lR!SH GO TO NORTHWEST
~or1en and Children Predominant
Work Increased by New Laws Gov
erning AIiens-Europe- Loath
TO Let Them Go.

New York.-The stream of immigra-
III flowing through Ellis island has
bon noticeably DETECTED from New
York city to inland centers during the
Ia twelve months, and officials give
Il as one explanation for the fact
tt the city's 1920 census was only
,6.GSl,121 instead of the 100000 ex-
p,,ied.
'iicial statistics regarding the desti-
n ION of arriving aliens are sent to
" Ellington to be tabulated and digest
e For this reason destination figures
fcT the last twelve months were not
Z" liable. One who most closely
watches alien arrivals Is J. f. Rowe,
OF c.! money changer. He is quick
GO notice any unusual movement in the
how of immigration.
. the Manufacturing centers.
~. Rowe asserted that money ex-
CHANGED for immigrants whose destina-
ti"n = New York city does not amount
% J per cent of the amount exchanged
for those giving other parts as their
-dc-ginatiOn.
In former years." said Mr.. Rowe,
migrants poured into New York
CRY by the hundreds Of thousands.
II ry are now going to manufacturing
acenters such as Pittsburgh, Detroit
anil Akron, Ohio, or to the coal and
frCn mining regions.
For the most part those arriving
here now were in America before the
war, and are acquainted with the coun-
try and attracted to sections where the
best wages are paid. Before the war
a majority of the arrivals had only
haZy Ideas as to where they were go
ang or what wages they were to re-
ceive.
Another interesting fact is the
change of location Of some of the
races. Not so many years ago most
of the Irish arrivals flowed into Mas
sachusetts or scattered along the North
Atlantic seaboard. Now they are going
into Oregon. 1t is noticeable, too, that
more aliens are going to California
than ever before"
In January $4,000 aliens arrived
here; February, $4,000; March, $4,000;
April, $4,000; May, 10000, and in June
up TO and including the 10Th, $1,000.
Superintendent Baker of Ellis island
said this immigration was made up
mostly Of women. children and return
fng reservistS. These latter are most
7y Italians, and the figures for this
month will show that most of those
who left America to fight for Italy
have returned.
Passports Hard to Get
The fact that no great number OF
male aliens is arriving here does not
mean a lack of desire to come to Amer
fca. the Immigration officials say. Rath-
er it means that European govern
ments are not willing to further de-
plete the male adult population by al
lowing IL to e:Iigrate. The intending
emigrant is finding it difficult to get
passports under the new immigration
laws. Also ship accommodations are
harder 10 obtain.
Before the war from four to five
thousand aliens arrived at this port
each day, or about 10000 a month.
Notwithstanding the falling off in ar
rivals, however, Superintendent Baker
said the work probably increased. This
Is because of the changes in the law.
Not only do arriving aliens have to
pass examinations as to moral and
physical fitness, but they must pass
a literacy test and be armed with pass
ports vised by the American consular
agent nearest their home and Endorsed
by the American authority at the port
of embarkatiOn.
Under amendments to the law GER
tain persons are now exempt from the
literacy test and all of these must be
detained to prove that they are en-
titled to exemption. Again, many wom-
en- and children are coming to relatives
here, and these must be detained until
such relationship is proved.
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