The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-08-18
MANY SCOTS ARE
! COMING U. S.
A.
Rush on to Canada Also Be-
cause Of the Unrest Pre-
y vaifng at Home.
STEAMSHIP LINES sWAMPEQ

cenfus'on Into Which Industry Has
orifted as Result Of Stopping Of
War Work Adds to Gen.
eral Discomfort
Glasgow, Scotland.-At the moment
there are more people DESTROYS Of
leaving this country and going to
America than ever before. All the
available steamship berths from Glas-
gov are booked until the middle of
summer It is estimated that already
there have been o applications for
passages to New York than there were
In the early months Of any year before
the wal.
To Canada there are also so many
prospective emigrants that the ship
ping companies engaged in the Glas-
gow-St Lawrence service cannot guar
antee passages earlier than July.
It is evident, therefore, that there is
q general inclination to leave the Unit
ed Kingdom, and to take up life In
the United States or Canada. For q
short time after hostilities closed 1t
seemed that settlement at home would
appeal strongly to e~x-service men.
The government promised them land
and houses on reasonable terms. But
the process Of Industrial and social re-
construction has been slow and the
land and houses seem still very far
of. Besides, there is a good deal of
unemployment, caused mainly by the
confusion into which industry has
drifted as q 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 imme-
diate 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 S~hipbuiIders.
The tonnage launched on the Clyde
during the first quarter Of this year
was somewhat better than that Of the
first three months of 1919, 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
explained by lack Of ships to carry
ore from Spain. But >that there is q
certain amount OF apathy in industry
is undoubted. This is the reaction aft
er the intense activity Of the war.
The general effect of all this has
been to breed a form of Impotence
with things as they are and a desire
to emigrate to other countries. Con-
sequently there Gig a rush for passen-
ger accommodation on the New York
and st. Lawrence steamers. If there
were plenty Of steamers this would be
I'LL right. But there are less than half
the number Of pre-war passenger e
sells. On the Glasgow New York serv-
ice before the war the Anchor line had
four first-class vessels-the Columbia,
the Caledonia. the California and the
Cameronia. OF these only the first
named remains. The others were lost
= Turing the war. When "the four C.'s"
were running they maintained a regu-
lar weekly service. One boat Of the
four left New York and one left Glas-
gov each Saturday. It was a service
nearer to that of trains run to a time
table than any other from Glasgow.
Now the company finds it totally i'm
possible to resume any such service.
Americans Get the eerths.
One or two vessels have been char
tered for single runs, but they are not
fitted for carrying large numbers Of
passengers, and they can do little to
relieve the situation. So the chances
are that many Of those people desir-
GUS of going to America will he unable
to do so.
For this Americans themselves will
be somewhat to blame. Large num-
bers Of them have already booked
passage eastward. and also return
passages later in the year. The round
trip is booked IN New York. and the
Offices Of the lines here. are simply in
formed that SO much westward ac-
.commedation for such and such trips
Is filed. The Americans will be COM
ing over In large crowds early in July |
and returning in September or Octo- 4
Der. This means, that berthage which
would have been utilized for immi-
grants in the latter months has been
taken up by Americans who have
money to spend and wish to see Eu-
rope. 1t is a pity that this should
have been the casesin q year;.in which
there would certainly have been q
boom in immigration. We have been
building cargo boats until we seem to
have enough; hut we are only now ret