Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1920 — MANY FOREIGNERS LEAVING [ARTICLE]

MANY FOREIGNERS LEAVING

And a Smaller Number Coming in. Emigration Figures Show. New York, Meh. 15. —Prohibition is causing so many foreign-born to leave the United States that emigration is exceeding immigration, according to Congressman Isaac Siegel, a memlber of the house immigration committee. Ellis island records today showed Vhat immigration since Jan. 1 totaled 53,000, while 61,000 persons left the country. Most of t’he latter have gone back to Poland and Czedho-Slovakia to stay. From the signing of the armistice •until Jan. 1, immlgation and emt* gration were about equal, approximating 275,000. In January 23,000 persons landed here from abroad and 24,000 left the country. In February, 22,000 arrived rnd 25,000 left. This month the excess of emigration is on the increase, 12,000 having left the country and 8,000 having arrived It Is estimated that the figures for the whole month will be 3G.000 departures and 24,000 arrivals. While a desire to live in refuvenuted home lands Is a facto - * in emigration, Mr. Siegel believes that prohibition is the principal reason. Inability to buy beer or wine he says, has created considerable ill feeling among foreign-born residents, particularly in mining districts.