Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1902 — IMMIGRANT MARK UP. [ARTICLE]

IMMIGRANT MARK UP.

Figures for Fiscal Year Show Arrivals of 493,380 at New York. During the fiscal year ended with June 493,380 immigrants landed at the port of New York, which is the record. A considerable number also arrived at Baltimore, Boston, Portland, New Orleans and San Francisco, and many crossed the boundary from Canada, which will bring the total for the year up to 550,000 or more. Both the monthly and daily records of arrivals were broken also. May 8 6,213 foreigners stepped foot on American soil for the first time. In April, 73,667 steerage passengers arrived. The arrivals for the month of May were 84,600 and for June about 81,000. If the arrivals in the other months of the year had been as numerous a full million would have been added to the population. The arrivals in the last few years wer* as follows: 1897 142.400 1900367,440 1898200,902 1901408,220 1899278,846 1902493,880 The census was taken June 1, 1900, and therefore the population has increased nearly 1,000,000 by immigration since that date. The reason for the large number of arrivals Is the prosperity of this country, the demand for labor and the high wages. The largest number of Immigrants com* from Italy. The second largest number of newcomers are Poles and Slavs from Austria and Russia, most of them being an undesirable class because they are not progressive and do nothing to build up th* country.