Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1906 — ALIENS SET NEW MARK. [ARTICLE]

ALIENS SET NEW MARK.

Total of 1,003 084 Immlprnnli Admitted Daring the l‘«t« .>>»r, _i : During the year ended June .10 there was a great Increase In the number of Immigrants arriving In this country, ns compared tvth last year. The total number bf arrivals during the year, Including tourists and citizens of thus country, was 1.062.054, or enough to nearly depopulate a city 'Of: the size of Broklyn.• If nil the ships winch brought these immigrants were lo arrive at the same time it would Indeed be a magnificent fleet. If etch ship lmd a capacity of I.l*oo immigrants the fleet would include ,1 .<»'■-■ vessels. Iff the grand total of arrivals during the fiscal tear just passed. SNli.sn w»*iy aliens who wore admitted to the I'nited Slates. That Ts more peopel than there are In the-State of Florida, tor Instance, and more titan there ire in any one of the several great Western States. Of the 880,543 aliens, 605.711 were males. 270.820 females; 100.900 wefe under the age of 14. both sexes, 4HwF 38.296 wore over the age of TT years. Approximately tiiese aftens brought into the Flilted States with them a tqtal wealth of $ 1(1,000,005 or enough so buy ah entire block of Broadway skyscrapers with probably a snug nest egg left over.

—Of the mmitier of arrivals 09.881 were citizens who came in the steerage. There were debarred 7,877, of whom JOS were trhnlnnls,. One of- tlipac-de--tlArred ’was a p il’ gainist. Others were shut out because they were suffering from diseases. More Immigrants arrived from the South of Italy than from any other place. A city fill came from there, or about 221.600. The'Tews came next «?lth 125.000. many of whom were forced, to become refugees from Russia on account of the massacres. ; - The total number of arrivals in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, was 802.979, of which 788,219 were aliens.