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Show WANTS IMMIGRANTS GALVESTON SEEKS TO BECOME SECOND CASTLE GARDEN. Through Efforts of Government, Bail-roads Bail-roads and Steamship Company Gulf Port Becomes New Gateway Gate-way to Europe's Hordes. Galveston Is a rival of Castlo Gar den, New York. The gulf port of Texas Is a now gateway for the army of lm-grants lm-grants constantly flocking to this country. Through the efforts of the government, of the rallrondu and tho steamship companies tho new omplro of tho great southwest Is to bo mado more accessible to theso home-seekers from the old country, and Galveston has been selected ns tho most available landing point. It Is estimated that during tho present pres-ent year between 1G,000 nnd 20,000 from Europo will come through this gateway to their new homes In a new country In tho far West and Southwest South-west It Is dlfllcult to cstlmato what the establishment of Galveston as nn actlvo port of immigration means to tho future of tho country beyond the Missouri river, but that It means much Is certain. This fact becomes moro apparent when It Is known that the railroads of the Southwest and tho steamship lino are endeavoring to direct Immigration with Intelligence and with a keen un- Hgg 1MMIORANTS AT GALVESTON. (Uusy Scene After Arrival ot European , Steamer.) derstnndlng of tho country's needs. Immigration through the port of Galveston, Gal-veston, if present plana are carried out, means not so much an Immigration for the dollars nnd cents there may bo In it for tho transportation companies as It does tho rapid development ot the fertile nnd unoccupied lands tributary tribu-tary to the gulf ports. To the home colonization is now to bo added tho foreign colonization. ' In this undertaking the government Is lending a willing hand, and the three agencies combined -should result In accomplishment worthy of a good cause.' It was the government, In fact, that flrst directed the nttentlon of the railroads rail-roads and of tho steamship company to the possibilities that lie In the port of Galveston In the way of homo building build-ing In the Southwest Yearly tho hordes which seek entry to the United States through the port of Now York aro increasing, so that tho problem of hauling them becomes continually moro dlfllcult of solution. Furthermore Further-more thousands of thoso who como in by tho way of New York never get beyond be-yond tho confines of that and other largo cities, congesting theso populations popula-tions with n class which Is undesirable. undesir-able. More than a year ago tho government govern-ment hinted to tho railroads and to tho steamship pcoplo that It would bo a good Idea to try to divert a Inrgo portion por-tion of the immigration through one of tho southwestern ports. Galveston, ns being nearest tho source ot land supply, was sclocted, and tho railroads and the steamship lino joined hands In tho undertaking. Tho flrst movement of immigrants through Galveston really began in 1904, when but 800 wore brought In. Prior to that the North German Lloyd, although al-though having a lino between Europe and Galveston, had not mndo any effort ef-fort In the immigration line. By tho beginning of 190! tho bureau hnd got to work In earnest nnd tho result was 3,400 immigrants. Immigrants coming through this port are distributed nil over tho West, but statistics show that fully SO por cent of them remain in Texas and pre-sumably pre-sumably make Unit state their permanent perma-nent home. Many of them go to Col. orndo and California, and not a few Into Misourl, Bomo seeking tho big cities llko St. Louis. Upon nn aver, nge, 331-3 per cent nro untlckoted when they reached theso shores and between 30 and 40 per cent are what are termed honieseekers. That Is to say, they havo como over hero without a definite desttntlon, but with the express ex-press purpose of finding permanent homes in the agricultural districts. Present facilities for landing Immigrants Immi-grants through Galveston are totally Inadequato and fully $50,000 will hav to be spent In this direction. Although F. 8. Sargent, chief of the Immigration department, has recommended and Is trying to direct Immigration through Galveston, tho government is not ready to spend nil tho monoy necessary to provide ndequato facilities. The steamship company is unwilling to make the appropriation, nnd the rail, roods do not feel that they should be called upon to do It all. The city of Galveston Is not deposed to asBumo all tho burden, nnd so for tho time being immigrants havo to be herded Into inadequato pens, where they are compelled to spend hours and oven a day or two without tho slightest slight-est accommodations, E. B. Holman, chief Inspector of the port, stated that tho hardships suffered on this account wero often great, but that ho folt certain cer-tain tho government, tho steamship company, tho railroads and the city would soon get together nnd construct new immigration docks. At present a portion of tho freight docks are atlllzed. |