Show Immigration gration Increasing l lT tl T I to this ibis country i is now on the in- in 1 J- clen crease n according o n t to r report rl The n The number l ber who ho came carne cameto cameto to our shores during the year ended Tune Juno 30 no 1914 1 before the war in I Europe began ran as high as but hilt as ns was WIlS to be to expected a great falling off olf took place during tho the war var f period until bottom was touched in 11 18 1917 1917 with a scant There was ns an increase of more than in 1918 19 and last week tho arrivals arrivals ar nr- ar- ar rivals of aliens at nt the port of ot New Now York alone totaled S 1008 a figure which if ii maintained as an nIl average would show for a n. year an influx of As a 3 matter of fact reports received at Ellis Island show bow that more than aliens have havo applied for passports to the United States from foreign countries and aud are aro read ready to pour in at the first opportunity The lut principal cause of delay lies in the wartime wartime wartime war war- time I legislation which requires every passport to be by an American consular agent at the tho port of of- I embarkation 4 It is said the urgent demand in this country for forJa Ja labor or is very opportune for these newcomers and that they tiley are gobbled up and put to work ork as soon as they land Jand An in illustration of this fact occurred last month when tho ship Henry R R. Mall Mallory ry docked at nt New York She carried 1000 former Italian soldiers all in good physical condition and re ready dy and eager cager to work They ha had no difficulty in finding it for the agents of a n big ig rubber concern whose whoso president had received advance information n concerning the passenger list were on hand with offers of jobs at nt good pay for tho the whole lot of them an and a bargain was struck to the satisfaction of all con con- corned |