Show TilE RETURN OF IMMIGRANTS I The cnslbound Atlantic steamers are said to be crowded with persons who arrived In New York as immigrants during the early months of the year Business retrenchments t industrial I strikes and homesickness are given as the reason for the return of those immigrants im-migrants in such great numbers But undoubtedly the greatest reason of all Is disappointment The Italians ire named as largely In the majority In this outgoing flood It Is I qulle natural that it should be so Of the total of 857010 Immigrants that landed on our shores during the fiscal year ended June 30th last t 231622 came from Italy The immigration from that coun tiT was especially great last spring and it Is those who came then who are said to he now returning That immigration immi-gration from Italy was enormously greater than had occurred In I any former for-mer year it was 52217 or almost 10 pel cent grealer than in 1902 when It vas considered phenomenally large That Immigration was enormously welled by the efforts of the steamshIp companies who beat ip nil South Italy for pansengers fort for-t heir lines I representing I I America as ho land of gold where the precious metal was found everywhere In the ground and was often picked up in the streets of the cities Jt was said that vant was unknown in America that food could be had everywhere for the asking and good clothes were ready merely for the wearing Lured by l these lying wiles the poor devils embark with high hopes for the land of prom iso where every stone was to be a loaf oC bread and where butter drips from the grass The awakening was to them a painful shock they were unlettered icn inexperienced in the worlds ways way from their little surroundings umI in finding the fierce competition time pitiless rush of Industry and the outstripping of those hose training was not of the most BO ere their t hearts turned long igly to the restful homo oversea here though life Is hard they at least nderstand the conditions and are no trangers It Is not surprising that the receding flood is almost as noticeable au the incoming rush for In tlic mul Hudcs that came there was a multl tude which was only lc3 than the whole muss that was bound to find life here too bard So they go back lets let-s hope wiser and happier and In their going thlo country IB not the loser |