Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-06-14 | Page 24 | Immigration from Japan

Immigration Prom Japan While the changing character of Immigration Immi-gration Into the United States Is most marked In tho great preponderanco that has been attained by Limo Italian Aiihtro Hunsurlan and Russian nationalities there IB a minor tendency that should not be overlooked It 10 the rapid Increase In the Immigration of the Japanese Tho latest Issue of the Monthly Summary Sum-mary of Commerce and Finance of tho United States shows that the rate of increase In-crease of the Japanese has boon greater than t that of any other nationality and that their total number now surpasses tho Immigration from England and almost al-most approaches that from Ireland The figures are for the eight months of the statistical year ending In February In those months Japan sent us 13S > 3 people peo-ple as against 7151 In tho corresponding months of tho preceding year a gain of almost 100 per cent t In tho whole of the fiscal year 19012 l the Japanese Immigration was only ll270 while In tho year before that lie Japanese Immigrants numbered only I S2CD While the 13S53 immigrants wero coming com-ing from Japan 11910 camo from England Eng-land 11221 from Ireland 19W3 from Gcr man and 21110 from Sweden Tho Immigration Immi-gration fnm Italy AustriaHungary and Russia was M77T In his period and the entire Immigration Into the United States 402709