| Show THE ioki ts is ev new york passenger agents being in ter viewed talk as follows the immigration t this b t sy year ear is I 1 to be something terrific sold said pas aher ahem u of 01 tho the anchor line tue the tide set in ia about a moita ago and will not change until about tile the last of july present indications point to a greater influx ot immigrants this year than for many years previous three thou thousand saLd persons persona are emback ing in at irom from london alone Mollet every very week bekor for this country the dalious of every steamship line wining coming to tle the united states are pre medao their utmost to meet the demand 0 of o tile the thousands who want passage i 4 I 1 should say that we have brought over ever seven thousand live five hundred since the season opened the larger proportion of our swedes wedes and danes we have agents traveling through the scandinavian countries up the people P e and setting forth the he inducements held e 0 out to foreigners to come to the t united states I 1 think J am sate ip in saying I 1 that swedes and danes an WAI mil emigrate to this country this year of f the lot who arrived here hare last Monday moat most all were young men large jarge and strong principally farmers most moat 01 them brought farming tools k with thein very few women or tie the great cause of the inore increased asid immigration is 18 the jact ahat k the com companies an e a ln in their january a andary conference lowered th the e rate of prepaid toas passage sage tickets in to 16 15 the new rate is aboy about 2 yes immigration will wili this s year i ald ala mr john IM edgewater ridge dge water p passenger manager ida theelien the Alien line in Iso atoD we have got goVi jf four our or ave d distinct lines running from europe to this c country and every one is tabu thousands sands oi of steerage passengers a T tal na figures thia year will show abow larger than for any year since 1883 and anamay may possibly me I 1 I 1 pass those of that yer year which were greater than tor for a dozen ceaf previous in that yaa year there ther were immigrants arrived in n new york yori of which were germans Ger Geh mabs nalls the german immigration his has fallen off since that year but I 1 think it will come up maln this year I 1 think the nationalities will run in point ot ol auml numbers this years as follows germans scandinavians irish english anu and scotch the italian immigration is increasing every month I 1 so far this year impi gratien has baa been beau larger than since said arr mr edwards of the canard line Itile in act ct we have had bad to put qa on two extra from london this week one gees to W new york the other comes come here up p to the present time the number dumber of arrivals is about double that in the same pel period joa of any year rear since 1873 and aad I 1 think the ratio will be kt kept up all summer |
