Show many aliens leaving FEAR OF HARD WINTER DRIVES foreigners HOME immigration says men out of work can live more cheaply in europe than in the united states washington analysis of the causes of the recent marked exodus of aliens from the united states Is contained in an interview given by V powderly chief of the division of immigration mr powderly who was formerly a prominent labor leader is the official who Is trying to divert immigration to those parts of the united states where it will do most good and on this ac count he has given careful study to the economic tendencies of the tor s who come to the united stated at the rate of 1 annually several causes combine to bring about the eastward march of the aliens now leaving us he said every year great numbers of aliens return to their homes for the winter the railroads principally in the north east and west lay off men engaged in outdoor work and following this oth ers are thrown out of employment these men find it desirable to re turn to their old homes tor the win ter they have the opportunity to visit their friends and relatives and can live much cheaper there during the winter than here toi food and lodging are cheaper and the climate is not so severe in other years the exodus L began the latter part of october and con linued up to christmas but this year the rush was accentuated by the elnan cial flurry and right here I 1 pause to remark that those who imagine that our aliens do not read are somewhat in error for those who cannot read have others to read to them and they keep a sharp eye on the trend 0 events in this country so that when the papers announced under scare head lines that things were going wrong these men not trained to analyze the statements took alarm and quite a number more went away than would have gone in other years another cause is to be found in the fact that every four years pieced ing the presidential election there is a tendency eastward on the part of the aliens they hear so much said about the uncertainty of the presidential year that they prefer to take no chances and go home for that year there is still another cause tor the return of italians to their native land the railroads of italy are owned by the government up to this year they were managed by private corporations to they were leased by the gov eminent it was found that they were not paying the rolling stock was not appt in and the maintenance of the schedules was not deemed am A consequence of all this was that traffic fell off no one traveled un less he had to and the railroad service became demoralized now the government has taken the railroads out of the hands of these corporations and is engaged in the work of reconstructing the entire rail road system of the country it is es mated that about will be expended in the kingdom in bringing the railways up to a proper standard of efficiency and italy Is calling her sons who have learned how to make good railroads in this country back to their old homes so you see that no alarm need be felt because of the ebb in the tide there Is more work to do in this country than ever before there is a necessity tor more men and women to do it and the first months of next year will see a return of aliens who will be able to find remunerative em in this country |