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Show lit Increaie .n Imm rjrat in Hi-own by the Annual Report of Com- miisioner Sargent Washington Immigration to Amer- during the year ended June 10, 107 waa vastly gnater than In any revloua year of tho history of the Bltml Rules, according to the ansa an-sa I report of Prank II Hargcnt. corn-itaalnnor corn-itaalnnor general of Immigration and Humiliation, which hag Juat been inde public or tbla great flood of Btnlgratlon Commissioner Sargent iy "An army of 1.2AMI3 souls that ive come, drawn hither by the free talltutlotis and the marvelous proa-rrlty proa-rrlty of our country the chance here frontal every honeat toller to gain a hollhood by the sweat of hla brow t the exercise of hla Intelligence irpaaaltig In numbers the record of 0 preceding eara" The Immlgritlon for 1907 exceeded al for lui'i'. by 1HI.HII, and that for ot by sr.KkVi. or an Increase over OC of more th4ii 17 per cent, and er 19ot of more than IS per cent Mrlng the A am I year IHHI. 11,112 Ions were n J ti J at our porta, ditr-tt ditr-tt the past year 13.101 an Increase i G1Z. hence, the total number ot nae who have sought admlaalon In 07, via. I .'9KM.1 exceeds the num r who applied In llliiti. via, 1,113,-17, 1,113,-17, by IftVHU |