Ogden Evening Standard | 1913-02-22 | Page 2 | Discussing Immigration

DISCUSSING IMMIGRATION United States Education Test Means Big Loss to Steamship Lines London, Feb. 22 Shipping men and immigration experts here predict that the passage of the education test for immigrants into the United States will mean a falling off of over 100,000 annually in the number of foreigners entering American ports. This means a serious loss to :h weamshlp lines, not only because of the diminution in numbers, but also on account of the fad that they will I have to return at their expense all 1 those who fail to pass the test Realizing Re-alizing this, some of the companies are already making arrangements to subject applicants for passage to a lest which will be as rigid as the ex amination conducted by the American officials at the port of debarkation lit is estimated here thai lines carrying carry-ing steerage traffic from Russia. Por-i Por-i tiiRal and Italy will be the heaviest i h n IT erern Australia is also making the way of the Immigrant hard, and the new Aus trallan health certificates will bar many who would have no difficulty m getting In under the present reiila tions ESven once in the country the immigrant is not safe, or he remains subject to test during bis first year of residence. It 1b no secret here that ustralia feels herself aggrlced by the class of Immigrant which the British Brit-ish Isles Is supplying, and it will cause no surprise if sin- discourages assi: ed emigration in the future. Some of the resident Australian government officials of-ficials have discoered that the best type of emigrant who neither ,oirr-s nor requires assistance, is going to the United States, and as Australia needs this kind of settler rather than the manual laborer desperate efforts I will be made to divert him to the An tipodes.