UNITED STATES LOSING FOREIGNERS

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6625, 11 August 1931, Page 7

UNITED STATES LOSING FOREIGNERS

Going Where Living in Cheap

DEPARTURES INCLUDE MANY DEPORTATIONS

United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. NEW YORK, Aug. 9.

Nor every two incoming immigrants three people are leaving America’s shores permanently, either through being deported or through being induced by economic reasons to retur” to European or other countries. The deportations alone from New York in the past twelve months reached 19,000. One Italian liner left New York today with 1100 third-class passengers—mostly Italian families who are being sent home by their bread-winners, to live more cheaply in Italy.

Real Reason Lack of Work The real reason for falling .figures in immigration to the United States is not only restriction of arrivals, but also lack of work. There was a downward revision of immigration quotas which became operative on July 1 last, the new figures being based bn the 1890 population of the United States, and. immigrants provided for at .the rate of a percentage, on tho proportion of the various nations embodied in the American Federation at that time. East year Senator David A. Reed, of Pennsylvania, endeavoured to obtain tho passage of a bill restricting aii immigration for two years, but the measuro, after passing through the Committee stages, did not go through the House, in September last, however, President Hoover and the State Department took action, and as, in. existing conditions, persons going to the United States were likely to become a public charge, officers issuing visas to intending immigrants weie instructed to refuse visas to persons likoiy to fall into this class. As a result, in November last, visas decreased from tho average of 24,000 a month to 7000 a month. Visas from Mexico were about 250 a month instead of the average of 4000 monthly which had ruled previously. 'Recently Mr. Harry E. Hull, Commissioner of Immigration, forecasted that immigration would shortly be limited to members of families of those already in America and the “very desirable better typo immigrants. ’’ Immigratiou reduction due to business depression in tho United States began before President Hoover’s announcement on September 9. Figures show that immigration during tue first thiee months of the fiscal year compared with a similar period of the previous year, represented a decrease from Europe of 26.9 per cent.; Canada, 44./ per cent., and Mexico 72.9 per cent. The decrease from Mexico followed tho adoption a year ago by the State Department of virtually the same policy which in September it brought to bear ou Canadian and European immigration. By requiring greater guarantees of self-support, Mexican immigration has been reduced to a mere trickle of its former volume. “Tho invasion of the country by cheap labour from Mexico,’’ Mr. Hull stated, “has practically ceased, and tho number coming from Canada to competo with American labour has dropped almost to tho vanishing point.’’ A statement issued from Commissioner Hull’s office said:

"From now on the coming of unattached labourers from Europe will be very materially reduced, as has been the case with such labour from Canada and Mexico. In tho immediate future our immigration from all sources will be practically limited to tho members of families of those who have already been admitted to the United States and the very desirable better-type immigrants.”