The Immigrant in St. Louis, a Survey. Page 15

?. and industrial foothold in this great Middle West? How does the city itself greet these strangers? What return does St. Louis give to the willing peasant, whose practical ideals of liberty and Christian customs are to emerge from daily participation in the intensity of industrial life? The following pages seek to lay before the reader concrete facts pertaining to the history of immigration to St. Louis, which will encourage a thoughtful consideration of these perplexing questions and stimulate an earnest desire for a civic program of Americanization. Chapter II The Immigrant Arrival in St. Louis An immigrant today whose ultimate destination is St. Louis, usually lands at one of the port cities, New York, Boston, Baltimore or Galveston, where he must pass the strict examination required by the United States Government of all aliens desirous of becoming American residents. Once accepted, the immigrant is transferred to the railroad station and put aboard a tourist train, with a ticket labelled, ?for St. Louis.? The comfort which a business man knows will be his, on the day?s journey between the East and St. Louis, is not included in the price of the immigrant?s third-class ticket.

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