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Hey why don't you put up some figures if you are so all fired considered with them? And I'll snip and paste my responce. I don't see any reliable figures in any of your posts, just snipping. I'm not going to do all the research for you, pull out one of your books and quote some data for us.

I stand by what I said the third class immigration wave was the salvation to the shipping trade until congress years later put a damper on it. Even during the war when 1st class travel fell off to zero the immigration wave flurished. Ist class travel was never the major income for White Star Line.