New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-19
GERMAN REFRIGERATION.

The annual Report Of the Executive Com
mittee Of the German Society in this city which
is published by the Staats-Zei,ang oil Monday,
contains some interesting statements on Ger
man immigration. DuEng tee year 1866, Ger
many furnished by far the largest contingentoi
thu immigrants landing in the Port OF New
York. their number amounting to S2,S i,agains'
only s., Oi6 Iyishmen. The total immigration,
as well as the German immigration shove large
increase over the preceding years, as will be
seen from the following table:
Total Inmirralion. German Immigration
1853 -l99S-S 80,
lrti .-.-.-.-.---.-.-.-' lo1 80
lcDo. -~pl't'' -~ie+'
As nearly all the Southern State, are now
making efforts TO obtain German immigrants,
the Executive Committee Of the German So
eiety deemed it proper to give, on this occasion,
their opinion on the settlement Of Germans ia
those States. Their report Acknowledges that
many of the Southern States offer to the indus
trious'and enterprising immigrant advantages
which even the Northwestern States do not
possess 1t mentions the valuable products OF
those States, as cotton, sugar and rice the Su-
perior soil, which seems to be inexhaustible, and
yielded the richest harvests in spite of the inlc
ror slave labor; the unlimited field for indus
trial enterprises Of every description, and the
interest which many of the leading Southern
States now show in German immigration.
But, on the other hand, the report also urges
upon the consideration Of all the Immigrants
the shady side of a settlement in the South;
the habit of the Southern aristoaraoy to despisa
labor and the laboror; the scarcity ct German
inhabitants; the want Of public schools; the
accumulation of the lands in private bands, and
consequently the higher price Of the binds.
The praiseworthy object Of this society is to
protect the immigrants from GennaAy, to give
them gratuitous advice, nil them in ind,ng cut
ployment. and support them in eases Of sickness
and destitution. We lesm frOnA the report
that similar German societies exist in Balti.
more, Cincinnati, Chicago, New Orleans, Pha'
delphia, st. Louis and Washington.
According 20 the repor.s. whcA are receives
from all parts of Germany the immigration OK
Germans bids fair not only - again Increase
very largely during ths coming year, but soon
20 assume dimensions unparalleled in the ms
:ory of khis or any otAer country. The success
ful termmation of the war, and the uniTer'"
invest ment of the Germans in American sccaFi'
ties, 'haye awakenedi in all parts Of Germany sno
amC arg all classes OF the people, an interest 10
An Iercan affairs. and in particular, desire u
Ell migrate, which, ia the opinion of allobse|es.
is unparalleled.
Not only will the emigration GOm Ger@tny
ibe in general larger than it hes ever been ue'
fore, but it will concentrate itself more m 'n'
United States. The competition of countries
like Brazil will be less etlicient than III "F'"e'
years. 1t il an interesting fact that the io'''.'
Consul. General of Brazil in Germany, D. a.
Sturz. TO whose labors ihe Brazilian Govern
ment chiefly owed the establishment oil ,"s"
number OF hourshink German colonies 'S
present in the United States to study the ll''''
, lcf best promising the immigration =, "a
f German. to this country. Mr.. Sturz hi' n ~
r noble excrticns for enlightenng ms e"uS's
men on the curse of Slavery, both IN bgs''' ,on
in the United States, and his great r9i a'i' AL
in all matters concerning cmlgra,l9R V''NV' WV
: to be Of great weight