The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-06-28

lllell1 1IlOSt eTlall1ly OuI gam.
Our State ought to see to it that she
is represented in those countries.
But until some means are adopted
to defray the expenses of such efforts
we must remain in the back ground
we tread.-Enterprise.
STATISTICS AND VALUE OF IMMI-
GRAFTON.
From the Enterprisc.l
We copy the following from the
Special Report on Immigration, by
Edward Young, Chief of Bureau of
statistics:
OUR vENERATED ANCESTORS.
The population of the Colonies at
the commencement of the revolution
ary war has generally been estimated
at &, OOO, 600, and it is probable that as
MANY as one-third of these was born
ON the other side of the Atlantic, while
the parents of large portion of the
remainder were among the early i'm
migrants.
DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
the influx of immigrants was in great
part suspended, but at its termination
the tide of immigration resumed its flow
with increased activity. The number
of alien passengers who arrived be-
tween the years 1870 and 1920 has been
estimated by statisticians at 225, 900 to
which may be added $4,000 arriving
between the years 1776and 1870, making
an aggregate of 100000 immigrants
who had transferred their allegiance to
the United States before the enactment
of the passenger act of March 2, 1919.
"PUT NONE BUT AMERICANS ON
GUARD"
May have been an order in military
times, but since 1919 the stream of inn
migration, measured with approximate
accuracy, has been steadily flowing to-
this country. Its increase-from 1870,
when $685. alien passengers landed on
our shores, of which 6,024 were from
the British Isles, until 1854, when it
reached the maximum of AT ,S33-
though irregular, was on the whole
rapid, Notwithstanding the hate sought
to be engendered against "the f,sri,lCr"
by the New England puritans and
their abettors during the rise, progress
and fall of ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Never
theless, as result of
KNow-NOTHING POLICY.
Immediately previous to and during
the late war the decline was marked,
descending to 123, 126 in 1858, and 12l =
2S2 in 1859, and to less than 81 900 in
the years 1861 and 1862. After the
termination of the war, however,
immigration resumed its former mag
nitude, reaching from 249,O6l in 1865
to 1876, 922 in 1869.
FROM 1920 TO 1870, Ii PER CENT.
The increase feach year over the one i'm
nediately preceding, if uniform, would
average about IL per cent. The aggre-
gate number of immigrants who ar
rived between October l, 1919, and De-
cember 81, 1870, is 1868, S65; and if the
25O,O0 estimated as arriving previous
TO the first-named date be included,
the total number of aliens who have
been permanently added to our popu-
lation by direct immigration since the
formation of the Government will
reach 1903, S65.
MONEY VALUE OF MANKIND.
The difficulty of determining the
pecuniary or material value of the
foreign population who come yearly to
this country is not inconsiderable, as
no data are accessible by which 1t can
be accurately ascertained. indeed, the
very attempt to do so may appear de-
rogatory to the dignity of human
nature. To regard a man merely as
an automatic machine, computing his
productive power, minus his running
expenses, places low estimate ON a
being made in the image of his
Maker, and seems an insult alike to
the Creator and created. The muscu-
lar power of the labOrer may be
measured, but where is the meter that
can mark the activity of his brain or
indicate his moral force?
TRUE STANDARD VALUE OF MEN.
In making an intelligent estimate OF
the addition to the material wealth OF
the country by immigration, several
distinct conditions should be regarded.
The character of the immigrants as in
dustrious and law-abiding citizens,
their natiOnalities, education, and pre-
yious condition, as well as their Occu-
pations and ages, are elements to be
considered when determining their
value.
VARIOUS DIALECTS AND EMPLOY
MENTS.
One-half of the rivals are from Eng
lish talking countries, easily assimila.
ted and incorporated into our body
polite. The German and Scandina-
Wan element is highly commended.
Interesting estimates are made of the
money value of the emigrant as based
upon the wages they will earn, or the
value of their productions for articles
of domestic produce which affords
profits to the retailer, wholesale dealer
and other producers.
EACH IMMIGRANT WORTH $500.
A careful computation gives an an.
nual net product for a family of foul
persons as $4,000, or $1,000 each,
which being capitalized at per cent
gives an average value of SS00.00 to
each immigrant.
VALUATION OF IMMIGRATION Sc, 234, :
SSO,SO0.
Estimated at this amount the total
valuation of immigration for 1870 adds
upwards of S2S5, 0O0, 900 to the national
wealth, and in the last half century has
added the immense sum of 6, 234, $780,
500.
The difficulty, however, of placing
an accurate money value upon an emf.
grant, who by superior education or in
telligence introduces new machinery
or process of manufacture by which
the productive capacity of the commu-
nifty at large is enhanced, is well illus
trated in the case of the Swedish
emigrant who came to this country i'm
1888, now well known througout the
world by reputation, Capt. John
Ericsson. THE question is pertinently
asked "what was his value to the
country, as estimated on the 9th day
of March, 1872? was it eight hundred,
or eight hundred thousand or eight
millions of dollars? ?"
The report contains much matter OF
interest and food for reflection. Those
interested in the question of Southern
immigration will do well to examine
and study the figures therein presented,
and we are under obligations to the
1dUocdte for help in this behalf.
A Charitable World.
1t is temptation to temperate man
to become a sot, to hear what talent,
vbaf p.,rcatiIify what rronipo 10 oIn,oei