The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-06
The Cost OF Living ut Isomo Sa'd
Abroad.
T From The New York Times!

From The New York Timcs.)
The increased cost of living in Iaf,iand
his begun to lc. upon a class when mas
hitherto never raised n claim for AID. WORN,
inrmeu. bv combination. by emici1LsTh. ana
n,her means have placed themselves III IL
rosi,ion better than those imtneda~a! above
ibru i'm the social scale. The lower iiH'!ut'
ck,sscs arc the worst on now. and thelr oiisi-
entities seem likely 10 increase !tS" s'c"'
those difficulties arc may hc cleaned from
returns recently published. IL appear,
from these tha; between the rcatS - - ana
1871 the price Of beet increased inrtF-sc'ch
,,cr cent. ard Of mutton tlNt! per
cent. the chic; causes producing thc rise
ho;nr the Ru>>iqn war and the cattle plague.
'rbc increased consumption OF annsl' 1000
isaro;ncr cause OF the maintenance OF prices,
hut n more inlucGtiai cause il TO he tound
in the continuous depreciation in thH'raiuc
of money. The increased demand has been
fury met by an increased supply for We
find that between the periods naEled the
importations into Great Britain OIL ocfiu
meat from foreign countries increased to
the extent Of three hundred per rent, 90
that the explanation Of the IiSc III price
,$eGmS plain.
But with Interpretation If none,' there
and most Ct the persons who form r. ci''>>
10 which we are now alludinS are c6rkS or
pcrsons cmployed upon limited wages.
Sometime, even proics .ioral men, lawyers,
doctors. and clcrg, men are in pecunlafy
sense no better oil, and ny all lhesethc Ill
creased cost of living is severely telt-rlnorc
severely, a. We learn from fnHllSn ;e'flces,
..han it ever has been before. Meanwhile
,hc condition of what are called the poor Is
jnprovin.. They live better than formerly.
they are better paid. get better. food ana
more comfort. The numbers who receive
aid from tic public rates are decreasing.
Those who received such assistance IL IS
were fewer by -, l32 than they were inlSIo.
Marriages among the working classes too,
are becoming more numerous, disease less
FREQUENT. and the mortality rate lower. In
.iacI. ali tends 10 show M improved cohdl-
tion for the working Cla>scS,' ana much
more unsatisfactory condition for the, class
next to .ncm.
Now, how will this affect ourselves: The
progress ri the country is very largely DC
pcnt"nt upon Immigration. We cannot
afford 10 lose 20 valuable Il source OF ponnis-
tion. B,r i, is tie laboIiHS cassc, that we
;,rc Chiefly in need Of The >o-c;iled " lower
middle class " of English society would. in
its present folnl, furnish very little that we
want in .len shape OF immigrants. To .tis.
men who llasc. been accustomed TO manual
labor there is room 10 spare in the Un!t2O
States, and there will be room for many
wears to cone. We want such, and w
can proInise them work and a competency.
Bit clerks. shopmen, the incumbents at
email offices under Government or public bo-
dies. and all of similar kind. are Of little use
here, except upon one condition. New York
is Oyrrsfncked IKE might say OycrburdcHcd.
with them already. n house advertising the
other day tor clerk received more than
800 applications. And similar experiences
are mel with daily. When, therefore. we
learn that the difficulties Of the lower mid
die classes are turning the attention Of many
OF their number 10 emigration, it is due to
ourselves and to them to name the one con-
dition upon which aQpe they can hope to
prosper if they come here. They must give
up all expectation Of obtaining employment
in accordance with the notions that they
have been accustomed TO entertain. They
must be prepared to strike ont into new
channels, to resort ia l,si II pro ,aDls, GER
family to perform work which hitherto they
have not dreant of. if they would make
this country their home, tile lands are broad
and ready to receive Them. but they must lay
ing-hollsc and / e ready TO understand that
their province here Will br not to supcrin-
tend the work Of others, but IT, do the work
themselves. The man who cmiglateS with
this intention and resolve, even though he
NAV have been accustomed TO look down
lpop labor, and To consider himself in Il So
cial position above the Workln|nGtn. VIII
prosper. II lie is not prepared tG accept that
condition, it would be better for him TO re-
main "at home.
The subject, therefore, affects us yeIs Ms
teIiaIIv. We want immigrants, but we want
useful Immigrants. Now. if the lower mid
die class of Engll>h society is being reduced
10 Il condition of necessity, where it mist
pcrtorcc turn to manual labor it is more 10
our interest to let it rcplen>h the ranks OF
the workingmcn ut home than to form Il
current ofcrudc emigration here. Asa rule
il is not an cmi"rating class. 1t would not
be difficult, therefore, to induce 1t to remain
where it i; but in the face OF the change
that Is coming over English society nothing
can be more plain than the necessity we
have tor holdn. out all the attractions in
our power to the working CLASSES, since we
not only have to compete with the rivalry
of foreign nations, but also with the I'D
vanccd condition OF the llboring interest in
Britain and the Impoverished state of 4 class
of which we are not so much in need.