, 1874-09-20
THE REFLUX TIDE.
Foreigners Migrating Back to Their
Native Homes.
Lack Of Employment Here, and Better
Times Abroad, the Cause.
Statistics from the Transporta-
ton Lines.

Illinois. Michigan, Minnesota, hanHas, NeofasKa
Missouri and Iowa there is an almost unprece'
denied rush back to tie loving arms Of the
mother couuLry, and TIC warmth and light OF Ole
familiar hearthstones. Every steamer leaving
the port Of Nev York ia heavily freightea WITH
foreigners who have found J. temporary home on
our Western prairies. These may be divided
into three classes: those who aro in search OF
pleasure thoee returning to spend the winter
months amid once-fauinar scenes and those
who are driven back from lack OF employment
here, the present low scale CT 1aboreFs wages,
and the high price Of tie most common necessa~
rics Of life.
The Grst-namcd class nro decidedly in tho
minority, and will comprise only about Per
cent OF the entire number; the second class
comprises about Is per cent and tho last
named 70 per cent.
II is exceedingly difficult to arrive at an accu-
rnto estimate Of the entire number who have
fo7Haken homes in the West to brave the per'ls
Of the sea and take their chances once more
with friends in foreign lands. owing to de-
tern1;ncd unwillingness on tho part Of agents of
steamship lines having Offices i'll Chicago to
give the number Of tickets sold to emiSrants-
We hare endeayored to adduce facts only, aud,
while tho result of investigation shows
general increase Of cnigrant travel going towards
1no 1ao'. 'nooA'5 ~ s
than during Ine year 1870 seI tAe oA4ito!1 ~ IL
no vice alarming, nor is it anything more than
was to have been exnected as natural result Of
tba ,o,;c fai,nre Of crors III some States caused
hv the a-o,1rht and creseho7pcrs in their rarae-
lug march, and hard times.
THE HEDE1LDlEf; OF CHICAGO,
loo. brought within the limits OF city and
c.sta .n oTTnost + rnunerahla bost of mechanics
and I,nurers~ drawn here by the unprecedented
ac,n,nn for neonle Of that class. who now. find
inr their occupa,ion comparatively gone, grace
5,,Ilv retire from the field OF action, to seek in
foreign cumos ..sreener fields and pastures
ne,y''
Then ac,:n
rrr rosr OF 11v1Sa
:, t1,e prit;e,, J-lea. Germany. Norway. Sweden.
md Donmar- i, only about one third Of what If is
in the United States and greater Inducements are
heiur offered 10 workc,cu of ali classes in fer
eirn countries than ever before. This, combined
with the recently prevailing low rates of fare
from New York to Eastern ports, and the dearth
Of employment for labor, skilled and nnskilled.
cause for the effect.
Will, q few exceptions, we have learned OF no
casos of des,itution among the foreign element
deeirous OF leaving America. and fully 10 Der
rent of tho number lea7lnc onr shores ire rco-
rrnrirc fron, - nm to - 50o and ara returnint-
10 rncnf, i'm remainder Of their davs among tho
friends md surroundings OF s.ve olden time"
The only applications for
co7ce fro,n those advanced in Years. and unnhle
tn earn 1irelhood by manual labor.
Thara nre annendad hereto the ptatistcs
c,t1cred from the tlifferent ticket-rrencies for
ra1roa3 and steamship lines.
ruE v1cu1G4s crI7sA1
ao,d d,,r;1, fee rcar 9a1 t;c1ets IN fore;o,,
countries, 100 Of which hare been disposed Of
th;rGs ner cent Of these have gone to Liver
pool. and the rest to Canada. 4 party Of fifteen
Tm,rssav 1.st having in toY thi,ty-tl,ree chill
dr., 3
Al the oftice of the
1S~,,,xr
49, -. tonrn i'cLats dHr;nc 1bo ra,r 1911 ~ eSi>
49, rar,t a,.ar 1eS3 J1nr1o III. nost for reoLs
ia; ss,as ,.ro ora-9ea5 I'm 49, ,.oolS
E,, cta.r,,r o,,+ c,rr;aa fro,n cn1 ~ I'm o.s
1o,,,1a,.a ,ae,,n rooo,a,,ra a,a ,ai,-i,,~p
.a, ,a,a ~ r.y,or, tl,S.
IT,, 1,oro a,, ,oar o,',;ra1r ,;t,,nmt ,rarL
n;.no ~" ~ r,,;e ,;or;t. ho,rarar mA
p.,.o hoa., Inv -,i,ay ro,;tr.ctora and
:s ~ 1e c,,aSs "a ,,s .e',;a,, ira 49,
~ ~" t.nh' ~ u har o,6
tha d;toran. 1 natnnot;tas ,t" to soan
so.a: ~ the ol,lerene na.opntlsTs IHe ecan-
% s.lo i,s, lInee ;.h .iu ~ eust
ns1. anu NY x .uiso" ~; VII ano etlaess
4 ~;
1lne nas Eou IVY P1g.1.u ~ .n1 county
" one Sotis o.eh ~ I1;s., co..
ine - thaas corn,nc nn1 ,oin9 s eona' ,1
~. nutopei u tnose ep1a!us ..u but"6 10 e'tual.
lho asent 1re3luon.is receives aet;els i.ln;ilaa5
nnles ~ p:.a' 1,. aalu r. ~
retuIn ne Il'l!ns aaou. ~ pet c.n1 INV eA-
rteasea an l1ten1loa u feau1iiias MILL LIS eol'-
Ing oi oet'ef oass.
THE srAIs LlSE,
since Ane; l. nas solu nisv-t"o s'ckets
n7e-sc'ehths OF 1h!s nn1hoer nave ncen
to scotchmen. 4he 1erman element bears
the lowest 1atlo 70 me "hole hnmbcF,
onlv t"o oat OF h1tE-t"o gong to
GERMANY. Ihe rest arc ecandlnaElans The
agent reports a less number outward bound now
than during the last two years, when work was |
comparatively ensy to obtain. Hinety-hve per !
cent aro mechanics and day-lRborers, and 60 per |
cent have s!gnified an intention to return; 331:
per cent of the % are from the City of Chicago,
tile others from Nebraska. Wisconsin, a1d nichi- !
gan. |
TIE cusAnp LINE
agency reports tho emigration from the West |
now over their limo ns 100 per cent in excess Of
last rehr. majority OF these so to remain. but
very few roun'-trip TICKETS being sold. Miners,
min ia ms