, 1874-02-01

do not 20 to church on Sunday, and attributed
their present troubles, in : great measure to
their careless indifference to such matters IN
general.
Probably, however, this is being reserved as .
final clincher, after it is satisfactorily proved
that their poverty is entirely their own fault
which, perhaps, is not very far from the truth,
though in q way rather different from What some
would like to admit.
! was also surprised TINT foreigners Wore not
Informed. long before last Sunday, that, il there
| Was ANYTHING distasteful to them in this Great
Republic" they were at perfect liberty to
| RETURN WHENCE THEY 0AAE.
! supposed the general impression Was that
foreigners we're al aware thoy possessed this
! privilege.
It appears that ono OF yonr correspondents,
before favoring the public With this piece Of in
formation, experimentally tested its effect on
| species OF something that he terms an irate
| Teuton." The result is not recorded; but tho
| supposition is that the said "Hate Teuton +"
folded his tent like the Arab, aud silently stole
away. It may possibly be expected that all dis
satisfied foreigners will do the same but, alas
no. Railroad aud steamship companies give no
| credit, and money these grumblers have not
having, rs somebody says, " "frittered 1t all away
in paying their bills, the majority of them not
having been with us long enough to learn our
| American method OF making little 60 a long
| way
| It appears to be puzzlng mystery to somo,
| why they persist in jumping out OF tue f1Elng-
pan into the fire; in other words, leaving their
| own country to come to WORSE
The explanation is something like this +:
| Transportation companies make large profit
on enligrants OF all kinds and it may not have
| occurred to some Of your correspondents tnat,
| the mora emigrauts,
/ the MORE PROFIT;
and, the more Of both, the merrier.
What these companies did after the Chicago
Fire, they are in d Lesser degree, perhaps. doing
| all tie time.
The fall, winter and spring following that
| event, pamphlets were issued IN England and
Europe generally, announcing the great scarcity
OF mechanics here, and the big wages they
| were receiving and statement appeared IN
the papers that mechanic could come here,
| work during the summer and fall. and return
home with neat little sum OF money in his
| pocket.
For the truth OF Ill this, I refer to The Cu1-
| cAao TRIBUNE Of that time.
| Iu case, however, some Of your readers are 80
| utterly dcmornzed as to doubt the reliability OF
| TEE TR1BuNE, will state that cases came under
ticular, where au Englishman, misled BY these
| reports left q wife and six children, and came
here expecting to make enough in year or so
| to return home and start little business. It il
| needless to say that after getting here, bis
| views were modified considerably, and be ap-
! peared grateful to any one vino would listen to
Ills noea or course. everybody wondered he
had no better seuse indeed. L belieTe I myself
told him
he WAS A FOOL
aud it served him right, but. poor wretch he
| appeared to derive no consolation from that.
| We should pe spared many absurd remarks II
| some of your correspondents wou1d-or, per-
haps, could-only think little before writ
| ing, for would not accuse them Of any nnwil-
| lnguess in this respect. Whether the failing ls
chronic or not however, the lack OF thought is
painfully apparent in some Of the communicar'
tions.
Who. for instance, in the habit OF thinking for
himself, would assert that the United statea has
| a right to expect gratitude from her foreign
! population Gratitude for What For the
privilege OF turning prairiea into corn n-tie!ds,
and contributing more than -one-haif OF our rev.
enue?
I abstain from further remarks on this sub
iect, for have suggestion to make:.
Some Of your correspondents may be aware
that, in a case somewhat resembling our own,
| when money aud work were scarce, Dean Swift
proposed that the children q the poor ne soa TO
somewhat modified, is worthy OF consideration
| at the present time.
The Children Of working people in Chicago are
probably too i11-condltlona1 thus winter to be OF
any demand amongst ths rich as food but there
seems no reason why they could not De
UTILIZED By THEIR OWN PARENTS
in this ray There may be soma little difficulty
! at first in Meeting the vulgar prejudices OF the
| lower classes on this subject; but I think, il
days. these could be overcome: Then let the
enormous advantages to be gained BY such a
courso be properly explained to them
Pareuts-or at least the mothers-would have
| st tnrrvicr 4rt1f fhnv
eating.
future population can thus be limited, aud by
method moro immediate aud more practical ever
way than that proposed by Malthus.
The bows can be easily reduced afterward, b1
employing them on the railroads as brakesnen
Every girl eaten would not only contribute
materially to the support Of the lami'y, by snp
} same time, would lessen the number OF mouth'
| to be fed, for fomalcs cs--among the working
classes-partake OF food themselves.
The clothes also could be worn by the othc
children.-thus increasing their comfort ane
health, and giving them better chance Of grow
ing up to be useful citizens.
But it seems
: IMPOSSIBLE TO AVOID ESTHUs1AsM
. once the advantages Of this system hnye becom
nnnarent. GILBERT GURSEY.
Yorkshire ys. Chicago-A Disseminated
YorkBh1reman.
, | 70 thu Editor qf The Chicago Tribune:
, SIR: Will you permit me- to say few word
in reply to the three critics on Yorkshire II
| Cnicago7"
J. Gilmore says the custom in a1l parts {
, England is to pay rent by tho week for furnish
: ed or unfurnahed apartments. would re1nin
him that the custom Of Yorkshire, rule, i
yearly tenancy, payable half-yearly, terminal
! ing on the yearly day. Furnished apartment
are very rare. Ne are truly domesticated pee
K pie, each family occupying. house. There al
e not = number Of families huddled together i
one house, snd families boarding in hotels rs
Chicago.
t ~. O." asserts that provisions Of all kine
It are at least 25 per cent cheaper here than
l most of the towns in England with q populatio
numbering anything like that Of Chicago. Th
> assertion Is made
n WITHOUT PROOF,
t comparative prices, facts or figures, and ther
fore is worthless to the question at issue.
H.. L.