The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-04-22
HARD TIMES IN GERMANY.
Rather Poor Encouragement for German EN-
igrants who Propose to Return to their Ma
land

Rather Poor Encouragement for German EN-
igrants who Propose to Return to their Ma
tive Land.
The outward bound steamers to America
carry few steerage passengers. The hard
times in America are driving thousands oil
German emigrants back TO their native
country, and the government, reasoning on
these two facts, is taking active measures in
the same direction One of the most popu-
lar of these Is the arrest and expulsion OF
immigration agents. Another, less coer-
Give, but more seductive is announced in 4
telegram to the London papers. This is
roughly described as scheme to sell, on
favorable terms to the emigrant class, large
tracts Of the crown domains thus thrown
open TO agricultural and other purposes,
But the causes which lie at the bottom OF
the German immigration are more serious
than any that can be remedied by the sale
of a few paltry acres of land. No German
American should fancy that in flying from
the hard times in America he will return
TO easy times in the fatherland. lie will no
more find the FL Dorado here in Germany
now than he found it years ago in America
The general cry OF dizziness in trade Is
swelled not little by the voice of Germa,
ny. Ii wages have been reduced 20 per
cent. in America, they have been reduced
40 per cent. here If there are hundreds OF
UNEMPLOYED men in New York, there are
thousands in Berlin. Last winter this city
had difficulty in finding street laborers at
. thalers per dav. this winter an indefinite
number can be had at 20 siIbergroshen. OF
ope-,hird the price. II the great manufac-
tories in America make wholesale reduc-
tions in wages, those Of Germany make
wholesale discharges of hands. Hardly a
week passes in which the International Ga.
-este. the new American paper here, does
not report such events.
The reason is that it is simply impossi-
bic, at any rate Of wages, to sustain large
production and the concerns find it easier
therefore, to close their works There is, in
short, almost an utter prostration of bust
ness The National /eituRg, this morning,
makes z frank confession of the fact. 1t
admits the distressing condition Of trade in
general, and especially of the drug in the
labor market and draws, on the whole, a
picture which would not encourage many
tfllgrallS 10 nllICT III SedItn ti
fortune, Moral: That the National lei
tluag confirms the fact ON which / have in
sisted. and which was indeed true TO all but
too patriotic eyes, that the extraordinary
business prosperity that followed the war
was unnatural and could not endure. There
were many reasons why the period after the
close of hostilities should have been marked
by labor. The indemnity was passing into
the country, and was increased, owing to
the universal delusion about the future OF
Germany, by large investments of English
capital. There was plenty of employment
in repairing the effects of the war; mean
in restoring the railways which the war had
severely tried, and in charging fortifca-
tions. OF course, the abundance of capital
gave rise to reckless prodigality in all
sorts OF private enterprises. New railways
were undertaken, great manufacturing COM
panies established TO rival Krupp, and
ship-yarts TO compete with the Lairis were
organized.
Above all, new and costly buildings
sprung up in all parts of Berlin, and in al
most every other city. The most popular