The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-11-18
The Statistics Of Immigration.

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The last report ofthe bureau of statis-
tics show that the tide of immigration,
which ran very slack after the financial
revulsion of 1873, is again at flood.
grants. but in 1873 thenumbcr
had fallen 10 $4,000. It is now
estimated, however, that for the calendar
total of 100000. THIS immigration is of
q fnr superior character to that of aver.
age years IN the past. Formerly large
proportion Of the immigrants went no
further thar the Eastern commercial cit.
les, the population of which they swelled
without the assurance of obtaining rcgu-
Lar and renumerative labor. During
this year, however, GO per cent. Of the
Immigrants start for predetermined des-
tinations in the VI est, whittier large
proportion of The remaining 40 per cent.
very soon went. The immigration Of
this year also includes large percentage
of skill ed artists, comprising "thc pick
and lower of productive European Ia
bor." This is noted rs being particularly
tho case with the present emigrants from
Ireland. the tenant farmer classes expa-
tr,ating themselves in large numbers.
The chief cause of this great increase OF
immigration and its improved quality is
the larger opportunities men find in this
country, our prosperous trade and indus
tries, the greater sccurily Of life and
ernment restrictions and exactions, the
moro bountiful rewards of labor, the
better chances to make career aud i'm
M G., -
loss in this excess Of emigration is large,
and our gains are in proportion. These
Immigrants bring over much capital with
try's stock. They not only bring cash,
but household goods and credit. In 1856
the average money al immigrant brought
over was $40. The average now is much
greater than this. If we place it at 800
per head it will he seen that Immigration
adds S5O, 100000 year to our capital
dcducting from this, of course, the money
advanced by residents in the United
relatives. This, however, is the least
part of the value to. the country of the
substantial immigration now COM
ing. Their chief worth consists in their
capacity to labor and their acquired
industrial skill. The proportion of able.
bodied immigrants is very large. In
1879, Of the Immigrants who came over,
46 per cent. were males between l6 and
40 years old, and % per cent. females
over ID years old The London Econo-
mist, writing on this subject, estimates
that each actively employed male labor.
er in this country adds Si25 annually to
it's CAPT. i, besides maintaining himself.
This, Oh the basis OF Is years average
duration of active life in the males be-
tween Is and 10 would give the average
value to the country of 46 per cent. of our
immigrants mt 81 1915 each. The Econc-
mist further puts the value, as the pro-
ducer Of wealth, Of each female Mt one
fourth as much, and thus deduces, as the
average value for each man, woman and
child of our immigrants at about s23O
or ST. .250. "Of course" it adds. ca de.
duction should be made from this esti-
mate for the scum of the immigrants,
who instead Of adding to the wealth of
the country, detract from it. But on the
other hand, far greater sum must be
added rs the equivalent for the profit
realized from The labor of the children
bcgotten by the immigrants, and also
for the fact that many of the skilled
artisans arriving nre able, by their spe-
cial knowledge of manufacturing pro-
cesses, TO add greatly to the efficiency of
the native labor. If however, in order to
avoid anything like exaggeration, we
place the average value as capital cre-
ating force of each immigrant at s2OO,
we get as the actual or potential addi-
tion to the wealth of the country by such
body of immigration as that now taking
place the enormous sum Of 100000, 900
per anhum." These figures ere not ex-
aggerated from the Economists stand
point. They are not exaggerated actual
ly, much less potentially, when we con-
slider, as this paper scientifically remarks.
how much England profited by .he
French weavers who --ere expatriated
by the revocation Of the edict Of Nantes.
These refugees were, many of them, old
and feeble. But the immigrants coming
to the United States are full of life,
strength, health and hope. 1t is the
young and energetic who come by pre-
ference. Few are absolutely destitute,
and some bring much money. Our i'm.
migration, as the Economist fiually says,
is IN importation which we do not have
to pay for, and which is all profit.-Bal.
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