The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-17
IMMIGRATION

relief Of his suffering rounlymon The llEh'
AID suggested that 10 the two iunis ho pro-
posed, VIZ for immediate aid to the ,eedy
and tho political which purPo'ed the recila'
cation Of tho tonant laws, u third fund he
specified, yizi to bring and comfortably Joe
cate horo al such rs desired
IN como 10 this country. We be-
icyed then and believe now moro arnly than
ever, that tho latter WIS By far the most
practical mean' Of permanently advancing
tho cause ofroof ~ oyorburhoned Ireland
Immediate assistance wa, and 10 we'll enough,
but II I, merely temporary In lts nature and
results, The causes That produced the evils
the past season may and doubtless will bcgot
thom again, aud Ireland may even noXt
year be ngaIn pressing her suit In formN
pauperIs and 10 on until her claims
like her condition shall become chronic,
Tho Inst copy of Puck, received by last
nights mail, contains cartoon omlncntly
suggestive of tho great leakage IN the matter
of the Amcr m charity While the hand
of generosity pours into tho poor lrishman's
hat the shining sheokles, there's a depository
at his feet representing Papal aud English
demands which catch tho bulk OF the funds
thu, drop through his crownless beaver thus
leaving him yet poor while cnrlching others,
Brought to these Shores he starts with II
boss upon which ho may build llrm future
In n substantial manner. Here In this cnun.
try, notably in the South, and yet more cs-
pecially in Texas, are millions of acres from
which tho hand Of industry may, ye0r by
year, draw more than comfortable living,
Here aro soils TINT, merely tichcd by the
hoe, will smile with n harvest, and TO turn
tho tide Of Irish immigration
hilhu Is one Of the most truly
phlnnthropc works of the day,
Wcarc therefore glad to observe that Mr.,
Redpoth ia organizing II plan to attain such
n result, True, this gentleman is doing it
under the auspices of tho priesthood in this
country and proposes Minnesota ms the chap
ply land of Canaan" for his countryman, yet
the idea proceeds upon n correct view
of tho true sort and measure Of re-
lief for unhOppily conditioned Ireland,
We also notice that n writer from Queens
town recently reports that place as crowded
with worltingmcn and workingwomen anx-
ious TO take passage for New York, And
then the Germanc, which left on the Goth of
March, brought eleven hundred immigrants,
and the agent was compelled to stop booking
Storage passengers three days before sailing
day. Mr. Rodpath, the Tribune's commits
sloner says the prospects aro that the immi.
grafton from Ireland this year will be larger
than in any proceeding one since the great
famine of 1917. ttho coming summer should
DO Ms wet as last summer, and the potNtoo
crop should fail again, he predicts that the
West Of Ireland will he nearly dcpopuated
before next spring And during the first
week Of this current month some five thous-
and eight hundred Germans left Bremen
for the United States, Again, the present
troubled condition Of the German
empire, the impressment Of men there
into the military service, the onerous
taXations, are all operating to drive
excellent citizens from the Fathcrand.
From Russia the Mennonites are migrating
in largo numbers through similar causes as
are in operation in Germany. These people
opposed on principle and through this relig.
ion to war and bloodshed, and nhabiting
the regions of the Black Sea, which Is on
about the same isothermal line rs this Sec
ton, are skilled cultivators Of the grain
that to-day feeds so much of Europe
and contests the palm with
our great West, would also be most de-
srable immigrants. They will be coming to
this country this summer and fall by thou
sands. We saw day or two ago the state
ment that the number of immigrants who
arrived at the port OF Now York in March
was 2l,GjS, against 5,0l5 during March of
last year, and ono'thrd of these were from
Great Britain and Ireland, while the whole
number in the year ending Mach 81 was
l63,666, or nearly double the arrivals
for the same period the year be-
fore Really, in view of Nil this,
the Lone Star State ought to be doing some.
toihg 10 secure due proportion of the im-
migration. Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Louisiana and other Western and
Southern States are at work on this all
important business, while Texas is asleep
An Immense convention in this interest is
now assembled in st. Louis, and the efforts
of the ablest minds of the Prairie State are
resolving tho problems as how best
to tlrn the tide to her borders.
Let US invite and press the invitation upon
these emigrant3 to try the great State of
Texas which has area enough to make Der
the gracious grauary of the world with just
the soil and climate conditions to have it
flourish, that can produce enough Of the
leecy staple to clothe humanity, and all by
the mere waving of labor's wand. Let some
thing be done to make known our
wealth of mines and facilities of
manufacturing, etc. For here every
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