, 1881-05-15
TIE IMMIGRATION OF 1881.

Line how or Immigration from foreign
countries to the United States is surprising
| even in these days when every change in the
old order of things seems to be of an ex.
traordinary character. THE wonderful prog.
ress In the industry and prosperity Of the
country. as contrasted with that Of other
lands, has made a widespread impression
upon tho people Of all other countries. The
failures Of the brcad-crops which at times
have reduced the people of many European
States and districts to the verge OF famine,
and the fact that the famine was only aycrted
by drawing for food upon the incxllaustib1e
supplies Of American brcadstuffs and provis-
ions, has given to America i'll the estin1a-
tion Of these distant people something of the
character of o paradise; for to these peo-
pie In their condition that land is para
disc where an abundance Of food Is
constant and within every mans reach To
very large proportion of the people OF
many of the States of Europe the tasto of
meat is luxury that is not enjoyed at most
oftener than once a week, and by many per-
sons less frequently. The bread is the black
rye bread, which is the only kind within the
means OF these PERSONS to buy. To the mill
Ions Of people who thus live hopelesly from
generation to generation the story Of the
abundance, the freedom, the peace, and the
prosperity of the American States creates an
irreprcssible desire to move off with wife
and children from the land OF poverty to be-
gin new lives on Il more bountlful soil and
under happier conditions, personal and polit-
ical. The American Consul at Stuttgart, in
of In
that place, and states that o. those who lett
last year 81 per cent were farmers and 81 per
cent were peasant laborers. An official, an
swering the question why they left home,
gave this answer:
Every season disastrous to agricultural inter-
ests gives an impetus to emigration. The grape
anu grain crops hAve been poor for three or four
years now: causinK much distress and want
:.'nut':. tho lower clnsses and i tho rural popu-
III America Of the t;o then1j fabulous rate Of
wages. or 50 a day-pafd there, and OF tho
good crops aud general prosperity, naturally
with discomfort upon their lot here, where they
see no chance of berterlnc themselves Do what
'o, they VIII, a1 few it. any Of them lay aside my
counts of high wages, good crops, and general
welfare. and virtually says: "Come over and
JON ION u.s.: IT. is easy to understand how ready a
poor man, with no prospects before him here, is
TO listen to such an invitation.
Consul Grinnel1, writing from Bremen,
adds:
The emirrants this year are, without exccp-
tion. of the best agricultural and industrial
clisscs taking money With thonl the savings of
years, tho proceeds Of their lfitlc tenement5 sold
here. ETC. Ny own inquiry and observation con-
fFm tho truth Of the statements of the German
Journals that Germany has never before lost
euch numbers of worthy and Industrious people
Hs are this year euixrating to the United States
and that the loss to the German Empire can
scarcely be overestlnated.
The whole number of immigrants to this
country in 1850, was 457,22 of which 337,371
landed in New York. The arrivals in 1851,
at New York, up to the 1st Of May were 1oo,-
LIS, against S, GAG in the sarlo months i'll
1850. This increase indicates that the whole
number Of arrivals probable in New York
this year will reach 63o,0o0. Outside of New
York. the arrivals at other ports in 1850 we're
$4,000. Allowing a like increase for these
ports in 1881, and the indications are that it
will be much larger. These ports will receive
10000 In 1881, making probable aggregate
for the year Of 75o, 200 to 80, GOO. The winter
has been so severe that the departures from |
Northern Europe have been comparatively |
late this year, but the emigration during the
first four months Of 1881 from the various |
countries thus compare with those Of 1850: