Daily Republican., 1882-05-19
FRIDAY MAY 10, 1882
German Emigs asfGE and German
Labor.

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German Emigs asfGE and German
Labor.
1t surprise to most people WhyGer-
man emigration to .fis country should
outnumber Irish emigration, especially
when Germany is blessed with strong
and what is called liberal govern
ment. One reason why Irish emigra-
tion does not keep up to its old stan
dard is because the bulk of the Irish
surplus came over to this country some
years ago, principally during the corn
famine, since which time the natural in
crease emigrates, but tLat Increase is
not so great as the German influx.
Another and the main reason is, that
Germany has had devas Ating war, in
which she humbled France at a terri
Bile sacrifice to herself. Always a
strong military country, her continued
peace depended on making it still
stronger. As a general thing, though
the average humaa bt 'ng has certain
degree Of love and loyalty for the
Fatherland, they are rot fond of war,
and to escape the Impending wars,
which threatened the peace OF Europe,
the great hegira to the United States,
as the country where they would most
likely be secure from enforced military
service, begun.
The New York Daily Commercial
Bulletin in reviewing this question,
makes an interesting expose, which
more than any thing else is the cause
of the enormous emigration that hs,.
been going on for the last few wears,
Accoluihs " oiao'ai We man statistics,
'N0 L uN''el " an,IMahs formerly regis
% ~ anigrating from the Empire
dyring the ten years ending with 1880,
averaged 5e,5l5 or 5000 year, which
was no unreasonable number. In the
year 1854 the cfflux rose to 21O. 547, Of
which pumber 2O6, 189 were destined for
the United States. Adding to these
the number who took indirect routes,
the whole number leaving the Empire
last year for the Uni,ed States, is esti-
mated at 231. 900 people. The compost
tion as regards sex, agr:ars to have
haeen 5sH per cent. ma,es and Az per
cent. females. A very large proportion
of the emigrants GANG as families rath-
er than as single Individuals. The fact
that during last year no less than 3D.
97s families severed their ties to the
fatherlaud, most Of them seeking their
future homes in this country, is pro-
foundly significant one, not only for
what it implies as to the condition OF
the country they torsake, but also for
what is inferable as to the land to which
they come. Without going back to an
tecedent conditions, the present posi-.
ton of the masses of the Germans, who
are struggling for an existence, affords
an ample explanation Of this remarka
BILE outflow. The latest Consular re-
port made by the American Consul al
Cologne, contains facts which lead to 6
ready explanation Of this etiIux o
population and suGge sts wonder that 1
is not even larger than it is. He give
q statement OF the wages paid in Co
logne in the beginning Of the year 1882
which is startling picture of the con
dition of German workmen, The fol
lowing is a state ment of the earning
for II and - bours labor in that repre-
sentative German city: Bricklayer
received from As to II cents per day
How does this sound to the Wilmingto
bricklayers who are on a strike for $50
and 81. so per day? Masons and ca
penters, blacksmiths and cabinet mai
ers receive tho same, compared wit
$3.50 here. Saddlers and tinsmiths g
70 cents, engine filters II cents, foui
dry men s. cents, gas.htters, painter
and plumbers 60 cents, turner's an
boiler makers 81 cents. Laborers al
put off at 81 cents and apprentices g.
26 cents. A. glance at these figure
will show that the operative classes
Cologne, a leading manufacturing cit
of Germ any, receive scarcely one.fourt
what they receive in this countr.
Such disparity would seem almo
incredible were it not attested by got
authority.
What makes this alarming expo
still more impressive is the fact tn
notwithstanding these exceeding 10
rates of wages, the cost Of the main 9
ticles of subsistence are fully as hi
In Cologne as on this side of the Alta
tic-a fact sufficiently evident witho
the use of figures, from the circu
stance that our breadstuffs and mes
are exported to Germany. In artic
of clothing and rent, the German wo1
man has an important advantage o'
the American, but making the larg
allowances for this point Of difersn
the balsncs against the German
enormous. And yet the manufactu