St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06

during the last decade IL VIII De observed
that the smallest number of emgrantS ar
rived in 1877 and the greatest number in
1882. Applying the ratio of decrease and
increase the lowest point would again be
reached in 1887. But there are many cir
cumstances confirming the belief that there
will be an increase next season and very
probably this year. With $50, 900 landed at
New York, 41,000 at Boston. together with
the arrivals at Baltimore. Philadelphia,
Portland and Quebec, without taking into
consideration what has landed at New Or
leans and Galveston, the figure of 406, 900 is
reached. This is about 20 per cent. less
than the preceding year. The era of spec
ulatiOn, imitation and expansion of 1880. 'S2
produced its legitimate reduction in 1888.
"a and 'S5. The manufactures that in 1881
and 80 worked to their fullest capacity
were reduced to half time in 1884, or en-
tirely closed, while the construction of new
railroads in 1881 and 'S2 reached 10, 600
miles annually, it was reduced to about
5000 in 1884. The situation with the agri-
cultural classes was about the same. North
western farmers marketed their wheat crop
of 1881 at about 81 per bushel against 60
cents in 1884. AS a consequence emigrants
arriving in 1881 were
LARGELY SOUGHT FOR
years later they found it difficult to secure
employment at $1.25 per diem. Farm hands
who. in 1881, received $40 to $50 per
month, including living, engaged at SIS
and $50 in 1884. The experienced saw mill
hand and lumbermen who worked for $50
to S35 in 1881, worked for $40 in 1884, and
the demand for labor was light. Emigrants
who arrived in 1881 and 1882 wrote ANY,
thing but encouraging letters TO their
riends and families in 1888 and 1884, and
this is principally the reason of the decline
in emigration during the past three years.
1t was not until the beginning of 1885 that
any perceptably favorable change was OBJ
served in the United States. At that time
it was noticed that several manufacturers in
the East increased their production, in re-
spouse to more liberal demand for goods.
The iron interests showed revival: values
of iron, woolens and cottons were firmer.
and an actual advance came later on. Con-
fidence was gradually restored in the legit-
innate business pursuits. The change i'm
the national administration passed without
any apparent disturbance to the financial
interests of the country, and the year closed
with healthy and promising prospect for
all lines of business. Agricultural products
have not reached the average in quantity.
but the appreciation in values has offset
the reduction in quantity.
The disagreements which have for some
time been smouldering among several of the
Atlantic steamship lines engaged in the
emigrant traffic broke out in regular war
In emigrant rates last January. Steerage
rates from British ports were reduced to
SIS and even So; from German ports to
$15 and later ON to SO. and from Scandi-
navian ports TO SIS. simultaneously with
this war in ocean emigrant rates came the
war in emgrant business between the sew
eral trunk lines from the seaboard TO Chi
cago. The result was that the rates between
New YorkEand Chicago. which for years
had ruled at Sl3. were reduced to 81. Con-
seqaently the through rate for emgrant
passage from German ports to Chicago was