New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-27
cPOWTH OF THE NATION.

Cincinnati Is cOnsldcrdpic 0i'S' "
Francisco forms no mean part OF thao n'ish'y
AGGREGATION Of humanity which we proudly can
the Nation. But population as large DIS Oi"O
Of Cincinnati, and larger than that OF San Fran
CISCO has come to the United States from
across the seas since this year began. Inc
official report Of immigration is rendered IN
comnctc bv tho neglect Of Congress to providc
nv law for recording the number of Immigrants
across the Canadian and Mexican borders, ana
nv the refusal of the Treasury Department 10
make any returns of such Immigration, because
a complete return Is not possible In the hscai
roor 19s5. however, the incomplete returns
showed an immigration of $3.50 from Canaoa'
and since this Is manly record OF PERSONS
who migrated to this country from Europe
nv way of steamers landing at Montreal, anu
the other movement from Europe has been
larger this wear than in 1855, 1t may DC as
sumed that In eight months of this year not
less than $500 persons have come In by way
~ Canada The number of immigrants by sea
IN e,pbt months was 254679, against 24O,9l1
lost vcar 40 that it may be assumed that not
less than 100000 persons in all have rcached
th,s cnntrv as immigrants since the year began.
At the same rate the immigration Tor the enVHe
Familiar as all are with the general TACT tha'
| the immigration to this country Is large, Jew
| realize that there are eight States In INC Opion
| having a smaller population than thao WHICH
oomas To the country in single year from
! other lands This addition In the year looo
will exceed the entire population OF NcorasNa,
according to the last census, ana VIII eq"a.
about two-thirds of the entire popuiauoh VI
.,tt nnA
the State of Connecticut, with all It's clucs anu
its busy manufacturing villages, It's 1arIhs' us
shipping and its railways. Nor Is IL 10 INC loi-
GOTTEN that this movement bears testimony "
| tbe better condition and rewards OF labor here
than In other lands Immigrants come because
tbev expect to better their condition. what
thcir condition Is In other countries they know
better than any free trade theorists employed
bv the State Department can tell Them. NAT
the condition Of workers of similar capacity Is
in tbis country they learn by millions OF letters
many of them nclosing money, sent by theii
friends who have already found new homes III
This country. Many thoughtful persons arc
amazed when they consider that vast addllio'
to the laboring population OF the country
quietly absorbed each year without disturbance
and generally without producing Mt any pom
undue depression in the rate of wages. Cndc
other circumstances this could not happen
but the immigrants now come III great Par
upon direct invitation from friends, who nav
either secured places for them already, or nav
ascertaincd exactly what demand for labor thcr
ia and for what kind of labor, in some tow
- or county in which they live. Thus the imim
. grants come Just where they are most wanted
= The millions who have come already are a9ch'
=, of a vast immigration bureau, more powcri'
in it's influence and more accurate III us niloi
nation than any other yet devised.
The addition of a population greater than IN;
Il Of the State of Nebraska in single year D
} immigration alone is but part, and not III
i larger part, of the growth of the country
:. wealth producing power. Each year, II IN
- excess Of births over deaths remains at the san
u ratio as in the thirty years from 1870 to lSs'
~ tn re is AIDED to the population abou l, %
~ people in that way, and when the INNING rallo
u Is as large as it has been this year, the aggr
~ gate Increase of population is about as gre
- as the entire population of Iowa ana great
~ than the population of Texas in 1850. IL
~ entire population of this great city, accofuiI
% to the last census, was only as great as u
yearly increase in number of inhabitants
q this country is now by excess of births ov
- deaths. while about thrcc-quarters OF the pc
u lation of Brooklyn would represent the incrca
~ this wear by immigration from other lands.