The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-29
"IMMIdRATI0N"'
ahs Intersstipg subject Of Prof
H6nls' Lecture
la ne Assembly Hoom Of ths oisy hAii
Friday hysnins'

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htAtlatloR, but n was nevertheless lhlpl
eatlnN From the doctors lecture eau
be cleaned the fact that Immigration
10 tins country M the last few ythlh Typ
beeu inefaakiiiq with startling fapldlly
and the dOetO, thought that TIC lllne
had now come ~ place holhe iestllpt'pl
npon ", We give below hl eAV'"V' VI
hIH lecture, os
"The subject OF Immigration IL one OF
vital importance, IN hpeahlnE ~ wv
matter we must draw hhh thhl Wenluu
place those that came here before llpp
All a different class Of Immigrants ifohl
here now, Those that came hele DO
fore 1890 might properly be called COL
onlatA, That immigration ealne very
early. AT tho breaking out OF the Eey.
oiution there were two and One'hhli
miilions of peOpIe here aud that mum
ber grew 10 three millions NJ the close
oft6e revolution, Those people who
eame here before 1850 might be called
ORIGINAL Americans, About twenty
eieHt millions OF our present population
came from those that we're here IN ilpO'
Nearly half OF our present population
NAV ia called native Americans, The
rapidity with which our Immigration
has Increased In tho last few years II
elartlinq. and II might be convenient
Ionlaeeaome restriction upon II, From
1870 10 1900 there were about hali q ml'
lion people that emigrated 70 our
ahorea. From 1890 70 $40 there were
over half d million OF Immigrants that
came here. From 1910 70 1850, tho fam
ine ia ireland, the building OF railroads
and the discovery OF gold In California
tended 10 increase immigration.
In those 10 years there came
nearly TIRES times 40 many people
10 OUT country 40 came In the proceed
inR twenty years, or about l3,OOOipOO,
From is50tu 1860 immigration lucfela,
cd more than twice ~ much ~ II al0
In thf preceding ten years, or 2Glpjb %,
From 1850 70 1890 the civil war aud Go.
preston Of 1873 kept many away III o.
1880 he number OF immigrants hRA li'
cfengrI enormously. During the past
nine yeHrB more Than twice 40 many
immigWnts have CONE here than In any
preceding ten yoan, About i,JNl,OOl
people have come here since 1881, one
half Of our foreign population has come
here since 1870. or our present popu,
lNtiou ona In six N foreign born, aud
one IN three In the Chlld OF parents who
were born In Europe,
EVILS AND BENEFITS,
Now let uH look at some Of the evils
aud benefits that come from lmmigra'
ton. ~ must DO admitted that
the building OF railroads
was only possible through I'M
migration, and that some Of the
best skilled mechanics, writers, think
era aud Generals In the late war have
been foreigners. One Of the evils OF
immigration Is that |pauperism and
insanity ar constantly increasing. Ia
sanity is threa times ~ great among
foreigners, prOportl0nately, than u Is
among our native population. Another
evil that arises from foreign immigr0.
ton, are the political evils If the
foreign population would distribute
itself with equal density among the
natives II would tend 10 become aSsim'
Hated, But the general habits OF Tor
eigners Is TO concentrate In districts.
The Mexican population Is cohcentrat'
ed In Texas, Arizona and California;
che Chinese In California, Oregon and
Nevada; the Hungarians In New York,
pennGylvanla and Ohio, and 30 on,
TwO.thirds of all the Germans In this
country are west OF Plttsburg, while
two.tnirds of all the Irish are east OF
Pittsburg and very few OF the foreign
Immigrants settle IN the South on &C.
count of the negro population. For
eign population usually concentrates IN
cities, for In lfty cities In the United
States containing over 10000 inhabi'
tants only twelve per cent. OF them are
native born. go
We need less unshilled foreign labor
In this country than we did years ago.
Now, our railroads have been built, ana
we have sixty millions Of people and
the natural increase OF these viii sup
ply all the unskilled labor thatwe need.
We need more skilled workmen. or
the foreigners that came 10 this coun.
try IL was found that s%eyenty.three per
cent. OF the Scotch males over Ia years
of age have trades; "a per cent, Of the
Germans; 80 per cent. OF the Englishi
45 per cent. Of the Irish; 40 per cent. Of
the Italians. 80 per cent Of the Aus
trians, and IA per cent. OF the Hun
garlans.
Now let us consider from whence
these foreigners come. A few years
ago all the emigration from Germany
came from along the Rhine, where the
people are more intelligent than ut
other places In Germany. Now they
came from the east along Poland, where
they are more ignorant; and the same
way with Ireland. Formerly they came
from the best portions Of Ireland, and
now they came from tho worst. Form.
erly not much emigration came from
Italy and Hungary, now about one
sixth Of the emigration came from
these places.
One of the reasons for this increase
in immigration Is that formerly they
came on sailing vessels. Now they
tome by steam vessels, The cost Of
oming is also much cheaper. Form
-ly IL would cost from $50 TO 800.
ow the cost Is about $40. Then again
my that come now have their ex.
SEES paid for them by friends in this
ntry. II is claimed by an agent OF
emen lire that In q single year all OF
immigrants that came 10 this
ry, 90 per cent OF them had their
SEES paid by friends"
IN " the lecture was over there was
ftk IN Interesting discussion on the
o which was participated in by
ieot, A. j.. KintZ, Joshua Hunt,
srs. nderhill, a Deuberite and sew
rs.
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