The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-04-08

Increased with great faplolCy
tho last ten wears. In 1878 there W eo9
ahont 10000: in 1886, $1,000; IN 1921
thew had increased to 120,OOO; ana III
1888 to over $4,000" ~
The statistics of the Italian uo'-
eminent are incomplete. .u
This is, shown by the 1oilo"! .hs
comparison: According TO the
italian passport declarations Tue
destinations were as follows Tor
1887. United States, 1921; Argen-
fine. 1888; Brazil, 31,445-total Tor
those countries 121, O49; whereas, &C
cording to the statistics OF the coun-
tr;es of their immigration, their ar
,;rod in the United States, As, 256; IN
Argentine, 1879; Brazil, 4O, 1o9-a
total of 1884 In 1881 there
we're about 1926 permanent emlSrants
for every 100000 inhabitants. The
trans-oceanic emigration from Ger,
many for the same year amounted
to 2l3 per 100000; and IN Great
Britain and Ireland to ITO. Italy,
however, is one of the most thlckly
settled countries in Europe, having
a population of los to the square
kilometre. while Germany has only
| 81. France ", and Austria Cis- Llth-
ania "a. At the same time the ex-
cess of births over deaths IN Italy
per 1000 inhabitants is 1851, while
the emigration is little more than
four per 1000. The population OF
Piedmont as estimated in 1855 was
3,173,3O3, and the total permanent
emigration in 1888 was 1917. VI
these the province of Turin with a
population of 1,O52,O65, furnished
1925 emigrants. The small amount
of emigration from the large cities
of Italy is noticeable. Naples IS
the largest town with a population
of 494 ,314, and has density supe-
rior to that of London, Paris, Berlin,
or Vienna; yet It's emigration is less
than from many a good-sized VII
lage of the Basilicate or Colafria.
This is owing to the cheapness Of
living there and the case Of getting
livelihood; these, taken together
with the pleasure of living there,
destroy the inducements to emf
CRATE. Naples is perhaps the only
large city were the pure delight of
living at all ounter-balances the
desire to live better. The popula-
ton of the province Of Napoli, in
which Naples is situated reaches
the excessive figure of 2,495 to the
square mile. The causes of emigra-
ton from Italy are in part the same
as from other countries: bad har-
vests, low wages, want OF work, de-
sire to get on in the world or to lay
up money, and invitations of friends
who have already emigrated. But
the main cause of the great emigra-
{ ton from South Italy can only be
expressed by the word misery"
Sig. Nitti writes in his pamphlet
, ''He who has not closely seen the
, state of the laborers in Southern
, Italy can have no idea of the misery
which obliges them to leave their
native land. Add to this the sloth
, and vileness of the ruling class. In
some provinces every citizen who
can count on 500 or 600 lire of an
> nual income Is lire represents one
dollar thinks himself justified in
not workin, and, as they say, lives
on his rent Nowhere have [ seen
> so large a class of Migrants and Of
, those who live on their rents as in
} Southern Italy. Whilst in Pied
3 mont Is per cent of the Inhabitants
8 are owners, in Liguria 1870, in LON
{ hardy 5.72, the average in the Nea
: politan provinces does not exceed
3.4S." >r :. c.,