Telegram-herald., 1890-07-26

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triets q Ssw En nglsaa, where tas "a
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girls readily aad s@ELoyGs2s = -
cities
IAs Germans, beth II Peiat q IN
sers, iatsllizsRes, wealth aad sAi-l
easily lead az tks othsr Rstioaz-itlss-
They bEiag their families slih tAsA
aad gsasFally have enough HoaSy -
nAA3s payment ca snail western
farm or - stars grosery sore A-vy
bseons AmsrieasiEsd more readily tA4h
an others snd are quicker 10 grasp
TIE sPirit Of ozr institutions thsy
are also mere widely distrieassd over
ths co9ntry than any ether fersiga
people Every section, North south,
East and West Fseslving its proportion
Of the Tsat0ns
The Seaa9inzyiAns also form q very
thrifty, Industrious and prosperous
class, bat they are less widely dlnussd.
Nearly al are farmers and they 90 TO
the North ~sst-W Minnesota,
Dakota and Montana They are well
provided wita funds, buy farms. are
quickly sssimilatea, get rich and run
for the Legislature and Congress. AS
sn evidence of their progress / may
mention the fact that large parties OF
Seandinavians free asntiy pass through
here on their way - visit their former
homes whence they came as immigrants
g. - Al h. h.
very best steamers and bear every evil
dsnes OF being wealthy, Intelligent,
substantial citizens A few Seandi-
naviaa artisans 90 to New Jersey and
western New York.
''fhsre is a class of Russians who
come in limited numbers and who show
a marked contrast 20 the Pelanders.
They are farmers and 60 to Dakota,
where there are several large colonies
of them Some of the earlier arrivals
were very wealthy. One party of farm
ers comprising ten families bringing
sl00. 600 In cash and securities. This
movement WAS started by religious
prosecutions. They were required TO
perform military service and their
ideas were similar 70 those of tho
Qusksrs The Hollsnders are farmers
and almost all join their brethren who
are colenized in Michigan and adjoin-
Ing States. They are thrifty, but do
not assimilate as readily as the Ger
mans.
Few Spanisrds or Portuguese arrive
on the Atlantic coast. Their migration
is mostly to South America, although
! quite a number have entered California,
where they are employed in the vine
yards and orchards.
Taking immigration as q whole
during the last ten years there has
been a marked increase In the percent
age of those who go to the West. The
/ cheap lands, the subjugation of hostile
Indians and the remarkable growth of
the cities in the Mississippi Valley and
the Rocky mountains offer greater in
ducements to 60 beyond the seaboards.
Formerly one-ffth of all the immi-
/ grants settled in New York city, now
/ less than one-tenth remain here per-
T born residents in the newer sections of
! the West must have largely augmented
/ since the census of 1880.
I There is one factor in the problem
which has always been overlooked. A
certain proportion of the immigrants
return to Europe. The number in 1889
was nearly 100, 900. More than half of
| these probably come to America again.
but those who remain permanently in
Europe are usually the drones who
shrink from competition with the wide
awake American people.
"An extended experience demon
strates the fact that only a natural
immigration results advantageously.
Immigration stimulated either by the
importation of contract slaves, the
Misrepresentation of transportation
agents or the fanciful pictures pre-
sented by the agents of land grant rail
roads has resulted only in disaster and
harm, both to the deluded victim him
self and to the community at large.
whether this mighty stream OF
migration should be checked or not
may be debateable question, but GER
tainly the standard of the immigrant
has been greatly improved during the
past decade. GEORGE STARR,
"Csurnissionsr of Emigration