Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-11-27
immigration and Protection.

Under the heading of "1'he Move
ment of Labor" the New York Tri-
bune was rash enough last Monday to
appeal TO the statistics of British emf
grafton for an argument in support of
tariff system that increases the cost
of everything. 1t sipows that of the
total of British emigration for 10 years
IS per cent. comes to this country;
11.9 goes to Canada; l5.2 per cent. goes
to Australia. and SO to all other coun-
tries.
But these figures have no more to do
with protection than they have with
the tides. Canada has the protective
system; so have most of the Australian
colonies; there is. in fact. no free trade
country OF any extent TO which British
emigrants can go, go there can be no
comparison between emigration fiom
England to free trade countries and en-
igration from England to protection
countries.
There are some other comparisons,
however, which can be made, but the
Tribune won't make them. The move
ment OF population from Canada and
Germany to this country increased
very greatly Immediately after the
adoption of the protective system in
those countries ten or dozen years
ago. The emigration from Great Brit
ain and Ireland to this country was in
excess OF the emigration from this
country for many years, but in each Of
the five years lSS1-5, both inclusive,
the emigration from protective Ger
many largely exceeded that from the
United Kingdom. After this there
was a return to the old ratios.
Most of the emigration to Australia.
like all the emigration to Canada. and
all the emigration to this county, Is
an emigration To protective country.
But the two largest colonies of Austria
liza represent the two opposing COM
mercial policies, New South Wales
having revenue tariff, and Victoria
a protective tariff. The official stats-
tics of these colonies show that New
South Wales gets very much more inn
migration than Victoria does, and In
fact draws population not only from
abroad but from all other Australian
colonies.
We do not, however. need to go so
far as this for interesting statistics Of
emigration that the Tribune will never
publish for the benefit of its readers.
In the fiscal year 1859 there came to
this country from Great Britain ana
Irelahd 153 $40 immigrants. The Tri-
b4ne says they came here because the
tariff makes the condition of the work
ing classes SO much better here tn anti
is abroad. The condition undoubtedly
is better, but if the tariff has anything
to do with this why is it that 80 few of
these immigrants belong to the pro-
tected occupations? We have done q
great deal by legislation to make the
iron business profitable, yet out OF 153,-
600 immigrants only sb5 were iron
workers; we lured over here just one
iron worker PR day from the whole of
the United Kingdom. We have done
great deal by legislation to make the
manufacture Of cotton, woollen, silk
ard flax goods profita BILE, and yet all
the iyers, flax dressers, spiuners.
weavers aud wool sorters, that we inn
ported from Great Britain and Ireland
during II months numbered ,496-just
about four day-0ut of a total immi-
grafton of 153 900. We have done a
good deal by legislation to make the
manufacture Of cutlery. glass, gloves,
hats and pottery profitable in this
country, but all that We have done at
tracted from Great Britain and Ireland
in 1889 only 81 hatters. so cutters, 43
potters. 26 glove makers aud four Whole
glass blowers, out of an i'm migration of
153 900. How does this happen If it
pe our tarif1 that brings the English
men, Seotchmen, and Irishmen over
here?
IF the Tribune wants to know W hat
classes do come to this country we will
tell it. The six handicrafts, tailors,
shoe makers, nasons, stonecutters, car
penteTs and blacksmIths furnished s.
2l0 immigrants, or about three times
as many as all the protected textile
and iron trades. The three large class
es in this years British immigration
were the farmers, 4 4,644, the servants,
is $50; and the unskilled laborers, &c.
55S,
The tariff does not do much for these
classes. does il?
The tariff brings good deal of Brit
ish capital over here, but Ii doesn'E
bring much British skilled labor ovcf
here National Democrat.
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