Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-09-25
IMMIGRATION.
Its Increase Only D~noaatraiea The
vaiur Of Omr Last Tariff Law.

American Economiss
a corrre pondent calls attention to
the fact that our immigration was
'nnch larger last year than tho pre-.
c-di"e year, and bew4ils the fac, Is
It our o~n woskinRmen we're being
crowded ont by the newcomers.
1t j. true that the I'm migration Of
the last fiscal } ear showed an increase
OF lO4,277. aud " hat greater arx ume mt
coul't be presented showing the value
Of our las, Tariff law? The wmkmen
Of ether countries have been quick to
See that tn. re- would b- 81 imcrexs. d
demand for labor. and 1t high rates OF
wages. It is the same I'D story over
again thar we have witnessed to, many
years. During every period OF indus
trial depression the statistics show
that immigration has fallen Of largely.
While 0" the other hand, during every
period IT industrial activity aud com.
mrrcisl prosperity we end the number
of alien passengers arriving in the
United States numbered l22.812;
during 1873 the number had increased
to 473,l4l. ARai" in 1873, = p~riod
of industrial depression, immigration
had decreased to 1916; while in
1882 it had gone up 70 Sl6.z72. Yet,
i" spite Of, or rather by the all Of, the
Is millions Of foreigners who have
come to our shores in the last century.
our wealth goes on increasing, and At
y much gr-.tet rate per capita than
dues our population. As President
Harrison m Ut ters-ly and truly said
"One fact Is enough for me. The
gates of Castle Garden swing inward.
They 10 not sw.hg outward 10 any
Amer,can lsborer seeking = bette {
country than his. These men ", o
have toiled Ut wages in other lands
that barely sustained life, anu opened
no avenue II promise to them or th.ir
children, know the good land Of hope
as ~ell as the swallow knows the la,
Of summer"
Statistics show that the foreigne,
consumes but $4.t2 worth of GU,
agricultural produce, while ever,
workman in this country consume,
over 800 worth. Ii, therefore, the
555,456 immi grants Of LAST year Ia
remained at home, they would have
consumed only about $780, liz
worth of American produce, while a.
It is now our farmers market is in.
creased to the extent Of $50, 900, 900,
But no, alone will they benefit the
farmer; the tailor. the shoemaker, the
halter and many Others sll receive
their share Of their own ample wages.
They have ceased to he paupers and
have now become American freein-n.
Many will soon own their own houses,
which will he comfortably and nicely
furnished; their children will be we'll
cl"the,i and we'll educate d; their wives
will no longer drag the pillow and work
III the mine, AID the little savings
hanks around thu corner will show at
the end Of each year an increased
amount laid aside for rainy day. As
Colonel InRersoll has 80 happily put
1T: 1--WE have taken the failures o.
Other countries; We have taken tn
men who could not succeed IN Enx.
land; we have taken the men w'o
have been robbed ant tramp 4 upon
we have taken them int, this
country. aud the second generation
are superior to the nobility Of III.
country from which their fathers
-ni.rated. We have taken the Irish
msn-r"hbed; we have taken the
Foreigners from the almshouse, and
have turned their rags into roh-s; VIZ
have transferred their novels and hu,s
INTO palaces; out If their paupers we
have made patriotic, splendid men. -
We do not ad crate unlimited and
unrestricted immigration. Let our
laws he such that we caunot he i'm
posed upon by the pauper and con-
vic,s of other worlds, and we need
have no fear that we cannot care for
al who come, and that they in turn
will make good American ci,izrns
each adding to the wealth Of GU,
grand country.