Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-11
A JEW on CAUSES or
IMMIGRATION.

HptOfnOu roniuultt ultCu~c' WV f"N'
ton Of "Immlgrati1n." He assigns
three causes for the movement OF poo
pie from one country to another. Ihe
lint Of these causes he says u the rest
lcs.ne.s " some minds. Nature de-
manJs activity In humanity. lest tor
pidliy and sioth may set IN and desrane
H. Nature also infuscs into some nm
adventurous spirit, over which Their
minds have no control. They are gen.
cfally tho most vigorous aud active OF
the race, Offer them wealth and honor
Mt home ami they viii not accept.
Their wealth and their happiness viii
he found In building new homes IN dis
tant climes. The monoiony OF n we'll
regulated life, 10 such, Is irksome, while
cvenhanging enterprises promise
pleasure aud happiness.
The sccord cause Is a purely material
and worldly one. one country holds
out superior advantages 10 another. A
higher price Is paid for human skin
aud labor In one plasc than In another.
As every penon In the labor markes
wishes 10 dispose Of his labor to the
best advantage, that person will natir-
ally seek the country which offers hun
the most advantages.
Tbs Ribbi says;
"lhc third cause Tor emigration 4 tho
lack u safety, or tho lack Of means OF
susicnancc experienced a, home over
population, famine. religious or social
intolerance. aud unwise legislation, force
people 10 leave their native land, even
against their will. and without much
choice ~ whore TO 70. Like swarm OF
locusis, they will be driven by the Wind
aud carried along without choice Ne IN
direction" q
lie then goes on 10 describe the ef-
fccts which those classes Of immigrants
will have In the county they settle
ia. The adventurous aud restlcs, class,
he contends, will ultimately prove
blessing. They may al nrst be guilty
Of many wrongs against natives, but
they will arouse these natives from
toTpidi,y and Indifference. In the end,
though individual natives may suffer
much. yet the country us whole,
beneiits by venturesome class Of Inn
migrants.
OF the second class the Rabbi says:
"rhe oncs who sock better market for
their talent aud working ability than
they can find nj homo are not dangerous
TO tho communities among whom they
settle. although thalr arrival may tond to
lower the n,io Of wages, aud thus bring
apparent hardship upon those who have
boon wont to consider tholr position
slnccurc Ths '-ctb,' who stands ready
To tika up the work which the striker
has dropped, because he would earn Mt
the lower rato OF wages which ho expect,
To resolve moro than hs over received boz
fore, has not only right to do 80, hut,'
though an Inconvenience to tho striker.
he IL q blessing to the land. whyg Not
because n lower rate u wages chotpcns
tho article produced. but because he
brings talent, knowledge, and energy
with him, aud thus holps to produce
more commoditlo, than were heretofore
turned out. Il Is mistake TO prohibit
or discourage the immigration OF this
class u laborors, especially into a land
the resources OF which have not by FAR
boon yet exhausted, but arc awaiting the
brain aud the hand 10 change them iuto
commodities. While momsntarlly their
influx may lower the price OF labor, In
shor, time thing. will ADJUST themselves,
and greater prosperity Of tho Land viii
DO the natural ouieome.p
The third class, tho Rabbi thinks,
may become dangerous and BURDEN
some 10 country. Ovorpopulation,
famine, religious and social intolcr.
ance, unwiso legislation, and NO on,
drive people out Of country In a state
Of Sdcspair and dependency. They
have not the energy Of the venture
some class nor the mercantile push OF
the second class, hence they are not
likely TO DO as beneficial to new coun.
try as tho first and second classes. Tho
Rabbi maintains that II Ia the duty
Of civilized governments to remon.
s,rate, and II need be, to cocrce gov.
eminent which illtreats la peo.
pie, into humane and decent
treatment. Aud where coun.
tries make point OF shipping
IL surplus populati on to another coun.
try, II should be restrained, and this
surplus not admitted.
The Rabbi Is certainly n little or In
the manner OF his treating the third
class Of inning rants. The Pilgrim
Fathers were the victims OF political
oppression Us well M religious persecu.
tlon, aud II cannot 10 said that they
developed into despairlng Or despond.
ing settlers. All the American colo
nIes were settled largely II not entirely
by Rabbi Schlndlef's third class, aud
his observations are not substantlated
ny the history Of any Of these colonies.
In country where population al.
ready abounds, vast influx OF op.
pressed people may have Joletcrlous
effects for tune at least. However, II
Is not true that religious persecution
has always n depressing or degrading
tendency. On the contrary, II the per.
secuted have the real spirit Of their re.
ligion, and the proper material as men
aud women, the persecution only
qulckeps their energies, their intellect.
uallty, aud their manhood. This