Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-03
Immigration in Ten Months.

The Bureau of Statistics gives some in
teresting figures in regard to recent
immigration to the United States. Dur
ing the last ten months immigration has
increased to 623, ,45S, against 427 ,666 il
the same period of 1890. The larges
contribution to this swelling tide Of
immigration is made by Russia, and
amounts to 1,SSS. This is exclusive ot
2S,462 immigrants from Poland, large
proportion Of whom were subjects of the
Car. The two immigrations together,
amounting to 80, $50, show an increase of
nearly $4,000 over the immigrations
from Russia and Poland during the
corresponding period of last year. Most
of this undesirable acquisition of inhab-
itants is due to despotic government,
persecution and famine in Russia But
should this year of famine be succeeded
by years of abundance in Russia it is not
probable that there would be any serious
interruption in the de of immigration,
unless it should be arrested by legisla-
ton in this country. Whilst the Rus
sian peasants have almost fanatical
attachment for their wretched homes,
when they become once thoroughly
stirred by the impulse of migration there
is no predicting the extent of move
ment which has already reached such
formidable proportions. The people of
the United States have no right to inter
fere with the internal policy of Russia;
but they have right to protect them
selves from one of the worst conse-
quences of Muscovete persecution and
tyranny.
Next to Russia, Germany makes the
largest increase of immigration, the
number rising to 107, ,S35 from So, $50 in
the ten months of 1890. While military
conscription has always large share in
emigration from Germany, the recent
movement has been stimulated in no
small degree by the dearness of bread
in that country. There has been little
or no change in the emigration from
Great Britain and Ireland; but Italy has
sent 81 1887 of its impoverished inhab-
itants to the United States during the
last ten months, an increase of upward
OF 5000 over the large immigration of the
corresponding period of last year. Scan.
dinavia contributes 47,S71 new immi.
grants to Join their brethren in peopling
the agricultural regions of the North.
west.
1t is very evident from these returns
that the new laws of Congress to restrict
immigration have had very little effect
The eagerness of the steamship com
panies to secure the largest possible
human cargoes, and the industry of thei
agents, who receive liberal price upor
every head which they obtain, hav,
proved more than a match for tn,
vigilance and zeal of the officials VIII,
superintend immigration to this country
There is not district in Southern Europ
that has not its rival steamship agents
who fill the imaginations of the inhat
itants with delusive pictures of tn
blessings that await them in the Unite,
States. Russia, formerly so jealous o
emigration, is now glad to get rid of
portion of her population, whom famin
and persecution are converting int
deadly enemies of her government S
long, therefore, as no effective restraint
shall be put upon this class of immigrs
ton the movement from Russia an
from Southeastern Europe may be ex
pected to swell in volume. Record.