Telegram-herald., 1891-02-22
TIE OBSERVES.


rAs SAa1xs sA ia&Ea lxrakt~s.
TIE Intgsa States eEz2sasl statistics et
laaIlA gfAilaa for tlle year lsss. .Aew
thzs al IS pogss "a per eeat. IL shs
ss..nasgfAnss are laltaed We eonss 70
ia eoaelEy - w&a.lE. Iasss x1gs ssl
ess aFrsssls against cay AS .Tls IA
isse. ias lneTezse txing SASS, or
atous Is per esas- IN The iIan igFsIioa
from ths BRUSH Islands, however,
there wAs ceeTezse 81 lT.ss7, from
ls7 ,sl4 10 II. .sST. 0srnsay sent So
4ss iam grapss ssainsg 1855 The year
txlofe >@edea and h0gwSy oontribat-
% as, lefs al increase ~ oaiy rs over
tbe previous Year. Il can % seen that
the lotsl stnnsss atioa fnDna these great
sources. wnlek la former years iarn.
isaed nearly al our lnalfrAnls, wAs
actually lees by aooat IL so than IA
1853. Tins lesEes a net gain of
81 100 70 DC made up by other countries.
ltay furnished 50 $50 81 this lncreA -
and sent as q, ,sy2 INN grants, OF one
half more than Norway and Sweden
con molned, more tnan either England
or Ireland. and one-half ss many as
came from the British lsles. Poland
furnished four times as many lmnli-
grants as IN 1889, and li,s3l of total
galn. The Bohemian immigration was
three times as great a. IN TIE previous
wear, ana Increased 5l3s. Russia, not
including Poland, sent 40, Ss3 immi-
grants against 3S.i74. and Hungary
"a 9gf against 1878. Here Is gam of
ABOUT 90 ,o00 IN all, from come of the
most backward anQ least congen.al ma
tionalltles OF Europe, and the rest of
the increase over the immigration 0!
came mostly from the MINOR slayoule
countries OF southern Europe.
The meaning of these figures IS as
plain IS IL j. uLwelcome.
They show that the character OF inn
migration continues 10 change Tor tie
worse, as u has for years past, while
the volume is gradually increasing. Ii
the present inadequate supervision OF
immigration IS 10 20 on lndefiniteiy,
IL will be only a question OF a short
period before half OF the immigrants
seeking our shores wall be persons COM
ing from those portions OF Europe,
which have least IL common with the
laws, institutions, customs, or prlnci-
pies or the hlgnest type OF American
people. Yet Congress refuses 10 act IN
time, and seems Ia fear, nobody knows
lust what, unless Il he the fear OF pat
ronage IN votes. Certalniv not the
votes of intelligent American people,
most of them from intelligent foreign
people, who claim this country rs their
country, and who are among our most
respected law-abiding citizens.
The representative business men OF
New York, OF ali political shades, have
written 4 strong testimonial 10 James
G.. Blaine, the brilliant man OF Maine,
expressing their high OPINION and ap-
preciation of his 'action IN the matter
of reciprocity with Brazil" They
trust that the wise and far-seeing policy
thus inaugurated, may be extended to
other Latin American Nations, thus
materially increasing the commercial
prosperity Of the United States. Grand
Rapids will receive its share Of the ben
etit. Secretary Blaine 10 staunch
friend of the Valley City.
Hill put himself on record last sum-
mer, in a speech, in favor of free silver
coinage. Cleveland has lately put him.
self OH record against it. The silver
Democrats and the Alliance silver men
now have their choice.
When the Democratic party is en-
gagged in National struggle, it always
receives the sympathy and support Of
England. Now the English party in
Canada is lighting against a closer
union in this country, and its leaders
draw their strongest arguments from
our Democratic newspapers and
speeches. But Canada would bc r:os.
nerOus with the limited States