The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-03-26

Of life at home. About y per cent.
Of the Immigrants from British
: ports IL furnished by the Continent
Of Europe. In the first eight months
Of 1890 the number or Continental
emIgrants from British ports to the
United States was 81, Sli, while
those Of British origin numbered
1O6, l23.
The classification Of British and
Irish emigTanis In 1889 IL worth
nothing. IL consisted Of 20.2I9 mar
red women, 1892 married men,
PASS children 12 years and under,
. 9,2IS single men, 1924 single
women. The classification Of Con-
tlnentaI nations does not vary
materially from this after emigra-
ton has become well established.
The number Of children emigrants
from British ports In the 10 years
ending with 1889 was 8s5 ,sT9.
Since the recent legislation in this
country against pOlogamy, the
number Of women emigrating under
Mormon influence has diminished.
The number Of families has In
creased. Jewish immigration Is
growing under the pressure Of per-
seeution In Eastern Europe, aud
assisted by Jewish bsnevoIence.
EInaseIai Eject Of EmIE -siI IN n nd need
orCSrrruI suP-rvIsIon
The tendency in recent years 10
larger emigration from Eastern
Europe and Asia has emphasized
the need 81 more careful supervis-
lon OF all immigration. As facilities
are extended the United states will
become the Mecca Of the poor and
oppressed OF all other countries. As
In the case Of the Chinese, the single
emIgrant cunning to this country,
perhaps by accident, may start
stream which, unless confined, will
menace our institutions. Laws to
guard against such a result, but
liberal enough TO permit desirable
Immigration, cannot too soon be
enacted.
The financial effects Of emigration
on Q large scale are sometimes over
looked. Probably forty per cent. Of
the enlgTants TO this country are |
assisted by prepaid tickets, or money
furnished Ly relatives or friends
who have preceded them. In this
way hundreds Of millions Of dollars
have been taken out OF the United
States and distributed among the
poor Of every nation In Europe. 1T
IL not too much to say that II Europe
were for one year deprived OF the
vast sums sent thither from the
United States by immigrants. and
taken there by the visiting and re-
turning immigrants, every depart
meut Of European enterprise would
feel the shock" Every year large
Of emigrants, especially
the Italians, return for a brief visit
to their old homes. Their presence
among their old friends. with all the
evidences Of prosperity. and making
known the customs and institutions
Of their new homes, gives new Inn
pulse TO emigration, and cannot fail
10 influence the customs aed instI-
buttons Of their native lands.
The industrial results of imnIigra-
lion are often misconstrued by those
who point TO the Protection OF
American labor by duties on the
products Of foreign labor, aud
demand that the foreign workman
should also be excluded or taxed.
The author OF the report under re-
REV wisely saysi Mature herself
protects the home workman by vIr- t,
ne Of the Intrinsic expense and DIFF
ieulty Of moving msD. Not until .
hunger and hardship have become
will men fOIsake all that 4
hey have TO seek 9 land to whose
manners, custom and I
they are alien. There is o r
az OF nature on the emigrant which :
he cannot evads. The fact that In
he midst Of enormous immigration 4
RACES In the United States have been | 4
and advanced IL . prac- \
ical answer to him who thinks
american labor 10 not the best Pro-
scted Of all the Protected commodi- :
les" IL might be added that n
over wages should follow increased
the evil world correct
tself, for Il would diminish the at
raction which msiuly causes emf.
ration.
The migration Of races from the
East 10 the West has been going for
Tsrd internationally since the earli-
81 times under the stimulus Of over
opulutIon and une durable suffer-
ngs. But what wss formerly spas
aodle has nov become constant.
Is 10 aaeient times all roads led 90
Iome, nos ali reads over land aud e
20 lead 10 the OPen heids Of the a
lev World. At the dawn Of mod 4
m history we iind whole nations q
nder strsss Of hunger and var =
'sversing Eastern Eurape 10 reach =
be more hospiiabie plains ofFranee, OF
Isly aud Spain, covering the period m
long life In the joarney, and
thelr pathway with sIangh-
q end desOlution. The emigFant Of Of
ar day moves singly or In family u
roaps. HE course ls marked with ~
nblsms Of peace. His health 70 3,