Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-06-04
WEST RANDOLPH VT. JUNE4. 1891.

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immigration has been of most unde-
sirable class. 1t was thought that the
trouble in New Orleans might check
the Italian immigration but it does not
seem to have produced that effect. On
the other hand there has been steady
increase of these most undesirable i'm
migrants. Our immigrants seem to be
coming of late from the Southern ma
tions of Europe. We do not want any
more of this class. How shall we stop
them? We have dene something tow
ards checking Chinese immigration and
there is nothing to prevent applying the
same methods to check that from other
countries. We have laws regulating
these matters and what we need is a
more stringent enforcement of them.
This matter has aroused the attention
of the government and measures are
being taken to ascertain the true state
of affairs. Mr.. Foster, the new Sec
retary of the Treasury, is looking after
the enforcement Of the law. A COM
mission has been appointed, consisting
of Hon. Chas. II. Grosvenor of Ohio,
DR.. Walter III. Kempster of Wisconsin
and Joseph Powderly Of Pennsylvania,
to go to Europe and during the coming
summer study into the question Of inn
migration, ascertain how far govern
ments and municipalities are engaged
in sending undesirable classes to this
country. From what they have been
able to learn before going to Europe
they can make some startling disclos-
ures. Steamship companies are evi-
IDENTIFY in collusion with civil authori-
ties and bring paupers and poor at very
cheap rates and call it good stroke of
business. They have already been
compelled to take back some of their
passengers. 1t is plain that the au-
thorities at our various ports of entry
under instructions from Washington,
are looking after this business more
sharply than heretofore. Whether any
appreciable measure of success will at
tend these efforts remains to be seen.
There are so many party interests in
volyed, this raw material is so quickly |
manufactured into voters that it is the |
rather sought after than turned aside.
Party leaders may change their tactics,
however, when the rank and file discov-
er that the incoming multitudes are
taking the bread and butter out of their
mouths. Let us look at the statistics
Of immigration for April. $4,000 for
eigners landed at our ports this is 2O,-
900 more than came in the correspond
ing month last year. OF these $4,000
were Germans, 5000 Italians and 81
900 Slavs. The u. 5. consul at Glib
raltar reports that during the past four
months 20,065 Italian immigrants have
touched at that port on their way to
this country, while the Consul at Ma
pies writes under recent date that there
is an unprecented rush from that coun-
try to this, and that some districts are
becoming almost depopulated of men in
consequence. Some who sought homes
in South America were dissatisfied and
turned back, but for some reason they
take altogether too kindly to us. We
are in danger of being overrun by
new army of barbarians, even though
we have an ocean between us and the
breeding places of these migratory
swarms. The thing for us to do is to
enforce the legislation that we now
have until the assembling of Congress,
and then insist that Congress shall do
to check what has already
become a great evil and which uncheck- {
ed will grow into monstrous proper !
tons. We believe in Americans rul-
ing America. We have SO large pop
ulation that its natural increase will
soon fill up the country. If the census a
Of 1900 should not show the increase !
Of single soul above the present num- !
Der, we believe the country would be &
much better off than it now is. We
should have a respite during which we
,ould mould into civilized condition
portion of the material that now bur- t
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