The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-18

stall They Come.
Yes, eth the tide of immigration
comes across the Atlantic from the
old world, In the twelve months end
ing June 80. says the Hartford Times
the immigration from across the sea
reached the enormous aggregate OF
6l9.a2o souls, And they come from
nearly all the countries of Europe. 1t
Is possible that by adding the Cana
dian and Mexican immigration, the !
aggregate would run up to 900. an |
average of $4,000 month, or over |
Loo per day, The figures show an In
crease OF .Bs SPA over the preceding |
year. Nearly 80 per cent. or 400, 900 OF
these immigrants landed at New York.
Why do these great crowds keep on
coming to this country? Have not
the Democratic papers shown over und
over again that the country was God
cursed on account OF tariff protection,
that the poor are ground down, tramp
led under foot and oppressed? Have
hAVS NV ohO ONNA ohA VIVA chUah
how that the rich are growing richer
and the poor poorer Have not the
abodes OF labor been held up as the
abodes of squalid suffering aud mis-
ery9 Why then do these people come
hero when they know all this? Would
II not be much more natural for the
suffering poor people Of this country
to load the ships and turn their faces
towards Europe But they do not do
II. Somehow when they get here
they seem to insist on remaining here.
They hurry and get to work at tho
starvation wages of si.25, sl.5o, 81. sS.
"a. IS and as high as sS and sl0 day,
that they may send enough back to
their relatives and friends to bring
them over also. Thus the stream
comes on always westward, 1t never
goes eastward. Strange, is it not
These people certainly never see nor
read the Democratic papers. II they
did they would surely not start for this
protected country OF low wages aud
starvation.
Why even Great Britain, tho leading
country OF Free Trade, contributed
ll7,08S to this great army OF immi.
grants; England aud Wales send
50, lS2, Scotland II sos and Ireland,
poor dismGntled Ireland, ruined by
English free trade, sent over her usual
quota OF about 55, ISL.
The most gloomy picture about the
latter Is that the Irish Immigrants
driven from home by the ruinous ef.
fects OF English free-trade, when they
get to this country and get naturally
ed almost In q body do what the Eng.
lish free traders want them to do,
vote for Free Trade in this country.
They are willing to enjoy the good
wages they receive. but steadily vote
RgRinst that protective system that
brings to them better wages There
is something queer in all this, and un'
accountable. Other nationalities al
least divide, the most intelligent Of
them going to the purity Of protec
tlon.
italian immigrants during the yea
dropped from Is, I4S to 1914 Proba
bly, as result OF the troubles in New
Orleans. On tho other hand, the ex
pulsion of the Jews from Russia had
the effect Of nearly doubling the I'm
migrants from that country. the fix
ures being S4.251 for the Year endel
Inn r.
ceding year. The Immigration from
Sweden and Norway advanced from
s9,392 TO 57.1j3-a percentage OF In
crease closely approaching that OF tn
immigration from Germany. Ancien
Poland, too, sees the light IL the West
and uf her "a, 100000 people, 50. 90 ileI
to America TO escape from RussiaL
Austrian aud German rule. I'll
largest parts OF this Polish immigru
ton, however, was from russian Tel
r.tory. .@...
We suppose there is no way to sto
this great stream oil Immigration
though many OF the Immigrant
are unworthy OF citizenship. III
Democratic papers arc evidently no
believed or 1t would stop. The III
glishman, the Scotchman, the Welcl
man and the lrishInan (laborers) be
lieYe that st.25 day in America
better than 50 and co in Great lirttali
and OH they come. The German loul
at his seAnty As cents day and buI
dies OF to America. The Italian think
el.25 is better than 80 cents and
packs up his traps and makes for u
nearest steamer for America II
Poland and Russian Jews, think wor
Ing in America at 81 % u day belt
than starving ut homo and on tht
come. The Hungarian and Austria
would rather sweat before the fu
nuces of Homestead and the col
ovens of McC0nncllsSille at IS di
than to exc out miserable eXsteu
at home on ~ cents a day, the hiShe
wages for labor in Austria.
When will this great stream of ii
migration stop When the pemocra
elect Grover Cleveland or some 9TH
free trade President und get CONT
of both Houses of Congress. 1t "
stop when tho Mckinley tariff Is
pealed and American wages cut doy
to level with English wages. Yes,
will stop then and wotkingmen N
then turn their faces towards Eurol
Ali who want that time to come shot
vote for Grover Cleveland.
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WHILE the delaware Democra
were in State Convention at Dover
Tuesday, declaring that the count
was ruined by the Mckinley tar
one Of the largest tin-plate manuf
tories in Wales was being reinoY
over to this country, and was settli
at Gas City, Indiana. 1t will EN- pl
one thousand hands. Gas City is OF
six miles out Of Marion III Indiana, a
Is connected by an electric railrot
n Gas will be used for fuel and furnis
oil free. Under protection the city
Marion has increased from 10 maj
Raat,,Tfaa In 1877 ~ mo Ia 1907 ,