The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-12-22
IMMIGRATION.
II It be not Stopped Cholera may Ravage

II It be not Stepped Cholera may Ravage
the Country.
Some time ago the ScnaAs Committee on I'm.
migration. seeking to learn the opinion among
the physicians of New York Of the danger oil
the appearance Of cholera in this country, ad'
dressed q series of questions on the subject to
about dozen Of the most eminent Of them
Replying to these. there was q general consen.
sus of opinion expressed by tho physicians
that great danger of the appearance of the
cholera exists in the public mind and among
physicians They said that the most rigid
quarantine abroad should be adopted the most
rigid inspection of steam ers required, and
strict quarantine be imposed on vessels arriv-
ing in this country. All these requirements
should be under the direction of Uniteu States
officers. If these suggestions are impracticable,
migration shonld be suspended for at least
one year.
Representative Brosius, of ancaster, Pa, has
introduced a bill into Congress whose provisions
he believes will cover all requirements for the
avoidance of the cholera plague His bill pro-
vides for tho establishment by the Secretary OF
the Treasury of Federal quarantine stations at
Portland, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and
BaltimoYs, and these stations and all others
shall; be conducted by the United States Marine
Hospital Service under direction of the Sur
geon General. The bill also provides for the
erection of suitable buildings and appliances
for the distinction of clothing, etc. The bill
further provides that, 81 in order to protect the
people of the United States against the intro
duction of Asiatic cholera, immigration from
European and Asiatic countries shall be sus-
pended for one year from the passage of the
act" Seven hundred Thousand dollars are to
be appropriated for the purpose of establishing
the proposed system of Federal quarantine.
The usual penalty clause is attached to the
bill.
The Governors of many of the States have
been heard from on this subject, and almost
unanimously they are of opinion that immigra-
ton, II not stopped, will cause disaster in this
country. OF course, there are plenty of citi-
zens who for selfish motives oppose this. The
steamship companies will lose money, and are
indeed losing money heavily now, as they are
not, with few exceptions, bringing in Storage
passengers. Last week a load of 2, 1858 Storage
passengers came into New York on the North
German Lloyd steamer from Bremen. Gustave
II. Schwab, President of the German Society of
New York, appeared before the Senate Com
mttee on immigration last week. and declared
that and made general statement regarding
the companies. He expressed the belief that
the magnificent development of the material
resources of our country was due to the enOr-
nous immigration of the last half century.
He argued that Americans would not and
could not perform the heavy manual labor and
manual service required in the development Of
the country; therefore, immigration was
essential.
Suspension could never be enforced, as the
northern and southern frontiers could not be
protected, and the danger from cholera would
be increased because quarantine could not be
maintained on these frontiers He held that
sanitary science could prevent the introduce
ton of disease under..the present system and
announced the willingness of the steamship
companies to mantain the quarantine for i'm
migrants at the points of departure, and i'm
piled that the United States would be guilty of
a violation of treaty obligations if it passed a
suspension law.
The Toronto (Canada) Mail, in an article on
the immigration outlook, says: According to
cable dispatches Sir Charles Upper views with
satisfaction restrictions which Americans are
about to place on immigration, for the reason
that he(expects that as a result there will be a
diversion of the stream of moving population
from the United States to Canada"
The Mail thinks if Canada is only to get
such people as the Americans absolutely will
not have, owing to their inability to sustain
themselves. the influx will be by no means a
subject for congratulation. In summing it up
the Mail says: "Our supply of peanut mer-
chants and of rag and bone men is already
quite equal to the demand, and our cities cam
not supply persons who are not actually en-
gagged in productive industry"