The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-11-25
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IMMIGRATION.
Tho game VIII Como when AmerlCane
win BE Crowded Out.

The game VIII Come When Americans
WIN Be Crowded Out.
The American people have never
thought that perhaps sometime in the
future a tide OF emigration may flow
from our shores as the tide OF immi-
grafton now flows toward US But
what Is to prevent II things as they
now exist continue For many years
tho United States will offer better OPP
portunities for labor than the old
world will offer. and just 80 long as
that is true. the steamships from the
old world to the new world will be
loaded with those who will be seeking
to better their fortunes. This country
is destined to have . very dense pop
ulation. Not only will all our terri
tory be occupied, but the time will
come when there will be thousand
farms of twenty thirty and forty
acres to one OF q quarter section. and
none Of larger size than 16O acres; and
this means the depopulati0n Of the
old world to q very sensible degree.
AS New England is now complaining
of abandoned farms Europe will in
time be complaining of lessen
ing population. Indeed it CON-
plains already. An Italian paper of
recent date says that last year the
number of emigrants rose from 217,-
24O in 1890. to 295 900, in round num-
bers-an increase of about II 900
emigrants of whom II. 600 declared
that they left their native land with
no intention of returning to it. Fur
ther the official statistics show that
OF the persons who emigrated with
the expressed intention Of never re-
turning. there were n, 900 in 1885.
IS. 900 in 1886. 12e. COO in 1887. 1885,
900 in 1885, 113. 900 in 1889, los, 600
in 1890 and 176. 600 in 1891. Thus
in the past seven years about 900. 900
citizens have abandoned their country
because they have despaired Of being
able to earn their bread at home
Last year the number Of people who
came to this country from foreign ma
tions was $50. 496. not including the
immigrants from the British North
American possessions and from Mex
leo. Thus the country is filing up,
and still there is more to follow.
Such foreign emigration. as would
naturally be expected. disturLs the
labor market Many of these people
are willing to work for less than the
native and adopted citizen is willing
| to work for. But we do not propose
to discuss that phase of the question
in this connection. It is to the fact
that an immense population is to oc-
cupy this country. that we desire to
call attention. Naturally the cities
will enlarge, and most of them are
too large now: Farming will be
+ loosely done by many Of these
people to the injury Of the land
and the encouragement of the,
poor farmer. Added to all these dis
advantages. suppose that the present
untrammelled exhibitions of greed
and plumber should continue; suppose
that trusts should be allowed to null
tiply; suppose the few should 90 on
getting richer and the poor should
continue to become poorer; suppose
in word. that the few. should make
it their business backed by class
legislation and the feebleness OF gov
eminent to grind the masses into the
dust absorbing the fruits OF their
labor and claiming to be Lords OF all
they surveyed, in what q compare
lively short period OF time almost
before the babe now lying in it's
cradle should go to its grave-the
people would think about emigrating.
But whether these last-nametl
abuses are permitted to exist orr. not
emigration will come. It will start
| first from the west to abandoned New
England and extend to abandoned
Europe. That is what the greed Of
steamship companies land sharks and
American demagogery is doing for
this beautiful country, While the
Farmers Voice would not forbid the
Industrious. honest foreigner who
wishes to become an American, com.
ing TO America. it would vigorously
shut out the criminal and the pauper
the loud -mouthed anarchist. and il
need not be said that it would put =
quick stop to the robb;ng OF the
masses.