The record-union., 1893-09-21
PUT UP THE BARS.

just 2, 2,48l immigrants arrived at the
port of New York in July from Russia
Italy, Austria and Hungary, or 35 per
cent. more than in July of last year. A
very considerable number came from the
same countries through other ports. The
total input was not below $4,000. A large
number of these prospective American
citizens shipped from the port of Glas-
gov, the idea that all come from conti-
tinental ports being erroneous. The
American Hospital Inspector stationed at
Glasgow officially reports that, as a rule,
these immigrants are most undesirable.
The Inspector, referring to one steamer
load, said:
They are dark, swarthy race, with long,
dark, unkempt hair. The clothes they have
on are invariably old and dirty, and the peo-
pie themselves are never clean, not even their
hands and faces. There are a great many Jews
among them who Will not eat tOOd prepared
by Christians. They bring their food with
them, and this food is most likely to contain
cholera germs. The Allan Line, in one of its
houses, has a special Kitchen for the Jews, and
a Christian IS not even allowed TO enter the
room. Wnen L was inspecting the houses the
clearinghouse keeper permitted me to go in
as a special favor When the baggage is dis
infected all the food found among the clothing
is destroyed. The Allan Line has given its
employees instructions not to allow the emf
grants to place food in their trunks and boxes.
If the food of the .iewSls destroyed or lost
they will starye themselves on the voyage or
eat so little as to make themselves liable to in
fiction from The germs OF any disease with
which they may come in contact.
Cholera was brought to Hamburg and Glas-
gov last year by this class of emigrants, and
if the disease continues to increase in Russia
and Austria it viii be miraculous If it is not
brought here by them in the next two
Ia view of these facts, should recommend
that emf grafton from these districts or coun-
tries be prohibited until the present cholera
epidemic subsidies.
Referring to another shipIoad the same
officer, DR.. Simpson, uses even stronger
language and declares that they were the
worst lot of immigrants he had ever seen
or heard of.
The Hospital Inspector at New York
made similar report when the ship ar
rived, and added that if cholera is
brought to us-and it is strange that it
has not already come-it will be due to
admitting such people as these from the
cholera-infected districts of Europe.
The question suggests itself to every
reasonable man. What are we going to do
about it? Is this thing to go on until we
pay the fearful penalty? The testimony
at New York is that our country would
be far better off without these people.
even if no danger of pestilence were in
volved. We have temporarily suspended
immigration from Italy because of the
cholera, but it continues from Russia,
Hungary and Austria, which countries
are ravaged by the pestilence, and con-
cerning which the sanitary authorities
say that next season early they viii be
still greater sufferers, because of the in
efficient means employed to stamp out
the breeding places now charged with
cholera germs. which will mature, in all
probability, early in 1894. Now that
Congress is in session why not have the
courage to cut off this immigration !?
There is not now work enough for our
own. Why thrust these additional ele-
Inents of depression upon the labor mar
ket of the country?