Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-01
rur rNAuauaArfoN QUESTION.

THE INAuaURATfON QUESTION.
The returns Of the census bureau upon
the subject q immigration are very
valuable. aud show that the time has
come for very rigid inquiry into the
class OF citizens we are receiving FROM
foreign nations The United States has
greater power Of asdmilating seem
ingly incongruous elements Of population
than any other country, but that power
should not be exercised beyond the limits
Of safety. II Is not SO much q question
Of quantity as Of quality, but the whole
mltgor should be very carefully In
qulrpd Into.
II Is interesting 10 note The proportion
IN which the several nationalitics went TO
make up the total Of our immigration Of
2.5G0O0O during the past ten years be-
tween 1SSO and 1880.
There was a time when the Influx 81
The natives Of Ireland led 70 the belief
that the Irish had taken America In
deed. there are stll those who believe
that there IS little lcft 10 complete the
conquest The Immigration statistics Of
Che last census decade are far from sus-
tanning the belief For instance. the
German empire has given to the United
States during the ten years mentioned
just $4,000 added population: Ireland
only 1900 Sweden has given MS during
the Same period 2SLOO0. while Canada,
third on the list. has contributed 20iooO,
which. with $4,000 from England, give
MS. leaving Scotia out an immigration
Of British subjects during ten years Of
$4,000 After England, which is
fourth on the list. comes Russia, which
sends M l47,OOO. mostly Hebrews, we
imagine. There have been III 600 from
Norway aud 13S,OOO from Italy. Poland
sent us $1,000 Ten years ago there
were only 1900 persons Of italian birth
IN the entire coutry. Now there are up.
ward Of $4,000.
Considering the percentage of Increase,
II Will be- surprising 70 lcarn that the
llupgarinns ore az the top OF the list
with record Of u,rensc Ia ten years OF
Az per cent The Germans come next
aud the Russians next Il Is an opinion
generally entertained that the Irish are
the largest settlers IN the cities This,
too, Is all wrong The Italians are
greatly ahead of them IN the percentage
Of the whole immigration In cities Of
over 5000 population there 10 a percent.
age OF % 10 the entire Italian popglS
ton. The next are the Spnninrds. with
81 per cent, and fraction. The next
the Russian with IS, the next the Poles
with 81. and the fifth the Irish with So
In ten years the Irish urban population,
stnnge to say, has decreased rather than
increased In the hfty principal cities.
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rHr XIV WRITING rHANsMirTER.
Professor Elisha Gray's telautograph Is
a success and win transfer writing or
drawings at any distance. AZ the trans.
hitting station. nu ordinary lead pencil
IL used TO write or draw the message or
picture to be sent, aud at the other end
Of the wirr there Is receiving pen
charged with ink, which moves simulta.
neously with the pencil In the hand Of the
scnder. THIS pen transfers TO paper a
fac-simile Of the message sent This
now invention IL simply an extension OF
the telephone principle. aud II IS pro.
posed In cities aud towns TO operate il
after the fashion OF telephone ex.
change. ANY person able to write can
use the teloutogrnph, and when tho
operator at the receiving end of the wire
IL absent he will find the message writ,
ten out upon HE return.
We can now talk at any distance, hear
az amy distance, write or draw pictures
NJ any distance IL only remains for US
10 be able 70 see and feel nj any dis
lance. The problem Of sight N now near
" solved, and within ten years, Il will
be possible for "A man to sit In his room,
see the opera. hear the music and yet
read his own newspaper Mt his own fire
side at the same time
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