The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-10-05
QUESTIONS OF THE
DAY.
A Vital Subject Bearing Heavily
Upon All American
Industries.

ments and the destruction of life
and property that follows, bring
into prominence a report just re-
ceived direct from the London
Board of Trade. 1t is a voluminous
work compiled by special commits
Sioners to the United States under
the direction OF II. Lewellyn Smith,
Commissioner of Labor, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the effects of
Jewish immigration into the United
=, States in its relation to the effects
ofsimilar immigration into England.
But scant justice can be done to
this able work here, as it goes into
a wealth of facts and statistical
tables far beyond any similar in
quiry on the part of our own
authorities. 1t clearly proves that
this class of aliens are seriously
damaging and threatening the best
interests of the country, and states
that "these Jewish immigrants are
dirty in their persons and habits,
and form a source of danger to the
health of the general community;
that being of foreign race, not
speaking the language of the coun-
try into which they come, they are
imbued with no spirit of patriotism,
and that any political opinions they
may entertain are such as would, if
carried into practice, subvert the
system under which the govern
ment of the country into which
they come is carried on. y
The fact that many agencies exist
for charitably assisting the immi-
grafton of these aliens, "tend but to
strengthen the objection to the
Russian jew as an immigrant, be-
cause it is at once assumed that the
necessity for 50 much charitable
assistance indicates the poverty
stricken and helpless character of
the people. If then with all the
advantages of this complete system
of assisted and specially directed
emigration the result is not what it
should be, the causes demand
investigation"
Owing to the difficulty of ascer-
tanning from the Treasury Immi-
grafton Department what the num-
Der of this Jewish immigration may
be, it pretending to keep no record
Of the matter-an astonishing fact
in itSelt-the British commissioners
were compelled to resort to special
inquiry, and find as near as they
can get at it, that from 1881 to 1892
inclusive, 317,94S Russian Jews
alone arrived in the United States
through the regular ports of entry,
but not including other localities,
and even this figure may be consid-
erably under the true number.
Polish and other Jews are not
included in the mentioned total.
Nor are any second class passengers
included for the port of New York
-79,294 Jews for 1892 alone are
included in above total.
. The report gives an elaborate
I account of the manner in which
a these aliens get possession Of all
5 kinds of American industries, first,
>. by working at wages with which no
r American can compete, then be-
s coming contractors, afterwards
traders and manufacturers, always
cutting under American enterprise
in quality and price wherever it in
any way hinders their own monop-
oily, until finally, Americans being
practically wiped out of the bust
n ness, the monopolists degrade their
: wares and ask for them what they
please.
| The clothing industry for the
: year 1890 in the United States in
cities of 10000 population alone,
shows a total manufacture of $780,
g 100000. OF this, Philadelphia
0 manufactured $40, 100000. GAS in
England it rests chiefly upon jew
ish labor, but so far as the chief
contractors in America are con
cerned, they are mostly Jews"
The following is quoted by the
commissioners from report of our
House of Representatives committee
on manufacture, 1892. Referring
Ito Jewish sweating shops this latter
report stated "The conditions OF
squalor and filth are such as in q