Sierra County advocate., 1894-08-31
LEAVING THE UNITED
STATES.
Denver Ores and Metals

extraordinary spectacle Of more
people leaving the United States
than has come into it, has occurred.
Such state of affairs as this has
never been known before. Dur
ing the war and again after the
panic of 1893, the tide of immegra.
tion to the United States was
greatly diminished, but few left
the country, ard never was emi-
grafton turned away from this
country until this year, claims the
Empire of Finance and Trade.
The steerage travellers for Eu-
rope since January /, have aggre-
gated about 100000 people, or
about 10000 families, while the
arrivals have only been about &C.,
600 people, and the steamship
agents estimate that the outward
tide OF travel between July / and
Oct. 1,will aggregate another l00.-
600.
Few people have realized it, but
suddenly the fact is proclaimed
that the United States is no long
er the Mecca for the wage Garner
and freedom lover that it used to
be; and that the tide OF immigra-
ton to this country has ceased.
1t is true that the number OF i'm
migrants arriving to this country
has gradually fallen off in late
years, but even 1892 the arrivals
were nearly four to one in proper
tion to the departures, being 490,-
900 immigrants to $4,000 emf
grants, and no one suspected that
1894 would see figures entirely
reversed and the balance on the
other side. What therefore has
caused this sudden exodus and
changer The only answer that
can be given is that by placing the
United States upon the single gold
basis by congress, has 80 contract
ed the currency and affairs of the
nation as to leave it worse off than
Germany or other countries OF Eu
rope.
The allsufficient proof of this
lies in the fact that the emigrants
from our ports being mill hands,
factory operatives and coal miners,
etc, who are out of work and who
believe they can live cheaper in
their old homes in Europe on 1.-THE
money they have saved than to
stay here. Many coal miners who
have gone from the Pennsylvania
regions say that they have only
been able TO earn about 81 cents
per day for the past year and thai
they can do better than this in
Europe.
No laws restricting immigration
such as were talked of few months
ago, have been necessary to bring
about this condition. The knowl
edge or the facts has been all tina
was required. When ii was known
in Europe that wages in the Unit
ed States was good, people tlrong
ed here by the thousands. Blu
when it was known that all labol
here had been placed on Europe
an basis by the demonetization o
: silver, it was evident that as all th,
other things had been equalized il
Europe to this basis the laborel
, would find more work and lesi
: hardships than if he remained II
the United States, which couatrl
/ has yet to go through the exper-
ience that hos besee Europe in th'
J past.
> Is it any wonder that times ba-
] come more and more depressed
: when these facts are known. Tb'
: American people all along haC
], faith that some statesman woul'
I arse and point the way out OF th
J difficulty so that this ssedeninl
, condition would soon. pass away
q But as yet no day star has arisel
{ and the sigus of the morning hay
g not appeared.
. OF course the people still live IL
hope aud there Gan be no doub