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Show IMUIIJIUTION AMI HEM MCI ION. During the past two weeks coret tf petition have been pretentel to Con gres, asking that body to take Immediate Im-mediate action In regard to a further reatrlcllou of laimlgraltou. Homo of the petitioners ask for the Imposition of additional teats of literacy and property. pro-perty. Others want Immigration sua-peuded sua-peuded for tone year, during the teasou of tho World's Fair. Htlll others request the cuactmeiit of a law prohibiting any further Immigration of foreigners into the Uuliof Btalos. riiureatons urgoJ for new legislation legisla-tion on this subjeot are vsrlous. rfomu assume that continued Immigration Immi-gration mean Increased taxation for the urpoe of maintaining police foroi-t, reforoiatirleianl alma liouaes; workmei aasert that competition will lowarwae.; a id capitalists fear that strlkesand buynot will cut down the margin of -roll!. All of tho ovlla which beset the nation are not, however, due to the Influx of foreigners. Tho westward tide of Immigration has been a ow-erful ow-erful fnotor In developing the material resources of tbo country, and In glv- tnv llfn Hntl vlivn- In lla InatlliiMrina The accumulation of Ideas front all sources hat bteD a great boon to soolal and business life. With tho pauper and the criminal rxoludod, a they now are by t,luto, which alio empowers the IVeeldent to suspend iru nutation III esse of timergenoy, It I doubtful whether mora la ntcsiaary at preaent for the country's welfsre than a strict enforcement of existing laws. In view of a probable outbreak of cbolura In Kuroix-, on the approach of warm weather, It may bo Judicious to extend the prohibitive policy Invoked by 1'realdent Harrlton. The exljouclea of the caaa laat year rumlred the prompt aud declalvo moaaures adopted; and similar or evon stronger reasons may exist tblt eon for Isclr continuance. continu-ance. For all of this, the law as It stands Is sulllclent, Dutlug the past year there were 374,711 Imoilgrants admitted at the pot of New Vork, with occupations classed a follows: Architects, 72; brewvrs, 60.1; butchers, 18H; barbers, BID; bakers, 1553; blacksmith, 1730; bariendors, 2S), bricklayers, 710; oar-penteis, oar-penteis, 3uo0; cabinetmakers, 1459, confectioners, 377; olgar makers, 0.4; cooks, 4)1; coopers, 431; ftrmen, US,-UI2; US,-UI2; florists, C(jS; gardeners, 7ul; hatters, 418; Ironiuolders, SOD; laborers, 1UI.3 H; locksmiths, 1100; iaundrymen, 1.'; masons, 3331; miners, 407u; machinists, 107.'; millers, OJ'J; muslclans,U(S0, paluten, llii; poddlirt, 7o9; plasterers, 209; porters, 21.'; potters, U7; printers, S3:; saddlers, 67J; shoemakers, !U75; spinners, 431; tailors, 6,07t); tinsmiths, 733; tanners, 073; wagousmlths, 410; weavers, 1,631; waiters, 703; all other occupations, 14,-701; 14,-701; no occupation, including women and children, 1110,039; totsl, .174,741. The destination of these peoplo wa aa lollowal AUki,,,. 7 i Monlsns 1,101 AUbauSw.,.,1 SOT Mft-isemiaetts 10,tlJ Atisoos ,... 1-1 I Ser llaiipsUtrs 714 Arkansas ,.... SM Voilli uarollo. HI I onnectlcut .... 9 lif 1 Noitli lukouw, 2 3J1 Lolirila.. lilt ,N. oralis l,4 LSlirorulSMWM.4 ,S-I I SCTS11S......WM 4JJ Helawsre ... 4,0 I New Jersey-., I3,i0 to airirt ol to. Now Mssilo 1JS Illinois ... 411 I J.ew loit mtl'l riiirios ill liliio I,,l I.enrKIa-... mm Vi I Htesim. ...... "U loauns 1,0.0 I IViiusjrlvaiiU &l,al4 loiliaii lernlorr wl Idiulo Islso l... vu Illinois oo souin sroilD. WA Iowa .... S.WH soma !alots tiuO lilalm 311 lemxi.oo -l keuiarir. . CI liiss J,i .1 Kansas,. ..-. t.UI , III U,...,. 4 1 Irfiulslans Ul I ermoul nil Mains . 3U1 t. ir una . . 1X1 tlsrrtaoil-..,. t,ea l est irlalaM ul llU'(ii.n.... .... .I30 M iODi.il..-. 7,740 )li...,un..,. ,. sij-i Uaimoston i,o;t Mluuv.ola S.li'i Vjroiinug.mHM.. 4U) Oll.siaili . till Them statistics give an Idea of the tlosa of peoplo admitted as Immigrants, aud altu nliow their general distribution distribu-tion over tbo country. Tbey come from almoit every i:urooetu naliou. It will os readily soon that during dur-ing thn provalenca of cholera or any great erdlsrnlo lu Kurope, the eiiforiemout nf propur tjuarautlne makis prohibitive measures against limil, ration a necessity. Hut outside of null an emergenuy, the country has not yet reached a stage when It oan profitably exclude Indtiatrlo is, liouest and Intelligent settlor from tho Old World. |
