| Show immigration AND restriction wm during the past tw two 0 weeks scores of petitions pe have been presented to con gress grese asking that body to take immediate action in regard to a further rie restriction of immigration some of the petitioners petition ers ask lor for the imposition of additional tests of literacy and property others want aaa migration immigration sus sue pende i for out one year during the season f t the worlds pair fair still others request the enactment of a law prohibiting any further immigration of foreigners into the united states rho fhe remon rem rea on oos urged for now new le legislation gidia on this subject are various some dome assume that continued immigration means increased taxation for the purpose of maintaining police forces reformatories reforma reformat torie orle i an I 1 alms hou bounce iee assert that competition will lower wage and capitalists fear that strikes and boycotts boy cots will out cut down the margin of profits all of the evils which beset the nation are not however due to the influx andux of foreigners the rhe westward tide of i has been a powerful factor lu in developing the material resources of the country and in div lote laic life and vigor to its institutions the flie accumulation of ideas from all sources has been a great boon to social and business life with the pauper and the criminal excluded as they now are by statute which also empowers the president to suspend immigration in oases of emergency it to Is doubtful whether more is necessary at present for the count rys le welfare than a strict enforcement of existing laws in view of a probable outbreak of cholera in europe an on the approach of warm weather it 16 may be judicious to extend the prohibitive policy invoked by freibe present dent harrison the exlie elige oleo cies of the case last year required the prompt and decisive measures adopted an I 1 similar ur aveo ven stronger reasons may exl exi it l this seison fur for their continuance for all of aa thin lb the law as it stands Is ie sufficient turing the post past year there were immigrants admitted at the port of now new york with oua ons classed as follows architects 72 brewers butchers but chere 1814 barbers barbern bakers 1583 blacksmith 1786 bartenders bricklayers carpenters cabinetmakers 1459 confectioners confection ers olgar cigar makers cooks coopers farmers 28 florists firis ts gardeners 71 batters iron molders mo lator laborers ers locksmiths lock smiths 1196 lau laundrymen men 12 masons miners mach machinists iniste 1672 millers painters 1425 1426 peddlers plasterers ili porters printers saddlee lem shoemakers spinners tailor ta tinsmiths tanners wagon smiths weavers 1634 waiters wai terp all other occupy ions no do occupation incle ling women anu and children total too destination of these people was as follows follow a alaska 1 7 montana ijo 1102 alabama massachusetts arizona A ew ha upshire 71 1 arkansas north carolina connecticut noy coith th dakota 2293 J colorado 1743 nebraska california nevada delaware 7 new jersey district of columbia new mexico 41 new york florida 84 ohio georgia oregon ludiana indiana pennsylvania indian Teri territory liw 29 1 rhode island 2814 illinois south arolina arolin iowa south dakota 1310 1300 idaho tennessee kentucky texas 2290 kansas 2431 utah 49 louisiana vermont maine vir inia maryland 2036 2035 west virginia 64 6 4 michigan W scon sin missouri washington 1077 minnesota wyoming mississippi these statistics statistic give an idea of the class of people admitted as immigrants and also show their general distribution over the country they come from frow almost every Eu edrodean roDean nation it will do da readily seen that during the prevalence 0 of cholera or any great eaid epidemic to in europe the enforcement of proper quarantine makes prohibitive measures against immigration a necessity but outside of such an emer emergency genoy the country has not yet reached a stage when it can profitably exola le Is industrious honest andi tell igent settlers from the old world |
