The Influx of Foreign Immigrants
IT now seems probable that the present year will witness a greater influx of foreign immigrants into this country than any since 1882. During five days of a recent week 10,000 emigrants left Liverpool for the United States. In one day 1,200 sailed from Queenstown. At many European seaport towns the emigrant carrying trade is unusually active. Five thousand arrived recently at Castle Garden in a single day, and indications point to larger arrivals in May. This unusual rush is attributed partly to the admission of four new States into the Union, and partly to the anticipation said to be prevalent that Congress will pass stringent immigration laws at its next session. Whatever its causes, we cannot view it with unmixed satisfaction. Every new immigrant is at any rate a fresh re-inforcement of the reasons for home missions.—Advance.