Europe gave us in 1880. 442.097. other countries of America gave us 142.25. Asia added 7.098. and Africa and the isles of the sea 2.283. Only yesterday 5.483 immigrants landed at Castle Garden. enough for a large town. You can estimate their pecuniary value at $80 per capita in cash. besides the natural wealth of their sinews and energies. It would be run up to a half million. and uncounted possibilities of value beside. Considering merely the monetary value of this immigration. and counting each immigrant as representing in cash $80 each. and in potential capital at least $1.000 each. and since the value and number of immigrants has greatly increased and is increasing. hundreds of millions represent in a moneyed waythe magnitude of this exodus from the Old World. Shall it not be regarded in the census of values which make up the wealth of our nation? Does it not demand legislative protection ? It mattersnotwhat brings these immigran ts here. They come. It may be a crisis in labor and in finance abroad. it may be overtaxation. discontent. and impending revolution.
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