L. Dingley. in his recently issued and in every way admirable work. Studies of European Immigration. truly and tersely puts the proposition thus: The factors of organic evolution are two. appetite and affection. As Schiller says: "While philosophers are disputing about the government of the world. hanger and love are performing the task." The imposing movements of population in modern times obey the same law. they are irrepressible as they are irreversible. The stream may be dammed or diverted. but can not be stopped. The wise legislator will not legislate against nature. He will seek to divert where he can not stay. to direct where he cannot annihilate. I * * Emigration is a barometer of two social conditionsit tells of the pressure of the social atmosphere in the country whence it comes. and inthe country whitherit goes. And in this connection the facts concerning immigration so far as they have affected and promise to affect this county. are interesting and instructive. The inspired word tells us "the days of a mans life are three score years and ten." During this periodthe Biblical limit of a lifetimein the last seventy years. 15. 000.000 of people have emigrated from Europe to the United States. The number at first view seems large in the aggregate. but it gives us an average of less than 214.300 for each year.
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