12 NOVEMBER 1892, Page 2

The United States Government is evidently making up its mind

to check immigration sharply. Though there is no- cholera in America, and the epidemic is dying away in Europe, the Government, in order to prevent a future panic, has imposed on all immigrants a quarantine of twenty days. This almost prohibits the traffic, as the steamer companies cannot bear the additional expense. It is more than probable that, if this device is not successful, Congress will impose an import duty on immigrants, avowedly to prevent the arrival of paupers, but really to arrest the stream now flowing in from Eastern and Central Europe. Such a scheme would be popular in all the cities, as the artisans declare themselves subjected to an unjust competition by workmen of a lower grade of civilisation.