The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-12-06
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.
Report s1 ths Chief OF the Bmreau OF Ssa-
tlsales.

The recent report of the Chief Of the
Bureau Of Statistics, at Washington, SAYS
The importance Of obtaining and pub
fishing accurate statistics, not only Of the
ages, sexes, and ports Of arrival, but Of
the nationalities and occupations Of the
large and increasing number Of immigrants,
has imposed additional duties on this di-
vision. Special efforts have been made to
to induce greater accuracy on the part of
those who originally record the data, 50
that the compilations published by the Bu-
reau may be full and trnst worthy The
Importance to our country of this annual
influx of foreign-born citizens, requires
more than ordinary care in the presenta-
tion of the facts. Probably no emigrants
from Continental Europe have been more
valued or more warmly welcomed than
those who have come from Scandinavian
countries. AS translations of the report
have been published in the German and
French languages, it seems not only proper,
but i'll a high degree desirable. that the
natives of these foreign countries should
be supplied with information in their own
tongue in regard to the United States
Yielding to a request. which has for sew
eral years been pressed %ith great urgen-
cy, a translation Of the report into the
Swedish language has been made, and will
be submitted at an early day to Congress.
with the recommendation that $1,000
copies be printed for distribution in Scan
dinavian countries. An urgent demand
has also been made for the translation Of
the report into the Slavic tongue. which i
spoken not only in Russia and Poland. buj
in Bohemia, Silesia, and Moravia. coun-
tries from which streams of emigration
would flow to the United States if the ne
cessary information were supplied to those
contemplating removal from their native
soil. The English edition of 10. 900 copies,
printed by order of Congress for gratuit-
ous distribution in the United Kingdom
Of Great Britain and Ireland, is nearly ex-
hausted, and further issue Of 5000
copies of this report, with a map Of the
United States, is urgently recommended
As the report has been stereotyped, the
cost OF the paper. press-work, and stitch
ing would be small in amount At no pc
riod has the demand for this document
been more urgent than the present, and at
no time have the benefits resulting from
its circulation in that country been So
marked as In the recent past.
The number of male immigrants from
England Scotland and Wales during the
last fiscal year, was almost exactly the
same as in the preceding one, being 81 l2l
in 1862, and 81, IA in 1871. and vet the
increase i'll the skilled occupations uf tho
adults over 1871 was ,. 6Sl The greatest
increase was exhibited IN the followin.
trades
Blacksmiths. an increase Of 92 boiler
makers. 36 brick makers. ~ carpenters
376, and joiners, 534 dyers, % garden
ers, 107 jewellers, A. manufacturers. 90,
masons, 726 T; millers, 90 miners, 549
mOlders, 81 painters, 40; plumbers, 9S;
printers, 81 saddlers. 30 ID; shoemakers.
l6O splnners, 40; tailors, - wcavers,
3l6 wheelwrights. "a.
The immigrants from England inclnded
also, many small farmers and some prufes-
sional and business men. bringing with
them ready money to invest in United
States bonds and in farm stock Indeed,
the inquiries Of parties who desire to pur-
chase lands, either for themselves or for
small companies Of intending immigrants,
have been 50 extensive as 70 considerably
increase the correspondence Of the Bureau.
The total number Of persons Of foreign
birth who, III the year ended June 30,
| 1873, decided to make the United States
their future home, is 459, SO3, Of whom
275, 1872 were males, and 1S4, OIL females,
being an increase Of "a, ,997, or l3I per
cent. over the immigration of the fiscal
year Of 1879. The largest increase from
any country was 20, 734, or IL 10 per cent
from Germany; while from England the
excess over the previous year was 1927
or | per cent, and from Ireland 1912, o.
l25 per cent. The increase from France
was nearlr 50 per cent. being 9,3l7 il
1872, and 4,798 in 1873 Ii the average
value Of an immigrant, As stated by the
undersigned in the report above referred
to, be $500, the economical value Of this
addition to our population IN the past yeaI
amounts 70 ScS67, ,S42, 400. II is respect
fully submitted that so large an augmenta
ton Of our national wealth will Justify tn,
expenditure of a sum sufficient for ths
diffusion Of such information as will serv,
to increase the volume ~ this tide of i'm
( migration.