The Red Cloud chief., 1874-01-01
Immigration Statistics.

The report of the Chief Of the Bureau OF
Statistics Saws; 49,
The importance of obtaining and publishing
accurate statistics. not only Of the ages, seNes
and ports of arrival. but of the Dationalitie-
and occupations Of the large and increasing
number of immigrants, has imposed additional
duties OH this division. Special efforts have
been made 10 induce greater accuracy on the
part Of those who originally record the data, 20
that the compilations published by the bureau
NAV be full and trustworthy. The importance
| to cur country of this annual influx OF for
eiyn-born citizens requires more than ordinary
care in the presentation Of the facts. Proba-
Div no emigraIits from Continental Europe
have been more valued or more warmly vel
coined than those who have come from ScaIi-
dlnasian countries. AZ traIIslaiIops OF The re-
port have been published in the German
and French languages, 1t seems not only
proper. but IN a high degree desirable, that
: the natives Of these foreign { ountrlcs slio'iid
lie supplied with information in their own
tongue in regard to the United States.
Yielding 10 a request which has for several
wears been pressed with great urgency. a trans
lation Of the report into the Swedish language
has been made. and viii be submitted at an
early day To Congress, with the
ton that 20. 90 copies be printed for distri-
button in scandinavian countries. An urgent
demand las also been made for the transia-
ton of the report into the Slavic tongue,
which IL spoken not only in Russia and Poland,
but in Bohemia. SiIesia. and Morayia. countries
from which streams of emigration would How
to the United State. il the necessary informa-
ton we're supplied to thOse contemplating re-
mOval from their native soil The English
edition of II. 0C0 copies, printed by order OF
Congress for gratuitOus distribution in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
il nearly exhausted. and a further Issue of
{. ZOO copies OF this report, with a map OF the
United States. is urgently recommended. ~
the report has been stcreotypcd. the cost of
the paper. p~ress-work and stitching would be
small IN amount. At no period has the de-
mand for this document been more urgent
| than at present, and at no time have the bene'
fits resulting from its circulation in that coun.
try been 40 marked as in the recent past.
The number Of male immigrants from En-.
gland Scotland, and Wales during the last fis.
cal wear was almost exactly the ZANE AZ In the
preceding one, being 81. I21 in 1862 and 81, lfi
in 1871, and vet the increase Ia the skilled Oc'
equations of the adults over 1871 was 2,6Sl
The greatest increase vas exhibited III the fol
lowing trades:
Blacksmiths, an increase Of 80: boiler
makers. :36: brick-makers, 4s; carpenter,
$40; ioipcrs. 534; Overs. %; gardeners, l07
jewelers.. 46 manufacturers, 80; masons
726: millcrs. GO miners, $40; molders, 81
painters. 179; plumbers, 81; printers, 81
\ Nv ~
100 tailors, SO; weavers, 3l6, and wheel
wrights. "A.
The immigrants from England included,
also. many small farmers and some profcs.
sional and business men, bringing with then
ready money to invest in United States bonds
and in farm stock. Indeed, the inquiries OF
parties who desire to purchase lands, either
for themselves or for small companies of i'll
tending immigrants. have been 30 extensive
AZ to considerably increase the correspondence
of the Bureau. The total number of persons
of foreign birth who, in the year ended June
30. 1873, decided to make the United States
their future nome is 459. SOB, OF whom 275, 792
were males. and 1s4,0l1 females. being an in
crease of 81. 997, or 13l per cent. over the i'm
migration of the fiscal year Of 1872. The
largest increase from any country was 70, 73f,
or Is Is per cent. from Germany while from
England. the excess over the previous year
was 5,037, or II per cent, and from Ireland
SIP. or 123 per cent. The increase from
France was nearly 50 per cent, being 9.3l7 in
1872, and If, 79S 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 popu-
lation in the past year amounts to 1857 ,S42,
i90. Ii il respectfully submitted that 80
large an augmentation Of our national wealth
will Justify the expenditure OF a sum sufficient
for the diffusion of such a. will
servo To increase the volume of this tide OF
I Enumeration