Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-01-03
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Interstate M,graiIons.

Oue OF liie HOSb lnteftollnH itdJuItS
of the American political system, and
the one which involves its fundamental
idea, Is the relation Of the states with
each other aud with the general govern
ment. IL Ia the wonder OF foreigners
that these distinct sovereignties s-some
them empires ia extent Of domain and
In wealth Of resources-can be held
together ia one nationality, and that the
oven balance or the ccntrali2ing and cen
trifugal forces has thus far been main
tanned, without on tho one hand de-
struction OF states rights or on the other
an utter disruption Of thu ligament that
binds them together. Free trade and
free migration between the different
commonwealths that make UP the Union
unquestiouably conserve the national
spirit and soften the asperities of sec
tional feeling That must otherwise have
ensued from the widely different condi-
tions Of climate, product, resources aud
original settlement Characlerizjug the
various states.
It is doubtful whether ia the absence
of statistics and by simply making local
observations the common MUD would
appreciate the magnitude and CORES
ponding influence Of the interstate mi
grations, rs presented in the last census
reports. While the foreign born and
native population of The United States
number respectively G,679,6l3 and 49,.
4I5,si0, IL is to be observed that of the
latter 1888, los. or considerably more
than twenty per cent, reside in other
states and territories from those in
which they were respectively born and
considering the fact that not only great
geographical distances but the widest
variations of character and temperament
separate the characteristic types Of the
different states, tits astonishing how lit
tie attention has been given to the study
OF the influence Of interstate migratons
as compared with that of foreign immi.
grafton, the increasing influx of which is
viewed with such apprehension in some
quarters.
1t has been SO much the fashion
among the Pilgrim descendants 10 AFRO
gate to their ancestors all the virtues of
the country and to themselves the diTu.
sion of these blessings among the states
that the influence Of New England has
been regarded rs about the only one
worthy of note in determining the moral
and material welfare Of other common.
wealths. An observaGt writer in the
Philadelphia Times, in thoughtful
article recently quoted in these columns,
has pointed out what an insignificant
part New England has played, rela.
lively, in peopling some of the sections
popularity credited to its influence; and
study of the statistics of the shifting
of population from one state to another
is interesting AMI profitable in many
other respects. The evenness with
which the relation permanent i'm
migrant and emigrant population
is maintained in the larger states is
illustrated in the fact that New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois hold
their respective first, second, third
ana fourth places not only in total popu.
lati0n, but in the number of their own
citizens living within their borders, IN
the number Of natives of the country
now counted in their citizenship aud
in the number given to the whole
country while Missouri, Gth in pupu
lation, is eleventh in its contribution to
the citizenship Of the country, and in
respect to the number Of citizens Iesid
ing on its own soil and Massachusetts,
seventh in population, il fourteenth il
the nuuber c)utTibItel - Che citizen
ship Of the country
1t is, OF course, 40. astonishing 10
learn that the New England and Middle
states, generally, have given more than
they have received and that with tue
Western states, except Ohio, the reverse
Is the case. New York has received
most from Pennsy sylydnia, aud Peunsyl
vania most from New York and each
OF these two great states has given the
largest share Of its resdeuts-uot ma i've,
10 their common neighbOr, New Jer
sey. Delaware, Maryland and Ohio have
each received more population from
Pennsy lyaula than from any other state .
rs is natural from their propinquiLy :
but while the New England states have
contributed most largely to each other
or TO New York, New York has given
the greatest number to Michigan aud
Illinois Pennsylvania TO Ohio, Illinois
and Iowa Maryland to Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Illinois; Virginia 10 West
Virginia, Missouri and Ohio. AS the
compiler Of the census notes
Imagination is fairly staggered at the
hSures which exhibit in detail tue migra
u1ns thus summarized. When we read
OF 2sO. 61l natives OF New York residing
IN Michigan, aud Of 1856 30l natives OF
Ohio residing in Indiana, we try in vain
to comprehend tho magnitude of the
movement which has yielded such results.
The gIoat donations, those of over so 900
are as follows Alabama to Texas, O3,-
O23 10 Mississippi, 1858. Georgia to
Ata6ama, 0j, 7S2 10 Texas, Gl ,407. hi.
nols to Iowa, lU2, $50; TO Kansas, 1906.
002 to Missouri, lO3, 200. Indiana to
Illinois, 81 3SS 10 Iowa, 80, 97S to Kan.
sas, n, O0G to Missouri, GO09l Iowa to
Kansas, % 0I2. Kentucky: to Illinois.
VI, 0SO to Indiana, 10 92S TO Missouri,
lO2, ,7o9. Maine: to Massachusetts, GS,
10 Mississippi 10 Texas, G2, S35. Mis-
soun; TO Kansas, GU, 223 New Uamp
shire: to Massachusetts. 5l,OSS. New
York to Illinois, 1870 100; to Iowa. 50
6oO to Michigan, 220 Gj7 to Now Jersey.