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ton has been most largely drawn "a

tion has been most largely drawn 4 n
nually comes to America The outflow
from the British islands, is steady and
cu~nstant, and, deducsIng from it q por-
ton Of the fifty thousand persons who
annually returns TO the British islands,
iaay be said to fairly represent the an
nual gain 10 the United States Of 14O,-
600 Immigrants Of the best quality and
speaking the English language. The
Scandinavian countries are now send
ing practically the whole Of their an
nual increase to this country. They
form the very best class Of immigrants,
and assimilate readily with the natives.
The German immigration fuctuates
considerably, sometimes falling to a
comparatively low figure one year, and
the next rising very high. In 1880, for
instance, it fell to "a, 63S, and the very
next year rose to 248. 323. In 1882 the
number was 229, 696. There are no
better immigrants than the Germans,
but they assimilate more slowly with
the natives than either the British,
Irish, or Scandinavians. Fed as their
numbers constantly are by fresh immi-
grations. they must for a long time to
come form a separate element of the
population, and this in spite of the fact
that the Germans Of the second gener-
alton all speak the English language
and generally prefer it to their mother
tongue.
The British mar is, as every one
knows, a compound of the old Saxon
race (now best represented by the
Dutch), the Scandinavians or North
men, and the Celts, In the west and
southwest of England the latter pre-
dominate, while in the north of Eng
land and the lowlands of Scotland the
former prevails. If. therefore, within
the small area of the British islands a
perfectly homogeneous type has not
been produced, it is idle to expect it in
a country SO vast as this q country in
which the various races might aggre-
gate themselves into separate COM
munities a large as ON European
nations. This has been done on a
small scale by the Mormons, but it
might be done on a great scale by any
of the great ~emigrating ace
Judging from the present rate of inn
migration it is probable that the census
of 1900 will show the United States then
to contain at least 4,500, coo natives of
Germany, 1900 GOO natives of Ire
land. 1000, 600 natives Of Great Britain,
and 10000 600 Scandinavians. There
will then be something . twice as
many persons of the second generation,
children of the natives of the respective
countries, and four or five times as
many who may be regarded as belong
ing to the races which they respectively
represent. The persons Of German
birth or origin will be as numerous as
was the population of Prussia prior to
the wa with Austria in 1866, and be-
yond all comparison more wealthy.
Yet no one anticipates that any danger
to the nation can arise from this source.
As for the Briton, however numerous
he may become, he disappears imme-
diately among the mass of the people
and is heard of no more,
II, therefore, it were certain that the
immigration of the future would be
precisely Of the same composition as
the immigration of the past there
would be no need of apprehension as
to the race or character. of the future
American man But there are other
countries, scarcely recognized hereto
fore as sources of immigration, which
are now sending considerable numbers
to this country At the census of 1880
there were but SO, 600 natives Of Aus
tria-H Hungary in the United States. but
in the following year that empire sent
us 10000 immigrants, and q steadily
increasing immigration may be looked
for from that quarter. The present
xoess Of births over deaths in Austria
Hungary is about 10000, with = very
high death ratio. But there have been
years when the surplus approached
400, 0O0, and should this state OF things
return an annual immigration OF 1Oo,-
600 from that quarter would not be at
all surprising. These immigrants
would be Of mixed racc-Germans
Slavs, Magyars-the Slavs being more
numerous in Austria proper. and the
Magyars in Hungary Italy issanother
country which is just beginning TO be
another Important source Of iimmigra-
ton. In 1880 there were but A,OOO
natives of Italy in this country, but in
1882 the number of Italian immigrants
was 500. 900. Italy has an annual sur
plus of 200, 600 persons, and emigration
has bcen az highsas 1856. 900 il one year.
Hitherto emigration has been mainly
directed to France, Austria, and South
America, but the number coming this
way is steadily increasing, and no one
can say that the day il distant when
we shall have 10 dispose annually Of
loo. 600 or NOR Italians. most Of them
Of > very low class.
Russia has m annual excess Of births
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