The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-01
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and assimilate readily with the native.
Tho German immigration fiuctuate
considerably, sometimes falling to ,
comparatively low figure one year, AMI
the next rising very high. In 1880, .ol
| instance, it fell to "a, ,638. and the yer,
next year rose to 24s. 1928. In 1882 tn,
number was 229,696. There are ne
better immigrants than the Germans
but they assimilate more slowly with
tho natives than either the British
Irish, or Scandinavians. Fed as theil
numbers constantly are by fresh immi
grations. they must for long time te
come form separate element of the
population, and this in spite of the facl
that the Germans of the second gener.
alton all speak the English language
and generally prefer it to their mothe,
tongue.
The British man 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 tho west and
southwest Of England the latter pre-.
dominate, while in the north of Eng.
land and the lowlands of Scotland the
former prevails. II. therefore, within
the small area Of the British islands 8
perfectly homogeneous type has moi
been produced. tits idle to expect it in
country SO vast rs this, country in
which the various races might aggre.
gate themselves into separate com.
munities as large as some European
nations. This has been done on I.
small scale by the Mormons, but il
might be done on great scale by any
OF the great emigrating races.
Judging from the present rate of i'm
migration it is probable that the census
OF 1900 will show the United States then
to contain at least 1900, 600 natives o1
Germany. 100000 natives of Ire.
land, 2, 900, 900 natives of Great Britain,
and 1,600. 600 Scandinavians. There
will then be something over twice as
many persons of tho 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 war 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 ether
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 30, 0Ot natives of Aus
tria-H Hungary in the United States, but
in the following year that empire sent
us 20. COO immigrants, and steadily
increasing immigration may be looked
for from that quarter. The present
excess Of births over deaths in Austria.
Hungary is about 900, 900, with very
high death rate. But there have beer
years when the surplus approached
100000. and should this state of things
return an annual immigration of 1Oo,.
600 from that quarter would not be al
all surprising. These immigrant.
would be Of mixed race-Germans,
Slavs Magyars-the Slavs being more
numerous in Austria proper, and the
Magyars in Hungary. Italy is another
country which is just beginning to be
another important source of immigra-
ton. In 1880 there were but 44,O0C
natives of Italy in this country, but in
1882 the number of Italian immigrants
was 100000. Italy has an annual sur
plus Of 200, 900 persons, and emigration
has been as high as 1875, 900 in 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 is distant when
we shall have to dispose annually OF
100000 or more Italians, most of then,
of very low class.
Russia has an annual excess of births
over deaths of 100000. but the number
of immigrants to the United States
from that quarter has as yet been very
small. There were but $4,000 natives
OF Russia in the country in 1880, the
most of them being residents of Alaska.
The bulk of the remainder were Men
,nonites of German blood. The Rus
sian Slay so far has not emigrated to
any extent; but should he once begin
to come it will probably be on large
scale. 1t would be idle to speculate as to
what the future immigration to us from
Russia may be, but from the character
of the people it may be assumed that
when the current of emigration once
begins to flow toward us in earnest il
will be strong and deep. 1t may even
in time reach the proportions of the
immigration from Germany. Should
these old world countries once begin te
put forward their full strength as