The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-10-01
Be sIIDI OF IIIGRATl6a
Soma Interesting speculations
81 ith h Regard to the Future
Of the American People.
3 = Extent to Which tie Countries Of
,;S Europe Contribute 70 Our
Population.

Estsnt Is which ths Countries q
Europa Contribute 70 Our
Population
u Complicatsd Problem.
What viii the American citizen Of
/ ths fntnre. say hfty years hence. b
\ likee VIII the Anslo-Saxon type con
continue to rredominatee VIII the
Gait still hold his own, or will the Ger
man come 70 the front and assert him
selfp Moreover, viii not the Latin and
Slavonic races hsys something to say
about the future American manP These
~ questions which are puzzling the
thropologists, says writer in The
Brooklyn Esgle, and even causing some
concern to thoughtful statesmen. who
view, not without anxiety. tho efforts
Of this republic to absorb yearly and
s turn into good citizens nearly three
quarters Of million persons Of foreign
origin, some Of whom have very inn
perfect acquaintance with free institu-
tions.
An appeal to the statistics Of the past
viii not wholly answer these questions,
for the currents Of immigration are
changing and new streams are flowing
toward US in recent years Still, to OBJ
tain = starting point for our inquiry
and . basis Upon which to speculate. it
il necessary 70 refer to these statistics
very briefly. At the present time the
population Of this republic may be set
down It upward Of Sc, 900. 900. OF these
about z, 500. 900 are colored and $780,
O0O foreign-born, leaving 10000. 900
persons Of the white races born upon
the soil When the first census was
taken. in 1890. there were 5, 230, 900
white persons in tho United States.
This population was largely homoge-
neous, being mainly Of British origin,
although Germans were numerous in
some Of the states. There was also a
considerable Irish population, most of
isthe latter, however. being Of Scotch
sPr Presbyterian stock. The Celtic Irish
had not At that period undertaken to
relieve the native Of the trouble of gov
erning their cities. This original ma
tive population. il left to itself would
now. by natural increase, have reached.
san aggregate Of $4,000. 900 souls. It
has. OF course, intermarried with inn
migrants largely, but. nevertheless,
this figure may be taken to represent
the strength Of the old stock among
our present native-born white popula-
I stion Of 10000. 600 Tho total number
@of immigrants who Nave arrived in the
United States since 1870 exceeds Is :.
s00o. 900. Of whom more than half havo
\ arrived in the past twenty years. Up
to 1870 Ireland led al other nations in
sending immigrants 70 the United
States, having sent in the fifty years
between 1920 to 1870 no less than
g, zoo. 900 persons. England and Wales
In the same period contributed $4,000
and Scotland 5000, but there were
Others unclassified which sailed from
4 British ports, most Of whom were prob
ably GermSns and Scandinayians. OF
immigrants who were known TO have
come from Germany 2,a7O, 600 arrived
during this fifty years. besides 1sO. O0o
from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark,
and 245. 600 from France. Between
1870 and 1880 the number Of immi-
grants from Germany was greater than
from Ireland. the result being that at
the census taken in that year there
were found TO BE- 1896. 742 persons of
German birth in the country and !, 1884,
571 Of Irish birth. At the same census
there were found to be 917,59s natives
Of Great Britain and 44O, 262 natives o,
the Scandinavian countries, the latte,
having shown largely-incrcased en-
-igration during the decade.
There has been nothing in the bis-
tory Of emigration so remarkable as the
overflow Of population from Ireland
between 1845 and 1870, its strength and
volume going far to justify the boasts
frequently made /. as to the prolific
character of the Irish race. But this
quality no longer distinguishes the
Irish race in its native country, for in
1882 the births in Ireland, with a popu-
lation Of 5000, 600, were actually few
er BY nearly 1000 than in Scotland,
with a population Of 3,7SO,000. and
the excess Of births over deaths. which
in Scotland was 5000. was i'll Ireland
about 81 600. Therefore, when Ireland,
in 1882, sent 69, 461 emigrants to this
country, she parted with more than
double her natural increase Of popula-
8 tion. The population Of Ireland does
not now exceed 5000, 900, and its birth
rate is low. With q natural increase
of less than 35. 600 annually. it is evil
dent that the number of emigrants it
can hereafter send to the United States
will be bnt small in comparison with
the vast stream from Germany, or even
the smaller yet steady flow from Eng
land and Scotland, or the Scandinavian
countries. Tho following statement Of
the natural increaso Of these countries
and Of their emigrants to the United
States in 1881 presents the whole prob
lem at glance and will save many
] words 81 explanation:
jssss H 33s; ttS Immigrants
59 Natural to United
ssz2t # Increase. Stxtes
Germany. 5229 2A8 500
ScAndlnAytAn Countries. s.......i 5000 90 2li
Great Britain. 4. I4SSlS 9aI9i
ArelAl0 S,755 a, $50
Total 1882 mas2l
The remsykable result is here pre-
sented that nearly one-half oi