New-York tribune., 1889-12-24
Indian departed happy in the thought that he conid
make Christmas present to the great White Chief'
WHERE IMMIGRANTS SETTLE.
LAWS WHICH GOVERN THEIR CHOICE OF
A HOME.
THE DIFFERENT NATIoNALiTIEs. EXCEPT THE
ENGLISH IRISH AND GERMANS GEN
FRALIY KEEP TOGETHER

THE DIFFERENT NATIoNALiTIEs. EXCEPT THE
ENGLISH IRISH AND GERMANS, GEN
FRALI.Y KEEP TOGETHER.
II is interesting TO observe how the different
nationalities that make up the stream OF Immigrants
| which lands on our shores have certain tenuen0S
TO cluster in colonies. This Is partly due 10 oeSi
to associate with friends or at least Win PeoPio "
the same language and the same interests party a
TO the fact that certain places are better hteu io
| mon NJ a certain class. OF course individuals o
almost every nationality are scattered almost all oVe'
the United states but STILL with the exception OF ,h'
| English Irish and Germans, who are about equaii,
divided among the different states, the dinerch
! natlonalitles prefer some certain localities.
| The Welsh immigrants most of whom are miners
60 chiefly to Pennsylvania where their headquarters
seem to be around Scranton. AT this place. uurihS
the winter Welsh performances given at theatre
The scandInavians generally go to the Northwestern
states. The Dakotas, perhaps, get the iarses' '''
of them although Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan io"'
| and Minnesota also get a part rev ol 'iehi "
skilled aborers or artisans, so most engage Ill iai
! ing. The Danes Of late have largely gone 10 NC
hraha and the Finlanders seem to find in the forests
of Michigan and Northern Ohio occupations anu
| climate which suit them exactly
The Italians may be divided in three classes Those
| who are merely common laboIers ana WHO cone
chiefly from around Naples TO work on rairoauS, a.
street cleaners ETC., for large part stop III Ne"
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sent by their Bosses padrones, all over the country
wherever railroads are being built From Northern
! Italy comes a large number Of miners who cmehy
90 10 the coal mines I'm Illinois or Michigan, or the
mines of Arizona, Colorado and Montana Ihis CLASS
of neople is of much higher intelligence than the
first class Then great many farmers and VINE
| growers from Northern Italy go TO California lo
| that state also go many French farmers from 'he
| departments of Gascogne and Basses Pyrenecs' as
| cvvise Otherwise the Frencn-
| man ~ they do not settle i'm Ncw-York mostly go
o NewOrIeans or TO French Canada, while the SWISS
| among whom are many dairymcn and slKweaVerS'
| chiefly settle in this vicinity
| The Hebrews from Russia, Poland Austria or
| Rumania for the largest part settle IN New-iorA.
More than half Of them are tailors, about ohe-'hnu
pedlers and the rest divided among the different
OF genuine Russians only few emigrate to TINS
country. During the later years great nldS Ecria
| Russians whose forefathers about hundred years
ago emgrated from Wurembcrg TO Russia nave come
euage traditions and CUSTOMS and are all farmers;
Most of them go to Dakota. They are large ana
powerfully built men, and when they come IN tnell
fbeenskin oyercoais with row OF children following
them, all clad in the SAINT way, they form pictu-
From The Anstro- Hungarian monarchy come the
slavaks Poles and llunsarans, most oil whom 90 10 10
coay the Bohemans Who 60 to the yGnH OF
in Pennsylvania, around Pittsburg ,,
The Iolanders go to Paterson. y. j. or u WlscOh-
sin where their headquarters is Green Bay or 10 iowa
or Michigan. The Relgians are either OF flenlls OF
French origin. The former chiefly farmers ana go
10 the same places where the ollanders CO. while the
French speaking BcIgans almost all either glaSS-
worners or miners. Tie former 90 to the coal MINES
of Illinois or Pennsylvania, the latter chiefly 10
Tarentum Or PttsbCTg Penn.
Most OF the Iceanders 60 TO Manitoba there IS also
colony them i'm Sayreville, y. j., where they work
in the brickyaIds. ,,
The Armenians, of whom good many have arrived
lately, like the Arabs pclers or tradesmeil IN
which case they stay in New York, they are silk.
weavers. and stay in NewYOrk or the neghborine
Ncw.IerSey towns they common lab0rerS.
The last named almost without exception 20 10
Worcester, Mass, where large number OF them are
employed in wire factories.
Tie Greeks have during late years begun to crowd
the italians out OF the fruit and flower selling trade IN
New York. some Of them also go West and south
where they compete with the Italians In the work on
the railroads.
II may safely be asserted that those who maintain
that the class OF immigrants has detcriorated during
the last decade two have rot given the immigrant
question close study. If there has beer any change
in late years has been for the better and not Tor
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