The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-03-14
WHERE IMMIGRANTS GO,
How They Are Governed i'm Choosing Homes
in the New World.

in the New World.
1t is interesting to observe how the
different natiOnalities that make up the
stream of immigrants which lands on
our shores have a certain tendency to
cluster in colonies. This is partly due
to desire to associate with friends or
at least with people of the same Ian
guage and the same interests, partly,
also, to the fact that certain places are
better fitted for men of a certain class.
Of course, individuals of almost every
nationality are scattered almost all over
the United States, but still, with the
exception of the English, Irish and Ger
mans, who are about equally divided
among the different States, the different
natiOnalities prefer some certain local
tiles.
The Welsh immigrants, most of whom
are miners, go chiefly to Pennsylvania,
where their headquarters seem to be
around Scranton. At this place, during
the winter, Welsh performances are
given at theater.
The Scandinavians generally go to the
Northwestern States. The Dakotas, per-
haps, get the largest share of them, al
though Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan
Iowa and Minnesota also get part
Few of them are skilled laborers or
artisans, so most engage in farming
The Danes of late have lately gone to
Nebraska, and the Finlanders seem to
find in the forests of Michigan and
Northern Ohio occupations and a climate
which suit them exactly.
The Italians may be divided in three
classes. Those who are merely common
laborers, and who come chiefly from
around Naples to work on railroads, as
street cleaners, etc., for larger part
stop in New York or it's vicinity; from
here they are then sent by their bosses,
or padrones, all over the country, wher-
ever railroads are being built. From
Northern Italy comes large number of
miners, who chiefly go to the coal mines
In Illinois or Michigan, or to the mines of
Arizona, Colorado or Montana This
class of people is of much higher intelli-
gence than the first class. Then a
great many farmers and wine-growers
from Northern Italy go to California.
TO that State also go many French
farmers from the departments of Gas
cogne and Bases Pyrenees as we'll as
few Swiss farmers. Otherwise the
Frenchmen if they do not settle in New
York, mostly go to New Orleans or
to French Canada, while the Swiss, |
among whom are many dairymen and
silk weavers, chiefly settle in this vi
cinity.
The Hebrews, from Russia, Poland.
Austria or Roumania, for the largest |
part settle in New York. More than
half of them are tailors, about one-third |
peddlers and the rest are divided among
the different trades.
Of genuine Russians only few emf
CRATE to this country. During the lat
ter years great many German Rus
slams, whose forefathers about a hun
dred years ago emigrated from Wurtem-
berg to Russia have come to this coun- !
try. They still keep up their German
language, traditions and customs, and
are all farmers. Most of them 90 to |
Dakota. They are large and powerfully
built men, and when they come in their |
Overcoats with a row of |
children following them, all clad in the
same way, they form picturesque sight. |
From the AustrO-Hungarian monarchy
come the Slavaks, Poles and Hungari-
ans, most of whom go to PENNSYLVANIA,
where they work in the coal mines or
the coal yards; the Bohemians, who 90
to the vicinity of Buffalo or Pittsburgh;
the Tyrolese, the Dalmations, the Croa-
lions and Moravians, who generally set
tie In pennsylvania around Pittsburgh.
The Hollanders go to Paterson, N. j.,
or to Wisconsin, where their headuuar-
tiers is Green Bay, or to Iowa or Michi-
gan. The Belgians are either of Elem
lsh or French origin. The former are
chiefly farmers, and 60 to the same
places where the Hollanders go, while
the French-speaking Belgians are al
most all either glass workers or miners.
The former go to the coal mines of ILL
nols or Pennsylvania, the latter chiefly
to Tarentum or Pittsburgh, Pa.
Most OF the Icelanders go to Manitoba:
there is also colony of them in Sayre-
vile, n. j., where they work in the
The Armenians, of whom a great
many have arrived lately, are like the
Arabs, peddlers or tradesmen, in which
case they stay in New York, or thew are
silk weavers, and stay in New York or
,he neighboring New Jersey towns, or
hey are common laborers The last
1amed' almost without exception, go to
Worcester, Mass, where a large number
II them are employed in wire factories.
The Greeks have during late years be-
5un to crowd the Italians out of the
rult and flower selling trade in New
ork; some of them also go West and
south, where they compete with the
italians on the work on the railroads.