St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-24
THE COMING AMERICAN RACE.


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II 10 curious % note the shiftina
character Of the immigration TO thil
country. For swhile We were threat
ened with IN Italian deluge. Wheu
the collapse In the Argentine republic
and Uurugusy turned the noodtide oi
southern Europe In this direction the
American ports were overrun with the
brown races Of Sicily and the Italian
peninsula, and some of the propheta
began 70 predict that the American
people would be Latinized. But the
Italian immigration il already decreas-
ing. The report Of the bureau Of sta
tistics shows that the number Of Italians
arriving in this country during the
nine modsbs ending with March was
So.is4. while during the corresponding
period of The year preceding IL was %.
US, and still greater for the year before
that The feature Of the movement
from Europe is the enormous growth of
the Russian immigration This il due
70 two causes-the Increasing discou-
tent throughout the empire and the
Jewish persecution, the latter in par.
esculsr being effective. As source Of
human supply Russia now ranks next
to Germany. During the last nine
months We received from that country
es.sls immigrants. which was more
than double the number for the equiva-
lent period preceding. A few years
ago the immigration from Russia was
90 small that Il was not worth mention-
ing. But there h ono country from
which the human stream b not subject
to spasmodic increases or decreases.
On the contrary, IL Aows steadily on
with gradually swelling volume, and
the characteristics Of that land. next 70
those Of parent England, will always
have the greatest influence upon the
United StateA
The German nation has long fur
ntshcd us more immigrants than any
'ther. and even the great Russian spurt |
ms not been able 10 pass IL The Ger
nan movement which began Q half |
century ago, has been throughout that |
ime unchecked. and b now larger than
'ver before. During nine months the
otal Of arrivals from the Herman en-
'ire was %. l2S. and the Germans from
Austria, eo,As7, this being IN increase
9 about seventeen per cent in one year.
The immigration from England, SCOT
and and Wales does not change much
rom year 70 year, but remains close to
Q. 900 annually. While in certain years
Iussia. Italy and other countries may
o ahead, yet the island Of Great Britain
emains. next 70 Germany, our chief
ource Of human supply. Contrary 70
he general belief, the immi3rants from
reat Britain arc much more numerous
han those from ireland. There have
cen periods when there was IN enor-
'cus influx from Ireland. but for many i.
oaFs it has averaged not more than
loo annually. Obviously the Scandi- :
avian blood-and . vigorous red blood ,
h-s destined % figure conspicuously /.
the competition Of the American OF !
.e future. The arrivals from Sweden.
orway Ind Denmark are next in i'm
,rtsnce 70 those from Great Britain
Id Germany, and exceed BY ooe-fourth
'ose from Ireland The Bohemian and
immigration d still large,
1t 10 increasing very little, while that
ON Poland he's augmented consider. :
Ny.
On the whole, after examining the .
Iures for many years. there II NO rea- :
q to change the opinion Of earlier in-
stigatoFs that the American race will :,
essentially cowposition Of the Teu- :,
mic people Of northern and central .
,roPe- twin be Anglo German. with :
Celtic dash. and Il il too late for the !.
llian, Hungarian or Polish bloods to :.
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