Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-10-07
PRICE ONE CENT


rae "Protective'' TasIm T. Dlspsselaa
American labor Win For~lga I.abar.
The recent census presents some inter
esting statistics ri tie count Of pnpnla.
ton according TO color. sex. nativity,
etc. in the six New England States.
The total population OF New Eaeland Ia
1890 was 4,700, 745, OF which number
S,Sl3, 100 were males and 2,8S6. 900 were
females, making the number Of females
without prospect of marriage 81 .a35.
The foreign-born population Was l,l4s..
$50, the number of foreign whites being
l,lS1,6O0. The total of colored people
was ~ ,SSi, so that il may be seen that in
recommending negro rule TO the South
New England is without practical cxper-
ience or interest in the policy il urges.
The increase of population in the decade
since 1880 was 690. .el6, or 1871 per cent.
The males are now increasing faster than
the females.
A striking feature Is the increase Of
toreign.born citizens in all the New Eng
land States except Vermont In New
Hampshire the increase has. been 30 90
per cent; in Massachusetts, As. n per
cent; in Rhode Island. 43.6s per cent;
IN Connecticut, 4l,17 per cent; in Maine,
81 10 per cent; in vermont, 764 par
cent. The percentage of increase of the
foreign born is nearly four times the per-
centage of increase of the native-born.
The increase OF native-born since 1850
has been l, ,136, $50. or 46 90 per cent; OF
foreign-born. S36, ,000 or 253.0l per cent.
Poughly speaking, one man in every four
in New England is of foreign birth. Mas
sachusetts has %. $40 colored citizens, or
les per cent OF her population. Rhode
Island has eel per cent. the largest per-
centage, but the total is but 7,647. FoR
all New England the percentage is per
cent.
AT present Rhode Island has the largest
percentage of foreigners, the proportion
being SO.77 per cent, or nearly one-third.
Massachusetts. however, has 90. 80 per
cent, and so is not far behind. II to the
foreign born be added the native whites
of foreign born parents, the purely ma.
tive stock is still further diminished
I'm Massachusetts, and Rhode Island,
says the bulletin, hardly two.fifths OF
the population are OF purely native stock
that is, native white OF native parent
age. The exact percentage of purely
native stock was 1897 in Massachusetts
and 1881 in Rhode Island. In all New
England but 51.82 per cent is native
white of native parents.
It is in the manufacturing centers that
the foreigner is found in the largest mum
bers, from which it appears that the re-
suit of the protective tariff is not to give
work to.more Americans, but to increase
the importation Of foreign labor TO dis.
place native labor. The potency of the
foreign element in politics is shown ia
the fact that in New England, as a
whole, the foreign born males of voting
age are 1906 per cent of the whole mum.
her, or nearly one-third. In Rhode
Island they are 40.18 per cent. in Mas
sachusetts, 1896 per cent; in Counecti
cut, 35 per cent. OF the 45l ,903 foreign
born males of voting age, 1877 ,341 have
been naturalized and II, ,935 have natur-
alization papers. In Connecticut the
naturalized persons are 49.49 per cent Of
the whole number of foreign born. From
the facts here chronicled it will appear
| that New England is being converted
into foreign community. After a time
it may prove to be live question
whether Down East shall be annexed to
Canada