The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-09-24
THE COMING AMERICAN RACE.
e VIII he Anglo-Germaa with . Dash Of
Celtic Thrown In.

&c VIII he Anglo-GermAa With Dash OF
Celtic Thrown In.
1t Is curious TO note the shifting
character of the immigration to this
country. For awhile we were threat
ened with an Italian deluge. When
the collapse in the Argentine republic
and uruguay turned the aoodtide OF
southern Europe in this direction the
American ports were overrun with the
brown races of Sicily and the italian
peninsula, and some of the prophets
began to predict that the American
people would be Latinized But the
Italian immigration is already decreas-
ing. The report of the bureau OF sta
tistics shows that the number of Italians
arriving in this country during the
nine months ending with March was
30, 1914, while during the corresponding
period of the year preceding it was 3s.-
o25, and still greater for the year before
that The feature of the movement
from Europe is the enormous growth OF
the Russian immigration. This is due
to two cause.-the increasing discon-
tent throughout the empire and the
Jewish persecution, the latter in par
ticular being effective. As source OF
human supply Russia now ranks next
to Germany. During the last nine
months we received from that country
81, 2l9 immigrants, which was more
than double the number for the equiva-
lent period preceding. A few years
ago the immigration from Russia was
SO small that it was not worth mention
| ing. But there is one country from
which the human stream is not subject
| to spasmodic increases or decreases.
On the contrary, it flows steadily on
with . gradually swelling volume, and
| the characteristics of that land, next to
l those of parent England, will always
have the greatest influence upon the
United States
| The German nation has long fur
nished MS more immigrants than any
other, and even the great Russian squirt
has not been able to pass it The Ger
man movement, which began a hall
century ago, has been throughout thai
time unchecked, and is now larger thar
ever before. During nine months thu
total of arrivals from the German EN-
pire was IS, 1913, and the Germans from
Austria, 20, 497, this being an increase
Of about seventeen per cent in one year
The immigration from England, Scot
land and Wales does not change muci
from year to year, but remains close II
90, 900 annually. While in certain year
Russia, Italy and other countries ma.
90 ahead, yet the island of Great Britain
remains, next to Germany, our chic
source of human supply. Contrary t
the general belief, the immigrants from
Great Britain are much more numerou
than those from Ireland. There hav
been periods when there was an enor
nous influx from Ireland. but for man.
years it has averaged not more thai
80, 600 annually. Obviously the. Scandi
navian blood-and vigorous red bloc
it isis destined to figure conspicuousl
in the composition Of the American Q
the future. The arrivals from Sweden
Norway and Denmark are next in i'm
| portance to those from Great Britai
and Germany, and exceed by one-fourt
those from Ireland The Bohemian an
|, Hungarian immigration is still large
|. but is increasing very little, while tina
from Poland has augmented consider
; ably.
On the whole, after examining tn
! ! figures for many years, there is no res
son to change the opinion of earlier II
vestiQators that the American race wi
be essentially q composition of the Tel
tonic people of northern and centr'
Europe. 1t will be Anglo-German, wit
a Celtic dash, and it is too late for II
Italian, Hungarian or Polish bloods
have any effect upon it-Louisvil
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