The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-20
H HUMAN SUPPLY,
shifting Character OF the I'm mig ratio,
IatN the united states.

shifting Character OF the I'm mig ration
IatS h united states.
II 10 curious 10 note the shifting char.
Rcter OF the immigration to this countrl
says the Louisville Oourier-Journal. Fer /
while We we're threatened with an ItAliar
dsluPe. When tho collapse in the Argsn-
tine republio and Uruguay turned thu
foodtidc OF southern Europe in this dir CO.
tion the American ports we're overrun with
the brown races Of SICILY and h Italian
peninsula. and aoms Of the prophets
began to predict that the Amevi-
can people would Be 1stinixsa.
decreasing. The report OF the bureau Of
statistics shows that the number of ltal-
ians arriving in this country during the
nine months ending with March Was 30. 1Y,
while during the corresponding period Of
tho year preceding. it was IS. o2h. and still
greater for the year before that.
The feature Of the movement from Eu-
rope 10 the snormoas grsvth Of the Rusr
sian immigration. This 10 due to two
oauses-the increasing discomfort through
ont the empire. and the Jewish persecu-
ton. the latter in particular being
saspiy Rus. ia now rsnHs next to a' ass.
many. fnDuring the last year nine months
we received from that country s., 2l9 immi-
grants, which was more than double the
number for the equivalent year preceding.
A few years ago the inning alton from
Russia was 20 small that 1t was not worth
mentioning.
But there is one country from which the
human stream il not subject to spasmodio
increases OF decreases. On the contrary it
flows atsadily on with = gradually swelling
volume. and the charaots ristics Of that
always have the greatest influence upon the
United States. lhs German nation has
long furnished Us more immigrants til an
any other, and even the great Russia
squirt has not been able to pass it. I ns
German movement, which began = hall
unchecked. and 10 now larger than ever be.
fore. Daring nine months the total OF ar.
rivals from the German empire WAS 1928,
and of the Germans from Austria &c, 497, this
being An increase Of about II per cent. in
one year.
The immigration from England, Scot.
land and Wales docs not change much tom
year to year, but remains close to $1,000
annually. While in certain years Russia,
Italy and other countries may 80
ahead, yet the island Of G eat Britain re.
msins, next to Germany, our chief
source of human supply. Contrary to
the general belief, the Immigrants from
Great Britain arc much more Numerous
than those from Ireland. There have been
periods whom shore was an enormour influx
from Ireland, but for many years it has
averaged not more than 10000 annually.
Obviously the Scandinavian blood-and
a vigorous red blood it Isis destined to
figure oonspiouously in the composition OF
the American Of the future. Tho arrivs Is
from Sweden. Norway and Denmark are
next in Importance to those from Great
Britain and Germany. and exceed by one
fourth those from Ireland. The Bohemian
and Hungarian immigration is still large,
but is increasing very little. while that
from Poland has augmented considerably.
On the whole. after examining the figures
for many years, there is no reason to change
the opinion of earlier Investigators that the
race will be essentially a compo-
sition of the Teutonie peoples Of northern
and central Europe. 1t will be AnRlo-Ger-
man, with q Celtic dash, and it is too la te
for the Italian, HUI sarian or Polish bloods
to have any effect upon it.