St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-28
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.

| Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-The immigra'
ton reports of the United States for the
| past tWenty-fOur years, from 1869 to
| 1892, tell some interesting facts regard
, ing the various nationalitieS that have
| contributed nearly 100000 of people
! to the United States. The chief OF the
| bureau of statistics of the treasury de-
partment has just made q summary OF
! the reports presented by the commits
| sioner of immigration and other officers
who have had something to do with
| handling and looking after the immi-
grants. TO a state like Minnesota,
where so many people from foreign
I lands have settled and made homes and
| names for themselves, there is much or
| interest in the mass of figures collected
by Mr.. Brock.
TO the Irish and German immigrants
must be awarded the first place in love
of family, as shown by the number of
females brought over IN this period.
Ireland comes first; out of q total imml-
grafton from the Emerald isle of 1901
309 no less than 633, 444 were females,
while 667,S6 we're males. Reduced to
percentage, 5l.33 per cent were males
and 1857 per cent females. Germany is
GOOD Seconds
with total of 1864, 73l, of which 57.94
per cent were males and 1906 per cent
females. From England 81 IA per cent
were males; Scotland. 1916; Austria,
C6Ol; Belgium, 65.61; Norway and
Sweden, 6l.4S; Spain and Portugal,
1884, and Italy in the lead of European
countries with 1885 per cent males and
only 21.45 per cent females. Men from
ASiatic countries, however. have the
poorest record in this matter, only Al
per cent of the 227, 66S immigrants COM
ing to our shores in quarter OF cent
ury from Asia were female, and great
many of these were not brought over
by their own people.
The immigrants who have come to
this country with plenty Of money have
been few in number, for the very
good reason that people i'll good
circumstances are not the ones who i'm
migrate. However, there is an improve
ment in this direction, and the 1872, 800
immigrants above twenty years of age
who arrived at the port Of New York
during the six months ending June 80,
1892, brought $500, SOS.05 with them, or
an average per capita Of $1,000. Five
thousand eight hundred and fourteen
brought more than 500 each, and 49,.
546 had less than 500 each. Of the total
number France sent 1,3l7, and leads in
the amount Of money possessed by each
immigrant, the average being S55.67.
Switzerland comes next with an average
per capita of $44.0l: then Wales with
S43.O6; Germany. S35.42: Hungary.
Italy and Poland lowest. with only an
average per capita of Sl2.3l: and Rus
STA, S22.10. The figures from Russia are
misleading, because
Many Wealthy Merchants
are included in the total of 1896. one
of whom brought no less than 1000,
while others, and the majority, came OH
tickets furnished by the Baron Hirsch
fund.
In the list, while Germany stands
third, with all average of $50 ~ TO each
immigrant, she is really entitled to first
place, for she sent 22,351 people, while
France sent only 1877 and Switzerland
only 2,049. Neither of the latter coun-
tries could send out as large a number
with the amount OF money possessed by
the German immigrants. During the
year ending June 20, 1892. 3, 732 people
were barred out of the country, and
here again do the Germans and the ma
tives of old Erin show up we'll in the
comparison. The number barred out in
detail follows: