The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-02-15

the republic of Venezuela has called
attention again to one Of the curiosi-
ties OF emigration which has never been
clearly explained and remains there
fore something Of an enigma. II Il
well known that the foreign imMsgfs-
tion into this country from the north
erps nations Of Europe Great Britain.
Cermany, Russia and Seandinayia
have, like the early colopists from the
same countries. been pretty evenly di-
vided between the two sexes. The
emigration from the southern coun-
tries Of Europe, on the contrary, SPAN,
Italy, Greece and Portugal, has bern
chiefly male, and to this'fact, perhaps,
more than to any other, is due the in
termarriage Of emigrants and natives
in South and Central America, and the
general absence Of such marriages in
North America, particularly in the
United States and Canada. The emf
grafton from Ireland, for instance, for
many years, has been more largely
made up of female than of male emf
grants. while from Italy, on the other
hand, the proportion for period OF
more than 90 years il, male. Is; female,
IS.
The total number of emigrants to the
United States from 1845, the first year
of large emigration, to 1895, period
covering half century, was in excess
Of 16,0o0,O 900, and more than 40 per cent.
was female, whereas the large Spa nish
and italian emigration to South Ameri-
ca has been almost exclusively male.
As this matter is not one of carly oc-
currence, but continues at present
1.-THE census figures resuming their old
dimensions since the improvement OF
the times), 1t might be supposed that
the number Of women in those Euro
pean countries from which there is
and has. been practically no female
emigration, would be much larger than
in those countries which have suffered
=. steady diminution through the emf
grafton Of persons of both sexes. Hut
the contrary Of this IL shown by the
figures Of the Almanach de Gotha. In
Italy, from which there IL very little
female emigration, the number OF fe-
pole inhaaifants in actually leas than
the male inhabita1ts--in the ratio Of
~ to loo. In Rounania It is % u 100.
On the other hand, in Great Britain,
from which the emigration of women
has been continuous. they outnumber
the men in the proportion Of l04 to 100.
In all the other countries Of Europe
from which there il and has been. a
large female emigration a majority cf
the Inhabitants are women. In Run-
sia the proportion 10 102 women to 100
men, in Germany 1O4 women 100
men, in Sweden log women to 100 men;
in Switzerland 104 women to 100 men,
and in Denmark and Austria 103 wom-
en- to 100 men. In France and Belgium
the equality of proportion between the
sexes 10 evenly prvseryed. Thus, in
France there are 1904 women to 1000
men, and in Belgium the difference h
smaller, there being 1901 women to
900 men.
A still more peculiar manifestation
of the same paradox, IL it msy be 30
considered, il found in the official re-
ports recently published in England
Of the emigration from that country
during the last quarter of century.
In 1860 4shs per cent. Of the popule tion
Of Great Britsin was male and SLY per
cent. was female. Between 1850 and
1870.the female emigration was the larg-
er, yet by the census 0f 1871 the female
increased the more rapidly.
From 1870 to 1850 the male emigration
was the larger, but the female ropu-
lation increased the more rapidly.-N.
7. Sun.