The Irish standard., 1899-10-14
MORE MEN THAN WOMEN COME
4 Ecnturc Of Immigration Into the
United States Which Does
Not Change.

United States Which Does
Not Change.
From 1919, the year Of the passage
by congress of the lawfor the registra-
ton OF immigrants arriving in the
United States, until the present time,
there have been 1S,500,00O immigrants
registered in the various ports of the
country, and of these, taking the aver
age through the whole course of years,
GO per cent. were men and 40 per cent.
women, disparity representing a total
difference of nearly 100000.
1t has been frequently pointed out
as Il matter of interest and Importance
that the proportion of male immigrants
is higher where such Immigration is
least desirable, particularly in the
case of Chinese and Sicilians, while it
is lowest among the Germans and Irish.
The reasons assigned for this disparity
have been many. Among them have
been the perils and inconyenenccs of
a residence on the frontier before the
complete set Element of the country, emil
grafton from continental countries to
escape CONSUMPTION in European arm
les, the danger and discomforts of ocean
travel before the establishment of fast
and commodious steamer, and The nat
llral reluctance Of women 10 seek homes
in new lands. 1t has popularity been
supposed, however, thatas these reasons
for the excess of male immigration
either disappeared or were diminished,
the totals Of the two sexes would be
more nearly even, a conclusion which
the tables just published by the immi-
grafton bureau i'll Washington for the
year ending March 1, 1859. completely
overthrow.
| During the year the actual number of
! immigrants coming into the United
States WAS $4,000, an increase of $4,000
compared with year ago. According
to the ordinary division between male
and female immigrants there should
have been 1sG, 600 of the former and a.
! COO of the latter. Instead of this there
were 1927 male Immigrants, or more
than GO per cent, and II .i3S female i'm
migrants, less than 40 per cent. From
England there were 6,7o0 male and 1000
female immigrants, about the average
ratio; from Germany, li,,Oo male and
1850 female immigrants, less than the
average number; from Scandinavia
there We're IL, 747 male and 10,5G2 female
immigrants, and from Finland, coun.
try from which there has been recently
extensive emigration to the United
States in consequence OF the serious con-
flict between the Russian government
and the Films, 5000 male and 2,1OO fe-
male immigrants came. From two
countries female immigration to the
United States prepondcrates, Ireland
and Bohemia. There were last year 49,
700 male and $4,000 female immigrants
from Ireland, and from bohemia the
number of male and female immigrants
was almost identical, 1.2G2 of the for.
mer and 1864 of the latter.
The long-disputed question among
Immigrant officials as to the designa.
zion to be given to Polish Hebrew immi.
grants, whether they should be de,
scribed as Polish or under the head OF
German, Russian or Austrian immi
grants, as the case might be, has beer
settled by the adoption of generic
term for all such immigrants, the wort
Hebrew. There were $1,000 male an6
10000 female Hebrew immigrants last
year. From Russian Poland there were
in addition $4,000 male and 10000 fe.
male immigrants, while from Italy
now the chief contributing country tc
the flow of immigration into the United
States, there We're $4,000 male and 90,
600 female immigrants. Italian immi
grafton is very largely responsible TO,
the disparity of the sexes in the matter
of immigration. Twice as many male
syrians as female Syrians came ovel
last year and five times us many male
Slavonians. There were 1900 male
Greeks and only 1872 female, but the rec
ord OF all other countries is distancel
by China, 1,G27 male immigrants and II
female immigrants only.
Cuban immigration to the United
States last year was 400, including 100
male and 300 female immigrants. From
Hawaii there were more women thar
male immigrants, though the number
OF either was not large, and from Japan
there came Bits m;ttr immigrants and
215 fcmalc.-N. y. SUN.