Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-24

Is, 500, 900 immigrants registered in the vari-
Gus ports of the country, and of these, taxi
ing the average through the whole course
Of years, 60 per cent were men and 40 per
cent women, a disparity representing a total
difference of nearly 100000.
1t has frequently been pointed out as a
matter of interest and Importance, says the
New York Sun, that the proportion of male
immigrants is highest where such immigra-
ton 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
inconvenience of a residence on the frontier
before the complete settlement of
the country, emigration from con-
tinental countries to escape conscrip-
ton in European armies, the danger
and discomfort Of ocean travel be-
fore the establishment of fast and commo-
deus steamers, and the natural reluctance
of women to seek homes in new lands. 1t has
popularity been supposed, however,, that as
these reasons for the excess of male immi-
grafton either disappeared or were dimin-
ished the total of the two sexes would be
more nearly even, a conclusion which the
tables just published by the immigration
bureau in Washington for the year ending
March l, 1899, completely overthrow.
During the year the actual number of i'm
migrants coming into the United States
was $40 900, an increase of $4,000 compared
with a year ago. According to the ordinary
division between male and female immi-
grants there should have been 1856, 900 of the
former and 1874, 900 of the later. Instead OF
this there were 1919, PIT male immigrants, or
more than 60 per cent, and III, 43S female
immigrants, less than 40 per cent. From
England there were $500 male and 1000 fe-
male immigrants, about the average ratio;
from Germany IA, 700 male and II, 800 female
immigrants, less than the average number;
fom Scandinavia there were II, 747 male and
1O,502 female immigrants, and from Finland,
a country from which there has been re-
Gently extensive emigration to the United
States in consequence of the serious conflicts
between the Russian government and the
Firms, $500 males and 2,100 female immi-
grants came. From two countries female
immigration to the United States preponder-
ates, Ireland and Behomia. There were last
year 13, ZOO male and $4,000 female immi-
grants from ireland, and from Bohemia the
number of male and female immigrants was
almost identical, 1889 of the former and
1854 of the latter.
The long-disputed question among immi.
grant officials as to the designation to be
given to Polish Hebrew immigrants, whether
they should be described as Polish or undeI
the head of German, Russian or Austrian
immigrants, as the case might be, has been
settled by the adoption Of a generic term
for all such immigrants, the word Hebrew
There We're $1,000 male and 16, 600 female
Hebrew immigrants last year. From Rus.
sian Poland there were in addition Is, O0C
male and $1,000 female immigrants, white
from Italy, now the chief contributing coun-
try to the flow of immigration into the
United States, there were 2 1000 male and
$4,000 female immigrants. italian immigra.
ton Is very largely responsible for the dis
parity of the sexes in the matter of immi-
grafton. Twice as many male Syrians as
female Syrians came over last year and five
times as many male Slavonians. There
were 1900 male Greeks and only 1872 female
but the record of all other countries is dis.
tanced by China, 1,627 male immigrants and
IL female immigrants only.
Cuban immigration to the United States
last year was 1,4OO, Including LOO male ant
300 female immigrants. From Hawaii there
were more women than male immigrants
though the number of either was not large
and from Japan there came 3,175 male i'm
migrants and 275 female.