Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-05-19
swEDES in NEW ENGLAND.
The Latest Census Indications Point
to n Large Increase
Among Them.

BY the federal census Of 1890 there
were nearly 100000 Scaudinavians in
the United States, including 47S.OOO ma
tives of Sweden, 322 600 natives of Nor
way and $4,000 natives of Denmark,
the Finnish natives Of Russia then resi-
dent in the United States not being
separately enumerated. and the natives
of the two Scandinavian provinces Of
Germany being included in the number
of natives of Germany Ofthese Scandi-
navians fully three-quarters were i'm the
group of north central and northwest
ern states, which includes Michigan.
Minnesota, Wisconsin, the two Dakotas.
Iowa Nebraska and Illinois. There have
been in recent years a number of Swed-
ish residents on the Pacific slope. nota-
bly, in California, and there are many
Norwegians in the state Of WASHINGTON.
and a very considerable Danish colony
in Utah. In other parts of the country,
particularly in the south and in the
New England states, Scandinavians
have been few and the demand for their
labor has been slight. The last federal
census, however, showed a considerable
number of Swedes in some of the prin-
cipal New England cities. $500 in Bos-
ton. HOO in Providence, $500 in Wor-
Jester, 500 in Lowell, $50 in Cambridge,
400 In Lynn, 600 in Hartford, 1000 in
Portland, Me-, and 100 in Bridgeport.
1t has come to be an established rule
in New England that the first immi-
grants go to the large cities. In the
city of Boston, by the census Of 1870.
there were $4,000 natives of ireland, but
20 years later that figure had been in
creased by so per cent, and the Irish
immigration into New England has
spread to the minor towns within the
next ten years, and it has now extended
to the country districts, many Of the
so-called abandoned farms Of New Eng
lard now being in possession Of Irish
/ tenant farmers. About 1880 the immi-
grafton into New England of
French Canadians began seriously.
and it has since extended to
nearly all the large cities of that
region, and is now extending to
minor places. In like manner there are
many reports of increased Immigration
into New England cities of Scandinavia
ans, but more particularly of SVedcs.
some of whom find farming land cheap
and available and offering better oppor-
tunities than the northwest. The
states of New England offer o Swedish
immigrants many attractions. The
climate is not much dssimiiar from
that Of Sweden. The topography of the
country is much the same. The church
/ congregations and school systems are
very similar, and the shipping interests
/ Of New England, ALWAYS considerable.
| resemble IN many respects those which
/ haVeformany years maintained Sweden
/ as maritime country. Moreover. the
/ New England states are more accessible
TO Swedish Immigrants than those Of
the extreme west the item Of transport
tatIon across more than one-half of the
continent by railroad being worthy of
/ consideration by thrifty newcomers.
and the demand for women in domestic
service, urgent in many parts of New
England, offers the Swedish GIRLS an Op-
portunity not to be found in other parts
II the country to the same extent.
There has been recently. too. in consp-
4uence Of the course Of the Russian
| government, large exodus from the
Finnish provinces of that country and a
considerable number Of Firms have ar
| rived ard are arriving in New England.
BY the census of $780, there were IS, Geo
Swedes in the six New England states,
10000 Norwegians, and a like number
OF Danes. From present indications
here will be returned by the federal
census of 1900, 100000 Swedes and
Firms in these six states.-N. Y. Sun.