The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
GROWTH BY IMMIGRATION.

The increase Of 100000 in the number
of immigrants landed at the port of New
York during the year 1900 over the i'm
migration of 1899 represents a wonderful
ratio of growth. The total Of -403, 491 I'M
migrants for last year as compared with
500, 1872 for the year 1899 tells a significant
| story of the growth Of this nation in pop
ulation.
The process Of assimilation goes on
apace. The incoming thousands no long
er stay in the vicinity of the big cities
Of the East. The, vast proportion Of them
find their way to the West; and the rec
ord of our own local passenger trans
portation to points west Of here tell what
becomes of a large proportion Of the
people who are9thus added daily to the
great body Of the American people.
1t is instructive to observe the sections
of Europe from which these passengers
come. The various contending. trans
Atlantic lines show the divisions as to
nationality pretty fairly. The North
German Lloyd line led all it's competf-
-
tors last year in carrying steerage pas
sengers The number carried by that
line aggregated 118,72O persons of every
age and sex OF zthis nun1Ber 26,577 were
in the cabin; whil9n in the Storage the
total was 92,142 The Bremen service
carried SS,04S of these, while the Nediter-
ranean fleet carried the rest The Ham
burg American line follows the German
Lloyd in the total of passengers carried,
it having transported total of IS, 9o2 pas
sengers during the year, of which 1884,
are chargeable to the. Hamburg service,
while 1928 came from the Mediterranean
great German lines is the international
Navigation company with a total of
1881. persons booked during the year,
1862 passengers having been booked on
the Red Star system, and $3.50 on the
American liners of the company.
OF the vast aggregate Of immigration
to these shores less than 10 per cent
came through the Mediterranean ports.
The total number was less than $4,000
out of the gross total of oyer 4tc,eee. 1t
will be thus seen that those who have
shown a disposition to take alarm at the
general introduction of the less desira-
bic immigrants coming from the South of
Europe have been crying out before be-
ing hurt, While the immigration from
among the English-speaking races is
relatively less than it ever was before.
it is an entirely false. conclusion that there
is anything inItheneharacter of the in
coming foreign q additions to our popula-
ton to cause anyr2American grave con-
Germ. There is, to be sure, class of
immigrants from the northern states OF
Europe which may be regarded as I'M
desirable in many respects. Their habits
of life must BE regarded as far below
the standard OF even the humblest ex-
preston of American social existence.
But there is nosone who is familiar with
American society that will say that these
people have not shown within the sec
ond generatiopi The ability and DISPOSE
ton generally to become Americanized in
habits of life and thought; that they do
not: take. up the burdens of their citizen
ship in the republic and discharge them
with industry and intelligence.
The great danger is not SO. much in the
incoming of these people in itself. 1t lies
rather in whatever opportunities or in
vitations are held out to them here to.
segregate themselves from the great.
mass of American life. The practice of