Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-12-13

OF the constitution ana lou is out -oo'
600. This number is not included in the
above total.
The character of the immigration has
changed in a lost interesting way. From
1921 to 1850 z.3 per cent Of our immi-
grafton came from Canada and New
foundland; during the next decade, 1891
to 1860, the percentage was the same,
and during the last decade only OIL per
cent of the immigrants were from those
sections. From 1921 to 1850 24.2 per
cent came from Germany, and in the next
decade 36.6 per cent, this being the high
est percentage reached by the Germans
During the last decade the Germans sup
piled only 1871 per cent Of our foreign
immigration. During the period first
named, 1921 to 1850, Great Britain fur
nished 10 per cent Of the immigrants, and
in the next decade 1853 per cent. Then
came large increase from Great Britain
between 1861 and 1870, the percentage
being 26.2; from 1871 to 1880 it was
1875, while for the last decade it was
but IA. From 1921 to 1850 Ireland fur
nished 42.3 per cent of our immigrants,
and between 1851 and 1860 35.2 per cent.
Since then there has been a rapid de-
crease, and between 1891 and 1900 Ire
land furnished but 1O.5 per cent of our
immigrants. Those from Norway and
Sweden constituted only O.6 per cent be-
tween 1921 and 1850. The Scandinavlans
increased in numbers between 1881 and
1890, when their proportion was 1913 per
cent; during the last decade it was 81
per cent.
The immigration from the whole group
just named, Canada and Newfoundland,
Germany, Great Britain, Ireland and
Norway and Sweden, shows a marked
relative decrease. While the immigrants
from these countries constituted 743 per
cent of the whole number of immigrants
during the entire period under discussion,
they furnished between 1921 and 1850
S4.4 per cent of the total, and during the
next decade 91.2 per cent, since which
time there has been a rapid decrease,
this group of countries during the last
decade furnishing but 4O.4 per cent.
These figures enable us to bring into
direct and sharp comparison the immigra-
ton from countries which fifty years ago
furnished hardly any increment to oul
population. From 1851 to 1860 Austria
Hungary sent no immigrants to this coun-
| try, or not enough to make any impress
sion upon the statistics, but between 1861
and 1870 the immigration from tha:
country was O.4 per cent, during the next
decade 2.6 per cent, from 1881 to 1896
81 per cent, while during the last decade
it was 16.1 per cent. Italy, beginning
with OF per cent during the period from
1921 to 1850, increased to per cent be-
tween 1871 and 1880, and to nearly 6 pei
cent during the next decade, while during
the last decade that country furnished
III per cent of our total number. The
proportions for Russia and Poland are
almost identical with those of Italy
Those two countries, taken together, ne.
ginning with only Oh per cent of oul
total number Of immigrants between 1921
and 1850, increased but slightly unit
between 1881 and 1890, when they con
tributed per cent, and during the last
decade 1853 per cent. These three sec
tions-Austria-H Hungary, Italy and Rus
sia and Poland-taken together, contrib
uted during the last decade SOL per cen
of our immigrants, as against 4O4 pe7
cent, as stated, for the group of five com
tries first named; 9:5 per cent came from
elsewhere.
During the year ending on June 80
, 1900, the total number of Immigrant
| was 44S,572. Of this number, 1892 he
1onged to the professional class, 61.44:
were skilled laborers, 1885 were la
, borers, while 134, ,941, including wome,
and children, had no specified occupation
The State having the largest percent