The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-20
The Voice of
The People

STATISTICS AND THE ANGLo-sAXoN
So much has been said and written in
the last two or three years about the An
glo- Saxon race; this being an Anglo
Saxon country; the ceusnship of our An
glo-Saxon kindred OF England-the mo-
ther country; the friendliness, IL is said.
IL displayed toward us during and before
the Spanish war; as matter OF course
that We were all Anglo Saxons and that
the great Anglo Saxon race. religion.
morality. virtue. enlightenment and civili-
zation is the only race. religion, etc, that
is worth consideration by mankind, has
induced the writer OF this 10 look up some
statistics 10 see what basis. as regards
this country OF ours-these United States
all this noisy assertiveness had for a
foundation.
Before this outburst OF the last few
years from q study OF what was and Is
considered by sober minded and sensible
people authentic history. this country was
looked upon as rather a cosmopolitan
country, a country I'm "A formative state
as TO race, i'm which an American race
would In few generations be produced
but that no particular European race was
now really predominant
II official statistics are worth anything,
the statistics I'm my possession and from
which the following table of immigration
has been prepared proves that the Anglo
Saxon Is not the race in largest numbers
in the United States by any means.
The advocates OF the Anglo Saxon idea,
though, seem to be I'm the habit OF caring
little for history or statistics when 1t
suits their purpose 10 make an assertion.
At a missionary meeting a short time
ago-according 10 a report I'm one of our
local papers-a lady missionary could not
say too much I'm praise of the Anglo Saxon
religion. IL has been supposed, until re-
Gently, civilized peoples were, generally,
Christians of some particular denomina-
tion-or Jews The Anglo Saxon religion
seems 10 be a late incubation.
A friend of ours was making an address
about a year ago at a certain meeting and
could not laud the great Anglo Saxon race
too highly, To which we were "all proud
to belong" This gentleman does not,
from his appearance. name or lineage,
seem 10 have a drop of Anglo Saxon blood
I'm him. He is of Latin origin.
Another gentleman who is well known
and eloquent. was at the same meeting
making an address. His father was an
honest German. He was warming UP in
his remarks and about touching on the
same topic that had been aired already
was seemingly on the point OF enlogizng
the great Anglo -SaXon-just on the point
OF the climax he turned IL off gracefully
by giving the praise of the herolsm. vir-
tue. morality. etc. 10 the English speak
ing races.
Still another party the writer was
listening TO. on another occasion. thank
ed God he was an Anglo-Saxon This
fQ a
Portuguese.
Now, the Anglo Saxon is not all per-
vading or universal in the United States.
There are other races and race elements.
Singular as IT may seem there are lots OF
them in this country. They have been
here and have been coming here for
long period Of years.
From reports of the bureau OF statis-
tics and the bureau Of immigration, OF
the treasury department, wishing To be
satisfied from original and authoritative
sources. have compiled this table OF i'm
migration, by natonalities, OF aliens who
came here TO make homes for themselves
and their children from 1890 TO June 50.
1901 inclusive.
According to the census OF 1920 there
were I'm the United States at that time
Z. $50, ,166 whites, and LII $50 colored. MAX
ing a total OF 9,6S3,S22 inhabitants I'm the
country Since that time up TO June 30.
lFl, tncfe nave arrived IN tnlS country
10. .S04, ,2SS immigrants. These people have
come TO make homes for themselves and
build up the country in peace and in Var:
and but for them this would not be the
great country IL is today.
There has been no account taken. I'm
these tables. OF tourists or transient Wis
itors wherein the official returns have
shown such tourists or transient visitors.
II only shows the settlers-the home
makers.
In making up the percentages OF ar
rivals OF the different rationalities IL is
found that the German immigration
leads. showing 25.49 per cent Ireland
comes second, 1857. England, third 9.56.
Norway and Sweden, fourth, 6.49. Italy.
fifth. 595 Austria Hungary. sixth. 5.5S.
British North America, seventh. 5.3. Rus
sia, eighth 42S United Kingdom not
specified, ninth. 4. Scotland, tenth, 2.l6.
France eleventh, 2. Asia, twelfth. ?
Denmark Switzerland and West Indies,
one per cent. each. All countries and
Islands under one per cent. figure up AS
per cent. These percentages make TO-
tai of 80 63 per cent OF the total arrivals
Of 49, S0i. .2SS. leaving a fraction OF thirty
seven hundredths OF one per cent to be
allowed for not carrying the decimal
farther than hundredths I'm the calcula-
tons IN order to make even the 100 per
cent.
IL VIII be noticed that tnere Is ty3t5lJ
credited TO the United Kingdom not
stated" This number OF arrivals evidens-
ly has equally as small n percentage
OF Englishmen figuring I'm It as I'm the
more explicit statistics from Great Bri-
tain. The probabilities are that they are
less. for vessels sailing from English
ports have always been taking passengers
OF all nationalities TO America. It was
easy 10 credit foreigners sailing from
England under such circumstances a. the
United Kingdom" Scotch. Irish or
Welshmen, would most likely, be credited
I'm that way.
The statistics for British North Ann
erica" is In the same category as those
from the United Kingdom not stated 3"
There are 050.25l. from these provinces,
but there has been virtually no account OF
the immigration from that direction or
Mexico for the years lS93-l90l. No account
OF the very large immigration OF the
French Canadians, for instance, ap-
pears,
The immigration from the United
Kingdom not stated" or British North
America" need not be counted as going
towards swelling the proportions OF An
oil IN faht