The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-01
More Cosmopolitan Than Chicago.

To THE EDITOR or The SrN-Sr: The
figures collated by Prof Charles Darling
Buck philolocist, and republish"d IN NE StN
NJ sunday. are intended Ia show that Chicago
IL now the most Cosmopolitan city OF the
world They are OF interest and their ac-
curacy IL as indisputabe az the patient re-
search required for their verihcation Is admir-
able, but the conclusions drawn from Them are
wrong New York. no, Chicago is the most
COSMOPOLITAN city OF the United States. Prior
IN con solidation New York lacked one I'M
portant element OF cosmopohtanism "nich
Chica 70 possessed Brooklyn was the place
Of residence OF nearly all the Scandlnavians
here's bouts New Iork-old New iork-hau
few Swadea Danes or Norwegians. ana IN that
nsrtic,lnr was behind Chicago. At present.
New York In it's number OF foreign-born in
habitants in their diversity, In tie number OF
inhabitants Of foreign parentHge and In the
variety OF languages spoken is far ahead OF
Chicago.
Frst-There were. by the last Federal CEN
us, 1. ?7o 600 foreign-born residents IN New
york. there we're So 900 in Chicago less
than one.half as many The claim OF Chicago
az, "oosIrololitan" city Is recent, New York
ha. been a cosmopolitan city for several
generations Chicago has. undeniably,
srver number of Doherians, lDulchnen.
Poles and Sclndinavians. NY N@w horR eSrSis
IL in all other elements or toreign-Dorn popu-
iation For instance. there were. by the last
census 10 600 Ital; ans In Chisato ald' adding
those OF Italian descent, there were ~ go
Nav York has Ia. 600 Italians and more than
aoo Gao Inhabitants OF Italian birth or parent
age New York has NOTABLE french roi33ny.
able and increasing, Hungarian population,
10 600 by the last census where the nuihprr OF
Ihe Orthodoxy Russians recently dedicated
A new church In New York in which there has
been Russian colony lor many Eaar ., an
sians New York has 500 tinns and their
number il being added 20 RAPIDLY by imml9ra-
ton stimulated by admin'Irsuve moub bsd
S.coEdiy~Rut the claim is made through the
figures collaied by Prof Buck that diVerr"nces
81 speech, customs and Of residence are better
presnryed IN Chicago than New Nork. " -
not 80 New York has two hsia , co ,',,.,
more inter resting and picturesque than nlnlef-
Gus perhaus Svrians and Arin"nilns. having
points Of difference which Chicago philolorisls
New YORK has spanish colony and $500
Cubans and Spantsh-speaking SoHih AlnrIl-
can, Tn1c'SS ou York he's more than iooo
Roumanians who's ,on"iis nav" ii"'oin"
matters 81 interest abroad 'mcaeo, IN We
lac, census had less than ga Houiuauihls
New York hoe uo, merely pisin"faih"
chinese population some hWh buI IN
ness quarter New loik naa uln," 'hlH '',,,s,
and pdrtuRuese inhabitants man 'hlcnro
RI, far b.hlud thrsr sudll diver -ions, the iNo
great elements Which constitute, IA. hhl' nI
foy.iyu-born population IN all american
c,',,.. and ha,. contributed 50 Va-tl, To their
growth Ia population irdusI ani wealth,
are the Germans and Ire, thn w w nni,-
her of both New Work far ."Ac"l- 'hlohPo
with A German born population Of iIuW"
claim. TO have sOJW p residents -peakihf ~"
isny,.ye and retaining ths customs OF Get
,,suN New Work har G,rIrl born uopu-
i,,Iop of an1 g1 aud 'ot -id"tahlN in"fe man
lass ust cots ~ HERMAN dessf' Wy ~"
census az ig1 thSf" acre 1J.n1 natives "i Ne
land r.slient ~ ihlrasn. While ~ We sd'""
tinrs there we're 2aauOp ~ N"W Nork
There u no Ssfious tohInI ~'', l"sIin.
A..rI al "a A n
"o.inoinlitan 'ity" ~ tie COUNTY, NtN lnih
.ntoy. that distinction after N"n lYih 'hsf"
IL ,ATss spa'T unou'hih'h W. WV" l's'' ~
filed ~ hisago
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