The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-07
some RenectHsns on the Statistics Of Ma.
tiOnalltles Published Recently.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuS--Sir: In your
editorial Of May IN. entitled The Population
| Of New York, you huve gathered a number Of
statistics on which ii ia profitable to reflect.
to quote your own words. You do not draw
any conclusions. but leave them to your read
rrs. When the first sheets Of the census OF
1900 were published | read some Of these
statistics and reflected. l propose to give
YOU the results .! ny reflections, but l will
preface my remarks by saying am an Ameri-
can OF foreign percentage and you may con-
clide that this has preiudiced me.
Immigrants have been the salvation Of this
country II immigration had been restricted
In say, lS4a. this country would now be =
fourth-rate Power, because the native Ameri-
can is u decadent when left to himself In one
locality. TAKE the strictly American II use the
word IA meaning at least three genera tions In
the country sections OF the country. In the
South the proportion Of foreign-born. In
Guiding children Of foreisn.born. Ia extremely
small, and In the South We see most lack Of
progress. The decay Of the race IL shown
not only by the lack OF progress, but also by
the manners Of the people. When q people
or family speaks with pride Of its past. and
only OF It's past. we infer II has no present.
We hear OF odd Southern families" and Of
Southern chivslry" and We see daily In the
newspapers accou nts Of PROMINENT citizens Ia
% In seE S1 1Sm
%ssn aow .fs1 s q: rs Il, S:
The most progressive State in the South
section. New England. w have al heard
ss s4s 4Sm s, Sth xs s.:
III PRINCIPAL ap e ID NJ.
II Ne anaiyze hi, sh r. VA mass We and in many
cases that It would Be called parsin,ony in any
slse snd n many ether s.sss while rot
lister called .ttsntion. 70 tho eItrvmeiy low
more sss .'i =: ens: sS1 s:
TIL. I'd The ee na &
rior to the surrounding foreigner These
People hsys ysry small part in the pros
with : large. percentage q forelyn-boTn,
ss N. s,d " wsA Ind
SsS''.xs naF u. II S:sd pssD.
di.ns and Polss were taking yp ~ sbsedSSnsd
fiTTs6 have bsen the salvation q ' southern en-
we hear Of culture In New England. princi-
81 the world shows that pre- mne noe Of cult
Naive AmsTiosns may say tina. the West 10
American and II II thrvtns. ,Jhers Il Z
,msiles pe5Soentsss q foreign blood in the
thousapds Of mllss from tie West. change
Of habitat has relnvig9rated the Americas
large psscsn!.ss e t0rsis9 ,:nsscy .om..
from men who could not Be content with the
S.d . xses sfs ss u: w.
return ssIs 1en4 G.os rhs
.a d o : sS Sss u.s s' I'D s s.,ss
TO shake 81 any, ssssnation they were 40
outing IN Their Sd h0%S3' Wit, n,o,o
in Immigration. Heretofore, the foreign
blood that came to this country, was largely
irish ; and German .,n with s sm.l proportion
ddRsssHsS VIII issa tx Latin '' s;:
an immigratton SoTp9e.ed mostly Of slsys.
from Austria Hungary, Can We sssimtlate
them, MY opinion Is thatit Is dangerous
in alternative between the present laws
and total restriction would be temporary
rssStr, H9 f1T !wsaty-ays y tars At The
Polish Jew .perma4ently. II we have a
70 o ss sxs ,Ss o.hs1 ss
minxle, and me iersixn blood mixing With
! qualities Of each and 30 eliminate the fault:
Country mt and Tie f.ulss Il tths Americas due
I" ''s"~''on u" VII" EssrE Avn WITTY