New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-02
NOPwESyAND.
IRISH.

Tn other words. there are more Irish IN New
York than there are IN any Of the four province,
of Ireland. except Ulster. and only $4,000 less
than the combined populations Of Belras, and
Dublin the green isles largest cities: more Ger
mans than In any cities OF that empire excep.
Berlin and Hamburg and about 100 600 more
than there are In the Kaisers imperial army
OF the other countries there are large enough
numbers Of representatives 70 form important
cities by themselves and there are other people
dwelling among us in goodly numbers but not
10 an extent 10 rival any OF their own large
cities. For instance, there are 1854 French
here
Il am Interested IN noting tina, the German.
exceed by 143,S14. the Irish by 1868. and the
Jews by 157,229 the total population Of New
York in 1885, when the census return was SIS
541. and that the Russians exceed by IS, 1888 and
the Italians by 23.sS2 tbs population In 1880.
which was 191.112
'Just under one-hfth OF New York City. pop-
ulation is Jewish. the figure being 1886 per cent
Although the aggregate number OF Jews here
is larger than in any other city in the world
and larger than In most counties the percentage
OF the entire population which Is of that race is
by no means SO. Jerusalem is 6S3S per cent
Jewish, but the highest percentage Is in the
city OF Berdychev. Russia. where S752 per cent
centage Is 2-27 per cent. Paris Els per cent Ber-
lin ass per cent. Warsaw Ais per cent. ST.
Petersburg, f.41 per cent Odessa 9T.0S per cent
Morocco City. $40 per cent San Francisco SIS
per cent. ST. Louis 9.s6 per cent Philadelphia
$50 per cent. Chicago, 85S per cent and Boston
s91 per cent Winnipeg. Manitoba, one OF the
the largest percentage Of any city outside OF
Russia and Palestine.
The total number of Jews in the world Is
estimated by an authority OF that race at 1878
OT6, Included in which number exactly I52
Samaritans. AS there ninety-seven male
Samaritans and ffty-five females. and they re-
fuse 70 intermarry with other peoples the ex-
tinction OF that division Of the Jewish race Is
obviously Imminent
"The aggregate OF all foreign born and those of
foreign parentage in New York is 2s3sSs5. OF
whom 1.270.0s0 are foreign born; 95.4 per cent
Of New York's foreign born population is Ger
man and 2lt per cent Irish: Russia comes
third with 122 per cent and Italy fourth with
11-5 per cent. None Of the others reach as high
as q per cent.
this respect Minneapolis. for Instance. has 3d.
per cent of Its foreign population hailing from
Sweden. whereas only % OF our foreigners como
from that part of Scandinavia. ST. Paul 10
cents by trolley from Minneapolis has only 81
per cent Swedes. but 27.6 per cent Germans
while further down the Mississippi at St Louis
find 52.S per cent of Germans in its foreign
element and only per cent Swede.
More than quarter OF the foreigners IN the
entire country are Germans they accounting for
23.S per cent Of the foreign population the
Irish being poor second with 1876 per cent
and all the other countries below that The
Russians who are attracting SO much atten-
ton just now. are only Al per cent OF this
country's foreign population
I'm some cities the Irish beat the Germans
notably Boston. where they $3.50 per cent OF
cent and Washington 500 per cent but o Further per
West the Teuton asserts himself making 859
per cent at Cincinnati 32.6 per cent at Cleve-
land. SIS at Louisville. POI per cent at Chi
cago and Sol per cent at San Francisco on
the Atlantic coast ne slows up strongest at
Baltimore with 4S4 per cent. but the foreign
element there Is small
'Of tho 5iI.2e3 foreign born OF voting age IN
this city. 62.52S. or ia per cent. iliterate
while of the 900 AS native born OF voting age
only 3.02S. or .0I per cent. illiterate. These
figures give a higher percentage OF flteracy
among both natives and foreigners than In the
cities of BOSTON. Philadelphia and Chicago. In
this city 65.0I6 cannot speak English.
Evidently the political opportunities which are
free TO all appeal 10 the foreigner for I'm the entire
city there are only 152 $50 aliens acknowledging
TO foreign potentates or republics OF
these aliens 46391. or 304 per cent cannot
speak English and 24.S per cent are illiterate.
while of the 3Oo.66O uaturalized citizens only
per cent are illiterate and only 10 per cent can
not speak English. i hardly need tell you that
the number of those who hold themselves aliens |
from the various countries does not run parallel |
with the total number OF those people In the /
city. for the Irish have seized their opportu-
mites and so have the Germans. so that the |
largest proportion of aliens is among the ltal- |
aHs with SCI. 100 Russia comes second. with /
p .OO9: Germany third. with 23,hNs: Austria and /
Hungary fourth. with 16.6Si. ana Ireland. fifth. |
with 1900
There Is 81 per cent OF New York City's pop |
ulation foreign born. percentage only sur !
passed BY three other cities In the entire ooun-