Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-08-10
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per capita in educating her children
than any other state in the Union, dur
ing the decade running from 1890 TO
1900 had a.greater percentage OF HON i.
cides than any other state in the Union,
according to nn interesting article by
Maynard Shipley upon The Effects Of
Immigration on Homicide i'll the United
States" printed in the Popular Science
Monthly for August, 1906.
In his article Mr.. Shipiey contends
that foreign immigration is chiefly re.
sponsible for the enormous death rates
from homicide in the country aud
argues that Such vast addition Of
untutored and poverty stricken people,
unused to seli-restraint, cannot be
absorbed without material increase in
crimes. OF violence throughout the Unit
ed States, and especially in the large
cities. where the recent immigration has
for the greater part congestcd."
Only one state in the Union hns a
greater percentage Of Mexican. Chinese
and italian foreign born population
than Nevada, and that state is Arizona.
Nevada stands first in the list when it
comes to murders, however, while
Arizona ranks fourth. Colorado is
second, Montana third, Arizona fourth,
Texas fifth and Florida sixth.
The western mining states lead in the
| proportion Of fatal affrays to their popu
lation. Then come the southern states,
then the central and north. &C ntral and
finally the extreme east, with the New
England settlements holding the candle
for good behavior.
Nevada heads .he class. The district
OF Columbia, where few die and none
resign, stands at the foot. CalifoI MIA
ranks eighth, Kentucky, the land OF
Bourbon whisky, feuds and free fights,
ranks twen'y.tirst in the list; Kansas
ranks twenty seventh. Missouri, twenty
eighth; Indiana, thirty fourth; Ohio,
thirty.seventh; New York thirty-Dinth
and Illinois fortieth. or the states,
Vermont ls last, beng followed by the
District OF Columbia, where the Dimble
trigger is almost unknown.
Ofal the foreign immigrants that
come to America the alien Mexicans
are the most given over to homicide.
They rnnk first with III in, confine-
ment for homicide to the 5000 popu.
latiop. Next come the Chinese with o
rate OF 63 to the 100000; Italians. AZ;
Ere nch, q; HuDgariane, 16; Poles. 10;
japanese 10; English ]; Germape, 3 and
other natioDalities except the IRISH 2.5;
Irish IL. 10 spite OF their reputed
lighting proclivites, therefore, it will be
seen TINT the Irish, OF all the i'm.
migrants commit fewor murders tban
any other rnce.
incidentally, Mr.. Shiplcy refers to
the criminal disposition Of the Amencan
negro, although there are few in the
country now who are not native born
"Tho U. S. census reports on crimo for
1850, says Mr.. Shipley, "show that the
tendency among negroes toward crimes
against the person was 100 per cent
greater than among the native whites"
and that the negroes have been coz
victed Of tbreo times more homicides in
proportion to their number than foreign
whites, while as compared with the
native white population according to the
census OF 1890. they have been about six
times moro murderous."
Speaking OF the high rate Of hon.
icde IN the western mining statee, Mr..
Shipley explains it by the largo alien
population, the sparse settlement Of tile
etatos and tho low order Of tho alien
population.