The sun., 1910-05-29


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Prof Balch spent nearly a year tiSoO
10 Austria Hungary, studying emigration
on the spot. and over a year in Visiting
Slavic colonies all over the United States.
With the exception Of California. More
over in the interest Of 'atmosphere' she
spsnt one autumn asa boarder In the family
of a Bohemian Workingman in New YORK
city. The point OG view from which her
study was made vas that Of interest In the
social character and CONSEQUENCES Of the
Slavic emigration. Unfortunately this
study cannot bs regarded a. final because
of two facts: the Official Government data
upon more than one interesting and inn
portant point are not conclusive. because
they classify the emigrants according to
country u birth instead Of according
20 race: and because the immigration from
Russia. which has bsen rapidly and enOr-
.rpously increasing since the recent war in
the Far Fast. IL not considered. Prof.
Ralch realizes the force Of the firSt draw
hack and repeatedly refers 10 Il with re-
Ere,. hut Il evidently not conscious Of the
fuu weight " the Dther. though she FUR
uishes occasional estimates and summaries
IT conditions lobviously not all Obtained
~ tint hand with regard 90 the Russians
IN order.to round out her picture 10 some
degree. while she does not profess 20 in
Clude them in her survey.
rhs anthnr has divided her subject into
tv.o parts. Slavic emigration az its source.
and slavic immigrants IN the United
States Under the first division she con-
.siders each race and geographical locality
separately, but under the second division
she adopts the topical method with all
.ihsraoial and geographical points ApprO-
Esaataly and practically grouped. While
individaal slavs. chiefly from Poland
and Bohemia. have figured among the
arrivals IN ths New World almost from
the early days of colonization. and thess
were % the higher clAsses. and while
Rroups of various nAtionalities have
heen settling sporadicSlly in divers parts
of the United States for nearly one hum
drsd years past. the real immigration
10 the ordinary sense of the word. which
has come 70 connOte masses. began only
ab1ut thirty years ago. since which date
tire three new elements. Italians. Jews
and slAvs. have been coming 20 b. of
main importance among our immigrants
Data are available only for the last eleven
years. aud In that period thess three
sroupa have contained nearly six out q
every ten immigrants. the slavs form
iu6 over one-ftfth of our total immi-
grant body A determining factor Of
this weight IN the quality q the civil
iaaaion Of the white rAcs in its greatest
cat merits thoughtful consideration.
our author explains the general uncon-
sriousness ~ conditions by the fact that
hsss Slavs are lees mAssed in the great
ci -. less conspicuous among us than
the Italians and the Jews. and not con-
asAntly undsr the eyes Of the ready writer
and she refOrmer. On the other hand
aTen in the mining settlements and
'tnAustrial osnfres whers they most
abouhd there n leSs knowledge of thes@
ukscure groups q foreigners than in more
academic circles.
I or the thirty-nine groups recognized
IN the Classification u the immigration
Department. slGht are slav. namely ul
PolAh. IA Sloyak. 80 CroatiAn and Slove-
man. tt Ruthanian ~ Russniak. t5l Bo-
lhscnAn I'D NlsFavian. ~ Bulgarian. Ser.
'visnS and Montenegrn. a. Dalmatian.
.BaEaAn and dIffTTsgoviniAn. To this clss-
;si6uwaaOB RTof- BAloh objects on the
.Rralnd that distinct nationhlities. like the
CraaaiAns.And -sloyenIans. Bulgarans and
ss,-gvisns ~ lugnp~d together. and AZ the
aarn@ tiEne spsr,al place IL given 10 group
Which - merely territorial division.
namely Daimafians Bo-uians and Her
r4Ep'tnnns CthO ar seTvo-O rnatlanst
Ii.EiN D. r1rembNred that the Slays
thsnisPivrs ruripavor-d 10 have q fresh
classls.'ar .1r aiapfad ard -an' trlrga4
ton tn Washington ro urge ' upon the
lhlIliles preparatory ~ The taking u
10 rsN-ssns.ta, nut religion ant FORE IN
fft-s hv NJ ne t-y''Nm = that effort.
a diving romphcsted is-iis- 4 vtirh our
sTl1E = not ufesN,.,,i. A. any rate -ha
~ ~ n aEs.E 1E'-ilssUss II ih-rn. ami the
ttsitsi.s of spsss prevent our Discuss.
80 'eeu lsrr, vJ'tl a. they arr We must
hFsrt Harsslvss viii Prof Balrh's
80 srai-rRfrrnent that the yu-i0Js slavic
No t.aG.f's- N this country Nssts very
l@ls IJ,s ~ sgs another the OH lines u
TOO often markad hy arfipa-
t.ir.. 4gt I. iyflInu-itles We NAV say iu
81 uBsht 49, suer. that arart from IT, s1l.
-EruT~gerttes 'Nr irrnigrsnis ia general
80 r.'ai ~'Ifa- - m e peculiar manner
a.a.rr rel. ~ = slavic rl,arus has.s@
fg . Wv sIrt ~ Pan-slavisri. Com
rtrs,g-5f l.asuaga v foT all practical
rta.a-z rh' lr-' and srlAieienf crit t-rioa
- -addEaiitF.s rule 90 which tha Jews
80 ~ ruusrTrtrrg "Nc~Uti0n. plrttcu-
',g'. uer-1eg 20 The prrssnt study be-
e. r Jog r'lssIhed ~ the immigration
Usva '~~'f ll90g wiih ~ natives n
vhalsgar lsud thry lofns from. hestatts-
rH;- r.'IH1T'Tv frs worthless ~ cx-
I@fFTufv rrrritr be-
In t's'yis snt Hungary. whcncs come.