New-York tribune., 1910-02-06


aei'' nc 1avisr blood born in Germany nave
persons q - Considered in this work. "an
~ zen - been made" however, "here
CNlep'''N .,.+a5 toward bringing over from
th'y .i,,rs elements OF cultural eouca-
tfeE-Ll~''- clinical value Thus, while 'he
tioil'' --,.,7s. are allowed TO serve Only
'l''''-' - 50 10 speak the Jewish Germans
qa'i- -. render qualitative service as iii
At e or Iacobi a Damrosch or t"o vi
NE Heinrich Conried. and of two mem
il'e- ,,a1I known firm Of New YORK rlel-
t"Is - n ,gborn is 4 philanthropist ana the
.rscr diplomat .,,. ,.a,,,o
on ...[,sis,.u.l- affects in no way the Falue
,-.rsss ns the work howeVer-eNcep1'
az - s+atisti,aIly. and this only 1" si'sI
80 ,.erarse. according to the author tne
60, 1ep-ish emigration has never anloun'eu
- shan = per cent Of The "hoie- iho"
,i.-e5 The statistical study oi lilii'isIa-
,,,,,es ,Kher carried far enough Is hlaue
). Professor Faust's inquiries INTO Ihe
''- ,r German blood among the lmml-
! f,r, the, Baltic provinces OF hussla'
/ So ,,[t.r,is and Alsatia before the war OF
a., ,5,.,- ,,-ere classified as French lie
'0' -. are haSed on the United States
1000 and WELD the following results;
clement in the United states. % az GOO
f,.iisb element in the tnlleo I3T5,.i
if<a and Scotch element il 'ne i.'.' 800 900
--.r.S .....-.-.-.---- '-- go
.........52. go, ,oOe
Ola. .l,... cc- o,rer national stocks. Scan
i5nayiaus. French and "i-LtI "a
,.-.-Izs slavic races. hebrews an ao0 200
oilers ---.-- -----
--, white population of---.. 66 49g, ,,3 poo
r.. t,r.s- Is l..- -Nu millions t'..lliS - - -
- r... I--.gIt~l stock Ey adding Is la = Iii
-,L..r.ag II between tlEAJteA .'G ,'+5r4 white
. ,.- sl.aut - ger cent ~ me '..1i +,,a,ty
r.+fr ,f rr1 United Statesl 10 tit l"eILta let
l'l ..- ar NOR, from England II has mace 'Le
sri.-ie..r people GtrHallc nation
....,-s5.-fra his own figures still more closely
.,..~ reaches thc further conclusion that
.f+s German blood Is diffused over a far larger
.,,i.,7 Of The reputation than is represented by
.4..,.-, ,- nineteen millions: il may 5e oIi-
80 .,.,r twice that number Of persons; the
.5o, as To- how FAR Tie German blood Is
- -frouch The entire American people Is
49,. 5.,ar.5 all possibilities Of calculation 50
4 H. ,r,,-tfon. that Of The diffusion Of the
sI-...;s,, and restlh-IIish strains through the
,..--rsr element The only possible conclusion
y.,l6 seem to te plain Americans all
The German pioneer in America never MAS
-a5a-. always q follower. He planted no col
mrs He sought the advantages offered by
-tese already established by the seafaring Eng
tsb and Dutch once on the ground, however,
r. l,--ane q foretrekker Of necessity, his poN-
..., forcing him to settle on the land furthest
NY ero7n The centre Of population and the pro
..t., II afforded because il was cheapest
there The author j. singularly informing on
-ra s.ti4-1 OF the carly German immigrant as
s-,.-riersr7sr Il ....Isanr comqueror OF the West,
-r, credit for whose winning is generally given
,o English and scotch and irish, and to them
alone we have fea. made sufficiently familiar
pIrf tf.- hfsto-v oc The first German settlements
la NeW York and FeHHsylH ANA: much that Is
1.w is published in these pages concerning the
zi,rn.als in Colonial Virginia ana in New Eng
Elaud Re i remarked here, in passing. that the
1.st German L. set foot IN The New World was
'Ir-k4r The gorarauiol according to Morse saga
80 .egend OF LII Ericsson on his expedition to
Na.aud ana III. Ulscoyegcr Of the American
Ir4Ie
Tie services or tfe German clement 10 the
'o.ntry during Il, War of Independence hardly
l.el reeo-ntng. anG they upheld the proud rec
1r5 during the later wars Of the Republic. The
a-,aor points VIII. Ir.de 70 Z little known fact:
However distinct .nd valuable were the mate
'tH'rali-o-~. Slr- IFS agriculture. ltS
q eH'. manufacture. dts weaving and milling in
..'>r t-s herman >r'-a'In@ii IN colonial Penn
anna Nas s1.-. moro remarkable for another
'--ie-a monument built more enduring than
~ -.ecleG Jog lie cause Of humanity, tilat VAL
-ah' tIeETattC"f forever memorable in the an
-, - tAe IeoI.e of Tie United States This was
..-',,"NiS protest against negro slavery
aie u the y"ar lS>N tie tirst formal action ever
.@''h against lie barter ia human flesh within
s boundaries II Tie United states The system
+: negro sla1erv US repulsive Ia the German
''a+fs from tAe nerl start and they We're
l'heG q hnd tAaJ the Quakers remained indif-
1.l toward iAlS criminal abuse.
fe first volume dealing historically with