The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25

reaching high wafr- mark IN iss, when
y coRnprls.'d los ga persons Tn" iEnmi-
grants To which reference" has thus far
been made were al ~. her Of leu; onic or
Celtic origin. and their coming had no
s"nsIhl" effect 81 alter IN any marked
degree the racial composition 81 The Amer
tcan people 4 different problem arose.
however. later. when immigration began
in enormous volumes from italy. Russia
and tn" Aus'ro- Hungarian onarChy.
over N,Opn.OGo psr-un> from these count res
entered the United States between 1900
and the end OF iOO0 This addition to Our
population hrough, in new elements here
tolor" unknown ia America and varying
greatly from ANYTHING 20 be- found in Celt
or Tecion. The American people OF tho
future, says Mr. Bryce. will he AN ANAL
gam from "A much greater number OF COM
Pon"n; elements than have entered in, o
it heretofore Moreover these new accr.-
tlons. except the Jews. Greeks. some Of
'h" Romans, The Films and A.ncnians. be-
long aimo't wholly to the Romi-h Church,
50 thar II th' children Of IN" imIni grants
remain connected With that Church irs
shar" ot the population will be relatively
larger
'ir Bryce finds more difficulties likely
To ans from he ntroducti ion Of this last
class OF Immigrants than any which We're
caused hv the earlier ln-ush from Ireland
Treat Britain. Germany and Scand. navia
! The Irish. Teutonic and scandinavian
newcomers were generally Intelligent
vigorous industrious and const ituted
a. readily 10 adjust their lives o the life
which prevailed here and thus TO blend
with our people rhe stream OF immi-
grants from Russia Italy and Austria
Hungary, however. - regarded by the
au: nor "a socially below the earlier ones
IN all is elements and in every way more
alien TO American habits and standards
Tn" Germans and Scandinav ians used TO
settle largely IN the new parts of tbs,
country and were intent upon occupying
tn" land and est abhshinG homes for them
selves. The Jews and Greeks who come
III at the present time remain To "A great
extent IN the cities thus the Jews in
tn" city OF New York already constitute
nearly one-fourth OF the populat ion
and III Chicago there a-s said To be four
:" n groups each consisting or not less
than ten thousand persons speaking sep
araie foreign languages In On" poet
he Italians and Poles are the most
desirable" rmml grants AZ The present time
on account OF their Willingness to under
tax" TN" hard. rough work nccess AIRY in
mining. railroad cont -uCi ION and he like
II IL a noteworthy fact that very little
recent immigration has found irs way
into IN" Sour bern States so that the older
South. nv which Mr. Bryce means Nir-
cInia and he ta-olina-. is he mos, purely
English part Il ia. tn'on o-day
"" hay" a vivid pictur. OF m" scene a:
Ellis Island ~h"r" n !arG" proportion Of
IN" immigrants "nte- this port and 40 IN
street. d ny Government ofTic-TS before
thy -. allowed . proceed on their way
In N" great nail ~h.'-" they are penn"d
together lik. sheep th"r' ar" "A number ~
iron r;nJrcIs"S by which IN" immigrants
mount from IN" ground floor to tn. floor
ahDv" wh'~" th"v ara Inspected under the
stringent provisions OF III" law Tn" spec ,
tIror - h. stands listening 20 IA" lnc"s-
sI..; ramp. tramp OF the feet of the mon +
women and children a. ih"ir shoes ring
vGon rh"s'' iron ~terS seems To h"l" tn"
.l.r> o. The Old Word marching hk" an
army into the Now md thinks of IN" tribes
from northern Europ" who cIrlb"d IN"
steep rock ,A,hs OYER IN" AIp.n" passes
Empire. rhoS" cam" 49, conauerors.
these com" e. numb" ,.lppliAn,s Tor EN-
franc. into Tho Iaud "C p"orl. rich and
strong" Their coming. however must
produce som. rF"ct Tk"v must ulti-
Iuaialr blend with the Existing popula-
ton HI" "Ysc. Of rh"ir p-,.-cnc. j. al
ready di-c"rnibl' 90 som" "At..;.' IN slightly .
"h ,rg"d -oc;al and economic conditions
L., -.
end of In" tw"l,."tn rantnrr th"l- blood
will hav" largely mingled nth that of TIA"
Anglo American and irish aud German
.uhnbrtIu1-. What chang" viii thus b"
trough, about IN IN" character and habit,
~ ~" American r"op."' Tn, = HI. ulti-
mat. immigration question. md ~. diff
'.. at ru answering u All = olt OF Nh" new
u....- Of "a" coutll ou~ The" Ia. n.y--
p..'rr. ~ IN" hi. p-v o. IN" world boon
-lch an .Vtru-iv" -tr" movement which
hl- h""n wholly f"rr'..p'" in cha actor.
"a. .1orr-utoIs import Of IN" quot on
tor IN" Ius;"d ~'l.-, is du.' To tn" fac
,a.a -o ,u9''., OF ,i.'-. r..w Immigrant. are,
'u.Nll'H lrpu."rs roo-. ignorant md
'r- .rr,rH IN desperation. rh"y are mostly
p"r-Iur- -. "a" Impoverished d'ull'n~ Of
great ",-j".
IN ar-w'- ~ ~. ple-' ION who. her IN"
r."s. r'rg,r. -a1'. 49, b.. GOOD lrrr-'cans
Vi Bro" ave h.v VIII Ieeur.,.!v B."
rarr'a-.r They r,ll be- proud of Aver
yea. '.ra' 'p III .,.s. gu * 80 discard
'uH.- Eurr."In r':n ,ri.- and n"Inrn;s.
...,..- 20 Ir'cu''fy 'G"r,-els - ,..th every.
hin. G'.'i's.'ry.. Il -hc.r NV country
Npr doc h" dunk thor" .. any r"aron ia
uyUr. .oni q! ~ me n IL" in,elle, uaI