El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-12-14

humanity from Europe to the United
States by the immigration commits
sion. was its study of the races which
furnish America with its immigrant
population
Upon some races we have made such
heavy drafts that there are Compare
lively few more to come. Upon others
we have made like heavy drafts but
their great numbers and their fecundity
nave prevented any material cutting
down OF the supply in sight.
Dictionary of Races.
Under the direction of Dr. Daniel
FOlkmar, dictionary Of tie immigrant
races was prepared for the commission.
It is the first work that ever has IN
dertaken fully TO measure the numer-
zeal strength and the geographic dis
tribution of immigrant races in the
United States
In the preparation of the dictionary
of immigrant races DE-. -Folkmar and
his associates called in the best au-
authorities in the country to check Up
and verify their work Even then trou-
bles were encountered.
1t was stated by DR.. Folkmar and
his associates that some of the Greeks,
rubbing up against other races to the
north and east Of them had changed
somewhat from the long to the
broad" head. When it was stated that
the Greeks were more inclined to
broad headedness, it stirred them up,
and the Greek legation took up the
question and protested @zS mss Sucn
base SANDER upon the people of Greece
But scientific fact cannot be changed
by diplomatic representation, and the
dictionary shows the Greek heads have
been undergoing a change.
Five SIit.Io Irish stcrc.
Some striking Illustrations Of the
great movement of humanity to Amer
lean shores are afforded by the inves-
legations For instance, we find that
there are more Irish and their chill
dren in the United States than there
are in Ireland There are about 5000
GOO in America as compared with
$4,000 in Ireland, and they are stiu
coming to US at the rate of about 3d.
600 a year. No other race of its size
has contributed so largely to American
immigrati ton as the Irish. The Irish
tongue is rapidly going out Of exist
ence as means, Of communication. It
is said that there are fewer than 5000
people in ireland who can read books
in Irish; that not a SINGLE newspaper
is published in Irish nor single
church service conduct in ii. Only
four people out of a thousand in Ire
land cannot speak English, and they
are mainly in the remote western part (
of the country.
Two Millions Jews in L. $.
The Jewish immigra ton to America /
has been vast in numbers and rich in +
material. New York city alone now has +
a Jewish population more than II times I.
as great as that of all Palestine, and ,
the United States as a whole has eight I
tines as many as az Asia together. (
New York has 100000 Of them. which ]
is one-haf of Americas Jewish popu- Z
lation. During "a rericd OF IA years I
they have been coming to our shores at I
Jewish population of the world is
placed at 100000. Europe has S,000,- /
600 of these, and it is from them that 4
our Jewish immigration mainly is
drawn
The total CzecL population of Eu-
rope, which includes the BohemianS,
the Moravians and the SlOvaks is less
than 100000. but we received nearly
500. 600 in a single 12-year period. Most
Of this was represented by the surpris-
ing incoming tide of Slovaks. Out Of
have given US nearly 400, 900 in y
years
The wonderful military prowess of
VANS, Bulgarians and Montenegrins-
has recently focused the attention OF
the world upon them The Bulgarians
are physically of one stock and lin
of another. They are Of
Asiatic. or MOngOlian, origin, Yet speak
a Slavic tongue.
United States largely peOpled by for
eli gners, one hears much about the
Croatians- They are people who have
relatives in the war with Turkey, en-
bracing CrOatfan, the Seryian, the Mon
-enegrIn. the Bosnian, and several les
ser peoples. They are coming to US at
the rate of nearly 10000 year, but
the present situation in southern Eu-
rope is likely to wipe out the major
portion of this immigration.
immigration From Germany.
Germany has furnished the United
States more immigrants since 1920 than
any other single country, although the
United Kingdom as a whole has done
better than Germany. giving US nearly
:, OO0,0 600 souls as compared with Ger
nany's 5000, 600.
During L years there came to the
United States enough Italians to people
five cities like Rome; enough Greeks
10 peOnle two cities like Athens; more ]
Poles than there are in Warsaw; more
Scandinavians than there are in Stock
stadt; and more Firms than in Vi
borg.
Over Two Million Italians.
Italy's contribution to american i'm
migration of nearly two 1850 600 souls
in II years, stands out as a marked
feature of immigration history. Nearly
of this came from south
ern Italy. The people CT northern and
southern Italy speak such varying dia-
ects that they scarcely can converse
with one another In some parts OF
southern Italy more than three-1ourths
Of the people are illiterate. NicefOro,
the Italian sociolOgist. declares that
he inhabitants of northern Italy pos
5ess all the qualifications for good
but that the south Italian
s individualist, having little adapt
ability to highly organised society. Yet
Italians from the south who come to
his country and who are not colon
zed with their own people. but who ] ;
ningle freely with native Americans,
-apidly become good citizens.
There are a dozen or more linguistic
aces which send immigrants out Of
eastern Europe in large numbers. The
Poles gave US nearly 100000 imm1- |
grants in II years, the Lithuanians
as. 900, the Ruthenians 10000, the
Croatians and Slovenians 335, 600. All
# these races are Slavs except the !
who are the only people
IF the Lettic group in Europe