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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Interesting Fncts and Figures Regard
ing vcrmonters mt Home and Abroad.

Interesting Fncts and Figures Regard
ing vermonters at Home and Abroad.
To the Editor of the Free Press:
A recent bulletin of the United states
Census Bureau contains information
which may be of interest to your readers.
In 1900 there were living in the United
States 416,672 native Vermonters, of
whom 1850 or 40.49o were living in other
States and 100 still remained in Ver-
mont.
Vermont in 1900 had 1850 inhabitants
who were born in the United States,
of whom F,72 or 1919 were born outside
Of Vermont and 2is,13O born In Vermont.
Thus in 1900 Vermont had suffered
of 12O,Sl3 Inhabitants
In 1910 there were 4O7 $40 native Ver-
monters residing in the United States. of
whom l57,460 or 1850 were living out
side of Vermont and 25O.isO within the
State.
OF these native vermonters living in
other States. Massachusetts, Rad II, i39;
New York, 24,o13; New Hampshire. 1868;
California. 1892; Illinois, 6,4S and Connec-
ticut, 1851. -Four other States had over
four over 1000; and all the other States
each under 1000 Delaware, South Caro-
lima and Mississippi were the only States
so unfortunate az to he able to entice
less than 100 natives Of Vermont.
In 1910 the population of Vermont was
3,5a5s OF whom 1921 or 14e5 were born
outside the United States, 800 $50 or 7o.ieo
born In Vermont, and 52.165 or 147Ts born
in other States.
The total American born population of
Vermont In 1910 was 3O2,6l5 of whom g.,
lG5 or 1875 were born outside of the
state or these discriminating individuals
oO,599 were born in New York. 10,3S9 in
Massa chusetts, 9,7ai in New Hampshire.
. 442 IN Maine and l.4O7 in Connecticut.
OF the remainder only Pennsylvania.
Ohio Illinois and Wisconsin contributed
more than 600 each.
Vermont In 1910 had given to other
States 1885, a5 more inhabitants than 1t had
received from them.
In 1910 the United States contained ,0i5
negroes born in Vermont, of whom COS
| lad migrated from the State of their ne
| tivity. The negro population of Vermont
| was 1,546, of whom 1,1H or 7l7Go were born
outside of the State. Interstate migration
| gained for Vermont sol negroes as against
a loss of l05,7S9 white persons. From this
| ii might be Inferred that Vermont is rela-
lively more alluring to persons of color
| than to those without But this tribute
| to the good judgment of the negro must
| be modified by the reflection that the as
signment of colored troops to Fort Ethan
| Allen indicates that a considerable num-
Der of Nermont'S colored population came
to the State not entirely Of their own
| rolition.
| The bulletin presents no classification
on the basis of sex so we are uncnlight-
| ened as to how much of the migration to
and fro is due to matrimonial rather than
to other economic or psychological i'm
| pulses
The only States to give Vermont more
than they received from her are Ken
lucky. Alabama and Virginia. Here again
the assignment of negro troops to Fort
Ethan Allen is doubtless a factor.
Although the founders of the Mormon
| Church sprang originally from Vermont,
only rs natives of Vermont now dwell
in Utah Utah has given to Vermont only
&c of her sons and daughters Reciprocal
migration would seem to furnish an in
| SuHlrlent explanation OF tne Isolated pO-
| litical affinity of the two States.
| During the decade of 19C0-191O the num-
| Der of native Nermonters resident in
Vermont increased by $50. The decrease
Of native Vermonters in other States
during the same period was IL ,os2. making
| a decrease of native Nermonters in the
| United States of S,132.
Vermont had 4.t36 more inhabitants of
| non-Vermont American birth in 1910 than
| in 1900 Its net loss through Interstate
migration was less by l5,5lS In 1910 than
| in 1907.
| These figures seem to indicate a de-
| Creasing tendency on the part of ma
| tive Nermonters to migrate to other
| States, and an increasing tendency
on the part of natives of other States
to appreciate the desirability of liv-
| ing In Vermont But since there are no
| figures to reveal the migration during tho
decade, the sound deduction may be that
| Nermonters who remain faithful live
| longer than those who stray away, and
| that natives of other States find among
| the Green Mountains the elixir of life
withheld from their brethren who remain
| at home.
r r. POWELL.