Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
MANY MEXICANsIA
STATE OF MISSOURI
NO INFORMATION AS TO PUR-
SUITS. BUT GENERALLY LAW
ABIDING CITIZENS. [.
TEXAS, OF COURSE, HAS MOST
No Way to Find Number Of Missouri
n in Mexico, but it is Hoped
They Are as Safe as the
Mexicans in Missouri,

jefferson City.-The Mexican popu-
lation of Missouri and of the United
States is dealt with in a bulletin by
Commissioner John T. Fitzpatrick, it
revealing that natives of that little
disturbed republic are more plentiful
here and in other states than is gem
orally supposed to be the case. There
are probably more Mexicans in Mis-
souri, than there are Missourians in
Mexico, but no danger threatens those
who are here or in othe states.
The bulletin states that a careful
search of all census records on hand
reveals that on the dar Of the last fed
eral enumeration there were lab ma
tive-born Mexicans, including men,
women and children, in Missouri.
No information is at hand to indi-
cate the pursuits or callings of Mex
leans who are in Missouri, but most
of them will undoubtedly remain here,
regardless of the form the present dis,
agreement with Huerta assumes. In
| fact, a good many are probably now
naturalized citizens of this country.
Jackson county, which is in west
central Missouri and includes Kansas
City, is credited with having NOR
Mexicans than there are to be found
in any other county Of the state, there
being 439 there. Then comes Scot
land county, in northeast Missouri
which had 297 Mexicans the day thu
enumeration was made.
Other Missouri counties with de
%scendants of Montezuma in thei
midst and the number of such inhabi
tants are: Adair, /; Benton, 6; Blu
chanan, which includes st. Joseph, SO
Carroll, Z; Cass, 10; Charlton, Is
Clark, &c; Cole, including Jefferso
City, S; Daviess, 20; DeKalb, 3; Dol
glas, /; Franklin, in which are the ci
les Of Washington and Union, "a
Greene, 2; Grundy, %; Hickory, /
Howard, 3; Iron, /; Jasper, containin
Joplin, Carthage, Webb City, Carte
Vile and other extensive mining Gel
ters, 5; Jefferson, Z; Johnson, II
Knox, 81; Laclede, I; lincoln, 2; Nj
j. con, a coal mining county, 1903; Me
Ger, 2; Mississippi, 1; New Madrid, ]
Ozark, Q; Pettis, containing Sedali
8; Platte, d; Rails, 2; Ray, which
the chief potato grower of the stat
: II; St. Charles, 1; st. Francois, a lie;
Y mining center, 2; st. Louis County
s 4, and Stoddard, Sullivan and Verne
j each,
3 The last federal census reveals tn
) there are 221, 915 native-born Mexica
' in the United States.
o In 1900 there were 103,393 Mexica,
L in this country; in 1890, 70,S53;
1880, 68,399; in 1870, 42,435, and
;, 1860, 27,466.
q Texas contains more native-bo
a Mexicans than any other of the state
the last enumeration disclosing the
h were 1875, 01G there then. Ten yea
a previous, in 1900. the number was Z
O62. California ranks next with 3
t. 694.
l. Just how many Americans there a
or, rather, were-in Mexico befc
1t the present disagreement there is
n data to show. If those that are 81
there are as safe as the unnaturaliz
Le Mexicans are here they have no d.
J. ger to fear. Census figures indics
y, the American business invasion
D. Mexico has been no larger than
h Mexican invasion of the United Sta
n in search of a livelihood.