The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-24
'FEWFROM GERMANY
/ IN LAST Is YEARS
Majority Of immigrants From the
kaiser's Country, Came Here
Many Years >,
Ago.
OUR FOREIGN BORN FOLK,
Bulletin of Geographic Society Finos
That They Have Pref
erence For the
Cities.
OUR FOREIGN BORN FOLK

About the Germans in America, ,iie
National Geographic society ouilsr
tin has collected the following me-
esting information
During the last quarter of cen
fury there has been startnhs Ian.
mo off in the percentage OF Germans
In the total number of immigrants
who have come to our shores. Win
more than 100000 immigrant ar
rivals since 1890 only 1.o23,00O nave
been Germans, whereas in the Ia
wears between the establishment Oh
the American republic and 1s9o out
of a total OF 15,6S9,00 Immigrants
there were 5,125.O00 Germans-eVery
third arrival Teuton.
If from the ,023, 900 who have com
10 America since 1890, the period OF
greatest influx of foreigners, prop
er deduction is made for those VINO
returned to. their homeland and those
who have died since their ARRIVAL II
will be seen that there are FEWER IMAM
1 900 900 former subjects of the kals-
er in this country who have not peen
here more than twenty-six years. VI
more than 100000 people OF German
birth and immediate ancestry among
us less than 100000 fail to nave
the background of birth or long resi-
dence in America behind them.
An examination of the statistics OF
American immigration shows that
since the foundation Of our govern
ment the united kingdom OF Grea.
Britain and Ireland has contributed
s. 400. 900 OF her people and Germany
more than 5000 900. Ireland, with
more than 100000; Great Britain
with q little less than 100000, ana
Scandinavia with something less tnan
9. 900 900, have, together with Ger
MANY. contributed more than hall OF
the total immigration to our shores
since the beginning Of the reVolu-
tionary war.
Austria-Rungary stands next on the
list of contributors to the Immigrant
stream that has flowed from Europe
to America. Although Austro-Hun-
sarians began to immigrate in con-
siderable numbers only when the ar
rivals from western Europe had be
gun to fail off, sufficient have come
from the dual monarchy to populate
the state OF Texas to its present
density. Italy has sent us enough oil
her people to duplicate the popula'
ton of Montana, Wyoming, ldano.
oregon, Nevada, Utah. Colorado, Arl-
iona and New Mexico.
The Russians who have come to our
shores number 3,419,000. They could
replace one-half Of the population OF
New England.
Although the people of foreign birth
constitute only one-seventh OF the
/ country's population, they contribute
nearly one-fourth (22 per cent? Of the
arm bearing strength of the nation
At the last census many OF the states
had a greater number OF forelgn-Dorn
men of arm-bearing age than they had
of native ancestry citizens, amona
them Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey
Wisconsin. Minnesota, and North Da
kota. Taking the states where those
of foreign birth and their sons to-
gether constitute a major portion OF
the men between the ages OF Is and
a. it will be found that the list in
cludes the above named states and
the following: New Hampshire
Pennsylvania, Michigan, South Da
kota, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, Ari
IONA, Utah, Nevada, Washington, and
Californian all twenty states. We
have considerably more than 10000,
600 men Of military age in the Unit
ed States.
Another striking fact Of our immi
grafton situation is the unusua
preference of the foreign born and
their children for the cities. OF the
35 900 900 foreign stock whites living
in the United States approximately
| 90. 900 900 live in the cities. In only
fourteen of the fifty leading cities OF
the country do the white of full ma
tive parentage constitute as much as
half of the total population. Only
onefifth of the total population OF
New York and Chicago is Of native
white ancestry. Less than onethirc
of the population Of Boston, Cleve
| land. Pittsburgh, Detroit, Buffalo, San
Francisco, Milwaukee,, Newark, Min
neapolis, Jersey City. Providence, st
Paul. Worcester, Scranton, Paterson
Fall River. Lowell, Cambridge and
Bridgeport are OF native ancestry.
Conditions have played some cur
! ious pranks in the distribution OF
the immigrant population in the
| United States. More than two-thirds
| of the Germans live between the Hud
son and the Mississippi and north oil
the Ohio The same is true Of the
! Austrians, the Belgians, the Hungar
ians, the Dutch, the Italians, the
Russians and the Welsh New York
| Pennsylvania, and New Jersey have
AZ per cent of the Austrians, 8;
per cent Of the English, 80 per cent
of the Germans, "a per cent of the
| Hungarians, 45 per cent of the Irish
So per cent of the Italians, Sc pei
cent Of the Russians, % per cent Of
the Dutch, "a per cent of the Scotch
and 46 per cent of the Welsh in the