Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-06-20
Interesting Statistics from U. s
Official Figures Show Where
Millions of Europeans and
Canadians Have
Settled.
80, 900, 900 ALIENS
SINCE YEAR 1875
Minnesota Leads i'm Number o.
Scandinavians, Illinois Second,
Wisconsin Third, and New
YOrl- State Fourth; Now
American Patriots.

me NatlOnaE Geographic society
published in the last issue oftGe Ma
tional Geographic magazine series
of charts which, based on official fig
ures, supplied by the United States
census bureau, show where the mil
lions of European and Canadians
have settled in the United States.
"Thirty-three million persons have
made the long voyage from alien
shores to our own" says the maya
zine, "since it was proclaimed that
all men W. re born free and equal. 1t
is as if half the German. empire
should embark for America or all Of
England except the county of Kent.
It is as If all of the population of all
the states of the United States west
of the Mississippi, plus that, of Ala
bama, should have come bodily to
America.
History records no similar move
ment Of population in rapidity or
volume Compared, the hordes that
invaded Europe from Asia were in
significant. OF the 100000 who
have come more than 100000
still live among us, and their chill
dren and children's children are now
in good truth bone of our bone and
blood of our blood"
Fifty-four Million Full Whites.
The number of citizens of foreign
birth now in the United States is
given as approximately 14,500,O00
there are 100000 children whose
parents are both foreign born, and
100000 others of whose parents
one was born under foreign flag.
Deduct all these persons with the
100000 negro citizens, Indians
and Chinese, and there remain IL the
United States, the Geographic maya
zine points out, 54,O0O,00O Ameri-
cans of full white native ancestry.
"Yet", the magazine adds, ''the
35, 100000 American persons of for
eign stock-that is, foreign born or
children of a foreign born parent
include some of the most illustrious
citizens of the republic. Even the
president has only one ancestor who
was born in America, aad the list is
hong and notable of statesmen, cap
tains Of industry, leaders Of finance,
inventors, makers of literature and
progress who have strains of blood
not more than one generation On this
side of the sea.
"An examination of the statistics
of American immigration shows that
since the foundation of our govern
ment the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and ireland has contributed
100000 of its population and Ger
many more than 100000. Ireland,
with more than 100000; Great
Britain, with a little less than A.
100000, and Scandinavia, with
something less than 100000, have
contributed together with Germany
more than half the total immigra-
ton to our shores since the begin
ming of the revolutionary war.
One Third Aliens German.
when we take the German immi-
grafton OF the United States be-
tween 17t6 AID 1890 and compare
it with that from other countries, a
somewhat startling result, and one
usually Unexpected, is disclosed
The arrivals of aliens in those ia
years tot,led 15,6S9,000, of whom
more than 100000 were British
and Irish and 5,125,OOO were Ger
mans, VIII ch shows that one alien
out of every three arriving in Ameri-
ca during more than a century OF
our existence was German. Only
the United Kingdom shows a great
er proportion.
"Since 1890 the trend has been
very different With more than II,
100000 immigrant arrivals since
that date. OILY 100000 have been
Germans. If from this number a
proper, deduction is made for those
who returned to their homeland and
those WAC have died since their ar
rival, it will be seen that there are
fewer thin 1.OOosOo0 former sub
iacto NJ ha kaiser in this country
who have sot been here more than
26 years. Of more than 100000
persons of German birth and imme-
date ancestry among us. less than
100000 fail to have the back
ground of brit or long residence in
America behindthem.
The followingtable shows the dis